Virginia Surgical Society 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:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright restrictions may apply to some materials.

Summary

Extent:
2 Linear Feet
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes organizational record books, membership lists, correspondence, by-laws and constitutions, meeting minutes, annual meeting reports and publications, and photographs.

This series consists of materials related to society membership, meeting minutes, writings and drafts, correspondence, and reports.

This series contains photographs related to events and individuals of the Virginia Surgical Society.

Biographical / historical:

The organizational meeting of the Virginia Surgical Society was held May 23, 1953, in Richmond. Officers were elected, a constitution adopted, and plans made for an annual business and scientific meeting. According to the constitution, originally membership in the Society was "limited to men in good Standing in the Medical Society of Virginia." The 1969 amended constitution states, "Active membership in the Society shall be limited to surgeons in good standing in the Medical Society of Virginia." The May 1992 VSS Annual Meeting program indicates that the Society is a "Virginia Chapter of the American College of Surgeons." As of 2019, the Virginia Surgical Society is considered a related but separate organization from the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). The purposes of the Virginia Surgical Society "The purposes of the Virginia Surgical Society are to promote excellence in surgery in Virginia through the superb programs at the annual meeting and to promote a cordial association among the surgeons and their families."

See the website of the Virginia Capter of the American College of Surgeons website additional information: https://virginiaacs.org/

Custodial history:

The records were transferred by Jim Denton to the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library on April 2004. Three of the notebooks were labeled Robert E. Perry who was the Society president in 1992.

Arrangement:

The material arrived in notebooks and folders with overlapping dates. The order within the notebooks and folders has been preserved and arranged into organizational papers by date; member registers; publications; photos; and annual meeting programs.

Physical description:
The materials are in good condition.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard