John C. Herweg Oral History (OH068)
- OH068
- Collection
- January 2004
Interviewed by Candace O'Connor in 2004.
Herweg, John C.
John C. Herweg Oral History (OH068)
Interviewed by Candace O'Connor in 2004.
Herweg, John C.
John C. Herweg Oral History (OH079)
The interviewer asked John Herweg to discuss his experiences at St. Louis Children's Hospital during the Alexis Hartmann era, 1936-early 1960s. As a medical student at Washington University in 1942-1945. He mentions his first wife, Janet Scovill, who had finished her pediatric residency at Children's before him. Janet died in 1958. He also speaks of his present wife Dottie Glahn, who was head nurse of the infant ward at St. Louis Children's Hospital from 1947-1959. The interviewer asked him his recollections of Mrs. Langenberg, Gracie Jones and other women on women on the Board of Children's hospital. He also briefly discussed interactions with Estelle Claiborne, the hospital administrator. He recalls that World War II's major effect on St. Louis Children's Hospital was reduction of the number of house officers. The residents who were in charge of the hospital during the nighttime hours were consequently overworked. Concerning the Butler Ward, the segregated ward for African-Americans, he admits the house officers might have integrated Children's Hospital earlier. He thought integration came about when Dave Golden called up Hartmann later and said he wanted to put an African American patient on a ward by treatment needed rather than in the Butler ward. Hartmann agreed and Herwig thought that was the beginning of integration of St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Herweg, John C.
John C. Herweg Oral History (OH103)
An interview of the Washington University Medical Center Desegregation History Project, conducted by Edwin W. McCleskey and associates, 1990. Approximate Length: 45 minutes.
See (PC054) Washington University Medical Center Desegregation History Project Records: John C. Herweg Oral History, June 13, 1990 for the contents of the oral history collection.
Herweg, John C.
John C. Herweg Oral History (OH104)
An interview of the Washington University Medical Center Desegregation History Project, conducted by Edwin W. McCleskey and associates, 1990. Approximate Length: 44 minutes.
See (PC054) Washington University Medical Center Desegregation History Project Records: John C. Herweg Oral History, June 29, 1990 for the contents of the oral history collection.
Herweg, John C.