Curtis R. Holcomb class notes

Collection

Identifier: 2004-032

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The materials consist of 2 tablets of class notes with cardboard covers, and handwritten in pencil. They are enlivened with occasional drawings of faculty and others.

Dates

Creation: 1886 - 1887

Creator

Holcomb, Curtis R. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on access. This collection is open to the public.

Conditions Governing Use

OHSU Historical Collections & Archives (HC&A) is the owner of the original materials and digitized images in our collections, however, the collection may contain materials for which copyright is not held. Patrons are responsible for determining the appropriate use or reuse of materials. Consult with HC&A to determine if we can provide permission for use.

Biographical Note

Curtis R. Holcomb is listed in the Alumni Directory of Alumni Members and Classes 1887-1951 as having graduated from the Medical Department of the Willamette University in the class of 1887. The Medical Register of Oregon, issued by the State Medical Board 1898, lists Dr. Holcomb as having been licensed on April 7, 1889. He had two physician sons, Blair, born in 1895 and Roger, born in 1897. He was in general practice in Portland, Oregon for 40 years. Dr. Holcomb was also a typesetter/printer and published an amateur journal. Dr. Holcomb died prior to 1951. Information used for the preparation of this finding aid was found in the Sections from the Willamette University Medical Department Catalogs and the University of Oregon Catalog 1887 housed in the Pacific Northwest Archives and the Biographical files of Blair and Roger Holcomb, all housed in the Oregon Health and Science University Historical Collections and Archives. No other biographical details are known at the time of processing.

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Dr. Curtis Holcomb donated his medical school class notes from 1886-1887 taken while a student at Willamette University's Medical Department (WUMD).

Arrangement

Holcomb differentiated his notes according to class, and chronologically within them.

Other Finding Aids

Finding aids which are centered around class notes include: 2000-002 Thomas J. Fox Collection; 2004-009 Robert Herbert Miles Class Notes; 2004-018 1880 Lecture and Clinical Notes; 2004-0031 Roy Sumner Stearns Class Notes; 2005-006 Matthew Caldwell Class Notes.