Orleans Parish Medical Society records
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the business records of the Orleans Parish Medical Society from its origin until the 1996. Included are proceedings, registers of members, account books, correspondence, constitution and by-laws, hospital reports, manuals, certificates, medical cartoons, photographs, and printed materials, which include members' scholarly publications.
Dates
- 1878-1996
- Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1995
Creator
- Orleans Parish Medical Society. (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Biographical / Historical
The Society was founded in 1878 and organized with Dr. Charles Turpin as president. Earlier attempts had been made to organize the medical profession in New Orleans, but this society, in continuous affiliation with the state and national associations, dates to 1878. In the early years, the members met once a month in a small room of the medical college. The Medical Library Association turned over its books to the society in 1890. By the end of 1901, the society had 183 members and its library consisted of over 3,000 volumes. For further information about the history of this organization, see their web site (2009): http://www.opms.org/about/history_profile.pdf
Extent
33 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
The collection is arranged by topic as follows: proceedings (arranged chronologically), physicians' papers, and printed material. It consists of 22 boxes. It is 33 linear feet.
Source of Acquisition
Orleans Parish Medical Society.
Method of Acquisition
Gift.
Processing Information
Archon collection-level record originally created December 2009.
- Fossier, A. E. (Albert Emile), b. 1881.
- Turpin, Charles.
- Administrative records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Charity Hospital (New Orleans, La.)
- Hospitals -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Medical Association of New Orleans.
- Medical College of Louisiana.
- Medical centers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Medical libraries -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Medicine -- United States -- Louisiana -- Societies, etc Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- New Orleans (La) -- History Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- Orleans Parish (La) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Orleans Parish Medical Society.
- Photographs Subject Source: Local sources
- Physicians -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- Proceedings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Public health -- Louisiana -- Orleans Parish Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Publications Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Reports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Research notes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Author
- Connor Deegan
- Date
- 09/12/2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Tulane University Special Collections Repository
