Gerald Carson wrote The Roguish World of Dr. Brinkley. This collection
contains material he collected while researching the book. It includes
correspondence regarding sources and contacts for reminiscences about
the Brinkleys, copies of newspaper stories about Dr. Brinkley, copies
of articles in periodicals relating to Brinkley, and various types of
promotional material distributed by Brinkley. Also included in the collection
are a typescript of Carson’s book on Brinkley and a portion of
a transcript from a court case involving Dr. Brinkley. Supplemental
information may be found in the John R. Brinkley Collection in the Manuscript
Department and the Kansas State Historical Library.
| Box
1 |
Correspondence
relating to Brinkley book 1954-1974 |
| |
Brinkley
chronology |
| |
Copies
of correspondence from or about Brinkley and copies of |
| |
Brinkley
promotional materials |
| |
Newspaper
clippings about Brinkley 1913-1942 |
| |
Articles
from periodicals relating to Brinkley 1921-1948 |
| |
Bankruptcy
material relating to court cases |
| |
Miscellaneous
material relating to Brinkley and the Brinkley book |
| Box
2 |
Brinkley
material from notebook used by Carson |
| |
Typescript
for Carson's Biography of Brinkley |
| |
Wood,
Clement The Life of a Man, John R. Brinkley |
| |
Carson,
Gerald The Roguish World of Doctor Brinkley |
| Box
3 |
Clugston,
W. G. Rascals in Democracy |
| |
Partial
transcript of a court case concerning Dr. Brinkley - Volume 2 |
| |
3
boxes of notecards |
| 1 |
copy
of Clement Wood, The Life of a Man: A Biography of John R. Brinkley |
| |
(Kansas
City, Goshorn Publishing Company, 1934) |
| 1 |
copy
of W. G. Clugston, Rascals in Democracy: A Case Study of Popular
Government (New |
| |
York,
Richard R. Smith, 1941) |
| 1 |
copy
of Gerald Carson, The Roguish World of Doctor Brinkley (New York,
Rinehart & |
| |
Company,
Inc., 1960) |
| |
Inventory
of the Gerald Carson Donation (cont.) |
| 1 |
copy
of The Case of Brinkley vs. Fishbein: Proceedings of a Libel Suit
Based on an Article |
| |
Published
in Hygeia (Chicago, AMA, 1939) |
| 4 |
folders
of letters to and from Gerald Carson, concerning his research on
John R. Brinkley |
| 3 |
envelopes
of letters to and from Gerald Carson concerning his research on
John R. Brinkley |
| 17 |
envelopes
and 1 folder of newspaper clippings, and copies of clippings and
articles about |
| |
John
R. Brinkley and his family, associates, and activities |
| 3 |
boxes
of note and index cards about John R. Brinkley |
| 3 |
large
reproductions of Kansas City Journal-Post advertisements of Brinkley's
work |
| 1 |
notebook
of clippings, copies of clippings and articles, letters, and pamphlets,
relating to John |
| |
R.
Brinkley and medical quakery |
| 1 |
folder
of notes and miscellaneous material about John R. Brinkley |
| 1 |
folder
containing a manuscript biographical sketch of John R. Brinkley,
written in outline form |
| 1 |
folder
of John R. Brinkley photographs and related materials |
| 1 |
envelope
containing typed copies of legal documents from the John R. Brinkley
bankruptcy |
| |
case |
| 1 |
envelope
containing a copy of a magazine article about Mexican radio stations |
| 1 |
envelope
containing a copy of a transcript related to John R. Brinkley |
| 1 |
copy
of a Brinkley advertisement |
| 1 |
partially-torn
copy of the Del Rio News-Herald of October 10, 1958 |
| 1 |
copy
of a Geary County District Court deposition from the case of John
R. Brinkley vs. |
| |
Morriss
Fishbein and William S. Yates |
| 1 |
copy
of Ansel Resler, "The Effect and Influence of John R. Brinkley on
Broadcasting History |
| |
in
the United States," Ph.D. dissertation, Northwestern University,
1958 |
