Edward C. S. Taliaferro Diploma and Photographs, 1898/1920

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Edward C. S. Taliaferro Diploma and Photographs, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Summary

Extent:
0.16 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Edward C. S. Taliaferro Diploma and Photographs, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of four items: Edward C. S. Taliaferro's diploma from the Medical College of Virginia (in Latin), dated April 21, 1898, and three photographs. The first photograph is an identified group and titled "American Physicians Studying in Dr. Neudorfer's Laboratory in Vienna, 1902 June-July." The second photograph is an identified group and titled "Physican's in Dr. Turk's Internal Medicine Course, Neusser Clinic Vienna, 1902-1903." The third photograph is an undated group image of white men, likely physicians, dated circa 1920s. The photograph was taken by the Faber Studio in Norfolk, Virginia.

Biographical / historical:

Edward Carrington Stanard Taliaferro was the son of William Booth Taliaferro and Sally Lyons Taliaferro. He graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in 1898.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard