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Guide to the Amos Koontz Papers II Mss. 91 K83


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James A. Batule

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. 91 K83
Title
Amos Koontz Papers II 1865-1970
Quantity
25 Linear Feet, 35 boxes
Creator
Koontz, Amos Ralph, 1890-1965
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Box II Folder 26 and Box III, Folders 17-18 were restricted until 2022 and had been temporarily placed in Box XXIV. When the restriction expired they were interfiled into their respective boxes and the temporary box was deleted from the inventory.

Preferred Citation:

Amos Koontz Papers II, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gifts of James W. Koontz and the estates of Mae Link (1996.25), received between 1986 and 1996.

Addition 1986.35, 8 boxes; gift of James W. Koontz, 9/17/1986; Addition 1986.40, 1 ms. vol.; gift of James W. Koontz, 10/17/1986; Addition 1987.54; ten packages; gift of James W. Koontz, 12/05/1987; Addition 1989.40, 1 box; gift of James W. Koontz, 9/14/1989; Addition 1996.25, 2 record cartons (500 items); gift of the estate of Mae Link through James W. Koontz, 4/15/1996 Addition 2022.226, letter and correspondence gift from anonymous donor

Processing Information:

Processed by James A. Batule during 1991-1992.

Box II Folder 26 and Box III, Folders 17-18 were restricted until 2022 and had been temporarily placed in Box XXIV. When the restriction expired they were interfiled into their respective boxes and the temporary box was deleted from the inventory.

Biographical Information:

William and Mary student (1906-1911) and faculty member (1907-1908; 1910-1914). He studied medicine at John Hopkins University and served in both World War I and World War II. Koontz achieved international prominence for his work in hernia surgery, was active against socialized medicine, and traveled extensively. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Personal and professional papers of Amos Ralph Koontz, surgeon. The personal papers, 1865-1986, include the correspondence of Koontz, his wife, Besse (Stocking) Koontz and their son, James William Koontz. Included are travel diaries, documents concerning the College of William and Mary and Johns Hopkins and material relating to social clubs and societies. The professional papers contain correspondence relating to Koontz' medical practice, political material, documents pertaining to military service, memberships in professional organizations, and newspaper and magazine article reprints.

See Finding Aid/Inventory for description and folder lists of 1996.25 Addition.

Related Material

65 K83 Amos Koontz Papers I

Separated Material

All audiovisual material from this collection has been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.

Military memorabilia (dog tags, pins, army hospital tag) was moved to the Mss. Artifact collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Diaries
  • Publications
  • United States. Army--Surgeons
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918--Medical and sanitary affairs
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945--Medical and sanitary affairs.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Koontz, Amos Ralph, 1890-1965
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Container List

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Series 1: Mss. 91 K83
Scope and Contents

See pdf inventory for content.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 id153472
    Box 1: Personal Correspondence, 1865-1986
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id153473
      Biographical material of the Craves, Koontz, and Stocking families
      Scope and Contents

      Biographical material of the Craves, Koontz, and Stocking families, including genealogy charts and family and individual histories.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id153474
      Biographical material of the Craves, Koontz, and Stocking families
      Scope and Contents

      Biographical material of the Craves, Koontz, and Stocking families, including genealogy charts and family and individual histories.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id153475
      Correspondence of Koontz and Craves family members
      1865, 1871-1872, 1889
      Scope and Contents

      Original and photocopies of correspondence from Koontz and Craves family members.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id153476
      Personal letters of Amos R. Koontz to his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James William Koontz
      1904
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id153477
      Professor C.P. Estes Papers
      1907-1911
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id153478
      Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and his parents and grandparents
      1910-1919, 1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id153479
      Letters to Besse Erving Stocking from her brother David, Amos Koontz, and various friends and relatives
      1911-1915
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id153480
      Letters to Besse Erving Stocking from various friends and acquaintances
      1911-1915
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id153481
      Letters to Amos Ralph Koontz and Besse Stocking Koontz, including their marriage certificate
      1911-1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id153482
      Letters to Besse Erving Stocking from her parents and brother David
      1916-1921
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id153483
      Letters from Amos R. Koontz to Besse Erving Stocking during his service with the American Expeditionary Force in World War I, France
      1917
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id153676
      Typed collection of letters from Amos R. Koontz to Besse Erving Stocking before their marriage and during his service in World War I
      1917-1918
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id153678
      Letters of Amos R. Koontz to his parents and sister Pearl during his service in World War I
      1917-1919
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id153681
      Correspondence from Amos R. Koontz and Besse Erving Stocking during his service in World War I
      1917-1919
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id153683
      Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and Besse E. Stocking during his service in World War I
      1918-1919
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id153686
      Letters from Ruth Stocking Lynch to sister Besse Irving Stocking and father Charles H. Stocking
      1918-1919
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id153690
      Letters from David Stocking, Besse Stocking's brother, and his wife Ada to Besse Stocking and Amos R. Koontz
      1918-1920, 1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id153693
      "The Embryological Evidence of Evolution," written by Amos R. Koontz
      Scope and Contents

