Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 21/7/192
Russell McNellis (1906-1988)
Papers, 1924-1988, n.d.


Descriptive summary

creator:

McNellis, Russell (1906-1988)
title:

Papers
dates:

1924-1988, n.d.
extent:

1.68 linear ft. (4 document boxes)
collection number:

RS 21/7/192
repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research
publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:

Russell McNellis Papers, RS 21/7/192, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Biographical note

Russell McNellis was born and attended school in Dunkerton, Iowa. He received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (1928) from Iowa State College (University), graduating with honors and membership in three honorary scholastic fraternities.

Dr. McNellis accepted a regular army commission in the U.S. Army (1932). He attended Army Veterinary School (1932) in Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Army Medical Field Service School (1933) in Pennsylvania. He was assigned to the Army Veterinary School (1935) as an instructor and assistant director. He organized the Peruvian National Veterinary College and the Peruvian Army Remount Service (1942) while stationed in Peru.

Dr. McNellis returned to the United States and was assigned to the Office of the Surgeon General, Washington, D.C. (1949), as Chief of the Food Inspection Division. He went to San Francisco to become veterinarian for the 6th Army (1953). Dr. McNellis was selected as Chief of the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps (1959) and promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. After 32 years, he retired from service to the Army (1965), but continued to work as an area veterinarian in North Carolina (1965-1966). He also worked as director of the Meat and Poultry Inspection Service department in Iowa (1966-1968). After retiring, Dr. McNellis settled in Virginia with his wife.

Dr. McNellis married Grace Bartholomew (1930), also of Dunkerton, Iowa. They had three children (John, Joan, and Jane) and six grandchildren. McNellis died on July 6, 1988.

 

Collection description

This collection (1924-1988, n.d.) contains notebooks for veterinary medicine and related classes taken at Iowa State College in the late 1920s. The collection also contains materials related to his social activities, including dance cards and materials related to student veterinary societies. There is also a file of biographical information.

 

Organization

This collection is organized alphabetically.

 

Container list

 

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Biographical Information, 1 8x10 b/w photograph

1960-1988, n.d.

Artifact Collection

American Veterinary Medical Association – Ribbon from Annual Convention (Artifact 2008-161.02)

1928

1

2

Anatomy – Notebook

n.d.

1

3

Anatomy – Notes, Diagrams

1925

1

4

Animal Husbandry 121: Market and Breed Types of Beef and Dual-Purpose Cattle; Animal Husbandry 122: Market and Breed Types of Sheep and Horses – Notebook

1924-1925

1

5

Animal Husbandry 260: Herd-Book Study – Paper on "Belgian Horse"

n.d.

1

6

Animal Hygiene and Sanitation – Notes

1928

1

7

Animal Surgery – "How-to" Notebook

n.d.

1

8

Autopsy Report – Department of Veterinary Pathology

1927

1

9

Autopsy Report Outline

n.d.

1

10

Bluebook Exams – Anatomy 222, Physiology 221, Military 52

1926

1

12

Chemistry 821: Applied Organic Chemistry – Lab Notes

1925

1

11

Chemistry 821: Applied Organic Chemistry – Notebook

n.d.

1

13

Chemistry 822: Physiological Chemistry – Notes

1925

4

5

Dance Cards

1925-1928

1

14

Dissecting Guide for Pig – "How-to" Notes

n.d.

1

16

Hygiene and Sanitation – Notes

1928

Artifact Collection

Iowa State College, Luggage Tag (Artifact 2008-161.01)

n.d.

4

6

Iowa State College, Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association – Membership Card

1928

4

7

Iowa State College, Veterinary Medical Society – Annual Banquet Programs

1926-1927

2

1

Medicine, Post Mortem, Feeds – Notebook

1926-1928

3

7

Poultry: Care, Feeding, Diseases – Notes

1928

2

2

Veterinary Medicine 313, 323: Medicine – Notebook

1926-1927

2

3

Veterinary Medicine 412: Medicine – Notebook

1927-1928

2

4

Veterinary Pathology 210: General and Pathogenic Bacteriology – Notes

1925

2

5

Veterinary Pathology 220: General and Pathogenic Bacteriology – Notes

1926

2

6

Veterinary Pathology 220: General and Pathogenic Bacteriology; Veterinary Pathology 416: Post Mortem Pathology – Class Notes, Tests

1926-1927

2

8

Veterinary Pathology 223, 233: General Pathology; Veterinary Pathology 310: Special Pathology; Veterinary Pathology 325: Animal Parasites – Notebook

1926-1927

2

7

Veterinary Pathology 233: General Pathology – Notes

1926

2

9

Veterinary Pathology 310: Special Pathology – Notes

1926

3

1

Veterinary Pathology 325: Animal Parasites – Notebook

1927

3

2

Veterinary Pathology 338: Immunity and Serum Therapy – Notes

n.d.

3

5

Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology 211: Comparative Physiology – Notes

1925

3

4

Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology 211: Comparative Physiology; Veterinary Anatomy 111: Microscopic Anatomy – Notebook

1925-1926

3

6

Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology 221: Comparative Physiology – Notes

1926

4

2

Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology 311: Introduction to Pharmacology – Notes

1926

3

3

Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology 312: Pharmacology – Notes

1926

4

1

Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology 312: Pharmacology; Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology 326, 336: Pharmacology and Therapeutics – Notebook

1926-1927

3

8

Veterinary Surgery 327, 337: General Surgery; Veterinary Surgery 411, 421, 431: Special Surgery – Notebook

1926-1928

3

9

Veterinary Surgery 414: Obstetrics – Notebook

1927-1928

4

3

Zoology 22a, 22b: General Biology – Lecture Notes

1924-1925

1

15

Zoology 202: Embryology – Notes

1925

4

4

Zoology 202: Embryology – Notes

1925