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Descriptive Summary
Title: Elmer Belt Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1920-1980, bulk 1958-1978
Collection number: 66
Creator: Belt, Elmer
1893-1980
Extent:
26 boxes (27 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections
for the Sciences
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: Elmer Belt, M.D. (1893-1980), was an internationally
recognized urologist, a book lover who built and donated several important
collections to universities including an unrivaled library of scholarly
materials by and about Leonardo da Vinci, and a civic activist instrumental in
the founding of the UCLA School of Medicine. His interests were wide and his
energy unflagging. This collection of professional and personal papers,
contributed by the estate of his nephew Willard Goodwin, M.D., illustrates Dr.
Belt's intellectual interests, gracious concern for people of all stations, and
his contributions to the science and practice of urology. Unfortunately severe
mildew had attacked seven of the original 32 boxes of the gift and these had to
be discarded.
Physical location: Southern Regional Library Facility
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
Access
The collection is open for research, but access to some materials are
restricted due to patient or legal confidentiality protocols. If a folder is
missing from its assigned box, have staff check the Restricted Files series. All
materials are stored off site and require advance notice for use. Please contact
History and Special Collections for the Sciences, UCLA Louise M. Darling
Biomedical Library, 310.825.6940, to arrange for use.
Publication Rights
Property rights in the physical objects belong to the UCLA Biomedical
Library. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and
their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission
to publish if the Biomedical Library does not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Elmer Belt Papers (Manuscript collection 66). Louise M. Darling Biomedical
Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of
California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Acquisition Information
Donated by the family of Willard Goodwin, M.D. (Dr. Belt's nephew) in 1999,
after Dr. Goodwin's death. Materials had been stored in a basement for many
years and some materials had to be discarded because of water and mold
damage.
Biographical Note
Elmer Belt, M.D. (1893-1980), was a Los Angeles area urologist, bibliophile,
and humanist who was instrumental in the founding of the School of Medicine,
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). An avid book collector, Dr. Belt
became an expert on Leonardo da Vinci and his time, amassing a large and
important collection of books and other material related to da Vinci's life and
work. He donated this collection to UCLA in 1961.
Born Arthur Elmer Belt in Chicago, Illinois on April 10, 1893, his family
moved to Los Angeles when he was nine and then to a small ranch in Orange County
near Anaheim. Elmer Belt (the form of name he preferred) entered Los Angeles
High School in 1907 and enrolled in Latin, a medical school prerequisite. There
he met Ruth Smart whom, he said, he "never subsequently permitted out of my
sight." The two were married in 1918. Belt began collecting books as a student
in 1909 with works by Upton Sinclair; in 1934 he become involved with Sinclair's
campaign for governor of California. The Upton Sinclair collection was
eventually donated to Occidental College.
Belt attended the University of California at Berkeley, obtaining a B.A. in
1916 and an M.A. in 1917. He attended the University of California Medical
School in San Francisco and was chosen as a fellow of the Hooper Institute for
Medical Research, working with Dr. George Whipple and Dr. Frank Hinman. After
finishing medical school in 1920 Belt continued working in urology with Hinman.
Early in his medical school career, Belt signed up for a non-credit elective
course in the History of Medicine taught by Dr. George Washington Corner, an
anatomist who had recently come to the University of California from Johns
Hopkins. It was in this class that Belt developed his fascination and devotion
to Leonardo da Vinci, inspiring the vast library of Vinciana he eventually
donated to UCLA. Subsequently his collecting fervor also included Silas Weir
Mitchell and Florence Nightingale and in the 1930s Belt began working with Los
Angeles bookseller Jake Zeitlin to fulfill these and other ambitious collecting
interests.
After a year as Resident in Urology with Dr. Hinman in San Francisco, Dr.
Belt spent a year as Resident in General Surgery at Boston's Peter Bent Brigham
Hospital, working under Dr. Harvey Cushing. In 1923, the Belts moved to Los
Angeles where he began a private practice. He soon established the Elmer Belt
Urologic Group, a group practice which moved to its own building on Wilshire
Blvd. in 1936; the upper floor of this structure housed his ever-expanding
library. From 1939 through 1954 Belt served as the President of the State Board
of Public Health, having been first appointed by California Governor Culbert
Olsen and then reappointed by Governor Earl Warren for each of Warren's three
terms in office. Dr. Belt had privileges as a staff, attending, or consulting
urologist at many hospitals around Los Angeles County and taught as Clinical
Professor of Surgery (Urology) in the UCLA School of Medicine. He was greatly
instrumental in the founding of the UCLA School of Medicine and finding its
first dean, and continued as its staunch supporter for his whole life.
