Societies, Medical

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The collection consists of one single bound receipt ledger for an unidentified medical organization listing monthly dues, initiation fees, and fines charged doctors as well as suspensions and expulsions of members from 1847-1853.

Abstract The Portland Academy of Medicine was founded in 1906 to facilitate the investigation and promotion of the science and art of medicine and the creation and maintenance of a public medical library located at the University of Oregon Medical School. This collection documents the activities and interests of the Portland Academy of Medicine from 1907 to 1999, and contains the constitution and bylaws of the organization, minutes, member rosters, correspondence, memorial resolutions, speeches,...

Abstract The Portland Academy of Medicine was established in 1906 and modeled after the New York Academy of Medicine. The Academy’s goals focused on the investigation and promotion of the science and art of medicine, and the creation and maintenance of a public medical library located at the University of Oregon Medical School. This collection contains primarily correspondence and meeting minutes of the Portland Academy of Medicine relating to the closing years of the organization, but also includes...

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The Medical Faculty Auxiliary (MFA) of the School of Medicine at OHSU donated these materials in 1997, upon the 50th Anniversary of its creation. Long known (1947-85) as the "Faculty Wives Club" it has a long history of being both a social network for spouses and "significant others" of medical students and personnel and a source of fund-raising and volunteerism for various things not covered in budgets. The collection expands on those activities.

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The Southern Oregon Medical Society, founded in 1892 in Medford, OR, represented nearly every well-known school of medicine in North America. The collection consists of three journals of minutes as well as registration and finance books, created and kept by the Society from 1892 to 1961.

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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.

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The Yamhill County Medical Society (YCMS) was formed as an organization for physicians residing in Yamhill County, Oregon. The YCMS was a sub-society of the Oregon Medical Association (OMA), which was a part of the American Medical Association (AMA). The records of YCMS consist of correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, announcements, articles, membership applications, rosters, a diskette, and AMA and congressional booklets.