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Berry, Virgil Manuscript Collection

Coverage: 
1895–1953
Source: 
Papers, .50 foot

Description
Physician. Clippings (1951–1953) of Berry’s column in the Okmulgee Daily Times; copies of the American Medical Association delegates handbook and program (1908); and a typescript memoir entitled “Experiences of a Pioneer Doctor in Indian Territory,” in which Berry describes his medical practice in Chouteau, Indian Territory, 1890; his experiences as the first physician in Wagoner, Indian Territory, 1891–1898; as a physician to the Seminole tribe, 1898–1901; and as a physician in Wetumka, Oklahoma, 1901–1909, and Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 1909–1947.