vircuh00070Pettis, James Brooke papersA Guide to the James Brooke Pettis papers 2024.09.011A collection in Special Collection and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Accession number 2024.09.011Margaret Turman KiddVCU Health Sciences Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-11-20 07:14:15 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard VCU Health Sciences Library James B. Pettis papers Pettis, James Brooke (1897-1965) 2024.09.011 /repositories/3/resources/641 1 Folders 1926-1930, 1939 English . Small Collections 4 Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research with the exception of transcripts which are subject to Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) restrictions. A redacted copy may be requested, please consult Special Collections and Archives Staff for details.

 Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

 Acquisition information

Gift of Susan Lusk, 2024.

 Biographical / Historical

James Brooke Pettis (1897-1965) was a 1930 graduate of the Medical College of Virginia. He served as the superintendent of Western State Hospital in Staunton, VA from 1946-1963. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWI and WWII and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

 Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials related to Pettis's time as a student at the Medical College of Virginia

Inventory Commencement program, leather bound 1930 Commencement exercies program, 1930 (3 copies) MCV Correspondence, 1926-1930, including acceptance letter Transcripts, 1926-1929 Reprint, The Treatment of Parkinsonism with a Preparation fo Belladonna Root, by R. Finley Gayle, Jr., M.D. Medical students -- Virginia -- Richmond Pettis, James Brooke (1897-1965) Medical College of Virginia -- students