Franklin E. Walton Photographs and Drawings

Surgeons performing an appendectomy, the first operation at Barnes Hospital. Surgeons performing an operation at Barnes Hospital. Franklin E. Walton conversing with Philip R. Dodge. Sketch of Dr. Vilray P. Blair by Gertrude Hance titled, "A note on a surgeon." Portrait of Evarts A. Graham. Studio portrait of Evarts A. Graham. Group portrait of Barnes Hospital medical staff. Group portrait of Barnes Hospital surgical house staff. Group portrait of the Barnes Hospital chest surgery group. Group portrait of the class of 1927. Group portrait of the class of 1927 at their 45th reunion. Group portrait of the class of 1927 at their 50th reunion. Group portrait of the Vaughn General Hospital staff. Franklin E. Walton with three unidentified Army Medical Corps colleagues. Aerial view of the 113th General Hospital, Ahwaz, Persia (Iran). Soldier posing with two Eritreans carrying a gazelle. Group portrait of four men, Eritrea. View of Massaua-Asmara Road, Asmara, Eritrea. Group portrait of surgeons. Print of Barnes Hospital etched by Gustav F. Goetsch.
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Description

Reference code

VC005

Level of description

Collection

Title

Franklin E. Walton Photographs and Drawings

Date(s)

  • 1914-1977 (Creation)

Extent

1.2 cubic feet (3 boxes, 5 map case folders)

Name of creator

(1902-1981)

Biographical history

Franklin E. Walton was a surgeon and instructor who spent nearly all of his 43 years in medicine at Washington University School of Medicine. Born in Medora, IL in 1902, he was educated at Missouri Military Academy and Shurtleff College prior to receiving his M.D. from Washington University in 1927. Walton spent his internship and surgical residency at Barnes Hospital from 1927 to 1933, serving as one of the early resident physicians for Evarts Graham. When Walton was certified by the American College of Surgeons in 1937, there were only 46 certified surgeons in the United States. Except for a brief stint as the first visiting resident at Yale-New Haven Medical Center, Walton spent the remainder of his career at Washington University School of Medicine in a variety of positions including assistant professor of clinical surgery and assistant dean. In addition, he served in Africa during WWII, reaching the rank of colonel and chief of the surgical service for the 21st General Hospital. Walton retired in 1970 and passed away at the age of 78 from a heart ailment on February 4, 1981.

Scope and content

This collection consists of 29 artifacts from the professional life of Franklin E. Walton (1902-1981), including photographs, a drawing, an academic diploma, an academic hood, and an intaglio print of Barnes Hospital by Gustav Goetsch (1907-1994). Primarily, the subjects depicted in the photographs include portraits of Walton and his colleagues at both Barnes Hospital and the 21st General Hospital, as well as several group portraits of the Wasington University School of Medicine (WUSM) class of 1927 at class reunions.

System of arrangement

Some items have been previously removed from this collection, which has led to an incomplete sequence of numbered items.

Conditions governing access

The collection is open and accessible for research.

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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

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Immediate source of acquisition

Gift, Kathryn Walton Staley, 2 November 1981, Accession 1981-087: VC005 (VC005 (Walton, Franklin E., visual collection): 1897-ca. 1970. Photographs, drawings and a certificate taken from FC019. Donor is a daughter of Franklin E. Walton.).

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