      Includes handwritten rough draft.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 id153696
    Box 2: Personal Correspondence, 1865-1986
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id153698
      Correspondence between Ruth Stocking and Besse Stocking and their mother
      1919
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id153700
      Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and Besse E. Stocking
      1919
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id153703
      Letters to Besse E. Stocking from various friends and relatives, including her sister Ruth Stocking and Amos R. Koontz
      1919
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id153706
      Miscellaneous letters to Amos R. Koontz from his sister Edith Koontz and Mary C. Davis
      1919
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id153710
      Letters to Amos R. Koontz from Besse Erving Stocking during his employment at Hebrew Hospital and Union Protestant Infirmary
      1919-1920
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id153712
      Letters to Amos R. Koontz from Besse Erving Stocking during his employment at Hebrew Hospital and Union Protestant Infirmary
      1919-1920
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id153715
      Letters to Besse and Ruth Stocking from their father Charles H. Stocking, A minister at a Methodist-Episcopal church in Wickliffe, Ohio.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id153718
      Letters to and from Amos R. Koontz and Besse Stocking Koontz
      1920-1928
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id153721
      Letters to Amos R. Koontz from Edith Johnson DeFord, who served as a nurse with Amos in the Johns Hopkins unit during World War I
      1920
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id153724
      Personal letters to and from William Burton Guy, brother-in-law of Amos R. Koontz and husband of Virginia Pearl Koontz
      1920-1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 id153727
      Letters of congratulations to Amos and Besse Koontz on the occasion of the birth of James William Koontz II, including a sample of his hair at 1 1/2 years old
      1929
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id153735
      Personal letters to Besse Stocking Koontz, including letters from Belle Ferguson, Lilian Barker, and C. W. McCandless
      1929-1949
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id153729
      Personal letters from Besse Stocking Koontz, mostly to Amos R. Koontz
      1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id153738
      Letters from Besse S. Koontz to sisters-in-law Peal and Edith Koontz and sister Ruth and mother, including one letter from brother David Stocking to Ruth and his mother
      1937-1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id153741
      Letters from Besse S. Koontz to Amos R. Koontz from Singapore
      1938-1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16 id153743
      Letters from Besse Stocking Koontz to Amos R. Koontz from Singapore
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17 id153746
      Postcards to James William Koontz II from father Amos R. Koontz and Aunt Ruth Stocking; and letters from James William Koontz to Aunts Pearl Koontz and Ruth Stocking
      1934, 1937-1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18 id153747
      Letters to Ruth Stocking Lynch
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19 id153748
      Brochures, maps, travel plans and programs from Besse Koontz and James William Koontz's stay on the island of Barbados
      1936-1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20 id154097
      Letters to and from James William Koontz II while on Barbados, including drawings and handwriting exercises
      1936-1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21 id154098
      Letters to Edith and Pearl Koontz from Besse Koontz
      1936-1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 22 id154099
      Letters from Besse S. Koontz to her mother and her sister Ruth Stocking Lynch
      1936-1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 23 id154100
      Letters from Besse S. Koontz to Amos R. Koontz while on Barbados
      1936-1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 24 id154105
      Letters from Besse S. Koontz to husband Amos. R. Koontz, sister Ruth Stocking Lynch, and mother, mostly from the island of Barbados
      1936-1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 25 id154108
      Miscellaneous letters to Besse S. Koontz during her stay on Barbados.
      1937-1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 26 id154110
      Correspondence to Amos R. Koontz from a woman named Marjorie of Williamsburg, Virginia. (Closed until 2022, Box XXIV)
      1937-1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 27 id154112
      Typed letters from Besse S. Koontz to assorted friends and relatives, including her husband Amos R. Koontz while on Barbados
      1937-1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 28 id154114
      Correspondence between Besse S. Koontz and Amos R. Koontz and their son James William Koontz II
      1937-1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 29 id154116
      Letters to James William Koontz II from various friends and relatives
      1937-1986
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 30 id154119
      Letters from Besse S. Koontz and son James William Koontz II to Amos R. Koontz, sister Ruth Stocking Lynch and mother while in the British West Indies
      1938-1939
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 id154121
    Box 3: Personal Correspondence
    1865-1986
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id154123
      Typed letters and diary accounts from Besse S. Koontz and son James William Koontz II from Singapore and the Far East
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id154125
      Letters from Besse S. Koontz to husband Amos R. Koontz, sister Ruth, and mother from Mexico, Arizona, California, and Oregon
      1940-1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id154128
      Letters from Besse S. Koontz to Amos R. Koontz during her travels through Mexico, Arizona, and Louisiana
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id154129
      Letters from James William Koontz II to his parents Amos and Besse Koontz; and correspondence from Cooperstown Academy to Besse Koontz
      1941-1942
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id154130
      Holiday cards to Besse S. Koontz from Susan Ricker Knox, artist
      1942
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id154135
      Letters from Amos R. Koontz to Besse Koontz during his service in World War II
      1942
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id154141
      Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his friends and colleages during World War II
      1942-1943
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id154145
      Correspondence between James William Koontz and his parents Amos R. and Besse S. Koontz
      1942-1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9 id154149
      Letters from Colonel Thomas J. Shryock to Amos and Besse Koontz, including clippings of Colonel Shyrock's war-time service
      1942-1943, 1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10 id154150
      Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his wife Besse S. Koontz during his service in World War II
      1943
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11 id154152
      Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his wife Besse S. Koontz during his service in World War II
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12 id154159
      Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his wife Besse S. Koontz during his service in World War II
      1944
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13 id154164
      Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his wife Besse S. Koontz during his service in World War II
      1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 14 id154165
      Letters to and from Amos R. Koontz with various friends and relatives
      1945-1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 15 id154189
      Correspondence and accounts relating to James William Koontz II's summer in Mexico and California
      1946
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 16 id154191
      Correspondence and accounts relating to James William Koontz's summer in Mexico and California
      1946
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 17 id154193
      Correspondence relating to the hospitalization of Besse S. Koontz for depression (Closed until 2022. Box XXIV)
      1946-1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 18 id154196
      Correspondence relating to the hospitalization of Besse S. Koontz for depression (Closed until 2022. Box XXIV)
      1946-1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 19 id154198
      Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and his sister-in-law Ruth Stocking Lynch, mostly concerning James William Koontz II
      1946-1949
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 20 id154200
      Memoranda, messages, and personal correspondence of Amos R. Koontz
      1946-1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 21 id154203
      Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his wife Besse S. Koontz and sister in law Ruth Stocking Lynch
      1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 22 id154206
      Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his son James William Koontz II and sister-in-law Ruth Stocking Lynch
      1947-1948
