Walter O. Klingman papers
Content Description
This accession consists of materials belonging to Water O. Klingman, a neurologist at the University of Virginia. The papers includes lecture notes, personal correspondence, research files, and various materials from professional associations, pharmaceutical and equipment companies, and Klingman’s military service. Note that there is no Box 3.
Dates
- Creation: 1955-1962
Biographical / Historical
Walter Oscar Klingman (May 4, 1900-September 27, 1979) served in the US Army Air Force Medical Corps as a Lieutanent Colonel from 1942-1946. He was a former professor at the College of Physicians & Surgeons at Colubia University in NY. UVA graduate, Walter O. Klingman, returns from Columbia to chair the Neurology section from 1947-1955. As an Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, he was promoted to Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry... as of July 1, 1951. Klingman would later help found the American Academy of Neurology and serve as its 4th President.Klingman announced that as of June 1, 1957, he would leave UVA take a position at the University of Texas.
See moreExtent
19 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Condition Description
The materials are in good condition.
Processing Information
Box 3 materials consolidated and Box removed. There is no Box 3 in the collection. (06-2019)
- Title
- A Guide to the Walter O. Klingman papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Subtitle
- MS-76
- Author
- Claude Moore Health Sciences Library.
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 07-02-2019: Processing on this date resulted in reorganizing the folders from four boxes into three boxes. There is no Box 3.
- 10-18-2024: Edits made in October 2024 by archivist Amanda Greenwood.
Repository Details
Part of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library Repository
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
1300 Jefferson Park Avenue
P.O. Box 800722
Charlottesville Virginia 22908-0722 United States
mailto:hsl-historical@virginia.edu