Elmer Belt died on May 17, 1980 at age 87.
Scope and Content
When evaluating the scope and content of this collection, one should keep in
mind: 1. Dr. Belt had wide interests and he had a strong collecting strain,
which induced him to keep everything. 2. Almost a third of the original gift had
to be discarded because of severe mildew damage. The discards included materials
in all the series: correspondence, professional affiliations, subjects. [Note: A
list of discarded folders identified as closely as possible, with approximate
dates, was compiled when the collection first came to UCLA. This list is kept in
the Collection Control File. Contact the Biomedical Library History and Special
Collections for the Sciences office (310/825-6940) for further information]. 3.
These 26 boxes are only one part of the Belt materials available on the UCLA
campus. Additional collections are listed in the next section, "Related
Materials".
Much may be missing, but much is definitely still available. These papers
give a full illustration of Belt as a physician, a surgeon, a caring and giving
human being, a consummate politician, a supporter of causes, a husband, father,
friend, and a person with a sharp wit and lively intellect. The contents of
"Autobiographical and biographical anecdotes" [Folder 23, Box 11] give a flavor
of the man.
The professional and personal sides of his life were very closely intertwined
and his extensive correspondence exemplifies this fact. One folder may contain a
three-page, single-spaced exposition of a surgical technique developed by the
Elmer Belt Urologic Group, next to birthday and Christmas cards, discussion of a
professional society meeting, comments about a recent new book and a lecture
given about da Vinci, and a letter of recommendation for the correspondent's
son's college application. The materials show that Dr. Belt belonged to and was
active in a huge number of societies and organizations - professional,
political, and cultural; in addition to urology and Leonardo da Vinci, he cared
deeply about public health, whales, snowy owls, local, state, and federal
government, and more, and he was willing to put money and effort behind his
causes. He also cared deeply about education, and libraries and, again, these
concerns are represented by the papers. The UCLA material shows clearly his
investment in the University, and the extraordinary support he gave to the
campus and the Urology Department.
Much of the material that had to be destroyed stemmed from the 1950s, and a
1958 fire in the group offices also did away with many earlier files; therefore
the bulk of the collection is designated as 1958-1978. The arrangement within
folders is often by date, with the latest materials in front, the way the
original Belt files were arranged.
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Professional Activities. 161 folders
- Series 2. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1943-1980. 135
folders
- Series 3. University of California, 1958-1979. 7 folders
- Series 4. Cultural and Personal Matters, 1920-1980. 136 folders
- Series 5. Correspondence, 1946-1980. 298 folders
- Series 6. Subjects, 1923-1979. 97 folders
- Series 7. Restricted Files. 44 folders
Related Material
UCLA BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY HISTORY AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE SCIENCES.
Manuscript Collection #1: "John A. Benjamin papers". Includes reprints of
articles co-authored with Dr. Belt, a 16 mm. film on prostatectomy from the
Elmer Belt Urologic Group, various photographs, correspondence and other items
concerning Dr. Belt
UCLA BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY HISTORY AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE SCIENCES.
Manuscript Collection #43: "Collection of material about Charles Huggins and
correspondence with Elmer Belt and Willard E. Goodwin". Correspondence and
subject files from urologists Elmer Belt and Willard E. Goodwin pertaining to
Canadian oncologist Charles Brenton Huggins, Nobel Prize winner in 1966 for his
discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer. Belt's files span
1956-1977.
UCLA BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY HISTORY AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE SCIENCES.
Manuscript Collection #56: "Charles Donald O'Malley Papers". Some correspondence
between the Belt and O'Malley.
UCLA BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY HISTORY AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE SCIENCES.
Manuscript Collection #181: "Sir William Osler Portrait by Seymour Thomas, and
other Osler-Related Papers". Documents about the original portrait and the
acquisition and presentation of the replica hung at UCLA, which was obtained
through Dr. Elmer Belt's initiative and support. Includes one folder of
Osleriana assembled by Elmer Belt and letters to and from him and Willard
Goodwin.
UCLA ARTS LIBRARY. "Elmer Belt Collection of correspondence, articles,
photographs, etc." 286 boxes. "The Elmer Belt archive: guide to the collection"
available at the Art Library Reference Desk.
UCLA ARTS LIBRARY. "Surgeon and bibliophile: Elmer Belt"; edited
transcriptions of 5 interviews recorded Nov. 1974-Mar. 1975 by Esther de
Ve´csey.