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 23 id154209
      Correspondence between Besse S. Koontz and her sister Ruth S. Lynch
      1947-1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 24 id154211
      Letters to Ruth Stocking Lynch from various friends and relatives, including Amos R. Koontz and Mae Link
      1947-1977
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 25 id154213
      Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and his sister-in-law Ruth Stocking Lynch
      1948-1949
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 26 id154215
      Correspondence between Bessie S. Koontz and her sister Ruth Stocking Lynch
      1949-1957
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 27 id154216
      Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and his sister-in-law Ruth S. Lynch
      1949-1957
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id154217
    Box 4: Personal Correspondence
    1865-1986
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id154219
      Letters to Ruth Stocking Lynch from Amos R. Koontz. Besse S. Koontz, and James W. Koontz II
      1950-1956
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id154221
      Correspondence between Ruth Stocking Lynch and Amos R. Koontz, Besse S. Koontz, and James W. Koontz II
      1950-1956
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id154223
      Correspondence between James William Koontz II and his aunt Ruth Stocking Lynch
      1950-1954, 1957
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id154225
      Letters to Bessie S. Koontz from various friends and relatives, including husband Amos R. Koontz and son James William Koontz II
      1951-1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id154226
      Letters from James William Koontz II to his parents Amos R. Koontz and Besse Koontz
      1952-1953
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id154228
      Letters from James William Koontz II to his parents Amos R. Koontz and Besse Koontz
      1952-1953
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id155293
      Letters to and from James William Koontz II, mostly with his parents
      1952-1966
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id155294
      Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and Besse S. Koontz
      1953-1959
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id155295
      Correspondence between Amos R. Koontz and Besse S. Koontz
      1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10 id155296
      Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his son James William Koontz II during his travels to Hawaii and the Far East
      1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11 id155297
      Guest list for the bachelor party and wedding of James William Koontz II
      1957
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 12 id155298
      Letters and papers of Cary Lee Keen Koontz, first wife of James William Koontz II
      1957-1960
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 13 id155299
      Letters to Besse S. Koontz from husband Amos R. Koontz, sister Ruth Stocking Lynch, and friends
      1960-1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14 id155300
      Letters to Amos and Besse Koontz from friends and relatives, including letters from Miss Elizabeth Shortt, James William Koontz II's fiancee
      1962-1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15 id155301
      Letters to James William Koontz II from his father Amos R. Koontz, uncle-in-law William Burton Guy, and fiancee Elizabeth Short
      1961-1962, 1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 16 id155302
      Letters to Mae Link, biographer of Amos R. Koontz
      1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 17 id155303
      Notes of sympathy and condolence on the occasion of the deaths of Amos R. Koontz and Besse S. Koontz; also contains pamphlets on cemetery plots and obituaries
      1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 18 id155304
      Notes of sympathy and condolence on the occasion of the deaths of Amos R. Koontz and Besse S. Koontz
      1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 19 id155305
      Notes of sympathy and condolence on the occasion of the deaths of Amos R. Koontz and Besse S. Koontz
      1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 20 id155306
      Notes of sympathy and condolence on the occasion of the death of Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 21 id155307
      Notes of sympathy and condolence on the occasion of the death of Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 22 id155308
      Notes of sympathy and condolence on the occasion of the death of Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 23 id155309
      Letters from James William Koontz, William Burton Guy, and Amos R. Koontz's secretary in response to Amos' mail following his death
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id155310
    Box 5: Personal Correspondence, 1865-1986
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id155311
      Newspaper clipping, press releases and speeches relating to Generals Robert E. Lee, Douglas MacArthur, and John Pershing
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id155312
      Assorted maps, travel guides, brochures, and souvenirs
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id155313
      Assorted pieces of poetry and humor
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id155314
      Catalogs of the Garrison Forest School of Garrison, Maryland
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id155315
      Assorted hotel and restaurant menus
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id155316
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Confederate Historical Society
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7 id155317
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz membership in the Jamestown Society
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8 id155318
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz membership in the Jamestown Society
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9 id155319
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Maryland Club
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10 id155320
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11 id155321
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Mount Vernon Area Neighborhood Council
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 12 id155322
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in Phi Beta Kappa
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 13 id155323
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Saint George's Society
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 14 id155324
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Maryland
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 15 id155325
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Society of Cincinnati
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 16 id155326
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Society of the War of 1812
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 17 id155327
      Papers relating to Amos R. and James W. Koontz's memberships in the Theta Delta Chi fraternity
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 18 id155328
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the University Club
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 19 id155329
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Virginians of Maryland, Inc.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 20 id155330
      Miscellaneous papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's Association with various social clubs and organizations
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id155331
    Box 6: William & Mary and Johns Hopkins materials
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id155332
      Catalogs, programs, and magazines relating to Amos and Besse Koontz's Association with Johns Hopkins University
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id155333
      Catalogs, programs, and magazines relating to Amos and Besse Koontz's Association with Johns Hopkins University
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id155334
      Catalogs, programs, and magazines relating to Amos R. Koontz's life-long association with the College of William and Mary
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4 id155335
      Catalogs, programs, and magazines relating to Amos R. Koontz's life-long association with the College of William and Mary
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id155336
      Miscellaneous papers and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's life-long association with the College of William and Mary
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6 id155337
      Miscellaneous papers and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's life-long association with the College of William and Mary
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7 id155338
      Miscellaneous papers and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's life-long association with the College of William and Mary
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 8 id155339
      Papers relating to student-alumni relations at the College of William and Mary
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 9 id155340
      Papers relating to the Honor Code systems of the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 10 id155341
      Papers relating to the Society of the Alumni of the College of William and Mary
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 11 id155342
      Papers relating to the College of William and Mary Alumni Chapter of Baltimore, Maryland
