Addie W. Clarkson Collection
Scope and Contents
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Physician. Account ledgers (1908) from Clarkson’s medical practice at the Wheelock Academy in
Millerton, Oklahoma, and at Valliant, Oklahoma. The collection also includes class notes (1926)
by his son, A. M. Clarkson, while a student at the University of Oklahoma. Addie W. Clarkson Photograph Collection also in repository.
His ledgers, consisting of (1) a patients' account ledger, begun in 1908, and (2)
an expense ledger, begun in 1952, show that, like many a humanitarian "horse and buggy" doctor,
he kept a heterogeneous system of accounts and of payments in and for produce and labor, and did
not press for full collections. These ledgers are a source of information of commodity and labor
prices, and of medical charges.
Dates
- 1908-1950
Creator
- Clarkson, Addie W., 1869-1950 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Open for public research.
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Addie W. Clarkson was born in Springfield, Missouri, on September 27, 1869. He received his medical degree from Tulane, and began practice in 1892. He married Miss Mattie Womack on April 26, 1895. He moved to Valliant, Oklahoma, in 1912, from Manchester, Texas. They had three sons and two daughters. He was president of the Farmers State Guaranty Bank of Valliant, cattleman, rancher, civic leader, humanitarian, and sportsman. He was a member of the Church of Christ; the Oklahoma Medical Association (being made a life member in 1920), the Southern Medical Association, the American Medical Association; president of the McCurtain County Medical Association; Thirty-Second Degree Mason. In 1948 he was given a medal and certificate for thirty-five years’ service, through the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, to the Wheelock Academy, and Indian boarding school of Millerton, Oklahoma.
Extent
.1 ft. (.1 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Addie W. Clarkson.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Ledgers: Source of acquisition--Clarkson, Addie W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1953.
- Account books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Medical Students -- Oklahoma -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Medical care -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Medical care -- Oklahoma -- Valliant Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Physicians -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wheelock Academy (Millerton, Okla.)
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
