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This collection contains records of Jessie Ternberg’s career as a pediatric surgeon at Saint Louis Children’s Hospital and as a professor of surgery at Washington University School of Medicine.

The collection primarily contains photographs of children, likely patients, that Dr. Ternberg kept in her office at Saint Louis Children’s Hospital and reprints of Dr. Ternberg’s publications. The collection also includes correspondence with patients and patients’ families, Dr. Ternberg’s curriculum vitae, article drafts and lecture scripts, Dr. Ternberg’s white coat, several surgical instruments, and a video recording of a memorial tribute to Dr. Ternberg after her death.

Many of the photographs in the collection were displayed on a bulletin board or in frames in Dr. Ternberg’s office. The photographs and correspondence show the long relationships the children and families had with Dr. Ternberg and the impact she had on their lives; photographs from several families span a decade or more. The correspondence includes several thank you notes from patients and their families written to Dr. Ternberg many years following the time she served as their doctor; two notes were sent at least 20 years later.

This collection contains an audio recording and transcript of an interview with Marcel T. Saghir. The interview focuses on his work with the Washington University Gender Identity Clinic in the late 1960s and 1970s.

The interview is approximately 25 minutes long and was conducted by Os Keyes, PhD candidate at the University of Washington.

This collection primarily includes documents and video recordings relating to the study and diagnosis of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. This syndrome is a rare disorder in which children lose the ability to speak and respond to language and was identified and described by Kleffner and William M. Landau, MD in 1957.

Of note are video recordings of diagnostic and follow-up interviews with a patient who was successfully treated for Landau-Kleffner Syndrome as a child (Series 2: Video Recordings, 1961-2007). Also noteworthy are correspondence and other documents relating to a symposium held in 2007 to mark the 50th anniversary of the identification of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome (Series 1: Documents relating to Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, 1957-2014).

The case of the patient interviewed in the recordings is included in Mantovani J.F. & Landau W.M. (1980). “Acquired Aphasia with Convulsive Disorder: Course and Prognosis.” Neurology, 30 (5), 524–529. In the article the patient is identified as Patient 7.

This collection contains records from Marcus E. Raichle, MD, Professor of Radiology, Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Neurology, the Alan A and Edith L Wolff Distinguished Professor of Medicine, and past head of the Neuroimaging Laboratory Washington University School of Medicine.

This collection contains records of William H. Danforth, Chancellor Emeritus of Washington University in St. Louis, primarily related to his involvement with the Barnes-Jewish Hospital board. Includes correspondence and memoranda related to BJC and Washington University School of Medicine administration, circa 1996-2019, chiefly 1997-2003.

This small collection contains records primarily related to the career and professional activities of Walter F. Ballinger, II. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, medical licenses, certificates and awards, and eulogies and remembrances of Dr. Ballinger. Of note are letters, schedules, and notes related to Dr. Ballinger’s interviews for positions at Johns Hopkins University and Washington University School of Medicine (Series 1).

This small collection includes three bound volumes of the collected reprints of David Kipnis.

This collection includes 60 binders of materials used by Dr. Bricker during the creation of manuscripts for publication of his research papers, 155 research notebooks, 2 bound volumes including Dr. Bricker's reprints, and 2 grant applications.

The Samuel B. Guze Papers are arranged in eleven organizational series. The bulk of this large collection is contained in Series 3 (General Files) and Series 5 (Manuscripts). Included in the Guze Papers are letters, journal articles, and handwritten notes. However, a significant portion of the collection consists of drafts of articles that Dr. Guze and his colleagues compiled for publication, as well as the corresponding data collection documents used for research and analysis. Especially noteworthy in the Guze Papers are the two oral histories taken with Dr. Guze, as well as his personal diary located in Series 10. For more detailed information regarding the content of this collection, see the individual series descriptions and container lists.

Files containing documents and information compiled by and about Drs. Irene E. Karl (1915-2006) and Michael M. Karl (1915-2006). Correspondence, scientific papers and publications, documents concerning the Karl Lectureship, press releases and press coverage of the Karls' careers and achievements. A copy of the 28th ed of Manual of Medical Therapeutics (1995) inscribed and dedicated to Michael Karl (to be retained with collection as an artifact). The files and items were given as one collection, with no overall discernable order.

The Frank O. Richards papers contains statistical and narrative pertaining primarily to Homer G. Phillips Hospital, the St. Louis municipal hospital founded and operated for African Americans in 1937, but also to two other institutions, City Hospital No. 2 and the Peoples’ Hospital, that treated black patients during decades of official racial segregation. Included are files on William H. Sinkler, medical director of Phillips Hospital from 1941 until 1960. The files in Box 1 in particular document the writing of his chapter, “The St. Louis Story,” in A Century of Black Surgeons. Box 2 contains later additions, notably an undergraduate thesis by Dean Lee Kolnick (2003) on Homer G. Phillips Hospital.

The Robert J. Glaser paper include documentation of Washington University, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, University of Colorado, Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust in a tentative series arrangement given below in the accession record 2000-017

Five short publications and one unpublished typescript documenting the career and interests of Andrew B. Jones, Professor of Neurology, 1935-1958 and n.d. Several publications are on outbreaks of St. Louis encephalitis in the 1930s.

In his oral history interview, Jones discusses some of his experiences as a medical officer during World War I. He also recalls some of the changes he witnessed over the years in the field of neurology and at the Washington University School of Medicine. Jones recalls some of his colleagues, such as Vilray P. Blair, George Dock, Ernest Sachs, and Sidney Schwab.

Our medical ancestors, the first one hundred years, second draft typescript. No date. A file folder used in transmittal of the item identifies it as a “second draft” of the manuscript. Typescript, ca, 200 leaves. The title page identifies the authors as Samuel D. Soule and Audrey Kargus Berkley. The typescript is not dated.

Dr. Edmund B. Alvis’ papers document his continued connection with the Washington University Class of 1934, his service with the 21st General Hospital during World War II, and his patient care and research work in ophthalmic surgery from 1934. Types of materials in the collection include correspondence, photographs, publications, records of hospitalized cases and operations, research notes, and case reports.

Of special interest in the Roy R. Peterson papers are manuscripts, photographs, and drawings for two of Dr. Peterson's publications: A Cross-Sectional Approach to Anatomy and Workbook for a Cross-Sectional Approach to Anatomy. The papers are organized in 6 series: 1. Equipment purchases and laboratory design, 1965-1970. 2. Selected student notebooks, 1943-1952. 3. Selected advisee theses, 1970-1971. 4. Study guides in histology, 1951-1957. 5. Selected publications, 1957-1982. . 6. Cross-section photography. 7. Supplement, January, 2005: photographs and corresponding line drawings of cross-sections with identifying labels created in preparation for A Cross-Sectional Approach to Anatomy.

This small collection includes a presentation Dr. Hudgens gave during the Psychiatry Department grand rounds on October 24, 2000, titled "On the shoulders of giants, a tribute to Samuel B. Guze". An additional accession includes various items related to the School of Medicine student musical "New Facies of 1955" that was organized by the WUSM Class of 1956. Items include three 33 1/3 vinyl records recorded on April 16, 1955, a photograph of Dr. Hudgens singing during the musical, and song lyrics that have been edited by Dr. Hudgens. This collection also includes a brief typed description of Dr. Hudgens experience as a medical student at WUSM (1952-1956) written by Dr. Hudgens.

Correspondence of James Barrett Brown, Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, while chief of plastic surgery at the Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, 1943-1945. Also contains files of photographs of patients illustrating treatments. The collection includes 20 reprints, dating from 1931 to 1942.