Oregon State Medical Association records
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
- Creation: 1903-1978
Creator
- Oregon Medical Association (Organization)
- Oregon State Medical Society (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
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.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Oregon State Medical Association records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Karen Peterson, Archivist; Jeff Colby, Archival Assistant
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives Repository