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 12 id155344
      Papers relating to the University of Virginia, alma mater of James W. Koontz, II
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 13 id155346
      Programs and magazines relating to Goucher College, alma mater of Besse S. Koontz
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id155347
    Box 7: Travel logs and itineraries
    1938-1963
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id155348
      Notes of Amos R. Koontz's trip through the American Midwest and Far West
      1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id155349
      Itinerary of Besse and James W. Koontz's trip to Mexico, Arizona, California, Washington, Alaska and Canada
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id155351
      Notes and itineraries of Dr. Amos R. Koontz's trip to the Far East
      1948
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id155352
      Notes and itinerary of Dr. Amos R. Koontz's trip to Europe and Egypt
      1951
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 5 id155354
      Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip to South America
      1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 6 id155356
      Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip to Mexico and California
      1953
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 7 id155357
      Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip to Mexico and California
      1953
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 8 id155358
      Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip around the world
      1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 9 id155359
      Notes and itinerary of Dr. Amos R. Koontz's trip to the Far East as Surgical Consultant to the U.S. Army
      1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 10 id155360
      Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip to the Black Hills
      1956
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 11 id155361
      Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip to the West Indies and Central and South America
      1957
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 12 id155363
      Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip to Russia, Poland, Bohemia, Scandinavia and the British Isles
      1958
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 13 id155365
      Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip around the world
      1959
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 14 id155366
      Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip around the world
      1960
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 15 id155367
      Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip to Europe
      1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 16 id155368
      Notes and itinerary of Amos R. Koontz's trip around the world
      1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 17 id155369
      Itinerary of Dr. and Mrs. Amos R. Koontz's trip to Hawaii and return cruise to San Francisco, California
      1963
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id155372
    Box 8: Professional Correspondence, 1915-1972
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id155373
      Letters of Mae Link, biographer of Amos R. Koontz
      1915-1966
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2 id155375
      Documents and letters relating to Besse E. Stocking's employment with the federal government as a technician artist
      1917-1919
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 3 id155376
      Professional medical papers and correspondence of Amos R. Koontz
      1919-1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 4 id155378
      Certificates, commissions, diplomas, and citations belonging to Amos R. Koontz, Besse S. Koontz, James W. Koontz II, and Mae Link, among others
      1919-1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 5 id155380
      Receipts, bank statements, and account books of Amos and Besse Koontz and son of James William
      1919-1972
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 6 id155382
      Compilations of the published works of Amos R. Koontz
      1924-1964
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 7 id155383
      Papers relating to the personal medical history of Amos R. Koontz, including x-rays and examination results
      1930-1964
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 8 id155385
      Records of employees of Dr. Amos R. Koontz, including social security and Maryland state unemployment forms
      1939-1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 9 id155387
      Documents and correspondence relating to Amos R. Koontz's service as Medical Director and Advisor to Maryland Selective Service
      1941-1956
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 10 id155388
      Drafts of speeches and addresses written and delivered by Amos R. Koontz
      1941-1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 11 id155390
      Letters to and from Besse S. Koontz, including letters from the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Virginia
      1943-1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 12 id155392
      Documents and correspondence relating to the medical practice of Amos R. Kootnz
      1945, 1963-1964
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 13 id155394
      Assorted correspondence, biographical material, letters to the editor, and membership applications of James William Koontz II
      1948-1958
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 14 id155398
      Papers relating to the Veterans Administration belonging to Amos R. Koontz
      1946-1949
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 15 id156084
      Correspondence, memoranda, and documents relating to Amos R. Koontz's service as consultant to the Surgeon General of the United States Army
      1946-1964
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 16 id156085
      Narcotics inventory records of Amos R. Koontz
      1947-1964
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 17 id156086
      Miscellaneous letters of Amos R. Koontz
      1948-1965
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id156087
    Box 9: Professional Correspondence
    1915-1972
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1 id156088
      Papers of Amos R. Koontz relating to his service on the Committee on Veterans' Medical Care
      1953-1962
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2 id156089
      Papers of Amos R. Koontz relating to his service on the Committee on Veterans' Medical Care
      1953-1962
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3 id156090
      Documents of Amos R. Koontz relating to his testimony on Senate rule changes
      1957
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 4 id156091
      Speeches and correspondence of Amos R. Koontz relating to the Daughters of the American Revolution
      1958
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5 id156092
      Documents, speeches, and correspondence of Amos R. Koontz relating to his work on health care for the aging
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6 id156093
      Drafts, notes and correspondence relating to "The Uncommon Man," Mae Link's biography of Amos R. Koontz
      1962-1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7 id156094
      Drafts, notes, and correspondence relating to "The Uncommon Man," Mae Link's biography of Amos R. Koontz
      1962-1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8 id156095
      Letters between Amos R. Koontz and Brigadier General Frank Wilson of the Association of Military Surgeons
      1963-1964
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9 id156096
      Letters from friends and colleagues to Amos R. Koontz after his death
      1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 10 id156097
      Editorials of Amos R. Koontz for "Military Medicine"
      1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11 id156098
      Papers relating to the Amos R. Koontz Memorial Foundation and Lectureship
      1965, 1970
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 12 id156099
      Various personal and professional letters to and from Besse S. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 13 id156100
      Miscellaneous personal and professional papers, including notes on books, music and quotations
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 14 id156101
      Miscellaneous personal and professional papers, including magazines, programs, and correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 15 id156102
      Miscellaneous personal and professional papers, including magazines, programs, and correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 16 id156103
      Assorted book reviews on medical and political subjects, belonging mostly to Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 17 id156104
      Medical drawings by Besse S. Koontz
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id156105
    Box 10: Military Service
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1 id156107
      Memoranda and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service in Base Hospital 18 during World War I
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 2 id156108
      Various orders and documents relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service during World War II
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 3 id156110
      Various orders and documents relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service during World War II
