=Elmer Belt papers 1920-1980, bulk 1958-1978

Series 1. Professional Activities

Physical Description: 161 folders

Subseries 1. Clinical Care 1947-1980

Physical Description: 35 folders

Arrangement

alphabetical by hospital name (except UCLA), 27 folders; Elmer Belt Urologic Group, 8 folders

Scope and Content Note

correspondence, institutional documents, minimal clinical materials for the hospitals (except UCLA) in which Dr. Belt had clinical privileges at some time; for the EB Urologic Group folders: professional correspondence, illustrations and descriptions of surgical techniques, procedures, examining room equipment, instruments, building plans, staff lists

Box 1, Folder 1

California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles 1970-1977

Scope and Content Note

newsletter, announcements

Box 1, Folder 2

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles 1957, 1978-1980

Scope and Content Note

three 8x10" photographs of a Belt patient's diseased kidneys; correspondence

Note

Dr. Belt was a member of the medical staff

Box 1, Folder 3

Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles 1977-1980

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; announcements

Note

Dr. Belt was a member of the medical staff

Box 1, Folder 4

Dr. David M. Brotman Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles (formerly Memorial Hospital of Southern California) 1973-1975

Physical Description: folder 1 of 3

Scope and Content Note

notices for the medical staff, announcements, newsletter, seminar notices; some correspondence

Note

Dr. Belt was a member of the medical staff

Box 1, Folder 5

Dr. David M. Brotman Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles (formerly Memorial Hospital of Southern California) 1976-1977

Physical Description: folder 2 or 3

Box 1, Folder 6

Dr. David M. Brotman Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles (formerly Memorial Hospital of Southern California) 1978-1980

Physical Description: folder 3 of 3

Box 1, Folder 7

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center 1973-1974

Physical Description: folder 1 of 3

Scope and Content Note

newsletters, reports, brochures; publication and research listings; memos and announcements; some correspondence; Bylaws of the Medical Staff

Note

Dr. Belt was a member of the medical staff for over 50 years

Box 1, Folder 8

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center 1975

Physical Description: folder 2 of 3

Scope and Content Note

includes American Heart Association standards for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiac care, and basic life support examination

Box 1, Folder 9

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center 1976-1979

Physical Description: folder 3 of 3

Box 1, Folder 10

Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Los Angeles 1950, 1960

Physical Description: folder 1 of 6

Scope and Content Note

photo of an Acknowledgment Plaque of Donors for the Bishop Stevens Memorial Wing, 1950; eight photographs labeled on original folder "Heat exchanger (Cysto), Good-Sam 1960", plus handwritten list of 17 topics

Box 1, Folder 11

The Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Los Angeles 1974

Physical Description: folder 2 of 6

Scope and Content Note

newsletters, reports, brochures; publication and research listings; memos and announcements including Tumor Board announcements; some correspondence

Note

Dr. Belt joined the medical staff in 1928

Box 1, Folder 12

The Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Los Angeles 1975

Physical Description: folder 3 of 6

Box 1, Folder 13

The Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Los Angeles 1976

Physical Description: folder 4 of 6

Box 1, Folder 14

The Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Los Angeles 1977

Physical Description: folder 5 of 6

Box 1, Folder 15

The Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Los Angeles 1978-1979

Physical Description: folder 6 of 6

Box 1, Folder 16

Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Los Angeles 1965-1978

Scope and Content Note

annual renewals of courtesy staff privileges

Box 1, Folder 17

Memorial Hospital of Glendale 1978-1980

Scope and Content Note

meeting schedules, announcements; invitation to a party in Dr. Belt's honor

Box 1, Folder 18

Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles 1974-1975

Physical Description: folder 1 of 3

Scope and Content Note

committee minutes; by-laws and notes to medical staff; announcements; library lists; some correspondence

Note

Dr. Belt was on the Consulting Staff in Urology, with surgical privileges

Box 1, Folder 19

Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles 1976-1980

Physical Description: folder 2 or 3

Scope and Content Note

correspondence, etc.

Box 1, Folder 20

Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles 1974-1978

Physical Description: folder 3 of 3

Scope and Content Note

newsletters: "Orthopaedic Hospital News"; "Under the Spire, Orthopaedic Hospital"

Box 1, Folder 21

Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston 1977-1980

Scope and Content Note

Friends, and Surgical Alumni notices

Note

Dr. Belt was a Resident in General Surgery here, 1922-1923

Box 1, Folder 22

Queen of Angels Hospital, Los Angeles 1961, 1978-1980

Scope and Content Note

annual request for reappointment to the Medical Staff; some correspondence

Box 1, Folder 23

Saint Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, Calif. 1957-1979

Scope and Content Note

Dr. Belt was a consulting, then an honorary, staff member

Box 1, Folder 24

Saint John's Hospital and Health Center, Santa Monica, Calif. 1970-1978

Physical Description: folder 1 or 3

Scope and Content Note

announcements, seminar programs, by-laws for medical staff; annual report, 1976; attending staff roster, 1976

Note

Dr. Belt was on the staff through 1979

Box 1, Folder 25

Saint John's Hospital and Health Center, Santa Monica, Calif. 1975-1977

Physical Description: folder 2 of 3

Scope and Content Note

"Saint John's Medical Staff News"

Note

complete except for May, June 1975, Sept. 1977

Box 1, Folder 26

Saint John's Hospital and Health Center, Santa Monica, Calif. 1975-1980

Physical Description: folder 3 of 3

Scope and Content Note

"Saint John's Hospital and Health Center News"; Saint John's Hospital and Health Center Foundation "Report"; Medical Staff News

Box 1, Folder 27

Saint John's Hospital, Oxnard, Calif. 1975-1978

Note

Dr. Belt was an honorary staff member

Box 2, Folder 1

Elmer Belt Urologic Group. Film Library 1968-1975

Scope and Content Note

correspondence re. loans of the films Dr. Belt had produced to illustrate surgical techniques

Box 2, Folder 2

Elmer Belt Urologic Group. Medical/surgical practice

Scope and Content Note

staff lists and duty rosters; two lists of nomenclature of disease numbers for surgical procedures; two colored slides and 3x5" print, labeled "sponge"; photographs of clinical instruments [irrigator; perineal instruments and table; round retractor]; 23 4x5" photographs of examining room equipment; 20 4x5" photographs of urethral instruments

Box 2, Folder 3

Elmer Belt Urologic Group. Medical/surgical practice

Scope and Content Note

Surgical techniques: bibliography of 61 entries [original folder labeled: Surgical techniques, isolated intestinal seg. genito-urinary]. Illustrations of surgical procedures: 8 photos, uretro-sigmoidostomy; 1 photo, ureteral meatotomy; 4 photos, urethral transplant; 1 photo, urethra, Skene's ducts and Bartholin's glands; 4 ink drawings, reconstruction of ureterovesical valve; 14 photos, repair of vaginal fistula; four x-rays, four 35mm slides, and one 8/10" photo of a conjoined-twin fetus; one slide of conjoined infants; six 4x5" photos of polycystic kidneys; four 12" 78 rpm records (three look like duplicates), labeled "Abdominal prostalectomy (sic) by Dr. Elmer Belt, 12/7/49"*

Note

*these records are housed in Box 25 of the collection

Box 25, Folder 1

Elmer Belt Urologic Group. Medical/surgical practice

Scope and Content Note

8x10" photograph of drawing, mounted on cardboard, titled "Schematic drawing of animal experiment showing thoracic duct cannulation for collection of lymph", signed M. Goodwin

Box 2, Folder 4

Elmer Belt Urologic Group. Physical quarters

Scope and Content Note

8x10" photograph and negative of front entrance of 1893 Wilshire Blvd. building, owned by Dr. Belt and long-time home to the group offices; eight 8x10" photos of building's electric paneling; floor plan and wall elevations of "da Vinci Room" on second floor of group offices; 8x10" photo of floor plan for Elmer Belt medical office, 120 So. Lasky Drive, Beverly Hills

Box 2, Folder 5

Elmer Belt Urologic Group member: Dr. Bruce Gregory Belt 1959-1975

Scope and Content Note

professional correspondence

Note

see Dr. Bruce Belt's folders under "Family" for personal correspondence: Box 12, Folders 32 to 34

Box 2, Folder 6

Elmer Belt Urologic Group member: Dr. B. Lyman Stewart 1963

Note

Dr. Stewart was a long-time member of the Elmer Belt Urologic Group; his notes and letters are scattered throughout the collection

Box 2, Folder 7

Elmer Belt Urologic Group technician: Pillsbury, Joseph W. 1947-1978

Scope and Content Note

consists mostly of orders for laboratory and clinical supplies. Mr. Pillsbury was a medical technician for the Elmer Belt Urologic Group during those years

Subseries 2. Professional Societies and Presentations 1936-1980

Physical Description: 86 folders

Arrangement

3 series alphabetically by organization: professional societies, health care support organizations, California state agencies

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; drafts and reprints of Belt presentations; programs and meeting miscellanea

Box 2, Folder 8

Academy of Medicine of New Jersey 1965

Scope and Content Note

correspondence regarding Dr. Belt's speech on "Leonardo da Vinci and the Dawn of Modern Science" at the annual awards dinner; official program

Box 2, Folder 9

American Academy of General Practice. Oklahoma Chapter 1961

Scope and Content Note

photocopy of newspaper article ("Cancer tests urged for over-40 men", Oklahoma City Times) summarizing Dr. Belt's talk

Box 2, Folder 10

American Academy of Pediatrics 1960, 1970

Scope and Content Note

applications forms for Affiliate Fellowship, 1960; preliminary program, 39th annual meeting, 1970

Box 2, Folder 11

American Arbitration Association 1969-1975

Scope and Content Note

newsletter; some correspondence

Note

in 1969 Dr. Belt was certified as a member of the Association's National Panel

Box 2, Folder 12

American Association of Clinical Urologists 1972-1977

Scope and Content Note

annual meeting announcements

Box 2, Folder 13

American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons 1970-1978

Scope and Content Note

programs and ancillary materials for the 1970, 1976, and 1978 annual meetings, which Dr. Belt attended as a guest; includes 8x10" photographs of attendees in 1970 and 1978

