A Guide to the Charles Bruce Morton II Photographs Collection MS-57A Collection in Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences LibraryMS-57Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

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

 Scope and Contents

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.

 Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions.

 Conditions Governing Use

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 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.

 Photographs and clippings of Dr. Morton, some events unknownArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/400791950-197311Department of SurgeryArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/40080195412Cornerstone of the New Hospital CeremonyArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/40081195913Department of SurgeryArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/40082196014Photographs and clippings from the UVA Medical Alumni NewsletterArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/4008319621540th Medical Alumni Reunion - Medical Class of 1922Archival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/4008419621645th Medical Alumni Reunion - Medical Class of 1922Archival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/40085196717Department of SurgeryArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/4008619681850th Medical Alumni Reunion - Medical Class of 1922Archival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/40087197219