J.A. Stucky Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: BCA 0024 SAA 023

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of letters, photographs, articles, and lectures documenting the work of Dr. Joseph Addison Stucky, especially his involvement in the treatment of trachoma in eastern Kentucky during the early 1900s.

The collection includes miscellaneous Stucky correspondence with the following individuals: Dr. John McMullen, of the U. S. Public Health Service; Harriet Butler, staff nurse at Hindman Settlement School; and school director, May Stone. Letters detail Stucky's initial interest in conducting trachoma clinics in Knott county, his visits and treatment of patients there, and his role in the 1912 Public Health Service Survey of trachoma incidence. Photographs document Stucky's eastern Kentucky work and include images of clinics at Hindman, patient treatment, clinic staff, Pine Mountain Settlement School, and several landscape views. The photographs include black and white prints as well as negatives of various sizes; the majority of the images are unlabeled. The rest of the collection consists mostly of publications and articles by Stucky which relate to trachoma, other medical topics, nursing, and social living.

Dates

created: 1903-1956

Creator

Stucky, J. A. -- (Joseph Addison) -- 1892-1979 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Extent

0.80 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Joseph Addison Stucky was a native of Louisville, Kentucky. He received his education in the city schools and eventually graduated from the University of Louisville College of Medicine. He set up practice in Lexington, Kentucky where specialized in ophthalmology and otolaryngology. In 1911, Stucky traveled to Hindman in Knott County, Kentucky to conduct a clinic for trachoma victims at the W.C.T.U. (later Hindman) Settlement School. The high incidence of trachoma that he documented in eastern Kentucky led to the establishment of a U. S. Public Health service hospital at Hindman in 1913. The hospital was moved to nearby Pike County, in 1916, once trachoma had been effectively eliminated in Knott County.

Arrangement Note

Arrangement of the collection is by series - Personal / Biographical; Correspondence; Writings; Hindman Clinic; Addresses and Lectures; John and William S. Stucky, (Sons); Miscellaneous; and Photographs.