Medicine and Health

This collection consists of photocopied biographical material on Dr. James Hawthorne (1819-1881, founder of the Oregon Hospital for the Insane) and Dr. Simeon Josephi (1849-1935) collected by James H. Beck, a descendent of Hawthorne's.

Hannibal Blair, M.D., matriculated at the Willamette University Medical Department in 1881 and graduated with a degree in medicine in 1883. This collection consists of materials acquired by Blair during his time at Willamette, including class schedules, attendance cards, matriculation tickets, event invitations, and correspondence.

This collection consists of 6 scrapbooks with pasted news clippings. It spans the years 1922-1958, covering a variety of subject matter related to medical practice and education in Oregon, including articles on activities at the University of Oregon Medical School and Multnomah County Hospital. There is no known information about who compiled the scrapbooks.

The collection consist of photographs of the University of Oregon Medical School taken by Charles F. Norris. He is considered to be the first full-time photographer for UOMS.

This collection provides a variety of materials on the history of medicine in Oregon collected by the Oregon State Medical/Oregon Medical Association.