Baird, David W. E., 1898-1974

David W. E. Baird graduated from the University of Oregon Medical School in 1926. He served as Associate Dean, and then Dean of the School of Medicine from 1943 to 1968, was responsible for the administration of the Oregon Primate Center, and a member of the Portland Clinic staff. This collection consists of news articles, photographs, publications, reports, policies, and correspondence from Baird’s time as Associate Dean until his retirement.

The Joseph D. Matarazzo Papers consist of 10 linear feet of material from 1955-1996, collected by Matarazzo during his tenure as Chairman of the Department of Medical Psychology at the University of Oregon Medical School and its successors, the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center and Oregon Health Sciences University.

The Multnomah County Hospital was built to serve the county’s poorest patients, and also to provide practical experience for physicians in training – residents, interns, and students from the nearby University of Oregon Medical School. This collection contains patient records, administrative records, and intern class photographs.

This collection is a wide variety of correspondence to and from the Portland Free Dispensary in its last year (1929-30) before moving up to the medical school campus on Marquam Hill in 1931.

The collection consists of twenty glass lantern slides of the University of Oregon Medical School faculty members and their families. The slides were used for a presentation in 1950 and donated by the University of Oregon Medical School Department of Bacteriology Head, Harry J. Sears, Ph.D., from 1918 until 1956.

This small collection contains a variety of information of historical interest regarding the early years of the University of Oregon Medical School.

This collection is a multitude of materials reflecting the wide-ranging interests of the Business and Public Relations Offices. Among them are supply invoices; correspondence with campus, city and state offices; finances; hospital and clinic programs and procedures; student education, commencement programs, catalogs, and other printed materials; and press releases.