Division of Education and Communication (DECOM), 10 December 1971 - 11 September 1973

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The papers of George W. Binkley, spanning 1930 to 1974, document his career as a dermatologist, professor, and frequent contributor to dermatological publications; the collection also provides evidence of Binkley's special interest in skin diseases associated with diabetes. Included in the collection are personal papers, correspondence, records of Binkley's involvement in various professional organizations, his research materials on diabetes, and samples of his essays and speeches.

Series 1 contains Binkley's personal papers; present are records of his military service, certifications by various medical boards, and faculty and hospital appointments. Also present is Binkley's curriculum vitae, his bibliography, biographical information, and miscellaneous certificates.

Binkley's correspondence is contained in Series 2. Present are incoming letters and autograph drafts or carbon copies of Binkley's outgoing letters. Included are requests for reprints, permissions to use photographs, and correspondence with various medical journals. Binkley corresponded with other dermatologists and often made queries about their research findings and theories; correspondents include dermatologists Alfred W. Kopf, Raul Fleischmajer, J. E. Jelinek, and Beno Michel.

Series 3 contains materials pertaining to Binkley's membership in various professional organizations. Included are records of Binkley's involvement in the Division of Education and Communication (DECOM) of the American Academy of Dermatology's National Program for Dermatology. Present are meeting agendas, summaries of projects, memoranda, correspondence, and a roster of task forces. Also welldocumented is Binkley's participation in four annual meetings (1970-1973) of the American Society of Dermatopathology; present are programs, registration information, membership rosters, by laws, correspondence, abstracts of papers, and notes taken by Binkley at presentations.

Included in Series 4 are research materials on diabetes and skin diseases associated with diabetes, including Degos' Disease, necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum, scleredema, and idiopathic hemochromatosis. Present are clippings, essays, and reprints of articles, all of which are heavily annotated by Binkley. Also present are Binkley's notes, correspondence, bibliographies, case studies, and photographs. Binkley might have assembled these materials while researching and preparing to write his chapter on "Skin in Diabetes" in Diabetes Mellitus: Theory and Practice.

Works on dermatology, by Binkley and Herbert Z. Lund, are contained in Series 5. Present are essays by Binkley and materials relating to "Skin in Diabetes", his contribution to Diabetes Mellitus: Theory and Practice, edited by Max Ellenberg and Harold Rifkin. Included is correspondence with Ellenberg and Rifkin about the publication of the book, and drafts and page proofs of Binkley's chapter. Also present are two printed works by Lund: Tumors of the Skin (1957) and Melanotic Tumors of the Skin (1961). Binkley has annotated both works.