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 4 id156113
      Letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's views on the organization of the Armed Forces medical establishment
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 5 id156141
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service with the 20th Station Hospital during World War II
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 6 id156142
      Memoranda and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service with the 39th General Hospital during World War II
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 7 id156143
      Memoranda and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service in the 18th General Hospital during World War II
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 8 id156144
      Memoranda relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service with the 39th General Hospital during World War II
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 9 id156151
      Memoranda relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service in the Pacific during World War II
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 10 id156154
      Memoranda and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service in New Zealand and New Caledonia during World War II
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 11 id156156
      Memoranda and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's service in the Maryland National Guard
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 12 id156158
      Memoranda and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's service in the Reserve Officers Association of Maryland
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 13 id156159
      Letters of Amos R. Koontz relating to medical care for United States Army dependents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 14 id156160
      Maps of New Zealand
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id156163
    Box 11: Political Activity
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 1 id156164
      Miscellaneous letters and publications relating to the political activity of Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 2 id156179
      Miscellaneous letters and publications relating to the political activity of Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 3 id156183
      Various articles, speeches, and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's involvement in fight against socialized medicine
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 4 id156187
      Various articles, speeches, and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's involvement in fight against socialized medicine
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 5 id156215
      Letters, articles, speeches, and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's involvement in fight against socialized medicine
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 6 id156221
      Articles relating to Amos R. Koontz's interest in the quality of American education
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 7 id156222
      Papers and letters relating to Amos R. Koontz's work with the Maryland Medical Political Action Committee
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 8 id156226
      Letters to the editor of The Baltimore Evening Sun and various politicians from Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 9 id156263
      Letters to the editor of The Baltimore Evening Sun and various politcians from Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 10 id156264
      Letters to the editor of The Baltimore Evening Sun and various politicians from Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 11 id156267
      Letters to the editor of The Baltimore Evening Sun and various politicians from Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 12 id156268
      Letters to the editor of The Baltimore Evening Sun and various politicians from Amos R. Koontz
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 id156318
    Box 12: Professional Societies and Organizations
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 1 id156319
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the American College of Surgeons
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id156320
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the American Medical Association
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id156321
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's work with the American Medical Writer's Association
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 4 id156392
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the American Surgical Association
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 5 id156393
      Papers relating Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 6 id156394
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Baltimore City Medical Society
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 7 id156395
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Clinical Club
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 8 id156396
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's editorship of the Current Medical Digest
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 9 id156397
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's Association with Excepta Medica
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 10 id156398
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the International Soceity of Surgery
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 11 id156399
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Maryland Retired Officers Association
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 12 id156400
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Maryland Retired Officers Association
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 13 id156401
      Papers relating to his editorship of Military Medicine
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 14 id156402
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Military Order of Foreign Wars
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 15 id156403
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's work with the People's Union
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 16 id156404
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's work with the Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 17 id156405
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's work with the Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 18 id156406
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the Southern Surgical Association
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 19 id156407
      Papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's membership in the World Medical Association
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 20 id156416
      Miscellaneous papers relating to Amos R. Koontz's association with various professional societies
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 id156417
    Box 13: Newspaper, magazine clippings, and article reprints
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id156418
      Various newspaper clippings about Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id156419
      Newspaper clippings to the College of William and Mary and Johns Hopkins University
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3 id157305
      Various newspaper clippings sent to James W. Koontz II from his aunt Ruth S. Lynch
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 4 id157307
      Letters to the editor of The Baltimore Evening Sun by and about Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id157308
      Newspaper clippings on various political matters, especially socialized medicine
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 6 id157309
      Newspaper clippings relating to Amos and Besse Koontz's interest in polo playing
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 7 id157311
      Newspaper clippings of events of World War I and World War II
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 8 id157312
      Newspaper clippings of various wedding announcements, death notices, and society happenings
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 9 id157314
      Essays and articles on travel and politics written by Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 10 id157315
      Miscellaneous newspaper clippings
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 11 id157316
      Reprints of letters to the editor on medical topics by Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 12 id157318
      Reprints of articles written by Amos R. Koontz on medical topics, especially hernia surgery
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 13 id157319
      Reprints of articles written by Amos R. Koontz on medical topics, especially hernia surgery
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 14 id157320
      Reprints of articles written by Amos R. Koontz on medical topics, especially hernia surgery
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 15 id157321
      Reprints of articles written by Amos R. Koontz on medical topics, especially hernia surgery
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 16 id157322
      Reprints of articles written by Amos R. Koontz on medical topics, especially hernia surgery
  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157323
    Box 14: Photographs, Newspaper Clippings, and Scrapbooks (Boxes XIV-XVII)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157325
      Scrapbook 1: Newspaper clippings from Luray, Virginia
      1911-1941
      Scope and Contents

