Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill

SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

#4820
ROBERT BOONE OUTLAND PAPERS
Inventory

Abstract:     Robert Boone Outland (1907- ), North Carolina
           physician.
              Letters from Robert Boone Outland to his parents,
           Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Outland of Rich Square, N.C.  Most
           of the letters discuss Outland’s academic life, his
           personal life, and the activities of family and
           friends during his undergraduate studies at Wake
           Forest University, his medical studies at the
           University of Pennsylvania, and his residency and
           early work as a doctor in Washington, D.C., and Elm
           City, N.C.

Online Catalog Terms:
 College students—North Carolina—Social life and customs—20th
    century.
 Medical students—Pennsylvania—Social life and customs—20th
    century.
 Outland, Robert Boone, 1907- .
 Physicians—North Carolina—History—20th century.
 Residents (Medicine)—Washington (D.C.)—History—20th century.
 University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine—Students—Social
    life and customs—20th century.
 Wake Forest University—Students—Social life and customs—20th
    century.

Size:        About 2000 items (2.5 linear feet).

Date Span:   1925-1936.

Provenance:  Received from Robert B. Outland III of Baton Rouge,
             La., on 29 July 1996 (Acc. 96114).

Access:      No restrictions.

Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
           their descendants, as stipulated by United States
           copyright law.

                           DESCRIPTION

   Robert Boone Outland Sr., 1907- , a physician, was originally
from Rich Square, N.C.  He attended Wake Forest University, 1925-
1930, and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1930-
1934.  He did his residency at Municipal Hospital and Walter Reed
Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and worked in Elm City, N.C.

   This collection consists of letters from Outland to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Outland of Rich Square, N.C.  The
collection spans the years during Outland’s undergraduate studies
at Wake Forest University, his medical studies at the University
of Pennsylvania, and his residency and early work as a doctor in
Washington, D.C., and Elm City, N.C.  Most of the letters discuss
Outland’s academic life, his personal life, and the activities of
family and friends.  There are some references to economic and
social conditions during the Depression and to the difficulty of
living as a Southerner in a Northern city.

Folder  1  1925
           1926
        2    January-April
        3    May-September
        4    October-December
           1927
        5    January-March
        6    April-July
        7    August-October
        8    November-December
           1928
        9    January-February
       10    March-May
       11    September-December
           1929
       12    January-March
       13    April-May
       14    September-December
           1930
       15    January-February
       16    March-April
       17    May-June
       18    September-October
       19    November-December
           1931
       20    January-February
       21    March-April
       22    May-June
       23    July-August
       24    September-October
       25    November-December
           1932
       26    January-February
       27    March-April
       28    May
       29    June-July
       30    August
       31    September-October
       32    November-December
           1933
       33    January-March
       34    April-May
       35    June-August
       36    September-October
       37    November-December
           1934
       38    January-February
       39    March-April
       40    May-June
       41    July-August
       42    September-October
       43    November-December
           1935
       44    January-February
       45    March-April
       46    May-June
       47    October-December
           1936
       48    January-February
       49    March-May
       50    June-December
       51  Undated