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• Chronological history of Horace Wells
  
  Offprint of the Archer's article, reprinted from Bulletin of the History of Medicine vol. 7, no. 10 (December 1939) pages 1140-1169
• Chronological history of Horace Wells discoverer of anesthesia
  
  Offprint of an article read at the 17th general meeting of the International Association for Dental Research, Cleveland, Ohio, March 18-19, 1939.
• Dr. Horace Wells, dentist, who first discovered, demonstrated and proclaimed the blessings of surgical anesthesia
  
  Offprint of dr. Archer's article reprinted from the New York journal of dentistry, vol. 39, no. 10 (December 1969), p. 458-460
• Family register
  
  A leaf of the Wells family register, with the marriage date between Horace Wells and Betsey Heath, and birth and death dates of other members of the family.
• Historical notes on Horace Wells
  
  Offprint of article on Horace Wells by W. Harry Archer, reprinted from Dental rays (Vol. 14, no. 3, March 1939)
• Historical vignettes - Dr. Horace Wells
  
  A brief biographical article on Horace Wells from Anesthesia and analgesia current researches (vol.1, no 5 September - October 1972)
• Journals - First supplement
  
  A bibliography of anesthesia assembled from journals to complement the bibliography prepared for the Horace Wells Centenary as referred in the H.M. Reitzel's letter.
• Letter, January 19, 1858, to Joseph Wales
  
  Handwritten letter in form of a poem sent by Miss Matthews to Joseph Wales on January 19, 1858; in black ink
• Letter, 1873, to Joseph Wales
  
  Handwritten letter written about 1873 by Elizabeth Wells to her brother Joseph Wales on the history of the Wales family (The Wales' from Windham, Conn.); in black ink
• Letter, April 12, 1847 to Joseph Wales
  
  Two handwritten letters on the same paper, one by Elizabeth Wells and the other by Horace Wells sent to Joseph Wales on April 12, 1847; in black ink
• Letter, Boston, November 21, 1835 to Mr. Abiather Shaw, Westmoreland, NH
  
  Handwritten letter by Horace Wells to his parents from Boston on November 21, 1835
• Letter, Boston, November 21, 1835 to Susan Shaw, Westmoreland, NH
  
  Handwritten letter by Horace Wells sent to Susan Shaw from Boston on November 21, 1835; in black ink; marks of old tape repair
• Letter, Boston, October 28, 1843 to Mrs. Dr Horace Wells, Hartford, Ct.
  
  Handwritten letter by Horace Wells sent to his wife, Elizabeth Wells from Boston on October 28, 1843; in black ink
• Letter, February 28, 1945, to H.E. Friesell
  
  A typewritten letter explaining the scope of the bibliography of anesthesia prepared for the Horace Wells Centenary
• Letter, February 6, 1940, to Dr. H. E. Friesell
  
  Typewritten letter reporting to Dean Friesell on the trip to Hartford, Conneticut, south Deerfield, Boston, and Wellsley, Massachusetts, and New York to acquire materials for the Horace Wells collection in the School of Dentistry library.
• Letter, Hartford to Mary Wales
  
  Handwritten letter sent from Hartford by Elizabeth Wells to her niece Mary Wales, undated; in black ink
• Letter, Hartford, April 29, 1837, to Mary Wells, Westmoreland, N.H.
  
  Handwritten letter by Horace Wells sent to Mary Wells from Hartford on April 29, 1837; in black ink; with marks of old tape repair
• Letter, Hartford, April, 1860
  
  Photocopy of Elizabeth Wells letter with a plea for the Medical Convention of1860 to endorse Horace Wells as discoverer of anesthesia
• Letter, Hartford, August 29, 1836 to Mary Wells, Ipswich, Mass.
  
  Handwritten letter by Horace Wells sent to Marry Wells from Hartford on August 29, 1836; in black ink; taped across, and with marks of old tape repair
• Letter, Hartford, December 15, 1846, to Joseph Wales, Boston, Mass.
  
  Handwritten letter sent by Horace Wells from Hartford to Joseph Wales on December 15, 1846; in black ink
• Letter, Hartford, December 27, 1846, to Horace Wells, Paris, France
  
  Handwritten letter sent from Hartford, and writtten by Elizabeth Wells to Horace Wells on December 27 and December 28, 1846, with a short note from Charles; in black ink
• Letter, Hartford, July 26, 1842, to Mrs. Abiather Shaw, Westmoreland, N.H.
  
  Handwritten letter by Horace Wells sent to his mother from Hartford on July 26, 1842; in blue ink
• Letter, Hartford, July 6, 1844, to Mrs. Abiather Shaw, Westmoreland, N.H.
  
  Handwritten letter by Horace Wells sent to his mother Betsey Wells Shaw from Hartford on July 6, 1844; in blue ink; marks of tape repair
• Letter, Hartford, July 9, 1838, to Mrs. Abiather Shaw, Westmoreland, N.H.
  
  Handwritten letter sent by Mary Wells from Hartford to Betsey Wells Shaw on July 9, 1838; in black ink
• Letter, Hartford, June 9, 1844 to Dea. Ira Wells, East Windsor, Scantic Village, Ct
  
  Handwritten letter by Horace Wells sent to his uncle Dea. Ira Wells from Hartford on June 9, 1844; in black ink