      Newspaper clippings from Luray, Virginia, and of obituaries, promotions, weddings, and social events in both the military and medical fields.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157326
      Scrapbook 2: Newspaper Clippings
      1928-1941
      Scope and Contents

      Newspaper clippings relating to Amos R. Koontz's interest in polo playing.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157327
      Scrapbook 3: Photographs of James William Koontz II as an infant and young child
      1929-1938
      Scope and Contents

      Photographs of James William Koontz II as an infant and young child, including his stay with his mother on Barbados, British West Indies.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157328
      Scrapbook 4: Newspaper Clippings
      1938-1959
      Scope and Contents

      Newspaper clippings of Baltimore society happenings, including weddings, promotions, death notices, and Theta Delta Chi fraternity events.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157329
      Scrapbook 5: Newspaper Clippings
      1941-1942
      Scope and Contents

      Newspaper clippings and photos relating to the military draft of World War II.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157330
      Scrapbook 6: Newspaper Clippings
      1941-1942
      Scope and Contents

      Newspaper clippings relating to Dr. Amos R. Koontz's medical practice, the College of William and Mary, Theta Delta Chi fraternity, and obituaries and wedding announcements.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157331
      Scrapbook 7: Newspaper Clippings
      1942-1943, 1955-1956
      Scope and Contents

      Newspaper clippings of obituaries, society announcements, professional promotions, and College of William and Mary alumni news.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157332
      Scrapbook 8. World War II photographs and postcards
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id157333
      Scrapbook 9: World War II Newspaper Clippings
      1943-1944
      Scope and Contents

      Newspaper clippings relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service in World War II, including commendations and promotions announcements.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157334
    Box 15: Photographs, Newspaper Clippings, and Scrapbooks (Boxes XIV-XVII)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157336
      Scrapbook 10: Newspaper clippings
      1944-1947
      Scope and Contents

      Newspaper clippings relating to World War II, College of William and Mary, and the University of Virginia.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157338
      Scrapbook 11: Amos R. Koontz's World War II Military Service
      Scope and Contents

      Photographs of Amos R. Koontz's military service during World War II. Also photographs of James William Koontz at the University of Virginia.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157339
      Scrapbook 12: Travels through Europe, Asia, and Africa
      1946-1951
      Scope and Contents

      Assorted photographs and postcards relating to the Koontz family's travels through Europe, Asia, and Africa.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157340
      Scrapbook 13: News Clippings
      1947-1949
      Scope and Contents

      News clippings of military and medical announcements, promotions.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157341
      Scrapbook 14: Newspaper clippings relating to Dr. Amos R. Koontz's association with the College of William and Mary and Johns Hopkins University
      1948-1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157342
      Scrapbook 15: Newspaper clippings of professional and society announcements of Amos R. Koontz
      1951-1953
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157343
      Scrapbook 16: Photographs of Amos R. Koontz's trip to South America
      1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157344
      Scrapbook 17: Military services, social activities, and professional medical work
      1952-1958
      Scope and Contents

      Clippings, photographs, and programs relating to Amos R. Koontz's military service, social activities, college fraternity reunions, and professional medical work.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id157345
      Scrapbook 18: Postcards from Mexico and California
      1953
      Scope and Contents

      Postcards from Amos R. Koontz's trip to Mexico and California.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157350
    Box 16: Photographs, Newspaper Clippings, and Scrapbooks (Boxes XIV-XVII)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157351
      Scrapbook 19: Postcards from Europe
      1953
      Scope and Contents

      Postcards from Amos R. Koontz's travels throughout Europe.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157352
      Scrapbook 20: Postcards from Europe
      1953
      Scope and Contents

      Postcards from Amos R. Koontz's trip throughout Europe.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157354
      Scrapbook 21: Travels and conferences
      1954-1957
      Scope and Contents

      Photographs of Amos R. Koontz's travels and national and international professional conferences.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157355
      Scrapbook 22: Postcards
      1955
      Scope and Contents

      Postcards from Amos R. Koontz's trip around the world.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157356
      Scrapbook 23: Clippings and Photographs of Cary Lee Keen and Elizabeth Shortt
      1957, 1961
      Scope and Contents

      Newspaper clippings and photographs of Cary Lee Keen and Elizabeth Shortt, the first and second wives of James William Koontz.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157357
      Scrapbook 24: Postcards of travels through Europe, Russia, and Southeast Asia
      1958-1959
      Scope and Contents

      Postcards relating to Amos R. Koontz's travels through Europe, Russia, and Southeast Asia.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157358
      Scrapbook 25: Clippings and papers
      1959-1961
      Scope and Contents

