MS 478
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Houle, Emile Cyrus |
| Collection Name: | Emile Cyrus Houle Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1896-2010, |
| Bulk Dates: | (bulk 1910-1927) |
| Physical Description: | 7.75 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Photographs, scrapbooks, and printed materials, 1896-2010 (bulk 1910-1927). This collection is comprised of photo albums, scrapbooks, loose photographs, and printed materials documenting the life and travels of Emile Cyrus Houle. The bulk of the material relates to his medical career as a surgeon for the S. P. de Mexico Railroad Company and USA Medical Corps in France during WWI, and archaeological excavations undertaken in Mexico and the American southwest. Topics of interest include the Mexican Revolution, WWI, and medical research and publications on a number of topics including yellow fever on the northwest coast of Mexico in the early-mid 1920s. |
| Collection Number: | MS 478 |
| Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ |
Emile Cyrus Houle was born June 5th, 1881 in Michigamme, Michigan and graduated, M. D., from the University of Michigan in 1904. Following brief stays at the Tamarack Hospital in Calumet, Michigan and the Mohak and Wolverine mines in Kearsarge, Michigan as Assistant Surgeon from 1904-1905 and 1905-1907 respectively, Houle became the Assistant Surgeon of the Sud Pacifico (S. P.) de Mexico Railroad Company on the west coast of Mexico in 1907 where he worked under George Emory Goodfellow, M. D. Over the next 10 years, Houle advanced from Assistant Surgeon to Chief Surgeon of the S. P. de Mexico Railroad Company before enlisting in the U. S. A. Medical Corps in 1917 for the WWI war effort. His military service included service in the 1st Battalion 20th Engineers, Dax, France and the Surgeon Camp, Dax, France, and a commission to Major, M. C., before discharge after 13 months of service in 1919. After his military service, Houle returned as Chief Surgeon of the S. P. de Mexico Railroad Company in 1919 where he stayed before resigning in 1926. His medical career continued as a general practitioner in his home, Nogales, until the 1950s. During his medical career, Houle contributed to and wrote a number of published research articles on a variety of topics, including yellow fever on the Mexican west coast from 1921-1925, and is credited with aiding in the eradication of malaria in Sonora, Mexico.
Houle was married to Loretta Fitzpatrick Houle and had two sons, Alan and Peter. Apart from his medical career, Houle was also an amateur archaeologist, his excavations having resulted in a collection of pre-Columbian statues which have since been donated to a state museum, many photographs documenting his finds, and a written narrative of his travels. His time with the S. P. de Mexico Railroad Company also offered Houle a unique perspective of the Mexican Revolution as it proceeded in Empalme, Sonora Mexico. This perspective is reflected in research gathered in conjunction with the superintendent of the railway and friend, Victor W. Bennett.
Emile Cyrus Houle passed away October 21st, 1966.
Photographs, scrapbooks, and printed materials, 1896-2010 (bulk 1910-1927). This collection is comprised of photo albums, scrapbooks, loose photographs, and printed materials documenting the life and travels of Emile Cyrus Houle. The bulk of the material relates to his medical career as a surgeon for the S. P. de Mexico Railroad Company and USA Medical Corps in France during WWI, and archaeological excavations undertaken in Mexico and the American southwest. Working as a surgeon for the S. P. de Mexico Railroad Company on the west coast of Mexico from 1907-1920’s, Houle was present for events related to the Mexican Revolution, which are documented in photographs, journal entries, and research printed materials in the collection. Well represented events include the Banquet Massacre of Yaqui Chiefs and the Imuris Incident. His medical career also included 13 months of service in the U.S.A. Medical Corps in France during WWI from 1917-1919 with promotion to Major, M. C., U.S.A, which is documented primarily in correspondences, journal entries, and other documents.
Houle’s time in Mexico and the American southwest also allowed for a career as an amateur archaeologist with excavations in Ixtlán del Río, Mazatlán, and Tepic, Mexico, and Nogales and Tuba City, AZ, among other locations. These archaeological excavations are greatly represented in two scrapbooks and loose items of mainly photographic material depicting sculpture figurines and rock art. The two scrapbooks include copies of a potential future publication documenting Houle archaeological career, with the inclusion of notes, rough drafts, and final versions of a five chapter personal narrative describing it. The narrative can be found in the printed materials. Apart from his professional careers, his personal life is represented in early photographs starting from 1902 and correspondences and photographs from later in life mainly during the 1950s and 1960s.
There are no restrictions on this collection.
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Emile Cyrus Houle Collection (MS 478). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
| Series I: Archaeological Scrapbooks , circa 1910-1960s | |||||||||||
| This series contains two scrapbooks document Emile Cyrus Houle’s archaeological findings and travels. They contain photographs and descriptions of pre-Columbian archaeological finds, including statuettes, figurines, rock art, pottery, and other ceramics from locations such as Manzanillo, Guaymas, and Ixtlán del Río along the west coast of Mexico. These scrapbooks may have been layouts for intended publications and thus loose items have been documented by the pages they were originally found on or between. Scrapbook 1 is more complete than Scrapbook 2. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | Scrapbook 1, circa 1910-1950s | ||||||||||
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| 2 | Scrapbook 2, circa 1910-1960s | ||||||||||
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| 3 | 1 | Scrapbook 1 - Loose Items by Page, Cover – p. 83, circa 1910-1950s | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Scrapbook 1 – Loose Items by Page, p. 84 – 127, circa 1910-1950s | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Scrapbook 2 – Loose Cover Items – Maps and Other, circa 1910-1960s | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Scrapbook 2 – Loose Cover Items – Notes, circa 1910-1960s | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Scrapbook 2 – Loose Cover Items – Photographs and Negatives, circa 1910-1960s | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Scrapbook 2 – Loose Items by Page , circa 1910-1960s | |||||||||
| Series II: Photographs, circa 1900-1960s | |||||||||||
| This series contains photographic material including photo albums and loose photographs found in the collection. | |||||||||||
| Subseries 1:Photo Albums | |||||||||||
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| 3 | 7 | Photo Album Digital Scans | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Photo Album 1 – Loose Items, 1902-1907 | |||||||||
| 3 | 9 | Photo Album 2 – Loose Items, 1907-1910 | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | Photo Album 3 – Loose Items, 1910-1917 | |||||||||
| 3 | 11 | Photo Album 4 – Loose Items, 1915-1920, 1928, 1931 | |||||||||
| 3 | 12 | Photo Album 5 – Loose Items, 1916, 1920-1927 | |||||||||
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| 4 | Photo Album 1, 1902-1907 | ||||||||||
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| 5 | Photo Album 2, 1907-1910 | ||||||||||
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| 6 | Photo Album 3, 1910-1917 | ||||||||||
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| 7 | Photo Album 4, 1915-1920, 1928, 1931 | ||||||||||
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| 8 | Photo Album 5, 1916, 1920-1927 | ||||||||||
| Subseries 2: Loose Photographs | |||||||||||
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| 9 | 1 | Archaeology and Anthropology, circa 1912-1957, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 2 | Archaeology and Anthropology, circa 1920s-1957, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 3 | Arizona, circa 1940s, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 4 | Family and Friends, circa 1910-1940s | |||||||||
| 9 | 5 | Family and Friends, circa 1950s-1960s, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 6 | Houle Gate Nogales, 1940, 1950-1954, 1961 | |||||||||
| 9 | 7 | Island of San Torin, 1956 | |||||||||
| 9 | 8 | Mexico, circa 1910-1957, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 9 | US, 1919, 1940s, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 10 | Unknown Location, 1915, 1940, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 11 | Unknown People, 1925, 1937, undated | |||||||||
| Series III: Printed Materials, 1907-1971, 2008-2010 | |||||||||||
| This series contains printed materials from Houle’s professional and personal lives including correspondences, journal entries, and research files. Materials of interest include journal entries during his military service in WWI, a five chapter narrative of his archaeological travels and excavations, and research regarding the Mexican Revolution and yellow fever on the Mexican west coast in the 1920s. | |||||||||||
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| 10 | 1 | Archaeology and Anthropology , circa 1950s, undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 2 | Archaeology Narrative, undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 3 | Certificates, 1919-1925, 1936, 1966 | |||||||||
