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Virginia Commonwealth University, Health Sciences Library

Health Sciences Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 980582
509 North 12th Street
Richmond, VA 23298-0582
Primary Collecting Areas:
History of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and allied health fields with a focus on Virginia
Description:
Special Collections and Archives collects primary source materials documenting the health sciences and the health care professions in Virginia. Manuscript collections include the personal papers of Virginia nurses, physicians, dentists, and other health care practitioners as well as the records of various professional organizations. Nursing is particularly well represented. The department also holds the historical records for the Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College, Medical College of Virginia, and the University College of Medicine as well as the archives for the MCV Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.
POC: SCA Staff
Phone: (804) 828-9898
Fax: (804) 828-6089
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Papers of James L and Dorothy Knowles Thomson 1943 - 1987

This collection contains the personal papers, war memorabilia, photographs, and general information concerning the 45th General Hospital Group dating from 1936-1985, the bulk of the collection dating from 1939- 1963. The collection is divided with one half being Dr. Thomson's World War II memorabilia and photographs along with paperwork with the Excelsior Club, as group of surgeons brought together by the war. The other half of the collection is papers of his wife, Dorothy Knowles Thomson, who was an instructor of operating room nursing at the Medical College of Virginia, and includes notebooks, course manuals, certifications as well as personal effects.

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Virginia Dental Association records 1870-2011, bulk 1870-1985

The records of the Virginia Dental Association (VDA) 1870-2011, provide insight into the changes in the dental profession and also the evolution of professional organizations in general.The materials include the official minutes and proceedings of the organization as well as committee records, component society materials, correspondence, financial records, annual meeting records and programs, membership records, subject files, materials relating to the American Dental Association and other national, state, and local dental organizations, and research files used to write One Hundred Years of Dentistry in Virginia.

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