Charles Bruce Morton II photographs collection

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

Email: bg9ba@virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 924-1037

Phone: (434) 243-1776

Fax: (434) 924-4968

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/reference-request

Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Charles Bruce Morton II Photographs Collection, Accession #MS-57, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, Historical Collections and Services, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:

.5 Linear Feet 1 document box

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Charles Bruce Morton II Photographs Collection, Accession #MS-57, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, Historical Collections and Services, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of 9 folders containing mostly photographs, some letters, a DVD, and a few clippings pertaining to the work of Dr. Charles Bruce Morton II at the University of Virginia circa 1950-1973.

Biographical / historical:

Charles Bruce Morton II, M.D. (1900-1985) served as a professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine for more than forty years and published a history of the Department of Surgery after his retirement in 1970. He won the University's first John Horsley Memorial Prize and the Sigma Xi Award for his work on peptic ulcers. Dr. Morton is remembered for his innovative approach to surgical techniques; before he joined the University of Virginia, he was a fellow at the Mayo Clinic.

Arrangement:

Materials are arranged in folders chronologically by date and theme or event.