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Diploma and Certificate collection

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Location of collection:: Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library

James Branch Cabell Library

Virginia Commonwealth University

P.O. Box 842003

901 Park Avenue

Richmond, VA 23284-2003

Contact for questions and access:: POC: SCA Staff

Email: libjbcsca@vcu.edu

Phone: (804) 828-1108

Fax: (804) 828-0151

Web: library.vcu.edu/research-teaching/special-collections-and-archives

Restrictions:: Collection is open to research.
Terms of access:: There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:: Diploma and Certificate collection, Accession # 2015.Feb.03, Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Summary

Extent:: 3 Linear Feet
Language:: English Latin
Preferred citation:: Diploma and Certificate collection, Accession # 2015.Feb.03, Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Background

Scope and content:

Over time the Health Sciences Library, Special Collections and Archives has received numerous diplomas and certificates. These have sometimes been single item donations or have come in with larger donations. This finding aid allows users to more easily learn about and locate these items. This collection includes diplomas that span the history of the Medical College of Virginia (MCV), beginning with diplomas issued when it was still a department of Hampden-Sydney College. Also included are diplomas from the University College of Medicine (UCM) which was another Richmond area medical school started by Hunter H. McGuire in 1893. UCM merged with MCV in 1913. There are also diplomas from other medical schools such as the University of Virginia, Jefferson College, and the University of Pennsylvania as well as from various Richmond hospital nursing school programs including St. Luke's Hospital, Old Dominion Hospital, and Virginia Hospital. In addition to the diplomas there are numerous certificates from a variety of medical organizations and from Boards of Examiners. Some items have been digitized and are linked to the digital image, located on the VCU Libraries Gallery site.

Diploma, Medicine, University College of Medicine, 1898

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1893

Certificate from the Governor of Virginia naming Anderson a delegate to the International Congress on Tuberculosis, 1908

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1855

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1868

Diploma, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1840

Residency Certificate, Pennsylvania Hospital, 1859

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1862

Diploma, Nursing, Memorial Hospital, 1918

Diploma, Nursing, Virginia Hospital, 1921

Diploma, Nursing, Virginia Hospital, 1922

Certificate, Nurses Examining Board, 1921

Diploma, Nursing, Medical College of Virginia, 1947 (located with the Birch papers, accession 2022.11.006)

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1909 (located in the Boldridge papers, 1985.Apr.7)

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1905

Diploma, Dentistry, University of Medicine, 1912

Diploma, Dentistry, Medical College of Virginia, 1948

Diploma, Medical College of Virginia, Medicine, 1937

Diploma, Virginia Military Institute, 1857

Certificates, University of Virginia, 1859

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1860

Certificate, Societe de Cadets, Virginia Military Institute, undated

Certificate, American Society of Dental Surgeons, 1841

Diploma, Medicine, Shurtleff College, 1842

Diploma, Nursing, Old Dominion Hospital, 1902

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1909

Diploma, Medicine, Hampden-Sydney College, 1844

Diploma, Medicine, Hampden-Sydney College, 1843

Diploma, Medicine, University of Georgia, 1843

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1857

Diploma, Medicine, Harvard University, 1826

Diploma, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1826

Certificate, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1827

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1879

Certificate, Bellevue Hospital, 1880

Diploma, City Alms House Hospital, Residency, 1880

Diploma, Nursing, St. Luke's Hospital, 1917

Certificate in recognition of 42 years of nursing, St. Luke's Hospital, 1963

Diploma, Medicine, University College of Medicine, 1896

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1892

Diploma, Medicine, Hampden-Sydney College, 1849

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1930

Certificate, North Carolina Medical Examiners, 1931

Certificate, Virginia Medical Examiners, 1932

Certificate, American Public Health Association, 1936

Diploma, Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1938

Certificate, Texas Medical Examiners, 1947

Certificate and letter, MCV Fifty Year Club, 1980

Letter, Johns Hopkins University, Fifty Year Medallion, 1988

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1910

Diploma, New York University, 1918

Certificate, Pharmacy Society of Great Britain, 1871

Diploma, B.A., University of Virginia, 1944

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1946

Certificate, Otolaryngology, Manhattan Eyes, Ears, Throat, 1952

Certificate, Virginia Nurses Examination Board, 1923

Certificate, Virginia Board of Pharmacy, 1908

Certificate, Psi Omega Dental Fraternity, 1912

Diploma, Dentistry, Medical College of Virginia, 1912

Diploma, Nursing, St. Luke's Hospital, 189?