UCLA CHARLES E. YOUNG RESEARCH LIBRARY DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.
Collection 334: "Jake Zeitlin Papers". Contains Belt correspondence,
photographs, book lists, and appraisals from 1935 on.
UCLA CHARLES E. YOUNG RESEARCH LIBRARY DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.
Collection 573: "Willard E. Goodwin Papers". Contains extensive correspondence
with Dr. Belt dating back to 1935, which is not duplicated in the Belt papers;
also photographs and an audiocassette from the Belt memorial service
UCLA ARTS LIBRARY. The Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana.
UCLA BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY. Elmer Belt Florence Nightingale collection.
UCLA BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY. Elmer Belt S. Weir Mitchell Collection.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Elmer Belt Library
of Vinciana.
Belt, Elmer,
1893-1980
Book collectors--California--Los
Angeles--Archival resources
Surgeons--California--Los
Angeles--Archival resources
Univeristy of California, Los
Angeles. School of Medicine--History
Urologists--California--Los
Angeles--Archival resources
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 subject folder: Re-anastomosis
Box 3, Folder 22
Pacific Coast Fertility Society
1971, 1975
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
Program and Membership Roster, 19th Annual Meeting, 1971; meeting
announcements, 1975
Note
Dr. Belt was an active member
Box 3, Folder 23
Pacific Coast Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
1941
Scope and Content Note
the bound volume of the society's "Transactions", v.11, 1941, which includes
"The male factor in infertility" by Dr. Belt, an invited presentation at the
1940 scientific program
Box 3, Folder 24
Pan American Medical Association
1967-1977
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, 1974 membership card, announcements
Box 3, Folder 25
Sociedad de Cirugía de Baja California, Tijuana
1959
Scope and Content Note
program; correspondence
Note
Dr. Belt gave a lecture and a demonstration
Sociedad Mexicana de Urologia - see: Mexican Society of
Urology
Box 3, Folder 26
Société Internationale d'Urologie (International
Society of Urology)
1962-1978
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; notice and reports on meetings; membership list for 1975
Box 3, Folder 27
Société Internationale d'Urologie (International
Society of Urology). XIIIth Congress
1964
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
program documents and invitations; personal invitations; ephemera
Box 3, Folder 28
Société Internationale d'Urologie (International
Society of Urology). XIIIth Congress
1964
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
reports; handbook including program
Box 3, Folder 29
Société Internationale d'Urologie (International
Society of Urology). XVth Congress, Tokyo
1970
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, program, list of participants; draft and typescripts of Dr.
Belt's presentation; business cards and photographs; ephemera
Box 3, Folder 30
Société Internationale d'Urologie (International
Society of Urology). XVIth Congress, Amsterdam
1973
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; typescript of presentation; program, etc.
Note
Dr. Belt was unable to attend the Congress because of illness; the
paper was presented by his co-author, Dr. Fritz H. Schroeder
Box 3, Folder 31
Society for Pediatric Urology
1964-1980
Scope and Content Note
14th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, program, 1964; announcements; "Posterior
urethral valves in the year 1921", by Elmer Belt, contributed to the Society
Newsletter, 1977
Box 3, Folder 32
Society for the Scientific Study of Sex
1974-1979
Scope and Content Note
meeting announcements, including: International Congress of Medical Sexology,
1974; membership card for 1979
Box 3, Folder 33
Society of University Urology Residents, Emory University
1963-1964
Scope and Content Note
correspondence with Charles Rieser, MD; University brochures; newspaper
clipping
Note
Dr. Belt gave a presentation to the group
Box 3, Folder 34
Southwestern Medical Association Annual Meetings,
Albuquerque
1949, 1962
Scope and Content Note
1949: text of "Office urology", an address by Dr. Belt; 1962: he was a guest
speaker, presenting "Diagnosis of cancer of the prostate gland", and "Vasectomy
for sterilization"; official program; correspondence; notes; newspaper
clippings
Box 3, Folder 35
Texas Urological Society. Annual meeting.
