Description
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Collection
Title
C. Barber Mueller Papers
Date(s)
- 1917-2006 (Creation)
Extent
1.50 Linear Feet
Name of creator
Biographical history
C. Barber Mueller was born in Carlinville, Illinois and earned his medical degree at Washington University School of Medicine in 1942. After completing a surgical internship at Barnes Hospital, Meuller spent three years with the 4th U.S. Marine Division in the Pacific Theater and won a bronze star and two Purple Hearts. When he returned from overseas, Mueller first completed a Rockefeller Fellowship in biochemistry at Harvard Medical School, then a surgical residency at Barnes Hospital. Mueller was Evarts Graham's last chief resident.
After completion of his residency, Mueller was appointed as a full-time faculty member at Washington University School of Medicine in 1951. In 1956, Mueller moved to Syracuse, New York as a Professor of Surgery and Department Chairman at the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical Center. Mueller moved to Ontario, Canada in 1967 to take a position as Professor of Surgery and Department Chairman at McMaster University. He became an emeritus professor at McMaster in 1983.
Scope and content
Curriculum vitae, 1997, and drafts and supporting materials on two of Mueller's projects on the history of medicine. For the history of McMaster University Medical School there is the draft of Part I. For the writing of Evarts A. Graham, the life, lives, and times of the surgical spirit of St. Louis (Hamilton, ON, 2002), there are interviews, notes, drafts, and other materials compiled. Of special interest are files containing original correspondence from various persons relating their memories of Graham. There is also an oral history of Frank R. Bradley by Peter D. Olch, original materials about Helen T. Graham and about Olch and his father I. Y. Olch.
System of arrangement
Conditions governing access
The collection is open and accessible for research.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Users of the collection should read and abide by the Rights and Permissions guidelines at the Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives.
Users of the collection who wish to cite items from this collection, in whole or in part, in any form of publication must request, sign, and return a Statement of Use form to the Archives.
For detailed information regarding use of this collection, contact the Archives and Rare Book Department of the Becker Library (arb@wusm.wustl.edu).
Preferred Citation:
Item description, Reference Code, Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives, Washington University in St. Louis.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift, C. Barber Mueller, MD, 2002 October (2003-004: FC144 (C. Barber Mueller papers): Curriculum vitae, 1997.)
Gift, C. Barber Mueller, 2003 March 6 (2003-018: FC144 (C. Barber Mueller papers): Interview, notes, drafts, and other materials compiled for the writing of Evarts A. Graham, the life, lives, and times of the surgical spirit of St. Louis (Hamilton, ON, 2002). One-half linear ft.)
Gift, C. Barber Mueller, 2004 October 11 (2005-015 FC144 (C. Barber Mueller papers): Materials compiled for the writing of Evarts A. Graham, the life, lives, and times of the surgical spirit of St. Louis (Hamilton, ON, 2002. Includes files containing original correspondence from various persons relating their memories of Graham. There is also an oral history of Frank R. Bradley by Peter D. Olch, original materials about Helen T. Graham and about Olch and his father I. Y. Olch. See also 2003-018. Ca. 1917-2000, .5 linear ft.)
Gift, C. Barber Mueller, 2006 October 23 (2007-021: FC144 (C. Barber Mueller papers): McMaster University Medical School: The Little School That Could--and Did. Part I. The Beginnings. Typescript draft, 44 leaves, October 1, 2006.)
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"Describing Archives: A Content Standard, Second Edition (DACS), 2013."
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Archivist's note
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Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Graham, Evarts A. (Evarts Ambrose), 1883-1957 (Subject)
- McMaster University. Department of Medicine. (Subject)
- Graham, Helen Tredway (Subject)
- Mueller, Charles Barber, 1917- Evarts A. Graham, the life, lives, and times of the surgical spirit of St. Louis. (Subject)
- Olch, Isaac Y. (Subject)
- Olch, Peter D. (Subject)