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1907

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1890

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1911

United States of America Naval Commission, Surgeon's Mate, 1824 (signed by President James Monroe)

Diploma, Medicine, Jefferson College, 1845

Diploma, Nursing, Memorial Hospital, 1908

Certificate, Nurses' Board of Examiners, 1909

Diploma, Nursing, Old Dominion Hospital, 1924

Diploma, B.A. Washington College (PA), 1835

Certificate, Washington College Literary Society, 1835

Certificates, University of Virginia, for Chemistry, Political Economy, Moral Philosophy, and French

Diploma, Medicine, University of Virginia, 1839

Diploma, Medicine, University of Maryland, 1844

Diploma, Medicine, New York Medical College, 1939 (located in the Kay papers, 2014.Apr.03)

Diploma, Dentistry, Medical College of Virginia, 1860

Diploma, Medicine, University College of Medicine, 1911

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1860

Diploma, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1957

Diploma, Doctor of Science, Washington & Lee University, 1979

Diploma, Dentistry, Medical College of Virginia, 1922

Diploma, Medicine, Hampden-Sydney College, 1847

Diploma, Medicine, Hampden-Sydney College, 1843

Certificate, Virginia Medical Examiners, 1899

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1900

Certificate, Completion of Residency, Old Dominion Hospital, 1900

Diploma, Dentistry, University College of Medicine, 1897

Certificate, Virginia Board of Dental Examiners, 1897

Diploma, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1886

Certificate, Honorary member of the D. Hayes Agnew Medical Society, University of Pennsylvania, 1888

Certificate, Honorary member of the National Association Railway Surgeons, 1892

Diploma, Medical Fellow, Chicago Academy of Medicine, 1893

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1891

Certificate of Appreciation, War Department, Office of the Surgeon General, for MCV's 45th General Hospital, no date

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1904; certificate, Tulane Medical College post-graduate course, 1910; photocopy of Dr. Mercer and Kathleen Owens Sherwood wedding invitation, 1907; and photocopy of Mercer genealogical information.

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1914

Diploma, Nursing, Virginia Hospital, 1922

Certificate, Virginia Nurses' Board of Examiners, 1922

Certificate, Texas Nurses' Board of Examiners, 1926

Diploma, Medical College of Virginia, 1892; Certificate, American College of Surgeons, 1918; Certificate, American Board of Ophthalmic Examinations, 1920

Diploma, Nursing, Old Dominion Hospital, 1900

Diploma (photostat), Medicine, University of Edinburgh, 1763

Certificate, Virginia Nurses' Board of Examiners, 1904

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1895

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1927

Diploma, Medicine, Winchester Medical College, 1857

Commission, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 1934

Certificate, Phi Beta Pi fraternity, Phi Psi Chapter, 1931

Certificate, Virginia Board of Medical Examiners, 1934

Certificate for rotating internship, Medical College of Virginia, 1935

Certificate for surgical internship, Medical College of Virginia, 1936

Diploma, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1815

Diploma, Medicine, Hampden-Sydney College, 1849

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1914

Certificate, Kappa Psi fraternity, 1914

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1915

Certificate, Medical Jurisprudence, University of Virginia, 1889

Diploma, Medicine, University of Virginia, 1890

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1891

Diploma, B.A., Hampden-Sydney College, 1837

Diploma, Medicine, Hampden-Sydney College, 1841

Diploma, Medicine, University College of Medicine, 1906

Diploma from Medical College of Virginia certifying that Raiford graduated from UCM in 1906, dated 1946

Diploma, University College of Medicine, 1902

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1902

Certificate, Completion of Residency, Virginia Hospital, 1903

Certificate, Appointment to Board of Opticians, 1957

Certificate, Appointment to Board of Directors, Richmond Eye & Ear Hospital, 1977, 1978

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1903

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1903

Diploma, City Almshouse Hosptial, 1904

Certificate, Virginia Board of Pharmacy, 1910

Medical register registration slip from the Clerk of the Hustings Court, City of Richmond, 1913.

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1869, also includes a handwritten translation of the diploma from Latin to English

Certificate, Virginia Board of Pharmacy (Registered Pharmacist), 1886

Diploma, Honorary - Civil Law, Medical College of Virginia, 1957

Certificate, Medical College of Virginia, for 31 years of service as president of MCV, 1957

Diploma, Nursing, Retreat for the Sick Hospital, 1905 Certificate, Nurses' Board of Examiners, 1906, signed by Sadie Heath Cabaniss

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1898

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1926

Certificate, American Board of Psychiatry, 1938

Certificate, Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1952

Certificate, Fellow, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, 1954

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1928

Certificate of Appreciation from the President of the U.S. for Administered Selective Service, 1943

Certificate, Appointment as examining physician, Selective Service, 1965

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1892

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1914

Diploma, Medicine, University College of Medicine, 1896

Diploma, Nursing, Memorial Hospital, 1911

Certificate, Virginia Nurses' Board of Examiners, 1911

Diploma, Medicine, University College of Medicine, 1911

Diploma, Nursing, Retreat for the Sick Hospital, 1922

Certificate Member, U.S. Naval Lyceum, 1842

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1911; Certificate, Member, Volunteer Medical Service Corps, 1918; Medical Society of Virginia 50 year certificate, 1953

Diploma, Medicine, University of Maryland, 1835

Diploma, Nursing, Medical College of Virginia, 1937

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1901

Diploma, Nursing, University College of Medicine, 1905

Diploma, Nursing, Virginia Hospital, 1905

Diploma, B.A., University of Virginia, 1914

Certificate, Otolaryngology Internship, Bellevue Hospital, 1919

Diploma, Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1919

Diploma, Universität Wein (University of Vienna), 1921

Certificate, Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1928

Diploma, Clifton Forge Seminary, 1913

Diploma, Nursing, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, 1931