Ivan Medhurst Woolley papers
Scope and Contents
Collection includes correspondence, news clippings, ledgers, photographs, plaques, textbooks, and artifacts.
Dates
- Creation: 1877-1979
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1924-1968
Creator
- University of Oregon. Medical School (Organization)
- Woolley, Ivan M. (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
Dr. Ivan Medhurst Woolley was born in Roseburg, Oregon on October 23, 1893. He moved to Portland in 1905. He went to Washington High School and took pre-med classes at Oregon Agriculture College, now Oregon State College. He attended medical school at the old Oregon Medical School across from Good Samaritan Hospital and graduated in 1919. His class was the last to graduate before the school burned down. To earn money while in school, he became the driver of a seven-passenger Pierce Arrow touring car on old Mt. Hood road to Government Camp. He was one of the first drivers to the Mountain. Years later, he wrote, “Off to Mt. Hood: An Auto-Biography of the Old Road,” 1959. He also worked as a medical officer at the police station during WWI. He interned at Ancher Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota then returned to Portland. He was licensed in Oregon in 1920.
For ten years he practiced general medicine, then in 1930 he went to the University of Michigan Medical School where he studied radiology. He practiced X-ray medicine the rest of his life, having an office in the Medical Arts Building, becoming Portland’s leader in the field until he retired in December of 1962. Dr. Woolley also worked and taught, sometimes, at the “Free Dispensary”. In 1923 he joined the Multnomah County Medical Society. At his death he was the Society’s historian. Before he retired in 1962, Dr. Woolley had been president and staff member at Emanuel Hospital and Portland Sanitarium, and staff member at Holiday Park Hospital. He was also a faculty member at the University of Oregon Medical School. He was a founder and president of the Oregon Radiological Society and the Pacific Northwest Radiological Society. He became vice-president of the American College of Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America. He also became president of the Oregon Medical Association, Multnomah County Medical Society, and University of Oregon Medical School Alumni Association. He was also busy with civic activities and served on the board of Albertina Homes, the staff of White Shield Home and was a president of Columbia Edgewater Country Club. He held membership in Rotary, Aero Club and the Oregon Historical Society as well as being a founding member of the early KGW radio show “The Hoot Owls.” Before his death, he wrote a second book, “Roentgenology in Oregon – The First Fifty Years,” 1954.
Dr.Woolley died of a heart attack on Friday December 29, 1967, while visiting in Claremont, California. He was 74.
Medical Practice
Staff member at Emanuel Hospital
Staff member at Portland Sanitarium
Staff member at Holiday Park Hospital
Faculty member at the University of Oregon Medical School
Board member of Albertina Homes
Staff member of White Shield Home
1920 – 1930 general medicine practiced in Portland, Oregon
X-Ray Medicine in the Medical Arts Building until 1962
Memberships
Multnomah County Medical Society
Oregon Radiological Society
Pacific Northwest Radiological Society
American College of Radiology
Radiological Society of North America
Oregon Medical Association
Multnomah County Medical Society
University of Oregon Medical School Alumni Association
Columbia Edgewater Country Club
Rotary Club
Aero Club
Oregon Historical Society
Publications
“Roentgenology in Oregon – The First Fifty Years,” 1954.
“Off to Mt. Hood: An Auto-Biography of the Old Road”, 1959
Extent
3.29 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Oregon-born Ivan Medhurst Woolley graduated from the Oregon Medical School (1919) and became a general practitioner for 10 years before transitioning into radiology, which he practiced for another 32 years. The collection contains a variety of papers, correspondence, bound texts, office ledgers, artifacts, and photographs.
Subject
- Multnomah County Medical Society (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Ivan Medhurst Woolley papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Karen Lea Anderson Peterson, Kelly McElroy, and Jeff Colby
- Date
- 2002
- 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