Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. M.D. Other items include routine testimonial speeches, poetry, assorted financial papers, and three newspapers of the 1890s. An item of major interest is the office ledger of Dr. E. H. Hornaday, covering the period 1891-1892.
Entries are by patient, showing fees charged and often the illness treated.
An 1884 pamphlet of instructions for medical examiners of the insurance department of the American Legion of Honor is in the papers also. Date Card 1910-1919 Finding aid prepared for the web by Susan R. Midgette.