Oregon State Medical Association records

Collection

Identifier: 2008-015

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a wide variety of material including correspondence, reports, position papers, news clippings, and ephemera. It covers routine matters as well as major issues of the day concerning the Society from the 1920s onward.

Dates

1903-1978

Creator

Oregon Medical Association (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on access. The 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.

Historical note

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, which ultimately was put in the charge of Eldon G. Chuinard; and the Woman's Auxiliary which was created on September 1, 1927 under Mrs. J. Earl Else, Mrs. Courtland Booth, Mrs. C. E. Hunt, and Mrs. W. B. Neal. It was the first auxiliary in the Northwest, and Mrs. Else became its first president.

County auxiliaries began to organize the same year in Lane Co., with Multnomah Co. following in 1928, initially as the Portland City and County Auxiliary, with Mrs. Charles Edwin Sears as president. Polk-Yamhill-Marion was 3rd (1929); then Jackson (1931); Clatsop-Tillamook, Klamath & Lake (1932); Benton (1934); Coos-Curry (1937); Josephine (1938); Mid-Columbia (1939); and Malheur, Baker, and Umatilla (1943).

Extent

0.75 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

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.

Arrangement

This collection is serialized in folders by subjects and chronologically within each.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Oregon State Medical Society is the source for this material.

Related Archival Materials

Other collections concerning the State Medical Society are 1997-003 Oregon State Medical Society Records; 2004-005 Oregon Medical Association Oral History Project; and 2011-005 Oregon Medical Association Oregon Medical History Collection.