This collection of McIntosh’s papers covers the entire span of his adulthood, 1917-1986.  It largely documents his professional life, though a small amount of family correspondence is present.  Researchers should be aware that topics in this collection may also be documented in the earlier accession of McIntosh papers (acc.#2000.01.27).

There is considerable material on his World War I service as part of U.S. Base Hospital 116, stationed at Bazoilles-sur-Meuse, France, as well as on the alumni association its members founded after the war.  Included are correspondence with his family during his time overseas; two notebooks kept by McIntosh during the war; reunion notices; and an incomplete set of the Base Hospital 116 Revue, 1922-1963.  Of particular note are several hundred photographs documenting the activities of the hospital.  It is not known if they were taken by McIntosh or were collected by him from hospital staff members.

McIntosh’s role as Director of Babies Hospital is documented in four folders of correspondence, largely 1926-1930, as well as in a notebook he kept of meetings and conversations with the Hospital’s pediatricians, nurses, and Board of Women Managers, 1932-1959.  There is also a diary he kept during a study tour of Europe in preparation for assuming the leadership of Babies. McIntosh visited all the major European medical centers, though he spent most of his time in Germany, Vienna, and London. He met many of Europe’s most noted pediatricians and also records a conversation with Anna Freud to discuss establishing a children’s psychoanalytic clinic at Babies Hospital.

General correspondence spans from 1920 to 1979, bulking between 1930-1962.  It is largely with medical colleagues, Harvard classmates, and neighbors in Tyringham, Mass. Primary correspondents are Edwards Park and Leonard Wright, with smaller amounts of correspondence with Warfield Longcope, Lithgow Osborne, and John Rock.

There is additional correspondence relating to his ties to Harvard and his membership in the Century Association, University Club, and the Peripatetic Club, a group of physicians who met to discuss new clinical advances.

The clinical records include patient records, correspondence with other physicians, and correspondence with the parents of patients.  They span 1930-1977 though the bulk date from 1930 to 1960. Most of the cases are from the New York metropolitan area; in many instances, McIntosh was called in as a consultant by another physician.  The medical conditions he saw varied widely, but he seems to have been frequently involved in cases of retarded growth.

McIntosh’s writings contain correspondence and drafts relating to chapters he wrote for Cecil’s Textbook of Medicine and Joseph Brennemann’s Practice of Pediatrics and several other articles.  Scurvy and infant scurvy are the primary topics.