Finding Aid for the Percival Bailey Personal Collection of Papers and Photographs.1902-1992
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Percival Bailey Personal Collection of Papers and Photographs,
Date (inclusive): 1902-1992
Collection number: 339
Creator: Bailey, Percival 1892-1973
Extent: 2 cartons (3.0 linear ft.)
Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library.Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: Dr. Percival Bailey was an important contributor to many fields of the basic and clinical neurosciences, and a distinguished
teacher and author. This is a collection of papers and photographs from Dr. Bailey's home files. Included are documents
about his personal life and family, mementos of many, but not nearly all of the many honors and awards that came to him,
manuscripts of charming autobiographical essays and his thoughts about psychiatry and psychiatrists. Many aspects of his
professional life and his remarkable mentoring of an outstanding group of mid-20th century neurosurgeons emerge from the
papers. The photographic record is especially rich in documenting his students and colleagues from around the world.
Physical location: Southern Regional Library Facility.
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
Access
Collection is open for research.
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retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish if the Biomedical Library does not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Percival Bailey Personal Collection of Papers and Photographs, Ms. Coll. no. 339, Louise M. Darling
Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.
Acquisition Information
The collection was a 1994 gift from Irene Bailey Freyer to UCLA.
Biography
Dr. Percival Bailey was a renowned and much-honored scientist, clinician, teacher and administrator, who made major contributions
in neuropathology, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurosurgery and psychiatry. He was born May 9, 1892 in a small town in
the southern tip of Illinois, an area know as Little Egypt. An intelligent and energetic student, determined to escape his
hard-scrabble background through education, he worked his way from a one-room elementary school to Southern Illinois State
Normal College, and from there to a Ph.D. at the University University of Chicago and a simultaneous M.D. at Northwestern
University. Outstanding teachers, especially in anatomy and neurology, aroused his special interest in the nervous system.
After his internship, in 1919 Bailey was accepted to join Harvey Cushing's neurological surgery team at Harvard. This valuable
and rewarding, but also difficult, association between the two men continued in an on-and-off fashion until 1928. Bailey
spent a year in Boston, then returned to Chicago for a year with the neuropathologist George Boris Hassin, back to Boston,
then a year of study with Pierre Marie in Paris in 1921/1922, and back to Boston again. In 1925, now a married man, Bailey
returned to Paris and worked with the psychiatrist Henri Claude for a year. Then back to Boston and Cushing for the last
time. In 1928 Bailey became the head of the Department of Neurological Surgery of the newly established University of Chicago
School of Medicine.
Dr. Bailey remained as Professor of Surgery and Professor of Neurology at the University of Chicago until 1939. Then he joined
the University of Illinois as Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery until his retirement in 1968. Although his
scientific and teaching activities continued, around 1950 diminished eyesight forced a cessation of his surgical and histological
work. This provided time to shift some of his attention more to psychiatric study of the nervous system, which had always
attracted him, and from 1951 until his retirement in 1967, Dr. Bailey served as Director of the Illinois State Psychopathic
Institute and Research and Educational Consultant to the Illinois Department of Public Welfare.
Dr. Bailey died August 11. 1973. This Renaissance Man, who spoke French and German fluently, read widely in philosophy, history,
art, and wrote charming essays, was widely beloved and honored. More than 200 neuroscientists and surgeons from around the
world, most his former students and colleagues, personally joined in his 60th birthday celebration in Chicago. He was a
recipient of several honorary doctorates, including Docteur honoris causa de l'Université de Paris, was named Chevalier de
la Légion d'Honeur de France and a chosen a member of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. "A Biographical
Memoir" with bibliography by Bailey's pupil, colleague and friend Dr. Paul C. Bucy, published by the National Academy of
Sciences, 1989, provides a full account of Dr. Bailey's life and accomplishments.
Scope and Content
This collection, preserved and possibly edited by Yevnigé Bashian Bailey (Mrs. Percival Bailey), provides a enlightening
picture of Dr. Bailey as human being, thinker, doer, teacher. Autobiographic and biographic accounts elucidate his life
and musings, his interactions with mentors and mentees, his travels; and these accounts are enriched by an extensive photographic
record. Not to be found, however, except by indirection, are the records of his scientific and clinical life, his over 260
journal articles, chapters, and books. The collection does include drafts of the chapters of his autobiographical volume
"Up from Little Egypt", and drafts of his thoughts about Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis.
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Personal Papers, 1912-1978. 27 folders
- Series 2. Honors and Awards, 1949-1983. 12 folders
- Series 3. Professional and Personal Writings, 1935-1972. 29 folders
- Series 4. Professional Life, 1949-1992. 18 folders
- Series 5. General Correspondence, 1946-1973. 3 folders
- Series 8. Photographs, 1902-1973. 23 folders
Related Material
University of Illinois at Chicago. Health Sciences Library Special Collections: "Unpublished writings of Percival Bailey,
1945-1965". WZ 100 B155u 1945
University of Illinois at Chicago. Health Sciences Library Special Collections: "Percival Bailey Collection", more than 600
rare and important volumes donated by Percival Bailey
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Bailey, Percival, 1892-1973
Neuroscientists--Archival resources
Neurosurgery --United States--Manuscripts
Psychiatry--Archival resources
Container List
Series 1.
Personal Papers
1912-1978
Physical Description: 27 folders
Box 1, Folder 1
Curricula vitae and publications list.
circa 1963-1965
Scope and Content Note
various editions of the c.v., the latest circa 1963; publications list, 1916-1965; some additional notes
Box 1, Folder 2
Entries for various "Who's Who" publications.
Scope and Content Note
"Who's Who in World Science", ca. 1939; "American Men & Women in Science, The Medical Sciences", after 1959; "Who Was Who",
after 1973
Box 1, Folder 3
Biographical Prelude", by Ruth Anderson Tooze.
circa 1968
Scope and Content Note
annotated typed draft (photocopy) of the introductory chapter of "Up from Little Egypt", by Percival Bailey
Box 1, Folder 4
Biographical memoranda.
circa 1967
Scope and Content Note
typescript drafts: "Biography of Percival Bailey, M.D., Ph.D." (2 p.); "The Essays of Percival Bailey, M.D., Ph.D., 'Up From
Little Egypt' " (4 p.)
Note
introductory material for publication of Dr. Bailey's volume of reminiscences; presumed author, Paul Bucy
Box 1, Folder 5
Tribute at the Chicago Literary Club, on the publication of "Up from Little Egypt".
circa 1968
Scope and Content Note
typed drafts of biographical comments; some notes on the Chicago Literary Club
Box 1, Folder 6
Church and community involvements.
1945-1964
Scope and Content Note
the Baileys attended the First Congregational Church, Evanston, Illinois, and also had close connections with the Armenian
Church and the Armenian community of Chicago; Dr. Bailey served as Clerk of Election for Cook County for the general election
of November 6, 1956
Box 1, Folder 7
Southern Illinois University (formerly Southern Illinois State Normal University).
1912, 1953-1965
Scope and Content Note
Dr. Bailey's 1912 Commencement program; University alumni clippings
Box 1, Folder 8
Blood donations on behalf of Dr. Bailey.
1967
Scope and Content Note
various notes and lists
Box 1, Folder 9
Percival Bailey's book plate.
undated
Box 1, Folder 10
Funeral directives for the family.
1961-1970
Scope and Content Note
registration form filled out for Dr. and Mrs. Bailey with The Chicago Memorial Association; information sheets from the Association
Box 1, Folder 11
Death certificate and certificate of cremation.
1973 August 10, 13
Box 1, Folder 12
Funeral and memorial service lists.
1973 August
Scope and Content Note
lists and notes prepared by Yevnigé Bailey (Mrs. Percival Bailey)
Box 1, Folder 13
Funeral home register.
1973 August 13
Box 1, Folder 14
Memorial service.
1973 August 15
Scope and Content Note
program of the service at First Congregational Church, Evanston, Illinois, with a statement of Dr. Bailey's personal credo;
typescripts of eulogies by Drs. Roy R. Grinker, Sr., Paul C. Bucy, Joel Brumlik, Oscar Sugar, and Hajime Handa; group photographs
Box 1, Folder 15
Death notices, obituaries, and published memorials.
1973-1976
Scope and Content Note
signed published memorials: "The Anatomical Record" (by H.W. Magoun and C.D. Clemente); "Revista Española de Oto-Neuro-Oftalmologia
y Neurocirugia" and "Archivos de Neurobiologia" (by Adolfo Ley); "Journal of Research and Training", Illinois Dept. Mental
Health and and "The Psychiatric Examiner", Illinois Psychiatric Society (by R.R. Grinker, Sr.); "Biological Psychiatry) (by
Paul C. Bucy); "Zeitschrift für Neurologie" (by G. Schaltenbrand); "Hoosharar", Armenian General Benevolent Union of America
(by Arshalouise Bedrosian); "Ideggyogyaszati Szemle" (by Környey István); "Our Congregational Heritage" (by Dr. Bing)
Box 1, Folder 16
Condolence cards and letters received by Yevnigé Bailey.
1973-1974
Physical Description: folder 1 of 5
Scope and Content Note
signed with first name only, or unidentifiable
Box 1, Folder 17
Condolence cards and letters received by Yevnigé Bailey.
1973-1974
Physical Description: folder 2 of 5
Scope and Content Note
A-C
Box 1, Folder 18
Condolence cards and letters received by Yevnigé Bailey.
1973-1974
Physical Description: folder 3 of 5
Scope and Content Note
D-J
Box 1, Folder 19
Condolence cards and letters received by Yevnigé Bailey.
1973-1974
Physical Description: folder 4 of 5
Scope and Content Note
K-O
Box 1, Folder 20
Condolence cards and letters received by Yevnigé Bailey.
1973-1974
Physical Description: folder 5 of 5
Scope and Content Note
P-Z
Box 1, Folder 21
Letters from Dr. Paul C. Bucy to Yevnigé Bailey.
1973-1975
Box 1, Folder 22
Letters to Yevnigé Bailey.
1953, 1974-1978
Box 1, Folder 23
Irene Anahid Bailey Freyer (1927- , daughter).
1927-1956, 1973
Scope and Content Note
letter to her mother, 1973; information on birth certificate; grade report; commencement program from Evanston Township High
School, 1945, and diploma; Honors List for 1951 class from Syracuse University; ability and aptitude test scores
Box 1, Folder 24
Norman Alishen Bailey (1931- , son).
1949-1953, undated
Scope and Content Note
commencement program from Evanston Township High School, 1949; programs from high school and college drama productions and
music recital; letter and a card to his father; ability and aptitude test scores
Box 1, Folder 25
Gift to University of Chicago.
1950
Scope and Content Note
Acknowledgment of monetary gift
Box 1, Folder 26
Miscellaneous family clippings and notes.
1952-1964, undated
Box 1, Folder 27
Clippings on politics, religion, science, entertainment, Armenia.
1953-1961, undated
Series 2.
Honors and Awards
1949-1983
Physical Description: 12 folders
Box 1, Folder 28
Dr. Percival Bailey's 60th birthday celebration.
1952 May 30
Physical Description: folder 1 of 4
Scope and Content Note
booklet dedicated "To Dr. Percival Bailey on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, with the sincere affection, respect and
admiration of his residents, pupils and friends": contains an appreciation by Dr. Paul C. Bucy, a copy of Dr. Bailey's curriculum
vitae, society memberships, scholastic and professional honors and certificates, and a list of his residents and pupils;
invitations to the Scientific Session and Luncheon in honor of Dr. Bailey at the University Club of Chicago, and to the
Dinner at the South Shore Country Club, Chicago; program of the Scientific Session; typescript of remarks made by Dr. Georges
Schaltenbrand; photograph of Drs. Alajouanine, Schaltenbrand, and Bailey shaking hands, signed by each
Note
items removed from scrapbook
Box 1, Folder 29
Dr. Percival Bailey's 60th birthday celebration.
