University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association records

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Preferred citation:

The University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association Records, #MS-21, Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

Summary

Extent:
6.5 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

The University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association Records, #MS-21, Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes an extensive Report of the Department of Medicine of the University of Virginia to the Committee of Medical Alumni dated December 15, 1939. In 1939 the University of Virginia Hospital Development Office asked the Medical Alumni Association to assess the needs of each department and lab at the hospital. Related to this effort, the collection includes survey forms, filled out by department chairs, and correspondence. Other materials present in the collection include committee records and related documents, a large set of alumni newsletters (dating from 1948-2019), and alumni directories.

Letter from Vincent W. Archer to National Medical Alumni Committee

Report from the Department of Medicine of the University of Virginia to the Committee of Medical Alumni, part 1

Report from the Department of Medicine of the University of Virginia to the Committee of Medical Alumni, Part 2

Report from the Department of Medicine of the University of Virginia to the Committee of Medical Alumni, Part 3

Third year instruction in Ophthamology, Columbia University

School of Dermatology and Syphilology

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Interviews are with V. W. Archer, Department of Roentgenology; Samuel A. Vest, Department of Urology; Dr. Bray, Clinical Pathology; G. M. Lawson, Department of Preventive Medicine and Bacteriology; D. C. Smith, Dermatology; C. S. Lentz, Superintendent of the University of Virginia Hospital; Alfred Chanutin, Biochemistry; J. A. Waddell, Department of Pharmacology, Materia Medica and Toxicology; S. W. Britton, Department of Physiology; T. J. Williams, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; A. D. Hart, Director of Student Health; Dr. Funsten, Orthopedics; James Robert Cash, Pathology.

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Letter from Development Fund to President Colgate W. Darden, Jr.

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Letter from Colgate W. Darden, Jr. to the Virginia Medical Alumni

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Proposed by-laws for Medical Alumni Association

Letter from A. R. Shands, Jr. to Medical Alumni Association

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Origin and Early Days of the Medical Alumni Association of the University of Virginia by Beverly C. Smith; letter from Beverly C. Smith to William Booth

Newsletter of the UVA Medical Alumni Advisory Committee/UVA Medical Alumni Association, titled "Bulletin." Includes UVA Medical School Foundation 1989-1990 Annual Report.

Newsletter of the UVA Medical Alumni Association, titled "Chart."

Warren W. Koontz is in the front row, 4th from left, in both photos

UVA School of Medicine 2019 reunion photos as well as a program from the 2019 Distinguished Alumna Award Ceremony at the Maxine Platzer Lynn Women's Center at UVA.

The classes in the reunion photos are from years: 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, and 2014.

Bound directories of members of the UVA Medical Alumni Association. Provides alphabetical and geographical listings. Includes alumni names, graduation year, and current contact information. Some directories include additional information such as specialties and residency locations.

Newsletter of the UVA Medical Alumni Association. The publication has changed names several times. From 1948 to 1973 it was known as Medical Alumni News Letter; from 1974 to 1986 it was known as Medical Alumnews; from 1986 to 2011 it was known as Medical AlumNews; from 2011 to 2019 it was known as Vitals; from 2019- it was known as Virginia Medicine.

Directories representing the University-wide UVA alumni organization (the University of Virginia Alumni Association)

Biographical / historical:

The University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association was established in 1949 as an independent organization dedicated to serving the UVA School of Medicine and its alumni. The University of Virginia Medical School Foundation was established separately in 1972; the Foundation operates as the financial arm of the Medical Alumni Association and oversees funding resources. Today the UVA Medical Alumni Association is dedicated to enhancing the experience of students, housestaff, alumni, and faculty of the UVA School of Medicine by creating opportunities for mentoring, networking, scholarship and philanthropy.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into two series: General Materials and Publications, each series is arranged chronologically.

Physical description:
10 document boxes, 1 flat oversize box