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Medicine and Health

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Irene J. Lavorato

 Collection
Identifier: SR 3558
Abstract

Oral history interview with Irene J. Lavorato conducted by Jan Dilg from November 5-19, 1998. Lavorato worked as a clinic clerk and medical assistant in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1998 November 5-19

Photograph album on the dedication of the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center

 Collection
Identifier: Album 903
Abstract

Color photographs depicting the dedication of the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, including images of U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield, unidentified people at the event, and the dedication ceremony. Also included are photographs of staff and patients moving into the new center in April 2005, and a small quantity of materials related to the design and construction of the building.

Dates: 2004 September 22-2005 April

Dr. Justin Millard account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1116
Abstract

Collection consists of an account book for a doctor in Portland, Oregon, 1853-1855, regarding patients and medical expenses.

Dates: 1853-1855

Edward Everett Mingus reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2938
Abstract

Typescript reminiscences of Edward Everett Mingus's life and experiences as a physician in many Oregon cities, his service in the U. S. Army Medical Officers' Reserve Corps during World War I, etc.

Dates: 1916-1934

Draft of National College of Naturopathic Medicine catalog

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 992
Abstract

Draft of a course catalog for the National College of Naturopathic Medicine, a naturopathic college founded in 1956 in Portland, Oregon. The draft includes handwritten edits.

Dates: 1956

Oregon Board of Medical Examiners records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2570
Abstract

Collection includes medical licenses issued in Multnomah County, Oregon, 1893-1941; and scrapbooks, 1954-1955, regarding medical topics including chiropractic, naturopathic and osteopathic practitioners.

Dates: 1893-1955

Oregon nurses photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 367
Abstract

Album containing portraits and snapshots of nurses and children. The images include scenes of nurses playing a guitar, talking on the telephone, and gardening with shovels. Identified locations include Salem and Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1900-1910

Oregon Social Hygiene Society records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1541
Abstract

Records of an Oregon social service organization that was founded in 1911, at the urging of the Young Men's Christian Association, to limit the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and to combat "social vices" such as prostitution, gambling, and childhood immorality. Most files were created by Fred B. Messing, who served as executive secretary from 1929 to 1941. Includes correspondence, subject files, minutes of meetings, financial records, and educational literature.

Dates: 1895-1960; Majority of material found within 1911-1940

Oregon State Hospital collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 327
Abstract

Materials relating to the Oregon State Hospital, collected by Reta Rahn Musgrave when she was a nurse there. Collection includes black and white photographs of the grounds, buildings, and staff; surgical department statistics; and an inventory of surgical and operating room furniture and supplies.

Dates: circa 1936-1958

Oregon State Pharmaceutical Association records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2505
Abstract

Collection consists of correspondence, 1935-1937, regarding business matters, mostly from OSPA president Roy A. Perry; miscellaneous documents regarding the OSPA convention in Gearhart, Oregon, 1934-1935, including membership lists and a speech by Perry.

Dates: 1934-1937