1952 May 30
Physical Description: folder 2 of 4
Scope and Content Note
letters of congratulation
Note
items removed from scrapbook
Box 1, Folder 30
Dr. Percival Bailey's 60th birthday celebration.
1952 May 30
Physical Description: folder 3 of 4
Scope and Content Note
cards and telegrams of congratulation; newspaper clippings
Note
items removed from scrapbook
Box 1, Folder 31
Dr. Percival Bailey's 60th birthday celebration.
1952 May 30
Physical Description: folder 4 of 4
Scope and Content Note
leather-bound guestbook, signed by ca. 120 guests attending the dinner
Box 1, Folder 32
Unveiling of Dr. Percival Bailey's portrait.
1957 October 5
Scope and Content Note
typed draft and a printed copy of a booklet presented as a keepsake at the unveiling ceremony at University of Illinois College
of Medicine; photographs of: the illustrations for Dr. Bailey's speech; Dr. Bailey viewing his portrait; Mrs. Bailey and
the portrait; head shot of Edmund Giesbert, painter of the portrait, and Mr. Giesbert in a museum setting; Dr. Bailey and
Mr. Giesbert; group photographs
Box 1, Folder 33
Percival Bailey Lectures (Professor Percival Bailey Educational Project).
1958, 1960-1969, 1983
Scope and Content Note
list of donors to the Professor Percival Bailey Educational Project, 1958; invitations and speaker and/or group photographs
for the Percival Bailey Lectures, given by his pupils and friends in his honor, for lectures no. 1-10, 1960-1969 (except
for lecture nos. 8-9; invitation only for no. 10); reprint of "A tale of two drugs: urea and chymopapain", by Manucher J.
Javid, M.D., the 1982 Percival Bailey Oration presented to the Central Neurosurgical Society, Chicago, 1982; a reprint from
"Surgical Neurology" 18(4), Oct. 1982, of "Manucher J. Javid, M.D.", by Glenn A. Meyer, which mentions Dr. Bailey as his
teachers and mentor; photograph of the Committee of the Percival Bailey Educational Project, second lecture, 1961: Rudy,
Bailey, Sugar, Bucy, Klüver, Bashes, Grinker
Note
the Percival Bailey lecturers from 1960 on were: Dr. Lauretta Bender, Dr. Benjamin Pasamanick, Dr. Heinrich Klüver [because
of Dr. Klüver's illness Dr. Ralph Gerard was the speaker], Dr. Curt P. Richter, Dr. Henri Baruk, Dr. Joel Elkes, D. Roger
W. Sperry, Dr. Paul C. Bucy, no. 9 unknown, Dr. Henri Baruk
Box 1, Folder 34
Dedication of the Percival Bailey Laboratories of Neuropsychology at Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago.
1968 April 19
Scope and Content Note
cover letter from Dr. Roy R. Grinker, Sr., Director of the Psychosomatic and Psychiatric Institute at Michael Reese; news
release from Michael Reese; newspaper clippings; two 8x10" photographs of Drs. Bailey and Grinker in the doorway of the
Percival Bailey Laboratories, and a group at the reception
Box 1, Folder 35
Gift to the University of Illinois Library of the Health Sciences, Chicago.
1974 April 22
Scope and Content Note
program and proceedings of the dedication of the new building for the Library; "Medical Center News" story with photo of
; typescript of Prof. Norman A. Bailey's comments on presenting Dr. Bailey's memorabilia to the library; correspondence;
"A catalog of the Percival Bailey Collection of Neurology & Psychiatry", Chicago, 1973
Note
Dr. Bailey contributed memorabilia and over 700 volumes to the Library; some of his colleagues contributed funds for the
production of the catalog
Box 1, Folder 36
Lectureships.
1953-1962
Scope and Content Note
McArthur Lecture, Chicago, 1953 - dinner guest list; D.J. Davis Lecture on Medical History, University of Illinois College
of Medicine, 1962 - invitation
Box 1, Folder 37
Academic honors.
1949-1963
Scope and Content Note
Docteur honoris causa, University of Paris, 1949; Doctor of Science, Southern Illinois University, 1952; Doctor of Science,
University of Chicago, 1951; Distinguished Service Award, Medical Alumni, University of Chicago, 1957; Alumni Achievement
Award, Southern Illinois University, 1958; Doctor of Laws, Chicago Medical School, 1963; Distinguished Professor of Neurology
and Neurological Surgery, University of Illinois; Golden Apple award for outstanding teaching, University of Illinois College
of Medicine; photograph of Dr. Bailey receiving an academic honor ["International College" is written on print, no further
identification]
Box 1, Folder 38
Professional society honors.
1953-1971
Scope and Content Note
President, American Neurological Association, 1953; Honorary Fellow, North Pacific Society of Neurology and Psychiatry, 1953;
Honorary Foreign Member, Association of British Neurologists, 1961; President, Illinois Psychiatric Society, 1954-1955,
certificate awarded, 1970; Distinguished Service Award, The Society of Neurological Surgeons, 1971
Note
for a photo of the American Neurological Association officers, see Box 2, Folder XXXold 38
Box 1, Folder 39
Other honors.
1954-1956
Scope and Content Note
"Modern Medicine" Award for Distinguished Achievement, 1954; elected to National Academy of Sciences, 1955; Chevalier de
la Légion d'Honneur de France, 1956
Series 3.
Professional and Personal Writings
1935-1972
Physical Description: 29 folders
Box 1, Folder 40
Autobiographical accounts.
1966, undated
Physical Description: 23 p.
Scope and Content Note
typed pages (paged as p.36-58, covering ca. 1937-1966) of an autobiography focused mainly on travels, family vacations and
doings, and other non-work-related activities [many of the pages parallel "South of the border", "West to the Rising Sun",
and "An Armenian passa..."]; five-page "Chronicle of my life", a short chronological account, mostly of whereabouts and travels;
short account of scientific interests; curriculum vitae - very sparse yearly account, 1892-1966
Box 1, Folder 41
"South of the Border".
undated
Physical Description: 15 p.
