A Guide to the Papers of William Branch Porter , 85.Jan.03

A Guide to the Papers of William Branch Porter 85.Jan.03

A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Accession number 85.Jan.03

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Jody Romero

Repository

VCU Health Sciences Library

Identification

85.Jan.03

Title

William Branch Porter collection 1933-1951

Quantity

0.8 Linear Feet

Creator

Porter, William Branch, 1888-1960

Language

English .

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Access Restrictions

Access restricted to certain records within the collection.

Preferred Citation

William Branch Porter Collection, Accession #85/Jan/03, Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

Acquisition Information

Collection discovered in office closet. Donated to library.

Biographical / Historical

William Branch Porter was born June 7, 1888 in Amelia County, Virginia. Raised in Powhatan County, he attended Fort Union Military Academy and Hampden-Sydney College. He graduated in medicine from the University College of Medicine in 1911. Porter taught at the medical schools of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania before returning to Richmond. During World War I, Porter served as a member of the cardiovascular unit in Base Hospital 45, a unit made up of doctors from the Medical College of Virginia. After the war, Porter became chief of medical service at Lewis-Gale Hospital in Roanoke. In 1927, after two years abroad, he accepted a position as Professor of Medicine at MCV. He became the first full time medical professor in the school's history and focused the school on teaching and medical research. Porter was a member of many medical societies including the American Medical Association, American Heart Association, and the Medical Society of Virginia. He was Chairman of the Medical Section of the Southern Medical Association in 1935, and served as President of the Richmond Academy of Medicine in 1941. He consulted regularly with the Veterans Administration and the Surgeon General of the Army. In 1956, after 29 years, Porter retired. He was elected emeritus professor, and the medical school established the William Branch Porter Professorship in Medicine that same year. An award of a silver plated stethoscope, similar to one given to Porter by Dr. William Osler, is given each year to the top medical school student in internal medicine.

Scope and Contents

The collection is limited to committee notes from the Academic Privileges and Admissions Committees as well as small amounts of correspondence and reprints of papers. The collection does not contain any information regarding Porter's medical practice or his academic teaching.

Arrangement

The collection follows its original organization.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Medical College of Virginia
Physicians -- Archives -- Virginia -- Richmond
Physicians -- Virginia.
Porter, William Branch, 1888-1960 -- Archives
University College of Medicine (Richmond, Va.)

Correspondence

Mixed Materials folder: 1 1951, 1959

Scope and Contents

This series contains letters regarding hospital business and a primer for testing a doctors knowledge. The primer contains notes and differences of opinion written by hand.

Bills and Receipts

Mixed Materials folder: 2 1947-1948

Scope and Contents

This series contains bills, statements, and receipts for hospital services, supplies, and office rental. Bills are to both Porter and H. St. George Tucker which could suggest they shared an office.

Journal Reprints

Scope and Contents

This series contains reprints of articles listed by date.

Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
Articles written by Porter.
1929-1951
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
  "Aqueous Extract of Liver "
  
  Scope and Contents
  Journal of the American Medical Association , Vol. 93, July 20, 1929.
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
  "The Treatment of Nontropical Sprue with Liver Extract "
  
  Scope and Contents
  American Journal of Medical Sciences , Vol. CLXXIX No. 3 March 1930.
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
  "The Heart in Typhoid Fever "
  
  Scope and Contents
  The American Heart Journal , Vol. 10 No. 6 August 1935
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
  "The Heart in Endemic Pellagria "
  
  Scope and Contents
  The Southern Medical Journal , Vol. 30 No.1 January 1937.
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
  "Heart Changes and Physiologic Adjustement in Hookworm Anemia "
  
  Scope and Contents
  The American Heart Journal , Vol. 13 No. 5 May 1937.
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
  "The Significance of Cardiac Enlargement Caused by Arteriovenous Fistual "
  
  Scope and Contents
  Annals of Internal Medicine , Vol. 11 No. 2 August, 1937.
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
  "Stereograms on Cirrhosis and Fatty Liver "
  
  Scope and Contents
  Exhibit: Annual Meeting, American Medical Association, June 11-15, 1951.
Articles Written by Others
1909-1937
- Mixed Materials folder: 5.2
  The Quarterly Journal of Medicine
  
  Scope and Contents
  Vol. 2 No.6 January, 1909
- Mixed Materials folder: 5.2
  "Die Malaria "
  
  Scope and Contents
  Handbuch Der Speziellen Pathologischen Anatomie Und Histologie , Berlin 1926.
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.2
  Deutsches Archiv fur Klinische Medizin
  
  Scope and Contents
  Leipzig 1927
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.2
  "Surgical Treatment of Cardiac Ischaemia "
  
  Scope and Contents
  The Lancet , January 23, 1937

Mixed Materials folder: 4

American Council of Learned Societies.

Scope and Contents

This folder contains drafts of reports given at the meetings of the American Council of Learned Societies.

Admissions Committee

Mixed Materials folder: 5 1953-1960

Scope and Contents

This series contains the papers of Dr. H. St. George Tucker, Jr. It contains candidate lists, request for applications, recommendations, and the decisions of the Medical College of Virginia admission committee.

Mixed Materials folder: 5.1
Admissions Committee Records
1952-1953
Mixed Materials folder: 5.2
Admissions Committee Records
1953-1954
Mixed Materials folder: 5.3
Admissions Committee Records
1956
Mixed Materials folder: 5.4
Admissions Committee Records
1957
Mixed Materials folder: 5.5
Admissions Committee Records
1957-1958
Mixed Materials folder: 5.6
Admissions Committee Records
1958-1959
Mixed Materials folder: 5.7
Admissions Committee Reports
1960

Privileges for Private Practice Committee

Mixed Materials folder: 6 1941-1958

Scope and Contents

This series contains the papers of Dr. Isaac Bigger and later, Dr H. St. George Tucker, Jr. It contains committee minutes, correspondence, and official paperwork of the privileges for private practice committee chaired by Bigger and Tucker.

Mixed Materials folder: 6.1
Minutes and Official Business
1941-1954
Mixed Materials folder: 6.2
Correspondence
1941-1954
Scope and Contents
Folder 1
Mixed Materials folder: 6.3
Correspondence
1941-1954
Scope and Contents
Folder 2
Mixed Materials folder: 6.4
Correspondence
1941-1954
Scope and Contents
Folder 3
Mixed Materials folder: 6.5
Committee Notes
1955-1958
Mixed Materials folder: 6.6
Committee Notes
1955-1958

Miscellaneous

Mixed Materials folder: 7

Scope and Contents

This folder contains an assortment of clippings, magazines and other papers.

Mixed Materials folder: 7
"Boy Home Was Never Like This! Cries Lone Patient As He Rests in Splendor in Medical College Hospital "
January 16, 1941.
Scope and Contents
Richmond Times Dispatch
Mixed Materials folder: 7
Virginia General Practice News
Jan-Feb 1956
Scope and Contents
Vol. 7 No. 1
Mixed Materials folder: 7
The Scarab
February 1960
Scope and Contents
Vol. 9 No. 1
Mixed Materials folder: 7
Curriculum Vitae

Scope and Contents
Lytt I. Gardner, MD.

Photographs

Mixed Materials folder: 8

Scope and Contents

This folder contains photographs found within the collection.

Mixed Materials folder: 8
First Patient in New Hospital, 1941
1941
Scope and Contents
Same photograph used in 1941 newspaper clipping.
Mixed Materials folder: 8
Portrait photograph
1927
Scope and Contents
Dr. Sparrell S. Gale