| 10 | 4 | Correspondences, 1907-1937, 1947-1966, undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 5 | Correspondences – Family and Friends, 1932-1935, 1953-1959 | |||||||||
| 10 | 6 | Correspondences – Family and Friends, 1960-1971, 2008-2010, undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 7 | Correspondences – Victor W. Bennett, 1953-1956 | |||||||||
| 10 | 8 | Correspondences – Victor W. Bennett, 1957-1962 | |||||||||
| 10 | 9 | Correspondences – Victor W. Bennett, undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 10 | Correspondences – George Goodfellow, M. D., 1908-1910 | |||||||||
| 10 | 11 | Deeds, 1937 | |||||||||
| 10 | 12 | Houle Biography, circa 1920s, 1960, undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 13 | Houle Dayplanners, 1953, 1956 | |||||||||
| 10 | 14 | Journals , Spring 1907-Nov. 1917, May 1919-Jan. 1922 | |||||||||
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| 11 | 1 | Journals – WWI, Nov. 1917-May 1919 | |||||||||
| 11 | 2 | Newspaper Clippings , circa 1940-1960s, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 3 | Research, circa 1920s, 1950s, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 4 | Research – Biographies, circa 1920s, 1940s, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 5 | Research – George Goodfellow, M. D., 1932, circa 1950-1960s, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 6 | Index Cards, A-W | |||||||||
| 11 | 7 | Research – Medical , 1925, 1944, 1964, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 8 | Research – Medical – “The Balmis Expedition For Control of Smallpox by Vaccination”, circa 1930s, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 9 | Research – Medical – “Belated Serum Treatment of Sequelae of Diphtheria”, 1933 | |||||||||
| 11 | 10 | Research – Medical – “Bone Metabolism in Relation to Industrial Surgery”, circa 1930s, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 11 | Research – Medical – “Calcium in Therapeutics” , 1935, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 12 | Research – Medical – “Evaluation of Factors in Bone Union” , 1938, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 13 | Research – Medical – “Metabolism in Relation to Fractures” , circa 1930s, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 14 | Research – Medical – “Yellow Fever – West Coast 1921-1925” , 1923-1925, 1930 | |||||||||
| 11 | 15 | Research – Mexican Revolution , 1913-1915, 1921, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 16 | Research – Mexican Revolution – Banquet Massacre of Yaqui Chiefs , 1921, 1953, 1957 | |||||||||
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| 12 | 1 | Research – Mexican Revolution – Imuris Incident , circa 1910-1920s, 1950s, undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 2 | Research – Poetry, Songs, and Stories , 1909, 1958, 1961, undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 3 | Sketches , 1914, undated | |||||||||
| Series IV: Genealogy , 1896-1982 | |||||||||||
| This series contains materials of various formats as they were collected by Houle and later descendants in order to document their genealogy. Formats include photographs and printed materials, including correspondences, family histories, maps, newspaper clippings, and notes. | |||||||||||
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| 12 | 4 | Albert J. Houle , 1896-1917, 1964, undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 5 | Alice Houle (Alice Sturgeon) , 1950, undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 6 | Arthur Houle , 1912, 1923-1962, undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 7 | Borbeau Family , 1954-1958, undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 8 | Eugene Houle , 1949-1965, undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 9 | Louise Exilia and Cyrille Houle III , 1900, 1925-1927, undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 10 | Fitzpatrick Family , 1913-1938, 1955-1963, undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 11 | Fitzpatrick Family , undated | |||||||||
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| 13 | 1 | Fred Houle , 1905, 1943-1965, undated | |||||||||
| 13 | 2 | George Houle , 1918, 1926, undated | |||||||||
| 13 | 3 | Josephine Houle (Josephine Hanna) , 1941-1964, 1978-1982, undated | |||||||||
| 13 | 4 | Louis Houle , 1924, 1957-1959, undated | |||||||||
| 13 | 5 | Newspaper Clippings with People Named Houle , undated | |||||||||
| Series V: Oversize Materials , 1904-1948 | |||||||||||
| This series contains oversized materials, including degrees, certificates, photographs, maps, and other printed materials. | |||||||||||
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| 14 | Oversize Materials , 1904-1948, undated | ||||||||||