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Medical
Dentistry ➔ Dental Tools In Case
Identifier:
189407Date:
1914 – 1918Current Location Status:
In StorageSource:
Gift Of Wells, Mrs. MerrillRelated Entities:
Codman And Shurtleff Surgical And Dental Instruments (creator) Mrs. Minerva Wells (donor)Alternate names: Mrs. Merrill Wells
Mrs. Minerva Ford Wells was born in 1893 to J.E. Ford of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She married Dr. Sumner Merrill Wells Jr. a prominent physician in 1936 and she passed away in 1982. Objects she donated consists of many uniforms and medical objects relating to her husband, Dr. Sumner Merrill Wells Jr.'s, service with the World War I Red Cross Hospital Unit Q that was organized by the Grand Rapids Chapter of the Red Cross. Related papers can be found in the collections of the Grand Rapids Public Library Collection # 146: https://www.grpl.org/uploads/grhsc/146.pdf.