1962-1963
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; meeting program
Note
Dr. Belt presented a clinical paper, demonstrated a surgical procedure
on a patient, and gave an after-dinner speech on Leonardo da Vinci
Box 4, Folder 1
University of Washington, Seattle
1966
Scope and Content Note
correspondence relating to Dr. Belt's week as a visiting surgeon; newspaper
clippings re. Dr. Julian Ansell and mountain climbing
Box 4, Folder 2
Miscellaneous professional organizations, A-C
1963-1979
Scope and Content Note
scattered newsletters, announcements, brochures and other impersonal
documents
Note
included are: American Academy of Dermatology, American Association of
Medical Clinics, American College of Physicians, American Council on
Occupational Fatigue, American Group Practice Association, American Heart
Association Council on the Kidney, American Hospital Association, American
Society of Clinical Hypnosis, American Society of Law and Medicine, Cooperative
of American Physicians
Box 4, Folder 3
Miscellaneous professional organizations, M-Z
1967-1979
Scope and Content Note
scattered newsletters, announcements, brochures and other impersonal
documents
Note
included are: National Rehabilitation Association, National Society for
Medical Research
Box 4, Folder 4
Affiliated Hospitals Center
1978-1979
Scope and Content Note
newsletter: "ACH Report"
Box 4, Folder 5
American Academy of Medical Preventics
1974
Scope and Content Note
program and announcements for the Academy's Fall Conference, 1974, on
cardiovascular therapies
Box 4, Folder 6
American Cancer Society
1975-1979
Scope and Content Note
newsletters, brochures, meeting announcements
Box 4, Folder 7
American Diabetes Association, and Diabetes Association of Southern
California
1973-1975
Scope and Content Note
regional and chapter meeting announcements; national and local newsletters
and other publications
Box 4, Folder 8
Association for Voluntary Sterilization
1963-1969
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; announcements; newsletter
Note
formerly known as: Human Betterment Association for Voluntary
Sterilization
Box 4, Folder 9
Association for Voluntary Sterilization
1970-1977
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; newsletter; announcements
Box 4, Folder 10
California Association of Rehabilitation Facilities
1974-1975
Scope and Content Note
newsletter: "The Facilitator"
Box 4, Folder 11
Kidney Foundation of Southern California, and National Kidney
Foundation
1975-1980
Scope and Content Note
newsletters, announcements, memoranda
Box 4, Folder 12
International Planned Parenthood Federation, and Planned Parenthood
Federation of America
1969-1979
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; newsletter issues: "Research in Reproduction"
Box 4, Folder 13
Medical Research Association of California
1971-1979
Scope and Content Note
membership cards; newsletter; meeting announcements
Box 4, Folder 14
Medical Symposium Society of Los Angeles (The Medical Symposium of
Los Angeles)
1958, 1975
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; membership application, bylaws; meeting announcements
Box 4, Folder 15
Various state agencies
1959-1979
Scope and Content Note
correspondence with: Dept. of Rehabilitation, Calif. Health and Welfare
Agency, Public Health Assoc., Dept. of Social Welfare, Professional and
Vocational Standards, Board of Medical Examiners, etc.
Box 4, Folder 16
California State Board of Public Health
1959
Scope and Content Note
correspondence re. Governor Knight's failure to reappoint Dr. Belt;
reminiscences about appointment and work on the Board
Subseries 3.
Honors and Awards
1962-1977
Physical Description: 7 folders
Arrangement
by date
Box 4, Folder 17
Doctor of Laws degree, honorary
1962
Scope and Content Note
photocopy and negative of the diploma of award
Note
conferred by the Regents of the University of California "in
recognition of his meritorious achievements", in Los Angeles, June 8, 1962; for
photograph, see Box 11, Folder 27
Box 4, Folder 18
Award for University Service, Dr. and Mrs. Elmer Belt
1964
Scope and Content Note
news clip from "UCLA Alumni Magazine", July-August 1964, with picture of Dr.
and Mrs. Belt
Note
awarded by the UCLA Alumni Association
Box 4, Folder 19
International Symposium on Leonardo da Vinci
1966
Scope and Content Note
official program
Note
the symposium marked the opening of the new Dickson Art Center at UCLA,
and the subject was chosen to express the University's appreciation for Dr.
Belt's gift of his Library of Vinciana; correspondence regarding the symposium
is scattered throughout the papers
Box 4, Folder 20
Sir Thomas More Medal for Book Collecting, awarded by the Gleeson
Library Associates, University of San Francisco
1971-1972
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; announcement, program, and citation awarded at the ceremony;
brochures of the Gleeson Library Associates
"Elmer Belt at Eighty: a Tribute"
1973
Scope and Content Note
celebration at The Ralph Freud Playhouse, Macgowan Hall, University of
California, Los Angeles, April 12, 1973
Note
see: folders on Elmer Belt's 80th birthday under "Personal"
Series
Box 4, Folder 21
Nomination for the Sheen Awards
1974
Scope and Content Note
awards announcement and list of previous honorees; letters of support for Dr.