Box 2, Folder 14

American Association of University Professors 1975-1979

Scope and Content Note

application for active membership; local meeting announcements; issues of the publication "Academe", 1975-1978

Box 2, Folder 15

American Board of Urology 1957-1973

Scope and Content Note

mostly comments by Dr. Belt on candidates for Board certification

Box 2, Folder 16

American College of General Practitioners in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. California State Society 1960

Scope and Content Note

official program; letter from Belt to program chairman

Note

Dr. Belt presented a talk: "Early diagnosis of cancer of the prostate" at this educational conference, Palm Springs, CA

Box 2, Folder 17

American College of Surgeons 1974-1976

Physical Description: folder 1 of 2

Scope and Content Note

meeting announcements, programs; brochures

Note

includes materials from the national organization and regional chapters

Box 2, Folder 18

American College of Surgeons 1977-1979

Physical Description: folder 2 of 2

Box 2, Folder 19

American Geriatrics Society 1976-1980

Scope and Content Note

newsletter; meeting announcements

Box 2, Folder 20

American Institute of Ultrasonics in Medicine 1966-1975

Scope and Content Note

newsletter; standards; announcements; congress notice

Note

Dr. Belt was a member

Box 2, Folder 21

American Medical Association 1971-1979

Scope and Content Note

announcements; notifications; Dr. Belt's annual membership cards

Box 2, Folder 22

American Medical Association. Section on Urology 1956-1957

Scope and Content Note

reprint of: "The results of 1,694 consecutive simple perineal prostatectomies", by Roderick D. Turner and Elmer Belt; presented at the 1956 annual meeting, and published in "Journal of Urology", 77(6): 853-863, 1957; two sets of illustrations from slightly different numbers of patients

Box 2, Folder 23

American Occupational Medical Association 1974-1976

Scope and Content Note

newsletter: "AOMA Report"; membership directory

Note

Dr. Belt was a member

Box 2, Folder 24

American Public Health Association 1978-1980

Scope and Content Note

notices to members, announcements

Note

Dr. Belt was a member

Box 2, Folder 25

American Society for the Study of Sterility 1963

Scope and Content Note

syllabus of Continuing Education in Medicine course, presented by the UCLA School of Medicine and University Extension, in cooperation with The American Society for the Study of Sterility; reprints by various authors (1954-1963); holograph draft of Dr. Belt's lecture: "Surgery in male infertility"

Box 2, Folder 26

American Urological Association 1938-1970

Scope and Content Note

reprints of presentations from various AUA meetings, plus some illustrations from no. (3) below

Note

(1) "A new anatomic approach in perineal prostatectomy", by Elmer Belt, Carl E. Ebert, and Alva C. Surber, Jr., presented at AUA meeting, Quebec, 1938, published in: "Journal of Urology", 41(4),1939; (2) "Radical perineal prostatectomy in early carcinoma of the prostate", presented at AUA meeting, New York, 1941, published in: "Journal of Urology", 48(3):287-297, 1942; (3) "A study of 229 consecutive cases of total perineal prostatectomy for cancer of the prostate", by Roderick D. Turner and Elmer Belt, presented at the annual meeting, Boston, 1956, published in: "Journal of Urology", 77(1): 62-77, 1957; (4) "Total perineal prostatectomy..." presented at the 65th annual AUA meeting, Philadelphia, 1970

Box 2, Folder 27

American Urological Association, Western Section 1936

Scope and Content Note

reprint of "Carcinoma of prostate treated by high voltage X-ray", in: "Transactions of the Western Branch Society of the American Urological Association", v.5, 1936

Box 2, Folder 28

American Urological Association, Western Section. 28th annual meeting, Pasadena, California 1952

Scope and Content Note

Section Constitution and Bylaws; correspondence by Dr. Carl E. Ebert [of the Elmer Belt Urologic Group] concerning his presentation; official program, announcements

Box 2, Folder 29

American Urological Association. Southeastern Section 1963

Scope and Content Note

8x10" photograph of certificate of honorary membership

Box 2, Folder 30

American Urological Association, Western Section 1963-1964

Scope and Content Note

reprint of "Experience with the Berry Operation for the treatment of urinary incontinence in the male patient", read at the Western Section 1963 annual meeting and published in "Journal of Urology", 91(3): 267-270, 1964 [B. Lyman Stewart, 1st author]; nine 5x7" photographs of the article illustrations

Box 2, Folder 31

American Urological Association. 59th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh 1964

Scope and Content Note

official program materials; Socio-Economics Committee report

Box 2, Folder 32

American Urological Association. 60th Annual Meeting, New Orleans 1965

Scope and Content Note

official meeting documents; notes of various presentations; newspaper clippings; three 8x10" photographs of guests, some identified; one 8x10" photo of Elmer, Ruth, Bruce and Sage Belt

Box 2, Folder 33

American Urological Association 1979-1980

Scope and Content Note

meeting announcements

Box 2, Folder 34

American Urological Association Allied (Southern California Paraurological Society) 1973-1979

Scope and Content Note

typescript and correspondence regarding a presentation on "A bit of the history of urology", published in 3 parts as "The dawn of urology" in "Uro-Gram" (included); recommendations for membership; programs

Box 2, Folder 35

American Venereal Disease Association 1967-1977

Scope and Content Note

announcement, membership cards

Box 2, Folder 36

Asamblea Médica de Occidente, 5th, Guadalajara, Mexico 1959

Scope and Content Note

programs, invitations, publicity; texts of some papers, including Dr. Belt's presentation: "Que hay de nuevo en urologia" and a typescript of its English original, "What's new in urology"

Box 2, Folder 37

Atlanta Post Graduate Assembly 1953-1954

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; two drafts of Ebert paper

Note

Dr. Belt was an invited speaker and participant; Dr. Carl E. Ebert [of the Elmer Belt Urologic Group] gave a presentation on nephropexy

Box 2, Folder 38

California College of Medicine (formerly: Los Angeles College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons) 1961-1965

Scope and Content Note

correspondence, memos, newspaper clippings regarding the conversion of the osteopathic school to a school of medicine

Note

Dr. Belt served as a reference for several of the 1962 graduates; see also: Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California, Box 3, Folder 20

Box 2, Folder 39

California Medical Association 1947

Physical Description: folder 1 of 4

Scope and Content Note

"Repair of vesicovaginal fistulas, vaginal route; 13 consecutive cases", presented to the Urologic Section; typescripts of the paper and 3 commentaries about it; pen and ink illustrations of the operative procedure; extensive notes about patients; correspondence

Box 2, Folder 40

California Medical Association 1961

Physical Description: folder 2 of 4

Scope and Content Note

"Repair of vesicovaginal fistulas, vaginal route; 56 consecutive cases" [an extension of the report of 1947 in the previous folder]; notes on patients; correspondence, program; additional notes and reprints

Box 2, Folder 41

California Medical Association 1967

Physical Description: folder 3 of 4

Scope and Content Note

correspondence concerning a joint meeting of the Urologic, Ob-Gyn, and General Practice Sections, at which Dr. Belt moderated a panel

Box 2, Folder 42

California Medical Association 1972-1979

Physical Description: folder 4 of 4

Scope and Content Note

certificates of attendance for continuing medical education credits; membership card, 1978

Box 3, Folder 1

Camarillo State Hospital 1965

Scope and Content Note

correspondence and materials relating to a presentation Dr. Belt gave at a medical staff meeting

Box 3, Folder 2

Clinical Society of Genito-Urinary Surgeons 1976

Scope and Content Note

program, 55th annual meeting, Los Angeles; correspondence

Note

Dr. Belt presented: "Fifteen minutes with Leonardo da Vinci in his studies of the genitourinary apparatus with illustrations by Leonardo himself"

Box 3, Folder 3

International Academy of Proctology. 15th Annual Teaching Seminar 1962-1963

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; seminar program and materials

Note

Dr. Belt presented a paper and moderated a symposium

Box 3, Folder 4

International College of Surgeons. 28th Annual Congress of the North American Federation, Los Angeles 1963

Physical Description: folder 1 of 2

Scope and Content Note

official programs of the Congress and the Convocation; printed invitation, and list of consular officials and other guests, for a cocktail buffet hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Belt on behalf of the ICS; correspondence re. Congress planning; letters of thanks to the Belts

Note

Dr. Belt presented a 15-minute paper: "Control of urinary incontinence in the male: Berry Method", as well as chairing the Diplomatic Corps Reception Committee

Box 3, Folder 5

International College of Surgeons. 28th Annual Congress of the North American Federation, Los Angeles 1963

Physical Description: folder 2 of 2

Scope and Content Note

eight 8x10" photographs of various groups at the meeting, including two of a citation presentation to Bob Hope [who acted as Master of Ceremony at the banquet]; one 8x10" photo of Dr. and Mrs. Belt in evening dress; one of Dr. Belt and Dr. William C. Casey; cover letter from Dr. Casey

Box 3, Folder 6

International College of Surgeons 1963

Scope and Content Note

some documents relating to an eastern US regional meeting and a clinic in Rome

International Society of Urology - see: Société Internationale d'Urologie

Box 3, Folder 7

International Meeting on Urological Endocrinosurgery, Naples 1963-1964

Scope and Content Note

official program, meeting events; reprint, drafts and page proofs of Dr. Belt's presentation: "Cancer of the prostate, total perineal prostatectomy, cure and survival rates", published in "Urologia Internationalis", 19:58-62, 1965; correspondence with meeting organizer (M. Sorrentino) and other colleagues

Box 3, Folder 8

Los Angeles County Medical Association 1965-1977

Scope and Content Note

memoranda, announcements, brochures, some correspondence; five issues of LACMA Metropolitan District no. 1 Newsletter, 1970-1971

Box 3, Folder 9

Los Angeles County Medical Association Library 1971-1978

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; announcements, especially of the annual Dock Lecture; article, with cover photo, of Dr. Belt as friend of the library

Box 3, Folder 10

Los Angeles County Medical Association Woman's Auxiliary 1971-1977

Scope and Content Note

announcements; Membership Roster, 1971-1972; Fall 1977 issue of "Courier", the CMA Auxiliary magazine which Ruth Belt founded and named

