Joseph W. Jackson (1868-1937) Photograph Collection, ca. 1880-1920 FB-109 Introduction The collection includes photographs, mostly of people, from the family of Joseph W. “Joe” Jackson, a doctor from Barre, Vermont, from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Jules Rabin of Marshfield, Vermont, donated the collection to the Vermont Historical Society, in March and June, 2004; he had purchased the collection in the summer of 1969. The collection is housed in three archival flip-top boxes and occupies 1.25 linear feet of shelf space. Biographical Note Dr. Joseph Wells Jackson was born in Stockholm, New York, on April 25, 1868, the only child of Dr. John Henry Jackson and Anna Dutton Wells. After his wife’s death in November 1868, Dr. J. Henry Jackson married Coralinn Augusta Wood and had three more sons, Arthur Wood Jackson, Fred Kinney Jackson, and Henry Hollister Jackson. Dr. Joseph Jackson was educated at Barre Academy, Goddard Seminary, Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, and received his M.D. at the University of Vermont's College of Medicine in 1890. He interned at Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington, Vermont, Butler Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, and in Danvers Asylum, near Salem, Massachusetts. He married Susan F. Emery (1850-1926) of St. Albans, ME, on February 22, 1893, and began practicing medicine in Barre, Vermont, at that time. The Jacksons' adoptive son, Edward Wells Jackson, was born in Georgetown, Massachusetts, on August 13, 1894. Edward Jackson became a pharmacist and was the proprietor of drug stores in Montpelier, Vermont, and, later, in Port Huron, Michigan. Joseph Jackson later married Sarah Reynolds Penn (1887-), a widow with three daughters, on Sept. 17, 1931. Dr. Joseph Jackson practiced medicine for 44 years and was the health officer for the city of Barre, Vermont, during the period 1903-1912. During the Spanish-American War he served as assistant surgeon of the First Regiment of the Vermont National Guard, and was later active in the United Spanish War Veterans’ Association, holding many offices. An avid collector of coins and stamps, he was also active in the Boy Scouts of America and in freemasonry. He was also a long time member of the Clan Gordon No 12, Fraternal Order of Eagles, and Modern Woodmen of America, and served as school commissioner. Dr. Jackson lived and 29 S. Main St., Barre, and had summer cottages in St. Albans, Maine; and Graniteville, Vermont. After a fall in which he fractured a femur in 1936, Dr. Jackson was incapacitated and could no longer practice medicine. He died at home on November 27, 1937. Vermont Historical Society • Barre 05641-4209 Joseph W. Jackson Photograph Collection 2 Scope and Content Note This collection contains photographs accumulated by Dr. Joseph W. Jackson of Barre, Vermont, during the latter part of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. They reflect his family associations and personal friendships. There are a few photographs of Barre and many photographs of vacation travels. The collection also includes some clippings about the Spanish-American War and Barre; some ephemera, both personal and related to Barre, and some wedding invitations. Related Collections The Vermont Historical Society owns a manuscript collection, the Jackson/Wood/Kinney family papers (MSA 78), that includes a memoir about growing up written by Joe Jackson’s brother, Fred. The Aldrich Public Library in Barre, Vermont, has the Dr. Joseph W. Jackson Papers. Inventory FB-109.1:01 Jackson Family Includes: J. Henry Jackson (father) Group photo, c. 1898, with J. W. Jackson, Steward Copitzki, Clerk Drysdale, Dr. Ellis, Clerk Taylor, Steward Pierce Joe’s hospital carriage, Camp Olympia Hattie Jackson Fred K. Jackson (brother) J. Addison Jackson (nephew, son of Fred) :02 Vermonters, identified Includes: Miss K. C. Billings Nina Bowers Lee Chung Geo. F. Flanders, White River Junction Fred Goldsbury Lizzie Murray Guthrie J---- Lonergan Margarita Marshall, Fletcher A. F. McDougall, Barton Miss Catherine Lillian McLacey Sayler Nichols Stephen M. Pingree, Hartford Smith family dog, Eastern Ave., Barre Herman Woodard Tucker, Barre Vermont Historical Society • Barre 05641-4209 Joseph W. Jackson Photograph Collection 3 Marjorie Lucille Wells, Cabot A. N. Wheelock Dorothy Wheelock :03 Vermonters, unidentified :04 Barre studio photos, unidentified :05 Doctor friends Includes: Alfred S. Houghton, MD, Seymour, Conn. (1891) A. S. Houghton, Milwaukee, Wis. (1926) Mrs. Dr. Houghton Dr. Henry Ernest Packer, Gardener, Mass., (1895) :06 Non-Vermont people, identified Includes: Frank H. Bascomb, 33 Bella’s daughter Otto von Bismarck Grover Cleveland Dr. Kimball’s son MacMillan infant D. N. Nicholson (1896) Pauline, age 7 Alzada C. Prescott, St. Albans, Maine Sela H. Prescott, St. Albans, ME (1907) Mrs. Clarence Roberts Maquise de Sable G. Clarence Scott, Boston, Mass. (1899) Wyna B. Seekins Gordon W. Seekins Edgar Thompson Steel Works, Braddock, PA George Washington C. Kathryn Worthley, age 3 mos. (1909) H…. Burnham Trudeau? :07 Jackson-related buildings? Includes: Hospital infirmary :08 Barre buildings Includes: Barre Academy Goddard Seminary Church Street School Vermont Historical Society • Barre 05641-4209 Joseph W. Jackson Photograph Collection 4 :09 Buildings outside of Barre :10 Unlabeled outside scenes :11 Unlabeled water scenes :12 U.S. travel :13 Non-U.S. travel (Europe, North Africa, Middle East) FB-109.2:01 Miscellaneous illustrations :02 Miscellaneous photographs :03 Newspaper clippings, Spanish-American War :04 _____, Barre events and people :05 Ephemera, personal Includes: Letter from son Membership cards Blank doctor’s bills Harry B. Lamson Camp, No. 2, United Spanish War Veterans items Citizenship certificate :06 _____, Barre-related :07 Wedding invitations & announcements Laura Diana Ordway to Earl Elkins Parker, Nov. 21, 1906, Chelsea Jennie Matson to John Milne Bonnyman, Oct. 30, 1906, Northfield Mary Munro Barclay to George Henry Gilman, Dec. 15, 1906, Barre Clara Alzada Prescott to Clarence Amasa Robertson, June 30, 1912, Saint Albans, Maine Myrtle Dorothy Emery to Del Roy Pitting, March 26, 1912, Rochester, New York Grace May Collins to Lucius Hinckley Jones, Feb. 4, 1911, Los Angeles, California Iris Marie Averill to Noble L. Love, June 20, 1906, Barre Ruby Morse Heaton to George William Marks, July 15, no year, Montpelier :08 Calling cards and a greeting card :09 Printed items Including: Five Years of Settlement Work by W. Stanley Emery, Concord, NH Marianne Kotch Paul Carnahan Ruth Finn Vermont Historical Society • Barre 05641-4209 Joseph W. 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