Belt
Note
the nomination came from the Medical Staff of the Hospital of the Good
Samaritan, Los Angeles
Box 4, Folder 22
Special plaque from the medical faculty, alumni, and students of the
UCLA School of Medicine, awarded at the Hippocratic Oath Ceremony of the 21st
graduating class
1975
Scope and Content Note
reduced facsimile of the plaque; program of the award ceremony; numerous
letters of congratulation
Box 4, Folder 23
Aesculapian Award
1977
Scope and Content Note
awarded at the 22nd anniversary convocation of the UCLA School of Medicine,
for Dr. Belt's "extraordinarily outstanding contributions" to the medical
school
Subseries 4.
Publications
1920-1978
Physical Description: 33 folders
Arrangement
28 folders on medical topics, then 8 folders on da Vinci
Scope and Content Note
only a part of Dr. Belt's huge published output; additional publications and
presentations are entered under "Professional Societies and Meetings"; Folder
11, Box 21 contains some publication listings
Box 4, Folder 24
Typed list of publications on all subjects
1920-1977
Scope and Content Note
a draft copy with many pencil annotations
Box 4, Folder 25
Reprints: Medical publications
1920-1925
Physical Description: folder 1 of 3
Scope and Content Note
reprints or photocopies of articles, chapters, book reviews, etc.
Box 4, Folder 26
Reprints: Medical publications
1931-1942
Physical Description: folder 2 of 3
Scope and Content Note
reprints or photocopies of articles, chapters, book reviews, addresses,
etc.
Box 4, Folder 27
Reprints: Medical publications
1943-1977
Physical Description: folder 3 of 3
Scope and Content Note
reprints or photocopies of articles, chapters, book reviews, addresses,
etc.
Box 4, Folder 28
"An experimental study of ureteroduodenostomy", by Frank Hinman and
A. Elmer Belt
1922
Scope and Content Note
photocopy, published in: "Journal of A.M.A.", 79(23): 1017-1024, Dec. 2,
1922
Box 4, Folder 29
"The cystoscope and its use", by Elmer Belt and Donald A. Charnock,
and "Modern tests of renal function", by Elmer Belt
1936
Scope and Content Note
photocopies of two chapters in: "Modern Urology, V. II", edited by Hugh
Cabot; Philadelphia, Lea and Febiger
Box 4, Folder 30
""The Practice of Medicine" by William Osler, the Book of Greatest
Influence upon my Life", by Elmer Belt
1937
Scope and Content Note
photocopy of published address given before the Zamorano Club, Los Angeles;
photo of the Osler portrait painted by Seymour Thomas [a larger copy in the
oversize Box 25, Folder 4]; photocopy of a Christmas card sent by the Elmer Belt
Urologic Group, featuring the Osler portrait; one-page description outlining the
circumstances of the creation of the portrait; reprint of an article by Willard
E. Goodwin from the "Bulletin of the History of Medicine", 20(5): 611-652, 1946,
titled "William Osler and Howard A. Kelly: physicians, medical historians,
friends, as revealed by nineteen letters from Osler to Kelly"; *6-page typed
letter from Belt to Prof. Hedley Atkins, London, retailing some amusing
anecdotes about Osler; *letter from Kate Steinitz explaining variations between
the 1st and 2nd printings of the 1st edition of Osler's "Principles and Practice
of Medicine"; *six 8x10" negatives of Osler citations and certificates
Note
source of starred (*) materials: gift of Jeff Weber, 2009; see also
material on Seymour Thomas, Box 24, Folder 14
Box 4, Folder 31
"Sterilization", by Elmer Belt
1940
Scope and Content Note
reprint from "Pacific Coast Medicine, 7(1), January 1940; 3 pp.
Box 4, Folder 32
"A doctor's estimate of Governor Olson", by Elmer Belt
1942
Scope and Content Note
in: "The Family Physician", 5(7):12-13,26-27, Oct. 1942; photocopy
Box 4, Folder 33
"Hyperion Beach pollution survey reveals dangerous condition", by
Elmer Belt
1942
Scope and Content Note
in: "Western City"; photocopy
Note
Dr. Belt was President of the California State Board of Public Health
at the time
Box 4, Folder 34
"Role of roentgenography and radiotherapy in the development of
urology", by N. S. R. Maluf.