Box 3, Folder 11

Mexican Society of Urology (Sociedad Mexicana de Urologia). 1972-1979

Physical Description: folder 1 of 3

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; meeting notices

Box 3, Folder 12

Mexican Society of Urology (Sociedad Mexicana de Urologia). Seventh National Congress 1955

Physical Description: folder 2 of 3

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; photographs including Dr. Belt

Note

Dr. Belt presented several demonstrations of surgical techniques, with accompanying films

Box 3, Folder 13

Mexican Society of Urology (Sociedad Mexicana de Urologia). Seventh National Congress 1955

Physical Description: folder 3 of 3

Scope and Content Note

official congress materials and some presentation abstracts; souvenirs

Box 3, Folder 14

National Cancer Conference, Fifth, Philadelphia 1964

Physical Description: folder 1 of 3

Scope and Content Note

official programs and meeting documents; correspondence; handwritten notes from the conference; news releases and convocation program from University of Pennsylvania

Note

co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute

Box 3, Folder 15

National Cancer Conference, Fifth, Philadelphia 1964

Physical Description: folder 2 of 3

Scope and Content Note

typescripts of some papers presented

Note

Dr. Belt presented "The operative treatment of carcinoma of the prostate" at one Panel session

Box 3, Folder 16

National Cancer Conference, Fifth, Philadelphia 1964

Physical Description: folder 3 of 3

Scope and Content Note

reprints and handouts; Philadelphia city ephemera

Box 3, Folder 17

New Mexico Medical Society, 76th annual meeting, Albuquerque 1958

Scope and Content Note

official program; Dr. Belt was a guest speaker: "Obstructive uropathy, its cause and effect: a consideration of this symptom complex in age groups"; six pages of handwritten notes

Box 3, Folder 18

Northwest Urological Society 1955

Scope and Content Note

correspondence regarding presentations at a Society meeting in December

Box 3, Folder 19

Orange County Medical Association 1965

Scope and Content Note

notes, drafts, and final text of "Medicine and the Arts", a 1-hour lecture presented by Dr. Belt; some correspondence

Box 3, Folder 20

Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California 1958-1962

Scope and Content Note

an invitation to speak at a meeting of the group; subsequent correspondence, official memos, newspaper clippings, etc. pertaining to the split between the medical and osteopathic communities, and the agreement of merger between the California Medical Association and the California Osteopathic Association

Note

see also: California College of Medicine (formerly the Los Angeles College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons)

Box 3, Folder 21

Pacific Coast Fertility Society 1960

Physical Description: folder 1 of 2

Scope and Content Note

Typescript of: "Surgical vasectomy to produce sterility in the male and the surgical restoration of the patency of the vas after vasectomy to repair this lesion", presented by Dr. Belt at the 9th annual meeting, Las Vegas; handwritten notes

Note

see also Schmiedt folder

Box 11, Folder 29

"The Record of a dream accomplished", by Viola L. Warren 1954

Scope and Content Note

photocopied typescript, dedicated "to Elmer Belt at Christmas time, 1954"

Note

provides background insight to the founding of the UCLA School of Medicine

Box 11, Folder 30

Get well cards and letters 1970

Note

Dr. Belt had an automobile accident and sustained head injuries

Box 11, Folder 31

Personal cards and letters 1964-1976

Scope and Content Note

directed to Dr. Belt from staff members and patients of the Elmer Belt Urologic Group

Box 11, Folder 32

Dr. Belt's 80th birthday celebration at UCLA 1973

Physical Description: folder 1 of 3

Scope and Content Note

invitation; program; news notices about the celebration, with a picture of Dr. and Mrs. Belt; two UCLA publications: "Elmer Belt at 80, a tribute. Leonardo da Vinci...Exhibition in honour of Elmer Belt, M.D on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. Catalogue by Carlo Pedretti"; "An Extraordinary Renaissance botanist: Leonardo da Vinci, by William A. Emboden, Jr.; in honor of the eightieth birthday of Dr. Elmer Belt"; list of attendees prepared for the reception; letters of thanks from Dr. Belt to the organizers and presenters at the occasion

Note

The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the Center Friends organized a da Vinci exhibition and a birthday testimonial program and party for Dr. Belt on campus, which was attended by ca. 750 guests

Box 11, Folder 33

Dr. Belt's 80th birthday celebration at UCLA 1973

Physical Description: folder 2 of 3

Scope and Content Note

birthday cards and letters, and the Belts' letters of thanks and appreciation, A-G

Box 11, Folder 34

Dr. Belt's 80th birthday celebration at UCLA 1973

Physical Description: folder 3 of 3

Scope and Content Note

birthday cards and letters, and the Belts' letters of thanks and appreciation, H-Z

Box 11, Folder 35

"A chat with Elmer Belt"; an interview by Willard E. Goodwin and Ralph R. Landes 1976-1977

Scope and Content Note

transcript of the original conversation taped at an American Urological Association meeting; drafts and a reprint of the selected edited parts published in "Urology", 10(4): 398-402, Oct. 1977; some correspondence

Box 11, Folder 36

Dr. Belt's 85th and 86th birthdays 1978-1979

Scope and Content Note

greeting cards and Dr. Belt's return letters

Box 11, Folder 37

Obituaries 1980

Scope and Content Note

newspaper clippings; *obituary from "Japanese Journal of Clinical Urology", Nov. 1980, by Ken Koshiba and Taheshi Minami

Note

source of starred (*) material: gift of Jeff Weber, 2009

Box 11, Folder 38

A Memorial Tribute 1980

Scope and Content Note

program; Jake Zeitlin: "Elmer Belt as a bibliophile"; memorial letters

Note

sponsoring organizations: The UCLA School of Medicine; The Friends of the UCLA Library; The Friends of the Los Angeles County Medical Association Library; The Zamorano Club

Box 11, Folder 39

Personal miscellany 1971-1979

Scope and Content Note

a folder formed by Dr. Belt of miscellaneous items relating to his household and himself: correspondence, some personal but mostly commercial transactions; various commercial offers; some household bills; membership cards (cards for organizations that have their own folders are with those folders); gift cards; business cards

Box 25, Folder 3

Personal cartoons 1937-1963

Scope and Content Note

oversized drawings made personally for Dr. Belt, with captions: a valentine [D.E.W.], a Christmas Card [Gwen and Carl Newman], a birthday card [Gwennie], and a thank-you card [Ralph Wolfe]

Box 25, Folder 4

Miscellaneous unframed wall art undated

Scope and Content Note

an 11x14" photograph of the Seymour Thomas portrait of William Osler; two photographs mounted on boards, showing volcano erruption; caricatures drawn and etched by William Heath, from "The Looking Glass", vol.1, no.5, May 1, 1830; drawing by M. Grassman; etching of Nürenberg house, signed

Box 12, Folder 1

Pithotomy, and other humor and cartoons 1946-1963

Scope and Content Note

announcements for 5 annual Pithotomy evenings [a Johns Hopkins tradition]; verses satirizing specific faculty members; other humorous poetry; partial typescript of Mark Twain's address to the Stomach Club, "Some thoughts on the science of onanism" (headed: "Not for publication; for private information only"); poem and limericks sent to Dr. Belt by the painter Maynard Dixon; cartoons

Box 12, Folder 2

"Some Limericks: collected for the use of students...", by Norman Douglas 1928

Scope and Content Note

hard bound volume, copy 215, privately printed

Box 12, Folder 3

The Elmer Belt Library: Medical and General 1958

Physical Description: board-bound volume of ca. 105 typed carbon pages

Scope and Content Note

headed: "Insurance Catalogue"; most entries [short author, title, and publication year] are followed by a dollar figure

Box 12, Folder 4

List of books bought by Dr. Belt 1965-1975

Physical Description: 11 pp., single-spaced, typed

Scope and Content Note

accompanying note states: "This is a running list of books that Dr. Belt ordered as they came to his attention"

Note

information provided on some or all entries: author and title, date ordered, from whom ordered, intended recipient (very many volumes were gifts)

Box 12, Folder 5

"The Book collections of Elmer Belt", by Jake Zeitlin undated

Physical Description: 3 pp., photocopy of typescript

Scope and Content Note

short mentions of Dr. Belt's various book collecting interests

Box 12, Folder 6

Florence Nightingale Collection 1958-1962

Scope and Content Note

notes and notices focused on the 1958 gift of Dr. Belt's Nightingale collection to the UCLA Biomedical Library, and the distribution of the collection catalog; a copy of the catalog, with Dr. Belt's lengthy introduction: "Florence Nightingale's role in history"; some miscellaneous items

Box 12, Folder 7

Sir William Osler Collection undated

Scope and Content Note

handwritten list of Osler materials, undated, [presumably in Dr. Belt's library]; note of an Osler pamphlet given to Dr. Willard Goodwin, 1977

Box 12, Folder 8

Whales and whaling: pamphlets and reprints 1819-1840

Physical Description: folder 1 of 8

Scope and Content Note

1. "Tubs for whales..." by Peter Pasquin, Edinburgh, 1819; 2. "Uber Balaena longimana" by Karl Asmund Rudolphi, Berlin, 1829; 3. 26th Congress, Senate report, "...in relation to the exaction of duties from...vessels employed in the whale fishery", Washington, D.C., 1840

Box 12, Folder 9

Whales and whaling: pamphlets and reprints 1908-1918

Physical Description: folder 2 of 8

Scope and Content Note

seven reprints from the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, and one reprint from the Annals of the Durban Museum

Box 12, Folder 10

Whales and whaling: pamphlets and reprints 1921-1949

Physical Description: folder 3 of 8

Scope and Content Note

eight items

Box 12, Folder 11

Whales and whaling: pamphlets and reprints 1953-1973

Physical Description: folder 4 or 8

Scope and Content Note

16 items

Box 12, Folder 12

Whales and whaling: pamphlets and reprints 1976-1978

Physical Description: folder 5 of 8

Scope and Content Note

five items

Box 12, Folder 13

Whales and whaling: postcards 1973

Physical Description: folder 6 of 8

Scope and Content Note

35 postcards reproduced from the collection of Barbara E. Johnson, forwarded to Dr. Belt by Jake Zeitlin; some correspondence

