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8th Evacuation Hospital collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-5
Abstract

Of unique relevance to the University of Virginia Health System is the 8th Evacuation Hospital Collection. The "8th Evac." was organized and staffed primarily by University of Virginia physicians and nurses during World War II. The collection contains scrapbooks, memoirs, reports, and numerous photographs that recall the experiences of the men and women who provided medical and nursing care in North Africa and Italy during the war.

Dates: 1941 - 2011

Albemarle County Medical Society records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-29
Scope and Contents The collection includes five boxes of membership applications; four boxes of subject-related files, including committee papers, the government and bylaws of ACMS, resolutions passed, and the women's auxiliary; one box of minutes from years 1951 to 2001; one box of correspondence from 1948-2002; and three boxes of financial records beginning in 1933. There is one photograph of nineteen of the presidents of the ACMS taken in 1981. The addition received in November 2019 was processed into four...
Dates: 1933 - 2015

Alexandria Hospital School of Nursing records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-14
Scope and Contents

The Alexandria Hospital School of Nursing Records are comprised of 22 boxes of papers and archival material, including photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, Yearbooks, nursing caps and uniforms. The collection does *not* contain official student records such as transcripts. HSL does not know where these records were transferred when the school closed.

Dates: 1894 - 1987

American Lung Association of Virginia (ALAV) collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3
Scope and Contents The ALAV Collection contains personal and official correspondence, financial and legal papers, minute books, organizational and scientific reports, educational publicity, photographs, and artifacts. The ALAV Collection contains exhaustive information on the administrative concerns, educational and fund-raising activities, local level activities and regional offices, and the day-to-day operations of Virginia's key agent in the control and prevention of respiratory diseases. The materials...
Dates: 1907 - 2004

American Society of Pediatric Nephrology records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-90
Content Description This collection consists of materials that chronicle the business dealings of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) as well as the professional work of some of its members from ca. 1955-2022. Documents include but are not limited to correspondence, administrative records, planning and event materials, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The materials also include CD-ROM discs, VHS tapes, and cassette tapes containing photographs, email correspondence, audio and video...
Dates: 1955 - 2022

Armistead Page Booker papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-32
Scope and Contents

The collection includes diplomas earned by Booker, several photographs, and two drafts of papers giving a brief history of the Albemarle County Medical Society with information about various Charlottesville physicians and medical institutions, and a manuscript about Dr. Lawrence Thomas Royster.

Dates: 1943 - 1990

Base Hospital No. 41 collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-17
Scope and Contents Of unique relevance to the University of Virginia Health System is the Base Hospital 41 collection. It includes: photographs and negatives of Base Hospital 41; photocopies of photos held by the National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine; Base Hospital 41 newsletters; news clippings; medals; excerpts from Glenn B. Updike's wartime diary; documents relating to Chief Nurse Margaret Cowling; a history of Base Hospital 41; "The University of Virginia Base Hospital Forty-One," by the...
Dates: 1905 - 2009

Blue Ridge Sanatorium records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-12
Scope and Contents The Blue Ridge Sanatorium Records includes Annual Reports from 1921 to 1970, correspondence with the State Health Director, State Board of Health minutes from 1922 to 1972, staff conference minutes, nurse and intern records, and procedural manuals for the sanatorium. Project plans about the transfer of the facility to the University of Virginia in 1978, agendas and minutes from 1978 to 1981, budget plans from 1955 to 1984, and reports of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy...
Dates: 1920 - 1984

Carl Caskey Speidel papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-15
Scope and Content

The Carl Caskey Speidel Collection includes journal reprints and hand-drawn plates and figures used in journal articles. It also includes Speidel's press clippings, and materials from the classes he taught at the UVA Medical School. Also included in the collection are 74 reels of 16-mm film ranging in length from 100-450 feet of film documenting his research, with still photographs from the films, title lists and summaries of his films. The total length of the films is over 23,000 feet.

Dates: 1923 - 1982

Catherine Marie Russell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-41
Scope and Contents

This collection includes certificates and diplomas for Catherine Russell as well as the dissertation written for her PhD.

Dates: 1949 - 1985

Chalmers Laughlin Gemmill papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-23
Scope and Contents The Chalmers Laughlin Gemmill Papers include correspondence and materials related to his research in the history of medicine, including papers on the Charlottesville General Hospital during the Civil War, Robley Dunglison, and ancient pharmacology. The collection also contains scrapbooks from his post-graduate research overseas and his attendance at the International Physiological Congresses. A set of medals from the Congresses, along with other medals depicting the history of medicine are...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1914 - 1997

Charles Bruce Morton II photographs collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-57
Dates: 1950-1973

Charlotte Bowers Nelson papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-91
Content Description This collection consists of personal medical records for Charlotte Bowers Nelson when she was being treated for tuberculosis between 1948-1961. Regarding her treatments and health, there are letters of correspondence between her father Dr. Thaddeus R. Bowers, Jr. of Bristol, Tennessee and Dr. Frank B. Safford at the Blue Ridge Sanatorium. Additional authors of letters include doctors, family members, and administration from Duke University. There are also reports from her radiologist Dr....
Dates: 1946 - 1961

Claude Moore Health Sciences Library records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-17-4
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of permanent and historically significant institutional records created by the University of Virginia Health Sciences Library and the antecedent Medical Library. These records include, but are not limited to: annual reports, planning documents, newsletters, blogs, social media content, conference programs, department histories, committee records, and library-sponsored lecture materials.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1942 - 2019; 1848 - 2019

Claude Moore papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-28
Scope and Contents The Claude Moore papers include letters from Moore to his mother, Mrs. Claude E. Moore, also known as Maggie, various holiday cards to his mother, letters to and from other friends and family members, several checks, and announcements. Also included in the collection are two scrapbooks with numerous pictures of Claude Moore; his orders from World War I; newspaper clippings and brochures; his siblings, parents and grandparents; friends; and trips overseas as well as in the United States ....
Dates: 1890 - 2006

Denoyer-Geppert Anatomy Series Wall Charts collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-64
Scope and Contents This collection consists of seven educational pull-down wall charts dating from approximately 1945-1950. The charts are part of the Denoyer-Geppert Anatomy Series and are credited to editor, Otto F. Kampmeier, PhD, MD, of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, and artist, P.M. Lariviere. The charts were used in the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Anatomy Laboratory for instruction purposes. They contain color illustrations of various anatomical features and systems of...
Dates: circa 1945-1950

Department of Student Health records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-17-6
Scope and Contents

This collection holds permanent institutional records created by the faculty and staff of the University of Virginia Department of Student Health or by other individuals related to the operations of Student Health. Materials include annual reports, correspondence and subject files of the Director of Student Health, planning documents and reports, historical policies and procedures, department histories, committee records and meeting minutes, photographs, and marketing materials.

Dates: 1939-Present

Dieter Hans Max Gröschel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-54
Dates: 1965-2004

Diploma and Certificate collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-42
Scope and Contents

This collection includes certificates and diplomas of various people, almost all associated with the University of Virginia. Most of the documents are from the University of Virginia but not all. The documents include diplomas and certificates for completion of medical school, nursing school, individual courses, and training courses.

Dates: 1875-1972