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See oral history number OH025.

This small collection includes a privately published memoir authored by Yvonne Bost Pickett titled, “Our War: My Life as a Nurse in Hawaii, 1941-1945.”

Ledger from the practice of Drs. Reese and Cutler of Warrensburg, MO dated from May 1866 until May 1867.  1 bound volume, approximately 194 pages; 32 cm. Includes three black and white (7 x 12 cm) phtotographs: one photo of the Reese school in Warrensburg, MO built in 1870 is afixed to inside cover; two loose photos are of the Cedar Hall and the corner of the Louisville Medical College. Also includes one broadsheet (31 x 44 cm) announcing the sale of Dr. A. W. Reese's farm.

This small collection contains a chapter from a privately published memoir authored by Gerald A. Reeves, MD. The eight page section is entitled, "School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1942-1945."

Biography of C. Barber Mueller.

This collection contains “Frontline”, the publication of the St. Louis Effort for AIDS from 1989 to 1996.  Frontline is a monthly newsletter that features stories of people living with HIV/AIDS as well as new treatments and therapies available for AIDS.  Also included are volunteer opportunities and a schedule of events.

The St. Louis Society for Internal Medicine records are comprised of mostly organizational records including meeting minutes, agendas, and member rosters. Another significant part of this collection is made up of correspondence, curriculum vitas of members, and the text of lectures given at meetings. Also noteworthy is a typescript volume of early historical sketches, a volume on officers, membership and attendance records, dues and assessments, and legal documents including the articles of agreement and original by-laws.

This collection consists of the Saint Louis University campus publication titled Parameters.

The collection contains three versions of Schlueter’s autobiography, fragmentary incoming correspondence, notes, and drafts. Also included are reprints of Dr. Schlueter’s writings and addresses on medical history and medicine. His autobiography is well-written and revealing of his likes, dislikes, loyalties, the details of his medical practice, travels and post-graduate studies abroad, and his work in various St. Louis hospitals and for Washington University. Also included is the St. Louis Medical Society Library correspondence concerning his estate.

Scrapbooks containing correspondence and photographs related to Lucille S. Spalding's service with the 21st General Hospital during World War II.

This small collection includes items that Shirley Stevenson acquired as a student at the Washington University School of Nursing from 1944-1947.

In this oral history project, Dr. Edwin McCleskey and his associates, medical students James Carter and William Geideman, conducted interviews with 13 individuals who played a role in the desegregation of Washington University School of Medicine and its associated hospitals.

The interviewees include Ella Brown, the last Director of Nursing Services at Homer G. Phillips Hospital; Dr. Robert Lee, the first Assistant Dean for Minority Students at the School of Medicine; Dr. Julian Mosley, the second Black graduate of the School of Medicine; and Dr. Howard Phillip Venable, the last chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Homer G. Phillips and a vocal advocate for civil rights.

Topics include the segregated facilities at Barnes Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital prior to integration; the events and decisions leading to desegregation in the medical school and hospitals; recruitment, admissions, and retention of minority students at the School of Medicine; Homer G. Phillips Hospital, its role in the Black community, and its closure; the state of health care for the Black community in St. Louis; and the desegregation of local and national medical societies. The collection also includes some related documents donated by the interviewees.

Dr. McCleskey was an assistant professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology at the School of Medicine at the time he developed this project and conducted the interviews with his associates.

The interviews were all recorded on audio cassette tapes. Additions to the interview transcripts are marked with brackets. Interviewees were allowed to review these transcripts and make grammatical corrections. Also, interviewees were allowed to suggest additions or retractions from the transcript to ensure their meaning was clear.

In general, there are some discrepancies between the audio recording and interview transcripts, including elisions and occasional rewordings, however these changes do not create any significant impediments to understanding the content of the interviews. In some cases, noted in the series-level records and the transcripts, interviewees made substantial edits to their interview transcripts, which created additional discrepancies between the recording and transcript, but the edits do not interfere with understanding the original content.

Draft essay of "History of Health Care for the Indigent in St. Louis," 2001.

This small collection contains records relating to James T. Brown’s service in the military and career as a surgeon, his involvement in the music group the Singing Doctors, and his writing. Records include copies of correspondence he sent to his parents while serving in the Korean War; a copy of an oral history interview transcript; two LP records produced by the Singing Doctors, photographs, and collected publications about the group; and two medical humor books published by Dr. Brown.

See oral history number OH028.

Carroll recounts his service in the Army Medical Corps from 1916 to 1946: service in France during World War I; postings to the Philippines, China, Jefferson Barracks; medical service with the Civilian Conservation Corps during the early years of the Depression; medical service in the South Pacific during World War II; contacts with Douglas McArthur. Also covered are Carroll’s post-war experiences as dean of the Creighton University School of Medicine.

Letter to Evarts A. Graham, MD, from members of the junior medical class (Class of 1940) in praise of Eugene Bricker, MD, dated May 30, 1939.