Box 12, Folder 14

Whales and whaling: book lists 1933-1966

Physical Description: folder 7 of 8

Scope and Content Note

"Books on Whales and Whaling from the Elmer Belt Library": four successive lists, the last also including articles and clippings for 160 items

Box 12, Folder 15

Whales and whaling: miscellaneous undated

Physical Description: folder 8 of 8

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; short essay; Dr. Belt's handwritten research notes; various other miscellany

Box 25, Folder 5

Whales and whaling: miscellaneous

Scope and Content Note

a menu from the "Moby Dick's Coffee Shop", Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, CA

Box 12, Folder 16

American Heritage Publishing Co. 1966-1976

Scope and Content Note

brochures and book offerings; some correspondence

Box 12, Folder 17

Book-of-the-Month-Club and Fine Arts 260 1975-1976

Scope and Content Note

brochures and offers for books and fine arts items

Box 12, Folder 18

McGraw-Hill Book Company 1955-1977

Scope and Content Note

correspondence, orders

Note

includes The Blackiston Division

Box 12, Folder 19

Miscellaneous book sellers, publishers, and donors 1969-1979

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; announcements; offers

Box 12, Folder 20

American Commemorative Council 1975-1977

Scope and Content Note

various offers; some correspondence re. order of commemorative plates

Box 12, Folder 21

American Sculpture Society 1976

Scope and Content Note

brochures

Box 12, Folder 22

The Bradford Exchange 1976-1978

Scope and Content Note

form letters and brochures offering collectors' plates from various sources

Box 12, Folder 23

Calhouns Collectors Society undated

Scope and Content Note

brochures and offers

Box 12, Folder 24

The Danbury Mint 1970-1976

Scope and Content Note

correspondence concerning various medals and other collectibles bought by Dr. Belt

Box 12, Folder 25

Miscellaneous undated

Scope and Content Note

U.S. Bicentennial Society; Natural History Museum Alliance; The National Trust Collection; Carson City silver dollars; Dept. of the Treasury, the Old Mint

Subseries 4. Family Matters 1954-1980

Physical Description: 23 folders

Arrangement

by subject or person

Box 12, Folder 26

Maiden voyage of the ship "Leonardo da Vinci" 1959-1960

Scope and Content Note

correspondence, mainly with the Italian Line Los Angeles representatives; also includes the ship's deck plan

Note

the Belts were interested in sailing on the maiden voyage from Genoa to Naples, but were unable to receive satisfactory service

Box 12, Folder 27

Trip to Naples, Greece, and Egypt 1963-1964

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; travel documents and souvenirs

Note

trip to Naples prompted by invitation to the International Meeting on Urological Endocrinosurgery

Box 12, Folder 28

Berlin trip 1966

Scope and Content Note

correspondence on travel arrangements, trip ephemera, itinerary; 46 35mm commercial color slides of sights and animals of Germany and Austria

Box 12, Folder 29

New Zealand and Australia trip 1968

Scope and Content Note

correspondence, itinerary (annotated slightly), list of contacts; uncancelled New Zealand stamps

Box 12, Folder 30

Family photographs 1954-1971

Scope and Content Note

Dr. and Mrs. Belt at Opera Ball, 1954; Dr. and Ruth Belt with wedding couple, Brassil wedding, undated; five photos taken at UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center, including Dr. and Mrs. Belt, Bruce Belt, Raymond Allen, Edwin Pauley, Jr., and others, 1958; Dr. and Mrs. Belt looking at da Vinci book, 1969 [photos and negatives taken for California Museum of Science and Industry exhibit]; 35mm color negatives of Dr. Belt, and of Dr. Willard Goodwin and family, 1965; other snapshots

Note

see also: Amer. Urol. Assoc. meeting, New Orleans, 1965

Box 12, Folder 31

Belt, Mrs. Ruth Ann, photographs undated

Scope and Content Note

L.A. Times picture of Calif. Medical Assoc. Women's Auxiliary group including Ruth Belt, 1935; six 8x10" and 5x7" portraits; Ruth with Ann Crowe, Viola and Stafford Warren, "trip to Solvang [California]", 1949; Mrs. Belt with older woman, undated

Box 12, Folder 32

Belt, Dr. Bruce Gregory 1959-1971

Physical Description: folder 1 of 3

Scope and Content Note

personal correspondence

Note

Dr. Belt's younger son and member of the Elmer Belt Urologic Group

Box 12, Folder 33

Belt, Dr. Bruce Gregory 1972

Physical Description: folder 2 of 3

Scope and Content Note

personal correspondence

Box 12, Folder 34

Belt, Dr. Bruce Gregory 1973-1976

Physical Description: folder 3 of 3

Scope and Content Note

personal correspondence

Box 12, Folder 35

Belt, Sage Culpepper, Gregory Belt, Kathryn Culpepper Belt, Ann Middleton Belt 1964, 1971-1977

Scope and Content Note

letters and greeting cards, thank-you cards, between Elmer and Ruth Belt and the Bruce Belt family; Sage and Bruce; an article on medicinal plants by Sage Culpepper Belt (Terra 11(4): 3-10, Spring 1973)

Note

the wife and three children of Bruce Belt

Box 13, Folder 1

Belt, Charles and Marie Saunders, later Mrs. Charles Belt 1958-1966

Physical Description: folder 1 of 4

Scope and Content Note

correspondence, greeting cards; 10 35mm slides of family party

Note

older son of Elmer Belt

Box 13, Folder 2

Belt, Charles and Marie 1967-1970

Physical Description: folder 2 of 4

Scope and Content Note

letters and cards; 15 8x10" photographs of California coast, taken by Steven Swartz

Note

Steven Swartz was the son of Marie Belt

Box 13, Folder 3

Belt, Charles and Marie 1971-1977

Physical Description: folder 3 of 4

Scope and Content Note

letters and cards

Box 13, Folder 4

Belt, Charles and Marie 1978-1980

Physical Description: folder 4 of 4

Scope and Content Note

letters and cards

Box 13, Folder 5

Schubert, Janet and Robert 1968-1978

Note

Janet Schubert was the first Mrs. Charles Belt, mother of the grandchildren Cynthia and Jeffrey

Box 13, Folder 6

Belt, Cynthia 1958-1964

Scope and Content Note

greeting cards and letters, pictures drawn or painted by Cynthia

Note

granddaughter, daughter of Charles Belt

Box 13, Folder 7

Belt, Jeffrey and Alice 1960-1964, 1972-1975

Physical Description: folder 1 of 2

Scope and Content Note

childhood thank-you notes and greeting cards; correspondence; family snapshots of Jeff-Alice wedding

Note

grandson, son of Charles Belt

Box 13, Folder 8

Belt, Jeffrey and Alice 1976-1979

Physical Description: folder 2 of 2

Scope and Content Note

letters and cards; family snapshots; a number of photographs (not family portraits) taken by Jeffrey Belt; communications from Alice after the divorce

Box 13, Folder 9

Deiss, Joseph L. and Eileen I (nee Ebert) 1958-1979

Scope and Content Note

includes: Deiss family snapshots; 2 issues of the magazine "Camera" (no. 8, 1972, no. 9, 1974) each containing a photograph by Joseph Deiss; photocopy of an article by Lawrence Powell about Jake Zeitlin (Westways, July 1974); a card signed by Eileen, Charlene, Erin [?], and Isabelle Ebert

Note

Mrs. Belt's niece or grandniece

Box 13, Folder 10

Dorsten, Mrs. Mercedes 1969-1979

Note

Mrs. Belt's niece

Box 13, Folder 11

Monette, Muriel (Mimi) 1959-1979

Scope and Content Note

includes photocopy of a letter from Curtiss Gray Tanner in Paris to Ruth and Elmer Belt, concerning a possible visit of their niece

Box 13, Folder 12

Additional relatives (and others with the last name of Belt) 1964-1979

Scope and Content Note

included is correspondence with: Dr. Robert L. Belt; Eric Belt (snapshot); Dr. and Mrs. Guillermo Belt; Mother and Daddy Ireland; Eugene Belt; Ann Belt; Belt family coat of arms

Box 13, Folder 13

Christmas lists 1968-1979

Scope and Content Note

address lists for cards and, for some years, presents; copies of the Belts' Christmas card for most years

Series 5. Correspondence 1946-1980

Physical Description: 298 folders

Scope and Content Note

contains professional and personal letters, Christmas and birthday greeting, post-cards, and other miscellaneous communications with individuals, organizations, vendors. Letters are also scattered throughout the rest of the collection, in folders of organizations, family members (Series 4), UCLA departments (Series 2), etc.

Subseries 1. Individual Correspondents 1946-1980

Physical Description: 212 folders

Arrangement

by last name; latest date comes first within each folder

Scope and Content Note

individuals, and a few firms and institutions, for whom Dr. Belt had separate folders, excluding members of his family (in Series 4) and UCLA colleagues (in Series 2)

Box 13, Folder 14

Agee, Margaret (Mrs. Myles A.) 1969-1978

Note

a retired nurse from Good Samaritan Hospital

Box 13, Folder 15

Alder, Dr. Alex B. (and Jane) 1960-1973

Scope and Content Note

includes a 35mm slide and 4x6" photo of Dr. and Mrs. Belt and some children of their family

Box 13, Folder 16

Alemann, Johanna 1959-1974

Box 13, Folder 17

Alken, Prof. Dr. C.E. 1962-1979

Scope and Content Note

includes soft-cover booklet by Alken

Box 13, Folder 18

Allatt, Edward 1973-1980

Scope and Content Note

most of the correspondence focuses on: da Vinci printed materials; Upton Sinclair; and preservation of whales

Box 13, Folder 19

Alvarez, Dr. Walter C. 1946, 1970-1972

Physical Description: folder 1 of 2

Box 13, Folder 20

Alvarez, Dr. Walter C. 1973-1977

Physical Description: folder 2 of 2

Box 13, Folder 21

American Cystoscope Makers 1962-1976

Scope and Content Note

some orders, but mostly catalogs

Box 13, Folder 22

Anderson, Dr. Herbert Jr. 1964-1978

Scope and Content Note

includes snapshots

Box 13, Folder 23

Anguiano, Dr. Manuel Perez 1956-1977

Note

see also: Asamblea Medica de Occidente, Guadalajara, 1959, and B. Lyman Stewart file

