Collection Summary
Maghee, Thomas G.
Thomas G. Maghee papers
1872-1909 (bulk 1872-1878)
00010
.45 cubic ft. (1 box)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Military and private papers of a United States army surgeon stationed at Camp Brown (later Fort Washakie), Wyoming, during the 1870s.
Arrangement of the Collection
Biography of Thomas G. MagheeThomas G. Maghee (1842-1927) was a physician and plastic surgeon. He was born in Evansville, Indiana, and served with the Twenty-fourth Indiana Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. After completing his medical studies in 1873, he was an assistant army surgeon at Camp Brown (later Fort Washakie) and Camp (Fort) Stambaugh in Wyoming. In 1875 he reported on the hot springs which later formed the nucleus for Thermopolis, Wyoming. He entered private practice in 1878 in Green River, Wyoming; moved to Rawlins in 1880; and to Lander in 1905. In 1886 he performed pioneering facial reconstructive surgery on George Webb, a sheep herder who had attempted suicide.
Scope and ContentThe collection includes a month by month narrative of life at Camp Brown (1875-1878), a drawing of Camp Brown, military orders and reports of Thomas G. Maghee (1872-1878), and some non-medical private business records. There are also manuscripts, including a report on the George Webb case and drafts for an official report on Thermopolis hot springs.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes,
and the collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright,
property, and libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by Thomas G. Maghee at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from Val Maghee prior to 1945.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by D. Claudia Thompson in July 2009.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Webb, George
United States. Army--Surgeons--19th century
Hot springs--Wyoming
Plastic surgeons--Wyoming--19th century
Surgery, Plastic--Case studies--19th century
Medicine, Military--Wyoming--19th century
Fort Washakie (Wyo.)
Camp Stambaugh (Wyo.)
Wyoming--History--To 1889
Wyoming--History--1890-1918
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Military
Science, Technology, and Health
Wyoming
Container List
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Camp Brown Post Record
1875-January 1876
1
2-3
Camp Brown Post Record (with transcript)
October 1876-March 1878
1
4
Certificate of Stock Brand
1886
1
5
Correspondence - Military
1873-1878, 1881
1
6
Correspondence - Private Business
1874-1877
1
7
Correspondence - from C.G. Coutant
1905
1
8
Drawing of Camp Brown
undated
1
9
Financial Records - Bills, Invoices, Receipts
1873-1879, 1909
1
10
Invitations
1874-1875
1
11
Legal Documents - Agreements, Deeds, etc.
1877-1881
1
12
Manuscript - Health in Wyoming
undated
1
13
Manuscript - Thermopolis Hot Springs
1875
1
14
Manuscript - Webb Plastic Surgery (includes photocopies of photographs from Thode Collection #85)
1886
1
15
Manuscript - Wind River Mountains
undated
1
16
Medical Reports (Camp Brown; Camp Stambaugh; Shoshone & Bannock Indian Agency)
1874-1877
1
17
Military - Instructions and Memoranda
1873-1876
1
18
Military - Orders
1872-1878
1
19
Notes on Medical Sources
undated
1
20
Poem - "A Growl from Under the Snow" (manuscript)
1877
1
21
Photograph - "Sketch of Fort Hall, Idaho"
undated
1
22
Printed Material (Medical Fee Bill; Medical College of Evansville Annual Announcement; "The New Gold Field!" broadside on Big Horn country)
1870s