      Newspaper clippings of death notices, weddings, society events, letters to the editor, and political matters.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157360
      Scrapbook 26: Photographs of African natives and animals and professional medical conferences
      1960-1962
      Scope and Contents

      Photographs of African natives and animals and of various professional medical conferences attended by Amos R. Koontz.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id157363
      Scrapbook 27: Clippings
      1961-1962
      Scope and Contents

      Newspaper clippings of weddings, obituaries and professional promotions.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157364
    Box 17: Photographs, Newspaper Clippings, and Scrapbooks (Boxes XIV-XVII)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157365
      Scrapbook 28: Clippings
      1962-1964
      Scope and Contents

      Newspaper clippings of obituaries, weddings, society happenings, and medical news.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157366
      Scrapbook 29: World War 1-Era
      1964-1965
      Scope and Contents

      World War I- era photograph and last written correspondence of Amos R. Koontz. Also included is an unfinished draft of Amos R. Koontz's biography by Mae Link.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157367
      Scrapbook 30: Clippings
      1964-1965
      Scope and Contents

      Newspaper clippings of weddings, obituaries, and programs.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157368
      Scrapbook 31: Poems and Questions
      Scope and Contents

      Assorted poems and questions collected by Amos R. Koontz.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157369
      Audiotape of a lecture on hernia surgery
      1961 February
      Scope and Contents

      Audiotape 1-10. Audiotape of a lecture on hernia surgery in which Dr. Amos R. Koontz participated.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157370
      Black buttons, probably belonging to a tuxedo or dress uniform of Amos Koontz (A1)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id157371
      Military insignia belonging to Amos Koontz (A2)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id157372
    Box 18: Photographs
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 1 id157373
      Photographs and xerox copies of photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stocking, parents of Besse Stocking Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 2 id157374
      Photographs of professors who taught Amos R. Koontz at Johns Hopkins Medical School
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 3 id157375
      Photographs of Besse Stocking Koontz during her days at Goucher College
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 4 id157376
      Courtship photographs of Amos R. Koontz and Besse Pearl Stocking
      1917
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 5 id157377
      Various photographs of Dr. Amos R. Koontz, in formal and informal settings with friends, relatives, and professional colleagues
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 6 id157378
      Military photographs of Amos R. Koontz during the First and Second World Wars
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 7 id157379
      Photographs of Besse Stocking Koontz, informal and formal settings with friends and relatives
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 8 id157380
      Medical/Surgical photographs belonging to Dr. Amos R. Koontz and medical sketches belonging to Besse Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 9 id157381
      Photographs, formal and informal, of James William Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 10 id157382
      Photographs of Ruth Stocking Lynch, sister of Besse Stocking Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 11 id157383
      Postcards and photographs of the Maori population of New Zealand and the Grand Canyon
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 12 id157384
      Miscellaneous and unidentified photographs of relatives and friends of Dr. and Mrs. Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 13 id157385
      Miscellaneous and unidentified photographs
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 id157386
    Box 19: Diaries
    1930, 1933-1935, 1943-1965
    Scope and Contents

    Yearly diaries of Dr. Amos R. Koontz. 26 volumes.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 20 id157387
    Box 20: Medical textbooks, notebooks, and journals
    Scope and Contents

    Records of the Maryland Selective Service; and ancestry records of the Stocking family. 51 volumes.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 21 id157388
    Box 21: Article reprints and other materials
    Scope and Contents

    Bound copies of article reprints, passports, notebooks, and telephone and address directories belonging to Amos R. Koontz. 41 volumes

  • Mixed Materials Box: 22 id157389
    Box 22: Medical school filing system of Amos R. Koontz
  • Mixed Materials Box: 23 id157390
    Box 23: Medical article reprints of Amos R. Koontz
    Scope and Contents

    Alphabetical filing of medical article reprints belonging to Dr. Amos Koontz. Also includes an index by subject matter. Compiled by Dr. Koontz

  • Mixed Materials box: 24 id157392
    Box 24 and oversize folder: Certificates
    • Mixed Materials box: 24 Folder: 1 id157393
      Portrait of William H. Welch, Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    • Mixed Materials box: 24 Folder: 2 id157394
      Amos R. Koontz certificate of commissioning in the Medical Section of the Army Officers Reserve Corps
      1918
    • Mixed Materials Folder: 3 (oversize) id157395
      Charles H. Stocking certificate of honorable discharge from the Union Army (father of Besse Stocking Koontz)
      1963
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id67912
Series 2: Mss. Acc. 1996.25 Addition
  • id67913
    Subseries 1: Personal Papers
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 1 id68018
      Editorials and Articles Written by Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 2 id68019
      Works Written by Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 3 id68020
      A Tale of Two Wars, Amos R. Koontz
      Scope and Contents

      This folder contains A Tale of Two Wars, a story written by Amos R. Koontz.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 4 id68021
      Koontz, Samples
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 5 id68022
      Printed Material
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 6 id68023
      Fillers
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 7 id68024
      Military Medicine, editor, Amos R. Koontz
      1956-1963
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 8 id68025
      Contents of Issues of Military Medicine
      1963-1965
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 9 id68026
      William and Mary Class of 1910
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 10 id68027
      Acceptance Speech for Presidency of the Real Estate Board of Greater Baltimore, by William B. Gary Jr.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 11 id68028
      Miscellaneous
    • Mixed Materials box: 24 Folder: 4 id68205
      Societies, Southeastern Surgical Congress
      1963-1965
    • Mixed Materials box: 24 Folder: 5 id68204
      Clippings
      1965
      Scope and Contents

      This folder contains newspaper clippings pertaining to the death of Amos R. Koontz.