Box 13, Folder 24

Arcadi, Dr. John A. 1955-1977

Box 13, Folder 25

Archer, Margot (Mrs. Richard Archer) 1956-1978

Box 14, Folder 1

Aso, Dr. Yoshio 1962-1979

Box 14, Folder 2

Axler, Dr. Gueri 1957-1969

Box 14, Folder 3

Ayres, Dr. Samuel Jr. (and Helen) 1956-1979

Scope and Content Note

includes some reprints from Dr. Ayres and a partial bibliography

Box 14, Folder 4

Babitz, Mae (and Sol) 1974-1979

Scope and Content Note

includes sketches made by Mae Babitz (who worked in Belt's da Vinci library), and reprints by her husband (a musician and musicologist)

Box 14, Folder 5

Bailey, Dr. Percival 1962-1964

Box 14, Folder 6

Bak, Mrs. Solange 1978-1980

Scope and Content Note

includes some snapshots, and descriptions of Le Clos-Lucé, a chateau in the Loire Valley near Amboise dating from the 12th century. Leonardo da Vinci lived there from 1516 till his death in 1519

Note

additional information about the chateau can be found in the folder: Saint-Bris, Count Hubert

Box 14, Folder 7

Barnes, Dr. Roger W. 1957-1979

Scope and Content Note

includes some snapshots and a Barnes reprint

Box 14, Folder 8

Barzilay, Dr. Benjamin 1958-1978

Scope and Content Note

includes some Barzilay reprints

Box 14, Folder 9

Baskette, John (and Helen and Dorothy) 1957-1979

Box 14, Folder 10

Beck, Dr. Harold J. (and Hazel) 1957-1978

Scope and Content Note

includes a photograph of Mrs. Beck on safari

Box 14, Folder 11

Benjamin, Dr. Harry 1968-1979

Scope and Content Note

includes some Benjamin reprints; also some information on the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association

Box 14, Folder 12

Benjamin, Dr. John A. (and Mae) 1971-1979

Box 14, Folder 13

Bevis, Dorothy, Ph.D. 1953-1978

Scope and Content Note

includes snapshots

Box 14, Folder 14

Bianchi, Dr. Franco 1956-1977

Scope and Content Note

includes Bianchi reprint

Box 14, Folder 15

Bianconi, Rolando 1960-1979

Note

Mr. Bianconi lived in Vinci, Italy, birthplace of Leonardo

Box 14, Folder 16

Blake, Dr. Ken W. (and Angie) 1962-1977

Scope and Content Note

includes a Blake reprint

Box 14, Folder 17

Bodner, Dr. Henry 1966-1977

Note

includes Bodner reprint; see also: "Weekly Urological Clinical Letter", edited by Henry Bodner

Box 14, Folder 18

Bogaard, Dr. Thomas P. 1978-1980

Scope and Content Note

includes typescripts of two Bogaard urological papers

Box 14, Folder 19

Bonfiglio, Dr. John 1966-1977

Box 14, Folder 20

Bonney, Dr. William W. 1961-1979

Box 14, Folder 21

Boxer, Dr. Richard J. 1976-1979

Scope and Content Note

includes Boxer reprints; Dr. Belt was co-author on "Replacement of the ureter by small intestine:..., 1979"

Box 14, Folder 22

Bravo, Dr. Francisco 1958-1979

Box 14, Folder 23

Brayton, Dr. Donald F. (and Virginia) 1958-1967

Box 14, Folder 24

Bregman, Dr. Robert U. (and Ellie) 1961-1978

Box 14, Folder 25

Brendler, Dr. Herbert 1961-1967

Scope and Content Note

includes Brendler reprints

Box 14, Folder 26

Brodny, Dr. M. Leopold 1967-1976

Scope and Content Note

includes 35mm film: male portrait shots

Box 14, Folder 27

Brosig, Dr. Wilhelm 1962-1976

Scope and Content Note

includes Brosig reprints

Box 14, Folder 28

Brown, Cecil (and Martha) 1963-1979

Box 14, Folder 29

Brown, George E. Jr. 1975-1978

Note

Congressman and Governor of California

Box 14, Folder 30

Bruce, Dr. Peter T. (and Susan-Gaye) 1961-1979

Box 14, Folder 31

Bruno, Dr. Anthony M. 1964

Box 14, Folder 32

Bush, Ronnie Beth, Ph.D. (and Dr. Irving Bush) 1969-1976

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by both Drs. Bush

Box 14, Folder 33

Calvi, Count Ignazio (and Maria Teresa) 1959-1978

Box 14, Folder 34

Campbell, Dr. Paul and Moral Re-Armament 1962-1963

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; newsletter: "MRA Information Service"; newspaper clippings; announcements;

Box 14, Folder 35

Carlson, Ms. Shelley (and Carroll and Dolores) 1966-1970

Box 14, Folder 36

Castañares, Dr. Salvador 1966-1975

Scope and Content Note

includes typescript of a Castañares article

Box 15, Folder 1

Caughey, Prof. John (and LaRee) 1958-1979

Scope and Content Note

includes Caughey publications

Box 15, Folder 2

Cecil, Dr. Arthur Bond (and Henrietta, and Ann Arundel Cecil, daughter) 1958-1970

Box 15, Folder 3

Chaffey, Dr. Ben T. 1963-1971

Box 15, Folder 4

Chandler, Dorothy Buffum and the "Los Angeles Times" 1964-1978

Scope and Content Note

two thank-you notes from Mrs. Chandler to Mrs. Belt; article from "Time" on Mrs. Chandler and the L.A. Music Center Pavillion; reprints from the "Los Angeles Times"

Box 15, Folder 5

Charnock, Dr. Donald Austin 1968-1969

Scope and Content Note

includes memorial essays, one by Elmer Belt

Box 15, Folder 6

Chaume, Dr. Jose 1959-1979

Box 15, Folder 7

Cianchi, Comm. Renzo 1966-1977

Box 15, Folder 8

Clark, Sir Kenneth 1962-1973

Scope and Content Note

includes 8 photographs of a group of approximately ten people around a table in a small conference room, with Sir Kenneth Clark and Dr. Belt

Box 15, Folder 9

Cobanli, Hasan 1974-1978

Box 15, Folder 10

Cockett, Dr. Abraham 1960-1980

Scope and Content Note

includes Cockett reprint

Box 15, Folder 11

Colton, Mrs. Helen 1974-1978

Scope and Content Note

includes Colton publications

Box 15, Folder 12

Cooper, Dr. John Fenimore 1958-1977

Scope and Content Note

includes Cooper reprints

Box 15, Folder 13

Corner, Dr. George W. (and Betsy) 1957-1968

Physical Description: folder 1 of 3

Scope and Content Note

includes Corner reprints

Box 15, Folder 14

Corner, Dr. George W. (and Betsy) 1969-1975

Physical Description: folder 2 of 3

Scope and Content Note

includes Corner reprints

Box 15, Folder 15

Corner, Dr. George W. 1976-1980

Physical Description: folder 3 of 3.

Scope and Content Note

includes Corner reprint and bibliography; also picture of a portrait bust of Dr. Corner

Note

see also correspondence with Mrs. Joy Buba

Box 15, Folder 16

Crawford, Mabel 1961-1973

Box 15, Folder 17

Crowe, Dr. Harold E. (and Anne) 1958-1973

Physical Description: folder 1 of 2

Box 15, Folder 18

Crowe, Dr. Harold E. (and Anne) 1974-1980

Physical Description: folder 2 of 2

Box 15, Folder 19

Culpepper, Dr. Sebron C. (and Kazu) 1956-1979

Note

Dr. Culpepper was father of Dr. Bruce Belt's wife, Sage Belt

Box 15, Folder 20

Dahlstrom, Grant 1963-1974

Box 15, Folder 21

Damron, Dr. Milton H. 1965-1966

Scope and Content Note

includes Damron reprints

Note

original folder had note: Chloroquin or Aralen in cancer treatment

Box 15, Folder 22

Danielson, George E. 1971-1977

Note

original folder had note: Congressman, House of Representatives, 29th Distr.

Box 15, Folder 23

Davis, Dr. David M. 1958-1977

Scope and Content Note

includes Davis reprints

Box 15, Folder 24

Dawson, Glen and daughter Karen 1962-1973

Scope and Content Note

includes a miniature book, Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas", published by Karen Dawson

Box 15, Folder 25

Dibner, Bern 1963,1979

Scope and Content Note

correspondence

Note

Mr. Dibner was a close friend and frequent correspondent; many letters are scattered throughout the papers, especially in topics relating to Leonardo da Vinci

Box 15, Folder 26

Dock, Dr. George 1947-1950

Scope and Content Note

12 pages, "manuscript bibliography of his writing, photocopied March 1960"; cardboard-framed and autographed portrait, 1947; six other portraits of Dr. Dock and his portrait bust; photocopies of letter from Dr. Dock to his son, and the son's [George Dock, Jr.] letter to Dr. Belt; photocopies of Mansfield's poem "Sea Fever" and T. Thornely's poem "The Atom"; *photocopy of typed letter to "Dear Dock" (perhaps George Dock), from unidentifiable correspondent, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1892

Note

source of starred (*) item: gift of Jeff Weber, 2009

Box 15, Folder 27

Dorsey, Dr. John W. 1956-1971

Scope and Content Note

includes several Dorsey reprints

Box 15, Folder 28

Doyle, Dr. James C. (and Jackie) 1959-1977

Box 15, Folder 29

Dumke, Chancellor Glenn S. (and Dorothy) 1958-1973

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; invitation; reprint of a Dumke address

Note

Chancellor of California State Colleges, 1962-1982

Box 15, Folder 30

Fields, Dr. Albert 1955-1959

Scope and Content Note

four reprints or reprint/greeting cards

Box 15, Folder 31

Kanazawa, Dr. Minoru 1965-1969

Note

includes Kanazawa reprints

Box 15, Folder 32

Karalis, Dr. George 1965-1972

Box 15, Folder 33

Keele, Dr. Kenneth D. 1958-1967

Scope and Content Note

includes photos of Drs. Keele and Belt and Louise Darling, dating from ca. 1966; also includes Keele reprints

