Charles John Wagner: An Inventory of His Papers, 1896-1952 at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

Charles John Wagner:

An Inventory of His Papers, 1896-1952 at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Wagner, Charles John, 1878-1957
	Title:	Charles John Wagner Papers,
	Dates:	1896-1952
	Abstract:	The collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Charles John Wagner.
	Collection #	S1126.1
	Quantity:	2 boxes (1.3 linear feet)
	Language	English.
	Repository:	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Biographical Sketch

A medical doctor, surgeon, and civic leader, Wagner was born in 1878 in Belle Center, Ohio. He attended the University of Illinois Medical School and moved from Chicago to Lubbock, Texas, in 1913. He aided in establishing the West Texas Hospital in Lubbock in 1922. He was a physician on the 1934 Yaqui Expedition which was sponsored by Texas Technological College and Harvard University. Wagner also served as president of the West Texas Museum Association (1937-1939). He died in 1957.

Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, financial and printed materials, business files, and literary production. Of particular interest are photographs and a journal pertaining to a Yaqui Expedition in 1934 conducted by the West Texas Museum Association of Texas Tech.


Organization
	The collection is organized into the following series: Business Papers Civic Work Personal Papers

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research


Index Terms
	The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.
	Subjects (Persons)
		Wagner, Charles John, 1878-1957
		Holden, William Curry, 1896-
	Subjects (Organizations)
		Texas Tech University. Museum
		Texas Technological College--History
		West Texas Museum Association
	Subjects
		Lubbock (Tex.)--History
		Physicians--Texas--Lubbock
		Yaqui Expedition (1934)
		Yaqui Indians

Related Material


	For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:
		William C. and Frances Mayhugh Holden Papers, 1836-1989 and undated Richard A. Studhalter Papers, 1933-1955 Charles J. Wanger Photograph Collection, 1934

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Charles John Wagner Papers, 1896-1952, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Collection accession #(s):
None for the record.

Gifts, 1966-1972

Processed by

Abel Ramirez, 2005

Collection Inventory



Business Papers
box	folder
1	1	Investment Correspondence, 1937-1952
	2	Investment Financial Documents, 1911-1942
	3	Miscellaneous Medical Papers and Certificates, 1912-1942
	4	Medical Correspondence, 1913-1938
	5	Medical Bills and Receipts, 1917-1922



Civic Work
box	folder
1	6	Lubbock Chamber of Commerce, 1936-1938
	7	Monmouth College (Illinois), 1905-1941
	8	Professional Organizations, 1918-1946
	9	Texas Technological College, 1933-1944
	10	West Texas Museum Association, 1937-1942
	11	West Texas Museum Association Journal (original) by Charles Wagner on Yaqui Trip, 1934
	12	West Texas Museum Association Journal (typescript) by Charles Wagner on Yaqui Trip, 1934
	13	Yaqui Expedition, Loose Notes and Letters, 1934-1935



Personal Papers
box	folder
1	14	Artifacts, 1897-1921 and undated
	15	Correspondence, 1913-1946
	16	Financial Documents 1902-1942
	17	Financial Documents, 1934-1948
	18	Literary Production: “Where is thy home?,” May 1896
	19	Photographs of Family, Friends, and Lubbock Hospital, 1915-1932 and undated
box	folder
2	1	Printed Material, 1896-1945
	2	Tax Receipts, 1897-1945

Memorablia

box

folder

Photographs of Yaqui Expedition, 1934