Scope and Content Note
several drafts, typescript and manuscript
Note
account of a trip to Mexico City and countryside in 1944
Box 1, Folder 42
"Haci Bektaş Veli".
undated
Physical Description: 34 p.
Scope and Content Note
annotated typescript
Note
essay on Turkish/Armenian racial and cultural backgrounds and the importance of the Persian humanist and philosopher [known
also as Haji Bektash Veli or Hajji Bektash Wali, ca. 1209-1271], on the development of a modern Turkey
Box 1, Folder 43
"Needles, thimbles".
undated
Physical Description: 32 p.
Scope and Content Note
annotated typescript and some manuscript pages
Note
story of his wife's family's settling in the United States; note on first page: "merged with, or title changed to Albert
Coffeegrounds, or First voyage of an Armenian Sinbad"
Box 1, Folder 44
"Zeitoun".
1935
Physical Description: 30 p.
Scope and Content Note
annotated typescript
Note
Armenian history; read before the Chicago Literary Club, Oct. 21, 1935
Box 1, Folder 45
"Sisvan".
1940
Scope and Content Note
typescript, read before the Chicago Literary Club, Jan. 8, 1940
Note
Armenian history; read before the Chicago Literary Club, Jan. 8, 1940
Box 1, Folder 46
"Forty days of Musa Dagh".
1945
Physical Description: 25 p.
Scope and Content Note
manuscript pages; letter from John Nuveen, Jr., to Dr. Bailey
Note
essay on Franz Werfel's novel "Die Vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh", published in 1933 and first translated into English in 1934;
to quote Bailey, "This stirring novel is a better propaganda for the Armenian people than they have ever been able to devise
for themselves."
Box 1, Folder 47
"West to the Rising Sun".
1950
Physical Description: 37 p.
Scope and Content Note
typescript
Note
essay about Dr. Bailey's weeks as an Expert Consultant to the U. S. Army Medical Corps in the Philippines and Japan in 1948;
read before the Chicago Literary Club, Oct. 23, 1940; published in "Up from Little Egypt", 1969
Box 1, Folder 48
"Pepper Pot".
1952
Physical Description: 36 p.
Scope and Content Note
typescript, two versions
Note
some "illuminating anecdotes" of Dr. Bailey's interactions with Harvey William Cushing; read before the Chicago Literary
Club, March 30, 1952
Box 1, Folder 49
"M'sieu Bellay".
1953, circa 1968
Physical Description: 30 p.
Scope and Content Note
typescript, two versions; three group photographs of student parties; two photos of left bank bookstalls, taken at a later
date
Note
reminiscences about a year of medical study in Paris, 1921-1922; read before the Chicago Literary Club, Nov. 13, 1953; published
in "Up from Little Egypt", 1969
Box 2, Folder 1
"Der Herr Professor".
circa 1968
Physical Description: 30 p.
Scope and Content Note
annotated typescript
Note
essay about Dr. Bailey's 1932 sabbatical in Breslau, Germany, with Professor Otfrid Förster; read before the Chicago Literary
Club, Oct. 4, 1954; published in "Up from Little Egypt", 1969
Box 2, Folder 2
"Sister Ethelrita".
1959
Physical Description: 28 p.
Scope and Content Note
annotated typescript
Note
essay on being a Surgical House Officer, Mercy Hospital, Chicago, 1918-1919; published in "Up from Little Egypt", 1969
Box 2, Folder 3
"Ol Doc Artin"
1960
Physical Description: 35 p.
Scope and Content Note
typescript plus two manuscript pages
Note
memories of the home-town doctor; read before the Chicago Literary Club, Dec. 5, 1960; published in "Up from Little Egypt",
1969
Box 2, Folder 4
"Ol Southern".
1961
Physical Description: 37 p.
Scope and Content Note
typescript
Note
partly an autobiographical account of early years and education, partly a historical account of the institutional changes
Southern Teachers College underwent to become Southern Illinois University; essentially only the autobiographical part [first
twenty pages] were read before the Chicago Literary Club, October 23, 1961 and published in "Up from Little Egypt", 1969
Box 2, Folder 5
"A fantasied inaugural lesson: a brief account of my philosophy of psychiatry and how I derived it".
1963
Physical Description: 33 p.
Scope and Content Note
annotated typescript, two versions
Box 2, Folder 6
"Schöne Aussicht".
1953
Physical Description: 31 p.
Scope and Content Note
typescript, three versions
Note
record of an automobile trip from Würzburg. Germany, to Lisbon, Portugal, with Dr. Georges Schaltenbrand (German neurologist),
his wife and son, and Dr. Bailey and his wife and son in the party
Box 2, Folder 7
"Janet and Freud".
1955
Physical Description: 5 p.
Scope and Content Note
typescript of introduction to Dr. Bailey's Presidential Address to the Illinois Psychiatric Society, Chicago, May 8, 1955
Note
shortened version of the address was published in "Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry", 76(1): 76-89, 1956; Dr. Bailey
studies with Pierre Janet in Paris, 1925-1926
Box 2, Folder 8
"Thudichum - a search for the spirit".
1958
Physical Description: 16 p.
Scope and Content Note
two typescripts
Note
essay on Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichum's love of good wine, food and music [physician and biochemist, 1829-1901, who also
wrote a treatise on viticulture and oenology]
Box 2, Folder 9
"The seat of the soul".
1959
Physical Description: 15 p.
Scope and Content Note
typescript
Note
published in "Perspectives in Biology and Medicine", 1959, 2:417-441, 1959
Box 2, Folder 10
Three lectures on Sigmund Freud.