Box 15, Folder 34

Keiser, Robert M. 1967-1972

Box 15, Folder 35

Kersten, Dr. Hugo M. (and Cecile) 1956-1973

Box 15, Folder 36

Keys, Thomas E. 1960-1979

Box 15, Folder 37

Kiefer, Dr. Joseph H. 1956-1971

Scope and Content Note

includes a copy of: "The evolution of urine analysis : an historical sketch of the clinical examination of urine". Lecture memoranda, American Medical Association, Los Angeles, 1911; also, Kiefer reprints

Box 15, Folder 38

Kincaid, Arthur N. 1966-1979

Scope and Content Note

includes snapshot of Kinkaid ca. 1966

Box 15, Folder 39

Kolb, Chris (Mrs. Ronald) 1977

Box 15, Folder 40

Korbakis, Dr. John P. 1960-1973

Box 16, Folder 1

Koshiba, Dr. Ken 1959-1980

Box 16, Folder 2

Krone, Mrs. Emelyn 1956-1971

Box 25, Folder 6

La Mure, Pierre 1961

Physical Description: manuscript text page with dedication mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content Note

handwritten text, with corrections, accompanied by dedication: "To Elmer, my doctor and my friend, this page of Moulin Rouge. In affection and gratitude. Pierre La Mure, January 1961"

Box 16, Folder 3

Lash, J. Jerry 1949-1950

Scope and Content Note

correspondence

Note

Mr. Lash was a technician in the Elmer Belt Urologic Group Clinical and Research Laboratory for a number of years

Box 16, Folder 4

Linder, Dr. Fritz 1954-1959

Box 16, Folder 5

Ma, Hsien-ju (Solomon) 1958-1959

Box 16, Folder 6

Maluf, Dr. Noble S. R. 1961-1975

Scope and Content Note

includes Maluf reprint

Box 16, Folder 7

Mandel, Dr. Ursula G. 1959-1975

Box 16, Folder 8

Marcel, Abbé Raymond` 1957-1964

Box 16, Folder 9

Marmorston, Dr. Jessie 1958-1975

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints, newsletters

Box 16, Folder 10

Marshall, Dr. Victor F. 1960-1978

Scope and Content Note

includes Marshall reprints

Box 16, Folder 11

Martin, Dr. Donald C. 1968-1977

Box 16, Folder 12

Martin, Donald E. 1966-1980

Scope and Content Note

attached to a 1980 letter from Mr. Martin is a snapshot of Dr. and Mrs. Belt, undated, but they are possibly in their early forties

Box 16, Folder 13

Maselli-Campagna, Dr. Vincenzo 1961-1973

Box 16, Folder 14

Masin, Drs. Francis and Marianna 1958-1962

Note

includes reprints from both authors

Box 16, Folder 15

Mason, Dr. James Tate, and The Mason Clinic 1956-1973

Scope and Content Note

includes a reprint; see also: Northwest Urological Society folder

Box 16, Folder 16

Masuda, Mrs. Kinuko (Princess Camellia) and daughter Yoko 1960-1965

Box 16, Folder 17

Mathé, Dr. Charles Pierre (and Beatrice) 1956-1973

Physical Description: folder 1 of 2

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; includes a published portrait of Dr. Mathé

Box 16, Folder 18

Mathé, Dr. Charles Pierre (and Beatrice) 1947-1963

Physical Description: folder 2 of 2

Scope and Content Note

Mathé reprints

Box 16, Folder 19

Mayo Clinic 1961-1975

Scope and Content Note

includes correspondence with Thomas E. Keys, Librarian at the Mayo Clinic

Note

see also Keys folder for additional correspondence

Box 16, Folder 20

McDonald, Dr. Harold P., Sr. 1958-1977

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; some McDonald reprints

Box 16, Folder 21

McLardy, Dr. Turner (and Fay) 1960-1971

Box 16, Folder 22

McNamara, Robert S. (and Margaret) 1964-1978

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; newspaper clippings, magazine articles

Box 16, Folder 23

Medi Photo 1966-1968

Scope and Content Note

correspondence regarding a film on perineal prostatectomy

Box 16, Folder 24

Mellini, Mr. Peter John Dreyfus 1962-1978

Box 16, Folder 25

Melzi d'Eril, Duce Lodovico 1979

Box 16, Folder 26

Mendez, Dr. Robert 1972-1980

Box 16, Folder 27

Meyer, Fred (and Ruth) 1961-1979

Box 16, Folder 28

Mihalas, Dr. Lawrence S. 1977-1980

Box 16, Folder 29

Miller, Dr. J. Bernard (and Alice) 1962-1979

Box 16, Folder 30

Millin, Dr. Terence 1939-1956

Scope and Content Note

correspondence, Millin reprint

Box 16, Folder 31

Mims, Dr. Matt M. 1961-1972

Box 16, Folder 32

Minami, Dr. Takeshi 1958-1979

Box 16, Folder 33

Molina, Dr. Lucas A. 1962-1970

Box 16, Folder 34

Moore, Mr. A.V. undated

Scope and Content Note

draft of letter written by Dr. Belt on board the S.S. Uruguay [of the Moore-McCormic Line] heading to Buenos Aires, on behalf of International College of Surgeons members aboard, praising the service and attitude of the ship's staff

Box 16, Folder 35

Morgan, Dr. Henry Gordon 1959-1979

Scope and Content Note

includes: Morgan reprints; two 1964 5x7" color prints, one of Drs. Belt and Morgan looking at an oil painting of Dr. Belt, the other one of the painting; two 1959 snapshots, one of Dr. Morgan (in Africa?)

Box 16, Folder 36

Mori, Dr. Giulio 1970

Scope and Content Note

includes Mori reprints

Box 16, Folder 37

Mudd, Dr. Seeley G. (and Harvey Mudd College) 1958-1977

Box 16, Folder 38

Murphy, Dr. Leonard 1965-1980

Scope and Content Note

includes Murphy reprints

Note

Dr. Murphy was both a urologist and a medical historian

Box 16, Folder 39

Nakao, Dr. Chitari 1959

Scope and Content Note

includes snapshots of Dr. and Mrs. Belt, Dr. and Mrs. Nakao, and others, from the Belts' Japan trip of 1959; also, suggestions by Bill Gonzales to Dr. Belt concerning cameras and photography in Japan

Box 16, Folder 40

Nakayama, Dr. Komei 1959-1979

Scope and Content Note

includes Nakayama reprint

Box 16, Folder 41

Nesbit, Dr. Reed Miller 1959-1967

Box 16, Folder 42

Neutra, Dione (Mrs. Richard Neutra) 1965-1978

Scope and Content Note

includes several lengthy "New Year" letters sent to friends, both before and after Richard Neutra's death

Note

wife of the architect, Richard Neutra, and mother of architect Dion Neutra and Raymond Neutra, M.D.

Box 16, Folder 43

Neutra, Dr. Raymond Richard 1960-1979

Box 16, Folder 44

Ney, Dr. Charles 1971

Box 16, Folder 45

Nicholls, Dr. M. F. 1951-1962

Scope and Content Note

includes Nicholls reprints

Box 16, Folder 46

Nicodemi, Prof. Giorgio 1959-1964

Box 16, Folder 47

Nicola, Dr. George A. (and family) 1958-1978

Box 16, Folder 48

Nicoll, Dr. Gordon A. 1949-1977

Scope and Content Note

includes Nicoll typed book review and some other writings

Note

Dr. Nicoll held a preceptorship in the Elmer Belt Urologic Group, 1946-1950

Box 16, Folder 49

Nishimura, Dr. Ryuichi 1959-1968

Scope and Content Note

includes Nishimura reprints

Box 16, Folder 50

Nunis, Doyce B., Jr., Ph.D. 1968-1976

Scope and Content Note

includes transcript of the first contract for medical services executed in California, 1823; also a small book, "Le Petomane", by J. Nohain and F. Caradec. Los Angeles, Sherboutne Press, 1967; and an article from "La Semaine Médicale", 1892: Un cas extraordinaire d'aspiration rectale et d'anus musical (with English translation)

Box 17, Folder 1

Ortega, Dr. Eduardo 1958-1969

Scope and Content Note

includes Ortega reprint

Box 17, Folder 2

Palmer, Dr. Bean M. 1956-1972

Box 17, Folder 3

Pauling, Dr. Linus 1960-1979

Scope and Content Note

includes Pauling reprints and some vol. 1 issues of The Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine Newsletter

Box 17, Folder 4

Pauly, Dr. Ira B. 1966-1967

Scope and Content Note

includes Pauly reprints

Box 17, Folder 5

Pavone, Dr. Michele 1964-1976

Box 17, Folder 6

Payton, Terry 1974-1975

Box 17, Folder 7

Peck, Dr. Samuel 1968-1971

Box 17, Folder 8

Pedersen, Dr. Arthur D. 1974

Box 17, Folder 9

Perry, Dr. John William 1958-1976

Box 17, Folder 10

Phelps, Dr. Malcom E. 1964-1974

Scope and Content Note

includes weekly mimeographed letters from Dr. Phelps to U.S. friends, describing conditions in Vietnam, 09/1966-04/1967. Dr. Phelps was field director of the Volunteer Physicians for Vietnam program.