  • id68013
    Subseries 2: Photographs and artifacts
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 12 id68029
      Photographs (with envelopes and correspondence they match up with)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 13 id68030
      Photographs for the Amos R. Koontz Biography
    • Mixed Materials box: 24 Folder: 6 id68202
      Photographs and artifacts
      1919-1963 and unknown
      Scope and Contents

      In addition to photographs, this folder includes military memorabilia (dog tags, pins, army hospital tag) which were moved to the Mss. Artifact collection for approproate housing.

  • id68014
    Subseries 3: Correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 14 id68031
      Correspondence
      1962-1966
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 15 id68032
      Letter to Amos Koontz from James H. Forsee Pertaining to the Second Auxiliary Surgical Group
      1957 March
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 16 id68033
      Letters from Amos R. Koontz to his Wife Besse Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 17 id68034
      Typescripts of WWI Letters from Dr. Koontz to Mrs. Koontz, pages 1-54
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 18 id68035
      Typescripts of WWI Letters from Dr. Koontz to Mrs. Koontz, pages 55-102
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 19 id68036
      Typescripts of WWI Letters from Dr. Koontz to Mrs. Koontz pages 103-157
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 20 id68037
      Typescripts of WWI Letters from Dr. Koontz to Mrs. Koontz, pages 158-220
  • id68015
    Subseries 4: Research Material
    Scope and Contents

    This sub-series contains research material used to write the Amos R. Koontz biography.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 21 id68038
      Genealogical Material
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 22 id68039
      Biographical Data of Amos R. Koontz
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 23 id68040
      Theta Delta Chi, The Shield, Article on Dr. Amos R. Koontz
      January 1960
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 24 id68041
      American Medical Writers' Association Roster of Members
      1963
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 25 id68042
      Koontz, Photographs, Correspondence, Clippings, and Literature
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 26 id68043
      Expenses and Notes
  • id68016
    Subseries 5: Drafts of the Amos R. Koontz Biography
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 27 id68044
      Drafts, The Uncommon Man or St. George and the Dragon, A Biography of Amos R. Koontz, Tables of Content
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 28 id68045
      Drafts, Table of Contents of the Amos R. Koontz Biography and the Prologue
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 29 id68046
      Drafts, Table of Contents, Inserts, and Chapter Two of the Amos R. Koontz Biography
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 30 id68047
      Drafts, Prologue, Typed Sections
      1966
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 31 id68048
      Drafts, Marked Up Prologue and Chapters One and Two of the Amos R. Koontz Biography
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 32 id68049
      Drafts, Prologue and Chapter One Drafts with Mark Ups
      1966 February 3-4
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 33 id68050
      Drafts, Chapters One and Two (typed and handwritten)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 34 id68051
      Chapter Four Drafts, Typed with Mark Ups
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 35 id68052
      Drafts, Various Pages and Chapter Four of the Amos R. Koontz Biography
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 36 id68053
      Chapter Six Draft, Typed with Mark Ups
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 37 id68054
      Drafts of the Amos R. Koontz Biography Printed and in Notebook
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 38 id68055
      Drafts of The Uncommon Man, the Amos R. Koontz Biography
    • Mixed Materials box: 24 Folder: 7 id68207
      Handwritten Draft of the Amos R. Koontz Biography
  • id68017
    Subseries 6: Dr. Mae Link
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 39 id68056
      American Medical Writer's Association, Dr. Mae Link's Folder
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 40 id68057
      Clippings Sent to Dr. Mae Link
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 41 id68058
      Correspondence With Dr. Mae M. Link
      1958-1966
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 42 id68059
      Draft of Prologue of Koontz Biography, Margaret Cook to Dr. Mae Link
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 43 id68060
      Martha, a Novel by Mae Link
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 44 id68061
      Martha, a novel by Mae Link, pages 2-201 with pages cut or missing
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 45 id68062
      Martha, a novel by Mae Link, pages 435-499
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 46 id68063
      Martha, a novel by Mae Link, pages 500-599
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 47 id68064
      Martha, a novel by Mae Link, pages 600-621
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 48 id68065
      Martha, a novel by Mae Link, cut out pages
    • Mixed Materials box: 24 Folder: 8 id68209
      The Uncommon Man, draft sent to Dr. Mae Link
      1988
  • id68211
    Subseries 7: Diaries
    1917-1939
    Scope and Contents

    This sub-series contains diaries kept by Amos R. Koontz. They begin in the year 1917 with his time spent as a doctor in World War I and end in 1939. An entry dated September 3rd in the 1939 diary describes Amos Koontz waking up to find that World War II had begun.

    • Mixed Materials box: 25
      Diaries (16 volumes)
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  • Subseries 1: Correspondence
    • Mixed Materials box: 26 Folder: 49
      Correspondence to "the Bouchers"
      July 4, 1945
    • Mixed Materials box: 26 Folder: 50
      Correspondence to Mrs Amos R. Koontz (Besse E. Stocking)
      Circa 1934
    • Mixed Materials box: 26 Folder: 51
      Correspondence to James Koontz
      Circa 1950-1960
    • Mixed Materials box: 26 Folder: 52
      Correspondence to Homer A. Lester
      1938
    • Mixed Materials box: 26 Folder: 53
      Correspondence from A.R. Koontz to Mrs. Newman Lynch (Ruth Stocking Lynch)
      October 18, 1918
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