1962, undated
Scope and Content Note
typescripts of: 1. "Story of a visionary who tried to be a scientist: Sigmund Freud, scientific period (1873-1897)" - read
before the Armenian Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Sep. 25, 1962; 2. "Sigmund Freud, 1873-1897: scientific period" - presented
at Conference on Conditioning Therapy, Charlottesville, Virginia, April 13, 1962; 3. "Cryptic borrower", undated
Box 2, Folder 11
"An Armenian pessa in the shadow of Ararat".
1963
Physical Description: 17 p.
Scope and Content Note
three typescript versions, and a published version from "The Armenian Mirror-Spectator", 31(22), December 7, 1963; four snapshots:
group in front of Armenian Hospital for Mentally Ill, Yerevan; Lake Sevan monastery; new homes in rural district outside
Yerevan
Note
a description of the visit Dr. Bailey and his wife made to Yerevan, on the invitation of the Armenian Academy of Sciences
to lecture to the All-Union Congress of Physiology
Box 2, Folder 12
18th Annual Address, Armenian Church Youth Organization.
1964 September 6
Scope and Content Note
one page of handwritten notes
Box 2, Folder 13
"Eulogium magistrorum meorum".
1964-1965
Physical Description: 35 p.
Scope and Content Note
typescript; reprint; portrait photographs [mounted on cardboard] of Percival Bailey, Stella Orr (Bailey's mother), Charles
Belva, Walter Upton (cousin), Gephart [also Gebhard] Bailey (uncle), Martha Buck (teacher), Henry William Shryock, Carlos
Eben Allen, Harvey Carr, George W. Bartelmez, Julius Grinker, Harvey Cushing, Pierre Janet, Gaetan Gatian de Clérambault,
and Johannes Gregorius Dusser de Barenne
Note
essay on the important mentors in Dr. Bailey's life; read before the Chicago Literary Club, April 20, 1965, and published
in "Perspectives in Biology and Medicine", 1965, 8(1): 311-334; also published in "Up from Little Egypt", 1969
Box 2, Folder 14
"Harun al-Rashid".
1966
Physical Description: 32 p.
Scope and Content Note
printed as The Chicago Literary Club "Club Paper" LXXIV, 1966; manuscript sheet titled "Haroun ar Rashid", with a quote from
Joseph Petulengro [fictional character]
Note
autobiographical essay; read before the Chicago Literary Club, Apr. 11 1966; also published in "Up from Little Egypt", 1969
with title spelled "Haroun al Raschid"
Box 2, Folder 15
Book review of "L'Inconscient" by Henri Ey.
1967
Scope and Content Note
photocopy of annotated typescript, published in "Archives of General Psychiatry", 17(1):122-126, 1967
Box 2, Folder 16
"The future of neurology".
1967
Scope and Content Note
typescript and reprint of a chapter in "Zukunft der Neurologie", ed. by Hans Georg Bammer, Georg Thieme, Stuttgart, 1967
Box 2, Folder 17
"In the footsteps of Esquirol".
circa 1968
Physical Description: 14 p.
Scope and Content Note
annotated typescript
Note
essay on Dr. Bailey's second year of study in France, 1925, when he focused on psychiatry; published in "Up from Little Egypt",
1969
Box 2, Folder 18
"Eulogium discipulorum meorum".
circa 1968
Physical Description: 26 p.
Scope and Content Note
annotated typescript; two manuscript pages: "Domestic disciples, U.S.A.", and "Foreign disciples"
Note
short enumeration of the career paths of about 76 of Dr. Bailey's "disciples, that is, men whom I have tried to mould into
scholars"; short summaries of the careers of 16 of these individuals; four folders (Box X, nos. XX-XX) contain cover letters,
c.v.'s, bibliographies and other documents from many of Dr. Bailey's former pupils, gathered as material for this essay
Box 2, Folder 19
Preface to "Sigmund le tourmenté: une tragédie en trois actes", by Théophile Alajouanine.
1972
Scope and Content Note
annotated typescript of the English version of Dr. Alajouanine's preface to the French edition of Dr. Bailey's book: "Sigmund
the unserene: a tragedy in three acts", Springfield, Ill., Thomas, 1965
Series 4.
Professional Life
1949-1992
Physical Description: 18 folders
Box 2, Folder 20
"Discussion of Noordij's paper at C.N.P.A.".
1956 October
Physical Description: 2 p.
Scope and Content Note
typescript
Box 2, Folder 21
Ground-breaking ceremony for new Illinois State Psychiatric Hospital.
1956 October 19
Physical Description: 3 p.
Scope and Content Note
typescript of Dr. Bailey's remarks
Note
for photographs, see Box 2, Folder XX
Box 2, Folder 22
Remarks at the 25th Anniversary of the Bobs Robert Hospital, Chicago.
1956 October 13
Physical Description: 5 p.
Scope and Content Note
typescript
Box 2, Folder 23
Celebration honoring the retirement of Dr. Lester Dragstedt.
1959 May 28
Physical Description: 14 p.
Scope and Content Note
annotated typescript and manuscript pages
Note
Dr. Bailey was the Toastmaster for the occasion
Box 2, Folder 24
Dedication and unveiling of a portrait of Francis J. Gerty, M.D.
1966 January 12
Scope and Content Note
typescript of the proceedings, with Dr. Bailey's tribute on p.12-16; photographs of the Gerty portrait, the speakers, and
guests
Box 2, Folder 25
Illinois Department of Public Welfare and Department of Mental Health.
1949-1968
Physical Description:
Scope and Content Note
seven-page typescript historical report, with recommendations for the future, signed by Percival Bailey (ca. 1959), focused
on the Illinois State Psychopathic Institute and the Psychiatric Research Council; newspaper clipping on Dr. Bailey's appointment
as research consultant to the Dept. of Public Welfare and Director of the Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute; carbon of
typed page headed "Department of Mental Health, Division of Research Services", stating that Dr. Bailey retired in 1967
because of ill health; additional communications, programs, and clippings
Note
at the time of Dr. Bailey's report he was Director of the Illinois State Psychopathic Institute and Research Consultant to
the Department of Public Welfare; for photographs related to these institutions, see Box 2, Folders xxx-xxx
Box 2, Folder 26
"Percival Bailey Museum" of neuropathology specimens.
1973, 1981
Scope and Content Note
correspondence re. disposition of the collection; news note in Loyola University Medical Center bulletin "Stethoscope" re.
the housing of the collection in the Center (March 10, 1981)
Box 2, Folder 27
Speeches and lectures.
1942-1963
Scope and Content Note
announcements, programs, and clippings concerning professional and public presentations by Dr. Bailey
Box 2, Folder 28
Articles and clippings about, or mentioning, Dr. Bailey.
1965-1969, undated
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Box 2, Folder 29
Articles and clippings about, or mentioning, Dr. Bailey.
1979-1992
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Note
this material was collected by Yevnigé Bailey
Box 2, Folder 30
Tributes to Dr. Andy Hall, oldest practicing Illinois physician.
1955-1961
Scope and Content Note
souvenir program to "Dr. Andy Dinner", 1955; clippings
Note
Dr. Bailey was a "Dr. Andy Baby"
Box 2, Folder 31
Professional and academic miscellanea.
1953-1965
Scope and Content Note
programs, announcements, clippings
Box 2, Folder 32
"Goethe und Freud", by Henry von Witzleben.
1966
Scope and Content Note
reprint from "Studium Generale", 19(10): 606-617, 1966
Note
inscribed by the author "To Percy - for his enlightenment (prognosis guarded!), Henry"
Box 2, Folder 33
Career information from Dr. Bailey's former students, U.S. A-D.
1968
Physical Description: folder 1 of 3
Scope and Content Note
curriculum vitae, bibliographies, other documents, and letters
Box 2, Folder 34
Career information from Dr. Bailey's former students, U.S. F-J.
1968
Physical Description: folder 2 of 3
Scope and Content Note
Curriculum vitae, bibliographies, other documents, and letters
Box 2, Folder 35
Career information from Dr. Bailey's former students, U.S. L-W.
1968
Physical Description: folder 3 of 3
Scope and Content Note
Curriculum vitae, bibliographies, other documents, and letters
Box 2, Folder 36
Career information from Dr. Bailey's former students, foreign.
1968
Scope and Content Note
Curriculum vitae, bibliographies, other documents, and letters
Box 2, Folder 37
"A psycic [sic] analysis of the American Neur. Ass." by Milt Gross.
undated
Scope and Content Note
photographs of seventeen caricatures of eminent neurologists, including Percival Bailey
Note
removed from black paper scrapbook
Series 5.
General Correspondence
1946-1973
Physical Description: 3 folders
Box 2, Folder 38
Various correspondents.
1946-1973
Scope and Content Note
includes notes from Gov. Adlei E. Stevenson, 11/11/52, 11/17/56; Sen. Paul H. Douglas, 1/16/59
Box 2, Folder 39
Orville T. Bailey, M.D.
1973
Scope and Content Note
letter from O.T. Bailey (no relation) with typescript of his essay "How fair the meadows are today", read to the Chicago
Literary Club on Ladies' Night, May 21, 1973
Note
O.T.Bailey (1909-1998), a neuropathologist, and P. Bailey were both at Peter Bent Brigham Young Hospital in the early 1930s,
where their mail was frequently confused; in 1959, PB was instrumental in bringing OTB to the University of Illinois Medical
School; they were both longtime members of the Chicago Literary Club
Box 2, Folder 40
Request from Library of Congress for portrait photograph.
1973
Series 8.
Photographs
1902-1973
Physical Description: 23 folders
Box 2, Folder 41
Percival Bailey.
1914-circa 1971
Scope and Content Note
twenty-six studio portraits and snapshots; one pencil sketch portrait - "for Percy, Xmas 1957" [signed, but signature unidentifiable]
Box 2, Folder 42
Percival Bailey and wife, Yevnigé.
circa 1970-1973
Scope and Content Note
snapshots taken in the Bailey home
Box 2, Folder 43
Early photographs of Dr. Bailey with family and schoolmates.
1910-1911, undated
Scope and Content Note
PB with mother and siblings, ca. age 10; PB and [brother] Paul; PB and siblings at ca. age 18; members of Buckskin School,
Beaver Creek Township, Illinois, PB ages ca. 8 and 10; PB and schoolmates, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1910;
PB and young lady, Carbondale, 1911;
Box 2, Folder 44
Immediate and extended family photos.
1920, undated
Scope and Content Note
mother Stella; younger brother, Paul; "Sister Bessie in front"; father, in Army uniform; Aunt Wilhelmina; wife Yevnigé and
siblings [?]; views of Hinterstadel, Baden, Germany, where great-grandfather Boehler was born; Mrs. Bailey's cousin Jennie;
group shot of "my cousins" including Jennie; [family or close family friends]: persons identified mostly by first names -
includes two snaps with PB, taken at the Second International Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Washington, D.C., 1961;
PB, Sister Genevieve and sister Bessie
Box 2, Folder 45
Dr. Bailey at the University of Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute.
1943-1945, 1961, undated
Scope and Content Note
eight snapshots in his office, operating room, with a patient, at microscope, etc.
Box 2, Folder 46
Galesburg State Hospital, Galesburg, Illinois.
1953-1963
Scope and Content Note
PB speaking at opening of Thudichum Psychiatric Research Laboratory, Galesburg State Hospital, Oct. 17, 1953; John Chapman,
Illinois Lt. Governor, reading at the 10th Anniversary of Galesburg State Hospital, Oct. 21, 1960; Galesburg, April 30,
1963 - PB and staff
Box 2, Folder 47
Dr. Bailey at the Illinois State Psychopathic Institute.
1953, 1958
Scope and Content Note
"my girls", Illinois State Psychopathic Institute, 1953; final Christmas Party, 1958 - PB and staff
Box 2, Folder 48
Dr. Bailey at the Illinois State Psychiatric Institute.
