Howard J. Stroud papers

Collection

Identifier: 2007-015

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of artifacts: pacemakers, shaping wires, heart valves, a plastinated heart, two hearts encased in plastic and one heart model; documents; images: photographs (mounted and un-mounted), radiographic film and negatives; news clippings, published articles and other publications; and 2 brief cases: one labeled “$100,000,000 fund.”

Dates

1960-1980

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

Howard James Stroud, A.B., M.P.H., was born February 10, 1916 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He attended high school at South High School in Grand Rapids and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor from which he received a Masters Degree in Public Health Education. Stroud was married for 67 years and fathered four children, 3 sons and 1 daughter. One son passed away in 2006.

Howard J. Stroud was a health educator of atomic energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and at Humble Oil and Refining Company, Medical Division, in Houston, Texas. Stroud was also an Associate with Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Subsequently, he served as Director of the Oregon Heart Association in Portland, Oregon.

Honors for 20 years of service as Director of the Oregon Heart Association Awards and recognition as a volunteer speaker for the United Way campaign in 1982.

Extent

4 Linear Feet (4 boxes, 2 briefcases )

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection consists of artifacts, images, published materials, and other documents related to the work of Howard J. Stroud, A.B., M.P.H., as Executive Director of the Oregon Heart Association. Stroud served as director of the association for 20 years.

Arrangement

The materials are arranged by format.

Other Finding Aids

The following institutions contain archival collections related to artifical heart valves and cardiology:

Willem J. Kolff Papers, University of Utah Special Collections and Archives:

http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_EAD/id/2166

Will Camp Sealy Papers and Records, 1938 - 1983, Duke University Medical Center Archives:

http://archives.mc.duke.edu/mcasealyw.html#subjects

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Howard Stroud, A. B., M.P.H., and his wife Crystal donated the materials pertaining to his work as the Executive Director of the Oregon Heart Association in December of 2007.

Related Materials

Digital Commons:

See the OHSU Digital Commons for assorted images of artificial heart valves as well as other images related to cardiology. Consult the Digital Commons for the following images listed below:

Artificial heart valve

Artificial heart valve, implantation

Artificial heart valve surfaces

Archival Collections:

Melvin P. Judkins Papers, Accession no. 2005-022

Jeri Dobbs Heart Valve Collection, Accession no. 2006-2.102, Medical Museum Collection

Biographical Files:

See biographical files for additional information on the life and work of Stroud's colleague Charles Dotter, M.D.