1955-1956
Scope and Content Note
outline and three draft stages of the manuscript; correspondence, mostly with
Lawrence Reynolds, editor of the "American Journal of Roentgenology"
Note
Dr. Belt was originally asked to provide a paper on this topic; he
elicited Dr. Maluf's help, and subsequently decided that Dr. Maluf deserved to
be sole author. See also: correspondence folder for Dr. Maluf
Box 4, Folder 35
"Operations on the prostate"
1955-1956, 1960
Scope and Content Note
correspondence with Springer-Verlag, publishers of the Encyclopedia of
Urology (Handbuch der Urologie)
Note
Dr. Belt had a contract to supply the above chapter, but there is no
indication that he submitted a manuscript
Box 4, Folder 36
"Tumors of the bladder" and "Tumors of the ureter", in: "Cancer:
diagnosis and treatment", edited by John B. Field. Boston: Little,
Brown
1956-1959
Scope and Content Note
text of two chapters; extensive notes
Box 4, Folder 37
"Ureter and kidney--injuries and diseases", chapter by Elmer and
Bruce Belt, in: "Traumatic Medicine and Surgery for the Attorney", vol.
5
1960-1969
Scope and Content Note
correspondence with Butterworth, publishers; numerous illustrations, some not
used in the publication
Note
see also the next folder for publication of a revised chapter published
by Mathew Bender
Box 4, Folder 38
"Ureter and kidney--injuries and diseases", chapter 286 by Elmer
Belt, in: "Attorney's Textbook of Medicine"
1972-1977
Scope and Content Note
published by Matthew Bender, 1949-; reprint pages are dated 1972
Note
revision of the chapter published by Butterworth in 1962
Box 4, Folder 39
"Repair of vesicovaginal and urethrovaginal fistulas"
1964
Scope and Content Note
correspondence regarding a symposium contribution, to be published in
"Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology"
Note
for other materials on vesicovaginal fistula, see folder 1 and 2 under
California Medical Association
Box 4, Folder 40
"A sensible approach to use of the catheter"
1967-1975
Scope and Content Note
an article "prepared with the assistance of Elmer Belt", published in
"Patient Care", Oct. 1967; 1975 request from an editor to consider updating
Box 4, Folder 41
"Surgical reconstruction of the penis in skin losses, using scrotum
skin", by Salvador Castañares and Elmer Belt
1968
Scope and Content Note
reprint; pen and ink illustrations; 19 35mm slides of the operation
Note
published in: "British Journal of Plastic Surgery", XXI(3): 253-257,
July 1968
Box 4, Folder 42
"The Continuity of Education"
1964-1973
Scope and Content Note
Dr. Belt describes his own history as a medical student, physician and
surgeon in urology, a State Board of Public Health member, and a book collector,
and also the story behind the founding of the UCLA School of Medicine for a
chapter in: "There was Light: autobiography of a university, Berkeley,
1868-1968", ed. by Irving Stone. Doubleday, 1970; correspondence with Stone
concerning the chapter, plus some earlier letters; typescripts of four other
contributions to the volume, by John W. Gardner, W.F. Libby, George Stewart, and
Paul Schuster Taylor.
Box 4, Folder 43
"Total perineal prostatectomy in 398 patients with cancer of the
prostate", by Elmer Belt and Fritz H. Schroeder
1969-1970
Scope and Content Note
notes and drafts of the paper; German and English typescripts; original
illustrations and slides; reprint; invitation, and published commentaries on the
Symposium
Note
presented at: the "International Symposium on the Treatment of
Carcinoma of the Prostate", Berlin, 1969; published in: "Der Urologe", IX A(2):
65-68, 1970
Box 5, Folder 1
Perineal prostatectomy
undated
Scope and Content Note
text dictated by Dr. Belt describing the surgical technique to be used,
including legends for figures, but no illustrations; also a 1969 six-page letter
to John L. Denman, MD, with detailed surgical description of the prostatectomy
operation; also reprints by Theodore H. Lehman and M. M. Parker
Note
the original folder bore the legend: "Exhibit in Basement; for
record"
Box 5, Folder 2
Research materials on prostate cancer and results of radical perineal
prostatectomies
ca. 1927-1948
Scope and Content Note
notes and tables
Note
original folder had notation "Dr. Heller's notes on
patients"
Box 5, Folder 3
"Total perineal prostatectomy for carcinoma of the prostate", by
Elmer Belt and Fritz H. Schroeder
1971-1972
Scope and Content Note
reprint; paper draft and illustrations; some correspondence; program of AUA
meeting at which paper was originally presented
Note
presented at: American Urological Association, 65th annual meeting,
Philadelphia, 1970; published in: "The Journal of Urology", 107(1): 91-96,
1972
Box 5, Folder 4
Publications in "Human Sexuality"
1970-1978
Scope and Content Note
drafts and edited texts, correspondence for: "Prosthetic aids for impotence",
October 1970; "Commentary" on "Sex after urologic surgery", p.259, October 1973;
"Surgical restoration of foreskin", pp.129-30, March 1974; "My most unusual
sexual case", p.74, April 1978; additional correspondence
Box 5, Folder 5
"What is a urologist?"
