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Medicine and Health

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Ilia A. Cowie-Freitas family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1073
Abstract

Papers of Ilia Alice Cowie-Freitas (née Young), a nurse from Vancouver, Washington, and her family. Cowie-Freitas attended nursing school at Emanuel Hospital in Portland, Oregon, and worked in Vancouver and then in Arizona. Papers include pages from a scrapbook that Cowie-Freitas kept while attending nursing school, photographs, correspondence, and a family history.

Dates: circa 1886-2024; Majority of material found within 1897-1995

Dr. G. S. Cozad papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 822
Abstract

Collection includes bills, receipts, and letters pertaining to G. S. Cozad's medical practice in Roseburg, Oregon.

Dates: 1878-1879

Oral history interview with Samuel L. Diack

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9428
Abstract

Oral history interview with Samuel L. Diack conducted by Charles Digregorio on May 6, 1976. Diack discusses his service as president of the board of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.

Dates: 1976 May 6

Euphemia Dimick memoir and other writings

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1056
Abstract

Writings by Euphemia Dimick (1877-1967) of Oregon, including diary entries and a memoir titled "Through the Wilderness." The writings relate to Dimick's experiences raising her daughter, Ruth Elizabeth Dimick (1916-1974). Ruth Dimick had athetoid cerebral palsy, a condition marked by difficulty with motor skills, which was not well understood or accommodated in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1916-circa 1951

Edna Sherrill Eames papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2944
Abstract

Papers of and relating to physician Edna Sherrill Eames, who worked for the city health bureau in Portland, Oregon, and was the first woman to be a city medical inspector. Materials include diplomas; correspondence on personal matters, her service in the Army medical corps during World War I, and recommendations; and photocopies of newspaper clippings about her career.

Dates: 1912-1936

Oral history interview with Elizabeth Flores

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12348
Abstract Oral history interview with Elizabeth Flores, conducted by Sankar Raman, Nancy Dollahite, and Britany Cano-Briceno on January 20, 2020, for The Immigrant Story. Flores discusses her early life in rural Mexico and her experiences adjusting to life in the United States, including learning English. She shares her experiences as a Spanish speaker in California and during her education there; discusses studying to become a doctor; and speaks about her medical clinic, HousecallMD, which makes...
Dates: 2020 January 20

Oral history interview with Jesalee Fosterling

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9028
Abstract

Oral history interview with Jesalee Fosterling conducted by Roberta Watts on April 11, 1978. Fosterling was executive director of Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette from 1968 to 1989.

Dates: 1978 April 11

Geisy Drug Store prescription book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2641
Abstract

Bound prescription book including formulas for medicines and information regarding symptoms, remedies, and dosages.

Dates: circa 1856-1900

Larry E. Hattan emergency medical technician memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 959
Abstract

Memorabilia of Larry E. Hattan (né Horsey, 1943-2022) relating to his career as an emergency medical technician for the Buck Ambulance Service in Portland, Oregon, including certificates, letters of appreciation, and photographs. Hattan was one of the first emergency medical technicians in Oregon, and in 1972 was one of four technicians who resuscitated Portland Mayor Terry Schrunk following a heart attack.

Dates: 1968-1988

George L. Hibbard letter to his children

 Item
Identifier: Mss1447
Abstract

Typescript letter from George L. Hibbard, of Oregon City, Oregon, to his children, March 6, 1974, regarding his recent hemorrhoidectomy, with information about hemorrhoids treatment and an account of another hemorrhoidectomy by "another poor fellow."

Dates: 1974 March 6