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Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Biography of Irving Samuel Cutter
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Inventory of the Irving Samuel Cutter Papers, 1884-1934
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Lisa Janssen, 2004. ©2004. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Cutter, Irving Samuel, 1875-1945 |
| Title | Irving Samuel Cutter Papers |
| Dates | 1884-1934 |
| Extent | 0.4 linear feet (1 box) |
| Abstract | Mainly research materials (correspondence, biographical information, articles) gathered for an article on Henry Rinalda Porter, a surgeon at the Battle of Little Big Horn, with photographs of Porter, the Custer battlefield, and Indians involved in the fight. Also includes a George Crook letter and sketches by Charles M. Russell. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Ayer MS 3221 |
| Collection Stack Location | Vault, 26 1 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Irving Samuel Cutter Papers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift of the Chicago Tribune, 1972.
Processed by
Martha Briggs, May, 2000.
Access
The Irving Samuel Cutter Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Irving Samuel Cutter Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of Irving Samuel Cutter
Irving Samuel Cutter was born in Keene, N.H., Dec. 5, 1875, the son of Frances Prescott Cutter and Charles H. Cutter, a railroad man. After graduating from the University of Nebraska in 1898, Cutter was for several years a high school teacher and administrator, and an agent for a textbook publisher. In 1910 he graduated from medical school at Nebraska and was appointed instructor in physiological chemistry. During 1913-1915 Cutter was professor of biochemistry and laboratory director, and for ten years he served as dean of the college of medicine. In 1925, Cutter was appointed dean of the medical school at Northwestern University, a position he held until he gained emeritus status in 1941.
Cutter wrote extensively on medical subjects and was interested in military medicine on the western frontier and other historical topics. From 1934 until his death he was health editor of the Chicago Tribune-New York Daily News Syndicate, which distributed his daily column, "How to Keep Well."
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Correspondence, together with articles and biographical notes assembled for an article about army surgeon Henry Rinalda Porter, who participated in the Battle of Little Big Horn; also photographs of the battlefield and participants in the conflict.
Henry Rinalda Porter research materials include Cutter's correspondence (1931-1934) with various individuals, including battle participant E.S. Godfrey. There is also extensive correspondence with North Dakota and Wisconsin photographer D.F. Barry, who photographed many of the Indians who participated in the Custer fight. In addition to discussing the battle, these letters reveal much about the later years of D.F. Barry and are accompanied by many brochures and advertisements of his photography business.
Custer battlefield photographs include views of soldiers' death site markers, the battlefield monument, and the adjoining national cemetery. There are also images of the Big Hole battlefield, Fort Abraham Lincoln, Fort Berthold, and Fort Union, and portraits of Curley (Custer's scout), E.S. Godfrey, Henry Rinalda Porter, and Sitting Bull.
Also a Feb. 24, 1888 letter from George Crook to Perry, Mason & Co. regarding articles on his frontier experiences for Youth's Companion, and pencil sketches of western scenes by Charles M. Russell.
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Arrangement
Organized with Henry Rinalda Porter research materials preceding the photographs. The research material is arranged chronologically, and the photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject.
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934 -- Correspondence
- Crook, George, 1829-1890
- Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
- Cutter, Irving Samuel, 1875-1945
- Godfrey, Edward Settle, 1843-1932 -- Correspondence
- Godfrey, Edward Settle, 1843-1932 -- Portraits
- Porter, Henry R., 1848-1903
- Porter, Henry R., 1848-1903 -- Portraits
- Russell, Charles M. (Charles Marion), 1864-1926
- Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890 -- Portraits
- United States. Army -- Surgeons -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Subjects
- Artists-United States
- Big Hole, Battle of the, 1877 -- Photographs
- Correspondence -- 1901-1950
- Fort Abraham Lincoln (N.D.) -- Photographs
- Fort Berthold (N.D.) -- Photographs
- Fort Union (N.D.) -- Photographs
- Little Big Horn Battlefield (Mont.) -- Photographs
- Little Big Horn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
- Manuscripts, American
- Photographs-North Dakota -- 1851-1900
- Photographs-North Dakota -- 1901-1950
- Sketches -- West (U.S.)
- West (U.S.) -- In art
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Container List |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Porter, Henry Rinalda - Article File, 1931 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Porter, Henry Rinalda - Article File, 1932, Jan. - May | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Porter, Henry Rinalda - Article File, 1932, June - Dec. | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Porter, Henry Rinalda - Article File, 1933, Jan. - June | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Porter, Henry Rinalda - Article File, 1933, July | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Porter, Henry Rinalda - Article File, 1933, Aug. - 1934 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Photographs - Big Hole Battlefield - Gen. Gibbons Monument | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Photographs - Curley (Scout of Custer) | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Photographs - Custer Battlefield - Graves (death site markers) | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Photographs - Custer Battlefield - Monument | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Photographs - Custer Battlefield - National Cemetery | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Photographs - Custer Battlefield - Views | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Photographs - Fort Abraham Lincoln | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Photographs - Fort Berthold, 1865 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Photographs - Fort Union (of drawing) | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Photographs - Godfrey, Edward Settle | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Photographs - Porter, Henry Rinalda | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Photographs - Sitting Bull (Palmquist and Jurgens, St. Paul, Minn.), c. 1884 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Photographs - Unidentified | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Crook, George. Letter to Perry, Mason & Co., 1888, Feb. 24 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Russell, Charles M. Pencil sketches of western scenes, n.d. | |||||||||