1978
Scope and Content Note
several drafts of a submission for a press kit of the American Urological
Association; some correspondence
Box 5, Folder 6
Reprints: Publications on Leonardo da Vinci and other historical
topics
1950-1965
Scope and Content Note
articles, book reviews
Box 5, Folder 7
"Art education in contemporary life"
1958
Physical Description: water-damaged, pages glued together
Scope and Content Note
page proof; published in: Pacific Art Association Bulletin, February 1958
Box 5, Folder 8
"The professional library: the precious tool of our
civilization"
undated
Scope and Content Note
10-page double-spaced typescript; referred to by Kate Steinitz in 1959 as
"...the Loma Linda lecture"
Box 5, Folder 9
Introduction to "The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci"
1962
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; typed draft of Dr. Belt's original text and the edited form;
address lists of recipients of gift copies from Dr. Belt
Note
published in much abridged form by Borden Pub. Co. in their soft-cover
Master Draughtsman Series
Box 5, Folder 10
"Leonardo the Florentine (1452-1519)"
1965
Scope and Content Note
typescript of manuscript, photograph of illustrations; correspondence;
reprint with final corrections
Note
published in "Investigative Urology" 3(1): 99-109, 1965
Box 5, Folder 11
Book review of "Trial and Triumph: a novel about Maimonides", by
Lester M. Morrison and Richard G. Hubler, Crown, 1965
1965
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; several drafts of Dr. Belt's review; photocopies of two other
reviews of the book
Note
Dr. Belt's review published in: "Los Angeles County Medical Association
Bulletin", Dec. 2, 1965: 38-42
Box 5, Folder 12
"The joy of Kate Steinitz"; introduction to the 80th birthday
tribute: "Kate Steinitz, Librarian, Artist, Scholar", in: "Wilson Library
Bulletin", 44(5): 514-517, 1970
1969-1970
Scope and Content Note
issue of the bulletin; typed copies of Dr. Belt's and Jake Zeitlin's
contributions; typescript: "The professional librarian; the precious tool of our
civilization", [no author; probably Dr. Belt]; correspondence
Note
Kate Steinitz was Dr. Belt's librarian, co-builder of the da Vinci
Library, and a da Vinci scholar in her own right; see also the many Kate
Steinitz correspondence folders
Box 5, Folder 13
"Manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci"
undated
Scope and Content Note
typed draft of talk or article
Note
an attached note says "not complete"
Series 2.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
1943-1980
Physical Description: 135 folders
Scope and Content Note
a large mass of materials ranging from high import (e.g.: founding of the
School of Medicine; gift of the Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana; financial
support for programs in the Departments of Surgery and Urology and on the campus
generally) to routine departmental memos and campus ephemera
Arrangement
grouped by organizational units on the campus: schools, departments, etc.
Subseries 1.
UCLA School of Medicine
1943-1980
Physical Description: 51 folders
Arrangement
by departments and units
Scope and Content Note
Dr. Belt held an appointment as Clinical Professor of Surgery (Urology) in
the UCLA School of Medicine from the beginning of the School until his death,
and taught and attended occasional rounds almost that long
Box 5, Folder 14
Founding of the UCLA School of Medicine
1943, 1946
Scope and Content Note
1943 letter from Dr. Belt to Judge Dudley S. Valentine outlining the need for
another medical school in Los Angeles, under the auspices of UCLA; 8x10"
photograph of Governor Earl Warren signing legislation authorizing
appropriations for a medical school at UCLA; Dr. Belt is one of the five men
watching the governor
Box 5, Folder 15
Group portrait of the Founding Professors of the School of Medicine,
University of California, Los Angeles
1959-1961
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
extensive correspondence from the preliminary stages through the unveiling
ceremony and after, including letters to and from Charles F. Cross, portrait
artist; list of donors
Note
the Founders' portrait depicts: Drs. Charles Carpenter, Andrew Dowdy,
John Lawrence, William Longmire, and Stafford Warren. Dr. Belt was a prime mover
of this project
Box 5, Folder 16
Group portrait of the Founding Professors of the School of Medicine,
University of California, Los Angeles
1960
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
color photos of the Founders portrait, and of individual portraits of Drs.
