| Record Group: | Dr. John W. Ward (1840-1916) |
| Series: | Scrapbooks, 1847-1908 |
| Accession #: | 1983.044 |
| Series #: | PWARJ001 |
| Guide Date: | 3/1992 (JK) |
| Volume: | 1 c.f. [2 vols.] |
Content Note
Biographical Note Dr.
John Wesley Ward was the second superintendent of the New Jersey
State Lunatic Asylum at Trenton. Born in Salem, New Jersey, on
12 February 1840, Ward graduated from the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine in 1866. He was a protègè of
Dr. Horace A. Buttolph, under whom he was appointed second assistant
physician at the state asylum in 1867, and first assistant physician
in 1873. Dr. Ward ascended to the position of medical superintendent
in February 1876, and held this post for over thirty years. |
| Bibliography Hammell, Charlotte
Louise. "The New Jersey State Hospital at Trenton, 1848-1908" "Will Hold
Ward Funeral Saturday..." Trenton Evening Times. Trenton,
NJ, 24 August 1916, p. 2. |
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Created by Dr. Ward himself, the two scrapbooks comprising this series relate most specifically to his activities as superintendent of the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum at Trenton. The volumes contain memorabilia such as photographs, newsclippings, and correspondence (in no apparent arrangement). The majority of the photographs depict the grounds of the state asylum, its staff, and its physicians; a few others show Ward's family members. The newsclippings deal primarily with the controversy surrounding Dr. Ward's dismissal as superintendent in 1907: in editorial content, they sympathize with Ward and condemn the board's decision to fire him. The correspondence consists of letters of recommendation from Dr. Ward's instructors at the University of Pennsylvania to Dr. H. A. Buttolph, and letters of resignation from several of Dr. Ward's assistant physicians. |
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