George E. Chamberlain papers

Collection — Box: SC01

Identifier: 1998-004

Staff Only

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a typewritten paper titled "The Diagnosis of Otosclerosis." Included are pictures of instruments used in the operation and slide negatives of the operation itself.

Dates

Creation: circa 1942

Creator

Chamberlain, George E. (George Earle), 1854-1928 (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

George Earle Chamberlain (b.1913), grandson and namesake of the former governor and senator of Oregon, son of otolaryngologist Dr. Charles Thomson Chamberlain. He received a B.A. from the University of Oregon in 1936, and an M.D. from the University of Oregon Medical School in 1938. Chamberlain served as captain and resident physician in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WWII. He began serving in 1941, when he was stationed in New York, NY, at the New York Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Infirmary. He returned to Portland, Oregon after the war and began to practice otolaryngology in 1947, both in private practice and as faculty at the Medical School. He married Dorothy McCall of Redmond, OR, herself a grand-daughter of a governor of Massachussetts and sister of future Oregon Governor Tom McCall.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

George Chamberlain graduated University of Oregon (1936) and University of Oregon Medical School (1938) and became an otolaryngologist. The collection consists of a paper on diagnosis and treatment of Otosclerosis, including pictures of instruments used in the operation and negatives of the operation itself.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Information created by George E. Chamberlain. Donated by a Dr. Lemperts [?], possibly a faculty member

Related Archival Materials

Biographical File has pictures from newspapers of himself, his mother and his wife. Oregon State Medical Society has records on Chamberlain’s military service. The Digital Resource Library has a digital scan of a print of Dr. George E. Chamberlain :

http://drl.ohsu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/hom/id/3354/rec/1

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