Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
Virginia Surgical Society records
MS.80
Archival Resource Key
Previous Archival Resource Key
/repositories/7/resources/892
2 Linear Feet
1952-2002
The materials are in good condition.
English
Scope and Contents
The collection includes organizational record books, membership lists, correspondence, by-laws and constitutions, meeting minutes, annual meeting reports and publications, and photographs.
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/
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.
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.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply to some materials.
Membership records, meeting minutes, and correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1801431952-2001Scope and ContentsThis series consists of materials related to society membership, meeting minutes, writings and drafts, correspondence, and reports.
Membership, minutes, correspondence, treasurer's report, constitution, attendanceArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1790961952-19721112Membership, minutes, correspondence, treasurer's report, constitution, attendanceArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1790971952-1999131415Constitutions and traditionsArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1790981955-199116Awards, correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1790991968-200117Membership, minutes, correspondence, applications, abstracts (notebook labeled Robert E. Berry)Archival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791001972-1989182122CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791011982-1988, 1993-199423Membership, minutes, correspondence, treasurer's reportArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791021987-19912425Membership, minutes, correspondence, treasurer's report, applications (notebook labeled Robert E. Berry)Archival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791031989-1992262731Minutes, correspondence, treasurer's report, applications, report to Congress (notebook labeled Robert E. Berry)Archival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791041993-199832 Membership, minutes, correspondence, constitution, awardsArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791051993-19983334Correspondence, draft of "Non-Invasive Vascular Testing - Medicare Guidelines"Archival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791061994-199835Member registerArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791071954-1990, 199841Guest and member registerArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791081955-199942"They Made Surgical History in Virginia" by W. Levi Old, "Virginia Medical"Archival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791091981-0443"Surgery and Surgeons in Virginia 1607-1995: An Historical Monograph Compiled by W. Levi Old Jr. and Claiborne W. FitchettArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/179110199744PhotographsArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791111953-2003Scope and ContentsThis series contains photographs related to events and individuals of the Virginia Surgical Society.
Slides for use in 50th anniversary celebrationArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791121953, n.d.45Colonial Williamsburg and The Homestead photos used for front cover of annual meeting programsArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791131980-199946Richard Henry DeanArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/179114198947James E. DavisArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/179115198948Lazar John GreenfieldArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/179116199149Robert W. BarnesArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791171992410J. Patrick O'LearyArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791181992411Kirby I. BlandArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791191992412P. William CurreriArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791201992413Paul A. EbertArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791211993414Wallace P. Ritchie Jr.Archival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791221994415William C. MeyersArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/179123199841650th anniversary celebrationArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791242003-04417Virginia Surgical Society Annual Meeting programsArchival Resource Key/repositories/7/archival_objects/1791251976-2002418419420421422