Oregon State Medical Society

Olaf Larsell was considered a prominent educator and author in the field of anatomy and won international fame for his research on the cerebellum. He was a noted researcher on the structures of the brain, nervous system, sinuses, and lungs. The collection contains research materials, manuscripts, notes, and photographs.

Albert E. Mackay was a noted urologist in Portland and served on the staff of the University of Oregon Medical School in addition to being a member and sometimes president of various Medical Societies. The materials consist of correspondence, article reprints, pamphlets, brochures, advertisements and manuscripts.

This collection provides a variety of materials on the history of medicine in Oregon collected by the Oregon State Medical/Oregon Medical Association.

The Oregon State Medical Society was originally organized in 1874. As time went on, reorganizations occurred and among them were the creation of the Medical History Committee and the Woman's Auxiliary, the first auxiliary in the Northwest. This collection contains a wide variety of material covering routine matters of the Society, as well as relevant major issues of the day, from the 1920s onward.

The Oregon State Medical Society Records contains bulletins, letters, correspondence, newspaper articles, U.S. Post Office forwarding address cards, telegrams, and V-mail primarily relating to the publication of the Service Bulletin.

John Elmer Weeks (1853-1949) was an eye surgeon, author, and an extensive traveler and lecturer. He helped found the Board of Ophthalmology, discovered the Koch-Weeks bacillus, and was widely acclaimed for his method of reconstructing the orbital socket and surgical treatment of glaucoma and cataracts. This collection consists primarily of materials used in the composition of his autobiography, including manuscript drafts, correspondence, and some photographs.