3. Wood, Francis Clark, JR., 1949-1953
File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Personal and professional papers, correspondence, speeches, and records of medical practice and military service, 1925-1989, of Philadelphia, Pa., cardiologist and educator, Francis C. Wood.
Series 1 documents Francis C. Wood’s family and personal life, education, and honors and awards, 1949-1984. Includes family correspondence, press releases, and financial and legal papers.
General correspondence in Series 2 includes letters of physicians, non-physicians, and letters of recommendation, 1932-1986.
Wood’s cardiological and electocardiographical research, 1932-1963, is documented in Series 3 with typescripts of articles and supporting material concerning electrocardiographic precordial leads.
Series 4 describes Wood’s military service in World War II, 1949-1952. Series includes reserve service papers.
Wood’s teaching career is documented in Series 5, 1928-1983; series includes administrative correspondence and lecture notes and course materials, particularly on rheumatic heart disease.
Series 6 contains administrative records of Wood’s chairmanship of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1947-1981. Includes personnel correspondence and employee evaluations.
Wood’s association with the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is documented in Series 7, 1966-1986. Series includes fellowship proposals amd records of the College’s Advisory Committee on the Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine.
Series 8 contains materials of alumni associations of Princeton University and University of Pennsylvania and other organizations with which Wood was associated, 1938-1988. Series includes minutes, reports, and correspondence of the Measey Foundation.
Occasional patient case history files, 1936-1988, from Wood’s medical practice are preserved in Series 9, along with several hospital handbooks.
Documentation of Wood’s speeches, 1926-1989, in Series 10, includes holographs, typescripts, and supporting material; speeches arranged by title. Many concern cardiology.
Series 11 contains publications, 1925-1986, by Wood and other physicians; correspondence and related materials included.
Medical subject reference files, 1925-1986, with reprints and articles, in Series 12, include material on Tsutsugamushi disease [scrub typhus] and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
Series 13 contains biographical information, 1951-1982, on Wood’s colleagues.
Series 1 documents Francis C. Wood’s family and personal life, education, and honors and awards, 1949-1984. Includes family correspondence, press releases, and financial and legal papers.
General correspondence in Series 2 includes letters of physicians, non-physicians, and letters of recommendation, 1932-1986.
Wood’s cardiological and electocardiographical research, 1932-1963, is documented in Series 3 with typescripts of articles and supporting material concerning electrocardiographic precordial leads.
Series 4 describes Wood’s military service in World War II, 1949-1952. Series includes reserve service papers.
Wood’s teaching career is documented in Series 5, 1928-1983; series includes administrative correspondence and lecture notes and course materials, particularly on rheumatic heart disease.
Series 6 contains administrative records of Wood’s chairmanship of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1947-1981. Includes personnel correspondence and employee evaluations.
Wood’s association with the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is documented in Series 7, 1966-1986. Series includes fellowship proposals amd records of the College’s Advisory Committee on the Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine.
Series 8 contains materials of alumni associations of Princeton University and University of Pennsylvania and other organizations with which Wood was associated, 1938-1988. Series includes minutes, reports, and correspondence of the Measey Foundation.
Occasional patient case history files, 1936-1988, from Wood’s medical practice are preserved in Series 9, along with several hospital handbooks.
Documentation of Wood’s speeches, 1926-1989, in Series 10, includes holographs, typescripts, and supporting material; speeches arranged by title. Many concern cardiology.
Series 11 contains publications, 1925-1986, by Wood and other physicians; correspondence and related materials included.
Medical subject reference files, 1925-1986, with reprints and articles, in Series 12, include material on Tsutsugamushi disease [scrub typhus] and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
Series 13 contains biographical information, 1951-1982, on Wood’s colleagues.
Dates
- 1949-1953
Extent
From the Collection: 6.4 Linear feet (16 document boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Wood, Francis C. (Francis Clark) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