1956-1964
Scope and Content Note
four snapshots taken at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Illinois State Psychiatric Hospital, 1956; color photo of Francis
J. Gerty reading at the dedication of the Illinois State Psychiatric Institute building, 1959 [photo mislabeled as having
occurred at the ground breaking]; first operation at Illinois State Psychiatric Institute - Penfield, Bailey, Rudy, Barchiesi
at window; Penfield, Evans, Bailey at window; PB with crown of leaves "Celebration after operation"; views of the Institute
Buildings; Clinicopathological Conference, March 28, 1961 - group photo with PB; presentation of PB's portrait to the Institute,
Oct. 21. 1961 - Dr. Bailey at microphone; composite of twelve male portraits including PB - Illinois Psychiatric Research
and Training Authority, 1964; group photo at the signing of the law setting up the Psychiatric Training and Research Authority,
with Governor Stratton, Representative van der Vries, and Drs. Bailey, Bettag, Garner, and Genty
Box 2, Folder 49
Dr. Bailey's birthdays.
1961, 1962, 1963, 1965 May 9
Scope and Content Note
snapshots of Dr. Bailey with co-workers and friends
Box 2, Folder 50
Dr. Bailey with colleagues and friends.
1951-1963, undated
Scope and Content Note
PB with Miller and Strauss, ca. 1951; three photographs of Warren McCulloch, PB, and Gerhardt von Bonin in various laboratory
settings, ca. 1940; PB and Illinois State Hospital superintendants, 1952; PB and [probably] Dr. Schaltenbrand, Würzburg,
1953; PB and colleagues, entrance to the Academy of Medicine, Seville, Spain, Sep. 1953; PB and Marianne Simmel, Oct. 1954;
Officers of the American Neurological Association: PB, Bucy, Vanderahe, Merritt, Rupp, 1955; PB and Dr. Schaltenbrand, Apr.
1956; PB and Mr. Barsumian looking over plans for Armenian Church; PB and Paul Bucy in back yard, 1960; PB and N.I. Grashchenkov,
Prof. of Neurology, Moscow, Sep. 12, 1960; Dr. and Mrs. Bailey and unidentified man in gardens at Charenton, 1962; PB and
Ruby, Masier, Massserman, Grossman, Marky, Kelly, Gerty, Smith, Sugar, Grinker, Richter, Bucy, Klüver, Oct. 1963; PB and
Residents Graduating Class, June, 1965; PB with experimental psychology staff; PB and John Lee
Box 2, Folder 51
Portraits inscribed to Dr. Bailey.
undated
Scope and Content Note
Heinrich Klüver; Otfrid Foerster; Henri Baruk
Box 2, Folder 52
Boyhood friends.
undated
Scope and Content Note
portraits of Lester Dragstedt, Guy Gladson, Guy Karraker, W. W. Vandeveer, and various snapshots
Box 2, Folder 53
Society of Neurological Surgeons meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.
1971 February 16
Scope and Content Note
four photographs; one group includes Drs. Green, Nielsen, Sugar, Bucy, French, Sweet
Box 2, Folder 54
Latin-American Neurosurgical Congress, Montevideo (Congreso Latinoamericano de Neurocirugía, 6th).
1955
Scope and Content Note
three photographs: PB at speaker's table; landing at Montevideo with Suzanna Ravecca; with Dr. Arana at his home
Box 2, Folder 55
Portraits of French psychiatrists and neurologists, etc.
undated
Scope and Content Note
Henri Baruk, 1897-1999; Jean-Martin Charcot, 1825-1893; Henri Claude, 1869-1945; Gaetan G. de Clérambault, 1872-1934; Pierre
Janet, 1859-1947; Louis René Bréhier, 1868-1951 [historian] - newspaper clipping
Box 2, Folder 56
Portraits of Dr. Bailey's students.
1954-1959, undated
Scope and Content Note
forty-one identity photographs from various years: William Adams; John Andrew; Chisato Araki; Jose Barras; John Blundell;
F. Keith Bradford; Paul C. Bucy; Theodore J. Case; Jerzy Chorobski; Jose M. Cid; Ralph Cloward; Marul[?] David; Carl J.
Graf; Sidney W. Gross; Wesley Gustafson; Wallace B. Hamby; Henry Harkins; W. Tracy Haverfield; Rei Hayashi; Harold E. Haymond;
Jesse Hermann; Kenji Kanaka; Stephan Környey; Fred Kredel; Adolfo Ley Garcia; Paul M. Levin; Miserocchi; John E. A. O'Connell;
Ivan Perez; Pierre Pnech [?]; Manuel Sanchez; Arist Stender; William H. Sweet; A. Earl Walker; James W. Watts; five unidentified
photos
Box 2, Folder 57
Photographs of Japanese students and colleagues.
1965, undated
Scope and Content Note
Dr. and Mrs. Shozo Kito; Dr. Shigeo Okinaka; Dr. and Mrs. Y.S. Kim; Dr. and/or Mrs. Bailey with Dr. and/or Mrs. Morii, 1965;
Dr. Chisato Araki and family; Dr. Tanaka and son; scene in operating room, with notation "The first memorial craniotomy
at my own clinic since I returned, 1953" - but no identification
Note
for 1953 letter from Y. Kim to Mrs. Bailey, see Box 1, Folder XXX; additional photos of these and other Japanese colleagues
can be found in other folders
Box 2, Folder 58
Photograph album.