Box 17, Folder 11

Pontis, Charis H. 1962-1969

Box 17, Folder 12

Popovich, Janet (Mrs. Steve) 1961-1980

Box 17, Folder 13

Powell, Dr. Norborne B. 1962-1966

Scope and Content Note

includes Powell reprint

Box 17, Folder 14

Prien, Dr. Edwin L. (and Dorothy) 1956-1979

Box 17, Folder 15

Quinn, Drs. William and Kit (Mrs. William Quinn) and Meg (daughter) 1958-1977

Scope and Content Note

includes W. Quinn's portrait

Box 17, Folder 16

Raines, Dr. Samuel L. 1961-1977

Box 17, Folder 17

Rangoni, Dr. Abele Giovanni 1955-1966

Box 17, Folder 18

Ray, Rear Admiral Clarence (and Ruth) 1964-1972

Box 17, Folder 19

Rekers, Dr. Paul E. 1956-1967

Scope and Content Note

includes a Rekers reprint

Box 17, Folder 20

Reti, Alexander 1967

Note

son of Ladislao Reti

Box 17, Folder 21

Revard, Betty Lund 1954-1978

Note

a former secretary for Dr. Belt

Box 17, Folder 22

Ricois, Micheline 1967-1969

Box 17, Folder 23

Roberts, C. Murray, D.D.S. and Richard B. Roberts 1961-1975

Box 17, Folder 24

Rolle, Andrew F. (and Frances) 1959-1975

Scope and Content Note

includes some Rolle articles and reviews

Note

Professor of American History, Occidental College

Box 17, Folder 25

Rosenbloom, Jean 1963-1970

Note

Mrs. Rosenbloom did some fine bookbinding for Dr. Belt

Box 17, Folder 26

Rowe, Harry 1954-1977

Scope and Content Note

numerous greeting and get-well cards, some correspondence

Note

Mr. Rowe was Administrator for the Elmer Belt Urologic Group for many years

Box 17, Folder 27

Roybal, Representative Edward R. 1963-1977

Box 17, Folder 28

Sabovich, Karen 1970-1972

Box 17, Folder 29

Saffron, Dr. Morris H. 1960-1976

Scope and Content Note

includes two Saffron reprints

Note

for more contact with Dr. Saffron, see also: Academy of Medicine of New Jersey, 1962

Box 17, Folder 30

Saint-Bris, Count Hubert 1958-1979

Scope and Content Note

includes two issues (1961, 1975) of the Bulletin of the Association Leonard de Vinci, with articles on the history, description, and reconstruction of Le Clos-Lucé d'Amboise, where Leonardo spent his last years; various illustrations of the chateau, inside and out, are included with the correspondence

Note

Count Saint-Bris was the owner of the Clos; for additional correspondence and photos of the chateau, see the folder: Bak, Mrs. Solange

Box 17, Folder 31

Sanchez, Olga Campoy de 1966-1971

Box 17, Folder 32

Sarton, Dr. George 1920-1937

Scope and Content Note

four reprints by Sarton on the history of science

Note

no correspondence included

Box 17, Folder 33

Saunders, Dr. J.B. de C.M. 1959-1973

Scope and Content Note

includes reprint of Dr. Saunder's memoriam for Herbert McLean Evans

Box 17, Folder 34

Scardino, Dr. Peter L. and Dr. Peter T. Scardino 1960-1980

Box 17, Folder 35

Schloerb, Dr. Paul R. 1957-1971

Note

includes Schloerb reprints

Box 17, Folder 36

Schmiedt, Dr. Egbert 1960-1980

Box 17, Folder 37

Schlueter, Dr. Robert E. 1935-1948

Scope and Content Note

twelve reprints by Schlueter on William Beaumont and other medical history topics; an issue of the St. Louis Medical Society weekly bulletin devoted to Dr. Schlueter

Note

no correspondence

Box 17, Folder 38

Schramel, Hazel M. 1955-1972

Box 17, Folder 39

Schullian, Dorothy M. 1946-1978

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; eight Schullian reprints on the history of medicine

Box 17, Folder 40

Scott, Dr. William Wallace 1952-1979

Scope and Content Note

correspondence and a Scott reprint

Box 17, Folder 41

Seeger, Drs. Beatrice C. and David 1966-1979

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; reprints from both Drs. Seeger; photocopies of the statements which accompanied awards of Nobel Prize in Physiology to Prof. A. Krogh in 1920, and Drs. G.H. Whipple, G.R. Minot and W.P. Murphey in 1934

Note

short anecdotes about Drs. William Henry Welch and G.H. Whipple in letter from EB to B. Seeger, 5 July 1966

Box 17, Folder 42

Segovia, Andres and Emelita 1969-1970

Scope and Content Note

correspondence with William Weber Smith, L.A. physician, concerning Mrs. Segovia; draft of letter to Mr. Segovia

Box 17, Folder 43

Selye, Dr. Hans 1961-1969

Scope and Content Note

includes mostly Selye reprints

Box 18, Folder 1

Seneca, Dr. Harry 1963-1973

Scope and Content Note

includes Seneca reprints

Box 18, Folder 2

"Sexology" (magazine) 1960-1961

Physical Description: folder 1 of 2

Scope and Content Note

includes extensive correspondence with Dr. LeMon Clark, a member of the magazine's Board of Consultants; also with Isadore Rubin, Managing Editor; issues of the monthly magazine; some Clark reprints

Note

Dr. Belt was a member of the magazine's Board of Consultants for a short time

Box 18, Folder 3

"Sexology" (magazine) 1962-1970

Physical Description: folder 2 of 2

Box 18, Folder 4

Shaffer, Ellen 1971-1979

Note

curator of the Silverado Museum, St. Helena, California

Box 18, Folder 5

Sheets, Millard 1972-1978

Box 18, Folder 6

Shigematsu, Dr. Shun 1961-1974

Box 18, Folder 7

Shimizu, Dr. Keizo 1961-1966

Box 18, Folder 8

Shuman, Dr. Jack (and Adeline) 1951

Scope and Content Note

some correspondence; 43-page typescript titled "The Family Tree of Benjamin Franklin Shuman (1838-1890)", by Rosella Shuman Dayton and John William Shuman, including one labeled family group photograph, and accompanied by 13 unlabeled photos of people and houses

Box 18, Folder 9

Sides, Patricia 1964-1965

Scope and Content Note

correspondence concerning a TV program on Leonardo da Vinci

Box 18, Folder 10

Sillo-Seidl, Dr. Georg 1962-1978

Scope and Content Note

includes Sillo-Seidl reprints

Box 18, Folder 11

Simon, Norton (and Jennifer Jones Simon) 1962-1977

Scope and Content Note

mostly catalogs and brochures, newspaper clippings; some correspondence

Box 18, Folder 12

Sinclair, Upton 1978-1980

Scope and Content Note

includes mostly issues of the newsletter "Uppie Speaks"; also, 14 typed pages headed: "Interview: Upton Sinclair. 12-1-42"

Note

original folder had note: "Sinclair, Upton: temporary; Dr. Belt has file"

Box 18, Folder 13

Smith, Dr. Charles Edward 1958-1967

Scope and Content Note

correspondence; memorial pamphlet, reprinting a paper presented by Smith at the Second Symposium on coccidiomycosis, "Reminiscence of the flying chlamydospore and its allies"

Box 18, Folder 14

Smith, Jack 1976-1978

Note

Mr. Smith was a columnist for the Los Angeles Times

Box 18, Folder 15

Smith Kline and French Laboratories 1958-1976

Box 18, Folder 16

Snyder, Bob 1952-1979

Box 18, Folder 17

Sonoda, Dr. Takao 1960-1974

Box 18, Folder 18

Sorrentino, Dr. Michelangelo (and Francesco and Diana) 1970-1979

Box 18, Folder 19

Spence, Dr. Harry M. 1947-1975

Box 18, Folder 20

Stamey, Dr. Thomas A. 1958-1976

Scope and Content Note

includes Stamey reprints

Box 18, Folder 21

Stuppy, Dr. Laurence Justinian (and Mary) 1970-1978

Box 18, Folder 22

Sudhoff, Dr. Karl 1915-1934

Scope and Content Note

two reprints, one by Sudhoff, the other an article by Henry Sigerist celebrating the 80th birthday of Prof. Sudhoff

Note

no correspondence

Box 18, Folder 23

Theal, Kathleen 1964-1975

Physical Description: folder 1 of 4

Scope and Content Note

personal correspondence, with many newspaper clippings included

Note

Miss Theal was a longtime secretary for the Belt Urologic Group

Box 18, Folder 24

Theal, Kathleen 1976

Physical Description: folder 2 of 4

Box 18, Folder 25

Theal, Kathleen 1977

Note

Miss Theal was Dr. Belt's personal appointments secretary for many years

Box 18, Folder 26

Theal, Kathleen 1978

Box 18, Folder 27

Viets, Dr. Henry R. 1955-1961

Scope and Content Note

reprints and a typescript of article on medical history, plus EB letter

Box 18, Folder 28

Wharton-James, Dr. G. 1891

Scope and Content Note

booklet: "Past and Future", public address and program for the benefit of the Home for Crippled Children branch of the Chicago Children's Hospital

Box 18, Folder 29

Willis, Dr. Fred L. 1874

Scope and Content Note

original letter [faded] and photocopy addressed to Rev. A. J. Hillard [?]

Note

part of opening paragraph: "From your sister...I received a lock of your hair by means of which I made a sympathetic examination of your physical condition, ..."

Box 18, Folder 30

Letters recommending candidates for admission to professional or graduate programs 1950-1978

Scope and Content Note

correspondence with candidates and admissions officers

Note

letters (all for medical school except as noted) from Dr. Elmer Belt for: John William Birsner, Jr.; Nicholas D. Darby; Richard Walter Kling; Stuart Markovitz; Thomas L. McBreen; Wayne N. Raymond; Astrid ReBell (Library Science); Russel James Reit; Cynthia Ruth; Arnold Sahagian; Steven Schenker; Jarema John Skirnyk; Donna L. Smith; William Arnold Stellar. Letters from Dr. Bruce Belt for: Carl T. Benz; Bryant Byrnes (Law)

Subseries 2. Miscellaneous Correspondence

Physical Description: 86 folders

Arrangement

alphabetical by last name

Scope and Content Note

Communications with individuals, organizations or companies for whom Dr. Belt had not created separate folders; includes some newsletters, brochures, etc.

Box 18, Folder 31

Aaas-Adam

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by John M. Adams

Box 18, Folder 32

Adja-Alle

Box 19, Folder 1

Alli-Amer.F.

