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Where are Middleton Goldsmith Papers?

Val Summers Jun 17, 2017 10:04 AM

I have several citations for the Middleton Goldsmith Papers at NARA but can't find anything about him on the NARA website. He was a Civil War surgeon, stationed in Louisville, who is credited with the discovery of bromide/bromine to cure/prevent hospital gangrene--long before Joseph Lister advocated the use of antiseptics for surgery.

I would appreciate knowing how to access the papers.

Re: Where are Middleton Goldsmith Papers?

Research Services at the National Archives Jun 21, 2017 10:57 AM (in response to Val Summers)

Dear Val Summers,

Thank you for sharing your question with the History Hub.

The records you are interested in are most likely part of the series Personal Papers of Medical Officers and Physicians, ca. 1861-1912 (PI-17 561; NAID 655782) from National Archives’ Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office [AGO], 1962-1984. The series includes a file for "Goldsmith, M., 1861-66" (NAID 2090670).

You also may be interested in the series Letters Received, 1818-1889 (NM-20 12; NAID 6563228), which is part of National Archives’ Record Group 112: Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army), and may include correspondence from Goldsmith.

Both of these series are in the custody of the Textual Reference Archives I Branch. If you have questions about these records, please email them directly at archives1reference@nara.gov.

Thank you, again, for submitting your inquiry to the History Hub, and good luck with your continued research.
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