1928-1948
Scope and Content Note
p.1: PB portrait, 1932; PB and Dr. Schaltenbrand, Würzburg, 1938; p.2: Luzon, 1948; p.3: PB at Pathology conference, Billings,
1933; Lester Dragstedt, 1933; p.4: Luzon, 1948; p.5: Dr. Eisenberg, Wien; p.6: Luzon, 1948; p.7: Bremer and apraxic patient;
Rei Hayashi, Billings Lab.; p.8: Shimizu and Tanaka, Kamakura, 1948; priest in garden near Great Buddha, Kamakura, 1948;
p.9: Sanchez, Baz, Bailey, Mexico, D.F., 1943; p.10: Kamakura; p.11: Reese, Bailey, Waltman, Kansas City; p.12: Bailey and
Araki, Kyoto, 1948; p.13: Nan Thomas; Florence Cloward; p.14: Kyoto; Kamakura; p.15: Bessie and Sister Genevieve, 1939;
apartment, 1413 E. 57th Street; p.16: Kyoto, 1948; p.17: Mexico, D.F., 1943; p.18: Araki's wife and daughter; PB, 1942; p.19:
PB, 1932; PB, Lab., I.N.I., 1942; p.20: Rhine, McLeensboro, Ill.; George Schaltenbrand and children; p.21: PB, lecture,
U. of Ill. 1950; Bailey and Ectors, Lab., Billings Hosp.; p.22: Bailey, Cloward, Waikiki Beach, 1948; PB off Waikiki, 1948;
p.23: PB, Surg. Lab., Brigham, 1928; p.24: Sister Genevieve; Honolulu, Governor's party; p.25: Walker, Haverfield, Bailey,
Lab. Billings; p.26: Florence, Ralph, PB, Honolulu; Cloward Family picnic; p.27: Frederic Bremer, Brussels, 1946; p.28:
Cloward, off Waikiki; p.29: George Schaltenbrand, inscribed to PB, 1948; p.30: Oahu, 1948; half page: [bearded male in foreign
military uniform, Red Cross band on arm - unreadable signature]; verso of half page: Cloward and daughters, PB, Oahu, 1948;
p.31: Martha Buck, my teacher; p.32: Waikiki, 1948; p.33: Basil Coleman, Hyatt Harvey; p.34: Araki and family, Kyoto, 1948;
p.35: PB, Surg. Lab. Brigham, 1928; Shimizu and family; Shimizu and wife; p. 36: Araki and family, Kyoto, 1948; p.37: Bill
and Gerry Guyton; Billy Guyton; p. 38: Surgical Staff, Kyoto University, 1948
Box 2, Folder 59
Disassembled photograph album #1.
Scope and Content Note
p.1: postcards: log cabin where Pres. Lincoln' parents were married, Kentucky; Mississippi River from Ft. Kaskaskia; First
Capitol of Illinois, Kaskaskia; Pierrie Menard Home, Ft. Gage, Illinois; p.2: PB and surgical nurse's at her 20th anniversary
party; Sister Mary Genevieve; home of Miss Martha Buck [teacher] taken 40 years later, Highland, Illinois, 1952; Christmas
card with two photos of Cpl. Percival Hamilton, 1943; p.3: female portrait [Mrs. Don Sands?]; group shot, Leon Ectors and
the King of Belgium; p.4: portrait of George Boris Hassin in military uniform, 1920; Dr. Hassin in Russia, 1920; "Greetings
from 3 generations of Bassoes [?]"; p.5: Andrew Ivy, Rush [Medical School], 1922; portrait of unidentified young man
Box 2, Folder 60
Disassembled photograph album #2.
Scope and Content Note
p.1: inscription on marble plaque at entrance of Neurological Institute, Lisbon; postcard of Chateau de Chalouse, "Country
house of Alajouanine"; p.2: Otto L. Bettag, "1st lecture", 1960; Slicer and Morrisey, "Tweedledee and Tweedledum"; p.3:
Dr. Norman Dott [neurosurgeon, 1899-1973; Dott and unidentified man at the unveiling of Dr. Dott's portrait, 1960; p.4: PB
and two unidentified men, Veterans Administration Hospital, August 2, 1954; p.5: 90th birthday of C. Judson Herrick. Oct.
5, 1958 - group photo, members identified; Peter Virag [Chicago Jewelry store owner]; portrait of Dorothy Schmidt Galloway;
Edward Artin, son of "Ol Doc Artin"; p.6: "the first furnischädel [?] I operated on, Brigham [Hospital], 1922, PB"; p.7:
operation in unidentified operating room; p.8: three snapshots - "70th birthday, Miss Tress, Miss Muromski, Miss Kahn, May
9, 1962";
Box 2, Folder 61
Disassembled photograph album #3.
1936-1965
Scope and Content Note
p.1: Heinrich Klüver, Xmas 1962; Cannon Payne; painted portrait of Sir Francis Walshe [1885-1973, British neurologist]; man
in front of Bailey portrait [Bucy?]; snapshot of man, 1936; p.2: three snapshots from Masserman's 60th birthday party, March
5, 1965 - identified are Dr. and Mrs. Bailey, Rioch, Dr. and Mrs. Bashes; p.3: Presbyterian Church and Baptist Church, both
in Evanston, Illinois; unidentified building [church?]; p.4: Michelle and Mary Bush, Yokosuka Naval Hospital, Japan, Dec.
8, 1965
Box 2, Folder 62
Disassembled photograph album #4.
Scope and Content Note
p.1: group photo, including Dr. and Mrs. Bailey, outdoor setting; p.2: three shots of banquet head table, Dr. Bucy speaking,
Dr. Bailey receiving an honor from German Consul Matz, Feb. 28, 1962 [occasion unidentified]; p.3: informal group of attendees
at scientific conference, Drs. Bailey and Y.S. Kim in center front; small snapshot of Drs. Kim and Bucy at banquet, same
conference [occasion unidentified]; p.4: Dr. Heinrich Klüver, July 24, 1965; unidentified male head shot; two snapshots
of PB with unidentified males, one dated May 1957; snapshot of "oldtime motel"; large group of doctors and nurses, unidentified,
circa 1920
Box 2, Folder 63
Snapshot album.
undated
Scope and Content Note
Old hotel in Elizabethtown, Ill.; Dr. and Mrs. Bailey, Baptist Camp Meeting Ground, So. Ill.; Guy Karraker readied for a
Dongola, Ill. celebration - two pictures; old house where escaped slaves were hidden, So. Ill.