Box 19, Folder 2

Amer.H.-Amwy

Box 19, Folder 3

Anal-Appl

Scope and Content Note

includes reprint by William Nance Anderson

Box 19, Folder 4

Arak-Arti

Box 19, Folder 5

Asay-Aspe

Box 19, Folder 6

Assa-Ayre

Box 19, Folder 7

Baar-Bany

Scope and Content Note

includes photo of a pencil portrait of Dr. Wilbur Baily, 1946

Box 19, Folder 8

Bara-Bart

Box 19, Folder 9

Bash-Behy

Scope and Content Note

includes: New Year's card from Prime Minister and Mrs. Menachem Begin; reprint by William B. Bean "Omphalosophy and worse verse"; reprint by Claude S. Beck; 8x10" photo of portrait sketch of A. O. Beckman, President of Beckman Instruments

Box 19, Folder 10

Bein-Benz

Box 19, Folder 11

Bera-Bert

Box 19, Folder 12

Best-Bjar

Box 19, Folder 13

Blac-Blau

Box 19, Folder 14

Bled-Bolt

Box 19, Folder 15

Bond-Bors

Box 19, Folder 16

Bost-Bozi

Box 19, Folder 17

Brac-Braz

Box 19, Folder 18

Bren-Broo

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: Herbert Brewer; Anna Maria Brizio

Box 19, Folder 19

Brop-Brya

Box 19, Folder 20

Buch-Bunn

Box 19, Folder 21

Burc-Byrn

Box 19, Folder 22

Cabo-Cali

Box 19, Folder 23

Came-Carl

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by Meredith F. Campbell

Box 20, Folder 1

Carn-Caru

Box 20, Folder 2

Casa-Caym

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: Leo J. Cass

Box 20, Folder 3

Cecc-Chav

Scope and Content Note

includes reprint by Ignacio Chavez

Box 20, Folder 4

Chee-Chiv

Scope and Content Note

includes letter from Carl B. Cheek concerning his book "The snakes of graft"

Box 20, Folder 5

Chri-Chut

Box 20, Folder 6

Ciaa-Cler

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: L. Cifuentes Delatte; Joseph E. Clark

Box 20, Folder 7

Clif-Coli

Box 20, Folder 8

Coll-Coma

Box 20, Folder 9

Comm-Conn

Box 20, Folder 10

Cono-Coop

Box 20, Folder 11

Dail-Dayn

Box 20, Folder 12

Deal-Degr

Scope and Content Note

includes 8x10" photo portrait of Frank V. DeBellis

Box 20, Folder 13

Deha-Dezo

Box 20, Folder 14

Dhan-Dool

Scope and Content Note

includes: reprint by Tibor Doby; 5x7" photograph of Dr. Henry Dodge; *poem and banquet menu for an occasion honoring Dr. William Dock

Note

source of starred (*) material: gift of Jeff Weber, 2009

Box 20, Folder 15

Dorf-Dozi

Box 20, Folder 16

Drey-Dyck

Scope and Content Note

includes: reprint by Glenn S. Dumke; Festschrift for John Englebert Dunphy

Box 20, Folder 17

F - J

Box 20, Folder 18

Kadi-Kaye

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: Arnold Henry Kadish; Joseph Kaplan; John Karnaky; Yale J. Katz

Box 20, Folder 19

Keas-Khou

Box 20, Folder 20

Kibb-Kitt

Scope and Content Note

includes a one-page article on opera star Dorothy Kirsten (Mrs. John French)

Box 20, Folder 21

Klei-Kour

Box 20, Folder 22

Krah-Kwon

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: Ernst Krebs, Jr.; Martin L. Krieger; Fred H. Krock; Geroge Kulick; Jerome M. Kummer

Box 20, Folder 23

Laaa-Lyzz

Box 20, Folder 24

MacD-Mado

Box 20, Folder 25

Maes-Malt

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin; Reza S. Malek

Box 21, Folder 1

Mand-Marz

Scope and Content Note

includes reprint by: Felix Marti-Ibanez; a letter to Helen E. Martin on Aug. 30, 1976 recounts how a box of Belt's materials concerning the history of UCLA Medical School went astray

Box 21, Folder 2

Masc-Mazz

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: Edgar F. Mauer

Box 21, Folder 3

McAt-McWi

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: James E. McCabe; John B. McDonald

Box 21, Folder 4

Mede-Meye

Scope and Content Note

includes essay by A. I. Melden; reprints by Meyer M. Melicow

Box 21, Folder 5

Mich-Mlyn

Box 21, Folder 6

Moes-Moos

Box 21, Folder 7

Mora-Morr

Box 21, Folder 8

Mose-Myer

Box 21, Folder 9

Naga-Nayl

Box 21, Folder 10

Neff-Newy

Box 21, Folder 11

Niag-Nyli

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: G. F. Norman; William Frederick Norwood

Box 21, Folder 12

Ober-Olym

Scope and Content Note

contains reprints by: Maximilian E. Obermayer; Masaaki Ohkoshi; a booklet "The antiquity of the Oil Industry" by E. DeGolyer

Box 21, Folder 13

Omal-Ozdi

Scope and Content Note

includes a booklet "Oral history for the local historical society" by Willa K. Baum

Box 21, Folder 14

Pace-Pazo

Scope and Content Note

includes: 8x10" photograph of Admiral and Mrs. Ernest M. Pace, Jr.; reprint by Alessandro Parronchi

Box 21, Folder 15

Peac-Peop

Box 21, Folder 16

Pepy-Pett

Box 21, Folder 17

Phai-Plum

Scope and Content Note

includes reprint by Edward R. Pinckney

Box 21, Folder 18

Poag-Powl

Scope and Content Note

includes reprint by Roy J. Popkin

Box 21, Folder 19

Pren-Pyra

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: Robert J. Prentiss; A. Puigvert

Box 21, Folder 20

Quac-Quir

Box 21, Folder 21

Raac-Ravi

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: S. M. Rabson; Marcus H. Rabwin; Mark M. Ravitch

Box 21, Folder 22

Reaa-Rezn

Box 22, Folder 1

Rich-Rizo

Box 22, Folder 2

Roac-Rock

Scope and Content Note

includes: Woman of California: Susanna Bryant Dakin, by W.W. Robinson (William Wilcox Robinson), Berkeley, Calif., 1968;

Box 22, Folder 3

Rodg-Rose

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: Stanley E. Rosenberg; Herbert T. Rosenfeld

Box 22, Folder 4

Roso-Ryok

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: Donald E. Ross; Theodore Rothman

Box 22, Folder 5

Saad-Saun

Box 22, Folder 6

Scag-Scul

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: Albert Schweitzer, Richard Scofield

Box 22, Folder 7

Sear-Seva

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: Henry J. Seldis; James E. Serven

Box 22, Folder 8

Shad-Shup

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: Edward Shapiro; T.W. Sheehy; Maurice V. Sheets, and photographs of an exhibit on "Treatment of Bladder Stones Thru History", by Harry S. Shelley

Box 22, Folder 9

Sieg-Slut

Box 22, Folder 10

Smar-Smyt

Scope and Content Note

includes: exhibition catalog from Duke Univ. Museum of Art for Susan Carlton Smith; photocopy of a presentation on prostate cancer by Robert L. Smith, 1969

Box 22, Folder 11

Snap-Spra

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: Herbert Sohn; Benjamin Spector; Leo Spira; obituary and typescript concerning Fred Lowe Soper

Box 22, Folder 12

Staf-Stro

Scope and Content Note

includes: a 35mm slide of Dr. Belt and two 4x5" group snapshots with Dr. Belt, from Dr. Henry L. Stoutz; reprints by: Wendy Stewart; W. Calhoun Stirling; Cecil Striker; newsletters from Karl Storz Endoscopy-America; article about Edward W. Strong; address by Norman H. Strouse to the Grolier Club

Box 22, Folder 13

Stua-Synt

Scope and Content Note

includes reprints by: Moses Swick; John Swinney

Box 22, Folder 14

T-Z

Scope and Content Note

includes: 8x10" photograph of Admiral "Bud" Zumwalt and E.M. Zumwalt; photocopy of an "New Republic" article on Wendell L. Willkie; reprint by Henry A. Wallace and of Washington's farewell address

Series 6. Subjects 1923-1979

Physical Description: 97 folders

Scope and Content Note

Includes topics which had individual folders in Dr. Belt's original files

Subseries 1. Medicine, Clinical Practice 1923-1979

Physical Description: 54 folders

Arrangement

Folders are roughly grouped into: Urology, Other medical topics, and Medical/societal topics.

Box 22, Folder 15

Cryosurgery 1967-1973

Scope and Content Note

special emphasis on prostatectomy

Box 22, Folder 16

Hydronephrosis 1907, 1953

Scope and Content Note

five 8x10" prints of drawings and photographs of the kidney, two by the famous illustrator Max Brödel, dated 1907; photocopy of "Partial resection of the kidney in large hydronephrosis", by Erling F. Hjort

Note

for other Brödel drawings, see folder Brödel, Max under Belt Collecting

Box 22, Folder 17

Hypospadias undated

Scope and Content Note

three sets of drawn illustrations of surgical correction of hypospadias

Note

one set signed "Ted Bloodhart, Elmer Belt Urologic Group"

Box 22, Folder 18

Ileal loop 1956-1957

Scope and Content Note

six 3x4" photographs of surgical repair

Box 22, Folder 19

Incontinence: 1. Cunningham Clamp; 2. Berry Procedure; 3. Kaufman Operation and Prosthesis; 4. Miscellaneous 1923-1973

Scope and Content Note

1. John H. Cunningham: 1923 reprint; correspondence; 2. John L. Berry: 1961 reprint plus later publications; correspondence (some letters describe the Berry Procedure and continuous improvements [by Berry, the Belt Group, and others] in great detail; 3. Joseph J. Kaufman: correspondence, prosthesis description

Note

see also correspondence files for Dr. Kaufman

Box 22, Folder 20

Knee-chest position undated

Scope and Content Note

pencil sketches, and their photographs, showing two views

Box 22, Folder 21

Nephrology, Nephron, Nephrosis 1954-1964

Physical Description: folder 1 of 2

Scope and Content Note

reprints; newsletter and newspaper clippings; brochures; some correspondence

Note

see also: Renal transplant, Hydronephrosis

Box 22, Folder 22

Nephrology, Nephron, Nephrosis 1965-1978

Physical Description: folder 2 of 2

Note

see also: Renal transplant, Hydronephrosis, renal lithiasis

Box 23, Folder 1

Nephron transplant, nephropexy, artificial kidney, dialysis 1939-1975

Scope and Content Note

includes two sets of 12 photos of drawings illustrating nephropexy procedure; most of these are signed "Marjorie Hogg, 1939"

Note

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