Title: Henry Dodge Papers

Date/Date Range :   1926 February 14-1937 July 24

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains a letter from Henry N. Dodge, a prominent dentist and author of Morristown, NJ, to Reverend Joseph F. Folsom in Newark, NJ, dated Feb. 14, 1926. The letter regards an article in the Historical Society Quarterly and a request for more copies. There is also an article on the death of Dr. Dodge in 1937.

Call number: MS-2443

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection donated to Special Collections by Ronald R. Allen.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Henry Dodge Papers, MS-2443. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Henry Nehemiah Dodge (1843-1937) was a poet, author, and dentist. He attended Columbian and Hamilton colleges and graduated in 1868 for the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College (now part of Temple University) three years later. Then he began to practice dentistry with his father and brother in New York City. Dr. Dodge founded the Morristown Free Dental Clinic and donated parkland. He published four volumes of work and wrote lyric and historical verse. He also received honorary degrees from St. Lawrence University, Tufts College, and Akron University.

This collection contains a letter from Henry N. Dodge, prominent dentist and author of Morristown, NJ, to Reverend Joseph F. Folsom in Newark, NJ, dated Feb. 14, 1926. It is about an article in the Historical Society Quarterly and a request for more copies. There is also an article on the death of Dr. Dodge in 1937.

• Tennessee -- History.
• Dodge, Henry Nehemiah, 1843-1937.