McCormack, Joseph Nathaniel, 1847-1922 and Arthur Thomas McCormack, 1872-1943

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

11-1-2024

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University: 270-745-5083; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3738. Arrest warrants issued by the Bowling Green, Kentucky Police Court charging Dr. J. N. McCormack, then Secretary of the State Board of Health, and Dr. A. T. McCormack with permitting a “nuisance, source of filth & cause of sickness” by erecting a privy over an open drain or sewer to serve the McCormack Building on State Street. Includes a letter, 29 September 1907, from Dr. J. N. McCormack to Governor J. C. W. Beckham requesting a pardon and describing his ongoing efforts to dispose of waste from the building and the corruption of the prosecution by anti-Beckham “whiskey men.” Also includes a notation by Governor Beckham granting the pardon, calling the prosecution “the result of spitework,” and praising McCormack for his diligent enforcement of health regulations.

Disciplines

Public Health | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "McCormack, Joseph Nathaniel, 1847-1922 and Arthur Thomas McCormack, 1872-1943" (2024). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 5152.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/5152