Charles Carpenter, Andrew Dowdy, John Lawrence, William Longmire, and Stafford
Warren in more informal dress, also painted by Charles Cross
Note
each 5x7" photo mounted in cardboard folder
Box 5, Folder 17
Budgetary and fiscal procedure chart, UCLA School of
Medicine
undated
Scope and Content Note
Organization chart, marked "Work sheet only; not for issue"
Box 5, Folder 18
Mellinkoff, Dr. Sherman M.
1962-1968
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; memos from the Dean's Office; newspaper clippings
Note
Dr. Mellinkoff was Dean of the UCLA School of Medicine, 1952-1986;
Belt's letter of July 10, 1962 has interesting background to founding of UCLA
School of Medicine
Box 5, Folder 19
Mellinkoff, Dr. Sherman M.
1969-1980
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
includes typescript of "The position of the Association of American Medical
Colleges on the Carnegie Commission report, "Higher education and the nation's
health", Dec. 1970
Box 5, Folder 20
Field, Dr. John
1969-1970
Scope and Content Note
Draft of report to the Macy Foundation: "Medical Education in the United
States: late 19th and 20th centuries", and reprint of "The Flexner Report after
sixty years - an appreciation"
Note
Associate Dean UCLA School of Medicine
Box 5, Folder 21
UCLA Medicine. Report of the UCLA School of Medicine.
1965-66
Scope and Content Note
the first two issues of a magazine intended to be a "...periodic
communication joining all who have interests and memories and aspirations
touching the UCLA School of Medicine."
Box 5, Folder 22
Medicine at UCLA. Report of UCLA School of Medicine.
1977
Scope and Content Note
first issue of a new magazine for alumni, faculty and friends
Box 5, Folder 23
UCLA School of Medicine Convocation
1977 May 14
Scope and Content Note
text of four presentations; correspondence
Box 5, Folder 24
UCLA School of Medicine Hippocratic Oath Ceremony
1961-1978
Scope and Content Note
invitations
Box 5, Folder 25
Veritas. Official publication of the UCLA Medical Students'
Council
1969
Scope and Content Note
V.I, No. 1 - V. II, No. 3 (May-Nov. 1969) (8 issues)
Box 5, Folder 26
Departmental memoranda, announcements, general
correspondence
1959-1979
Note
Dr. Belt was a Clinical Professor of Surgery/Urology, joining the
Department in 1951
Box 5, Folder 27
Weekend conference: "The Department of Surgery Planning Session for
the Seventies"
1970
Scope and Content Note
Preliminary materials; "Final Report of the Task Force on Departmental
Reform, September 1969"; descriptive brochure of the Lake Arrowhead Conference
Center
Note
Dr. Belt was invited to attend as one representative of the clinical
faculty
Box 5, Folder 28
Barker, Dr. Wiley F. (and Nan)
1961-1976
Scope and Content Note
professional and personal correspondence
Box 5, Folder 29
Longmire, Dr. William P. Jr.
1957-1979
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, both professional and personal
Note
Dr. Longmire, Professor of Surgery, was one of the five founding
fathers of the UCLA School of Medicine and the first Chair of the Department, a
position he filled until 1976. See also folders for "The Fund for Visiting
Professors" and "Founders' Portrait" for additional correspondence, and both
Founders folders for painted portraits
Box 5, Folder 30
Maloney, Dr. James V. Jr.
1956-1972
Scope and Content Note
correspondence
Note
Dr. Maloney was Professor of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, and
Chair of the Department. Later, more general, correspondence can be found with
the Surgery memos
Box 5, Folder 31
Rand, Dr. Robert W.
1965
Scope and Content Note
correspondence
Box 5, Folder 32
Urist, Dr. Marshall R.
1961-1972
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, both professional and personal
Note
Dr. Urist joined the UCLA School of Medicine Department of Surgery in
1948 as an adjunct orthopedic surgeon and research scientist and retained the
affiliation until his death in 1981.
Box 5, Folder 33
Division of Urology memoranda, announcements,
correspondence
1961-1969
Physical Description: folder 1 of 3
Note
includes a color snapshot of a group at a luncheon honoring the
visiting Dr. England, at the Los Angeles Country Club; Dr. Belt is at the head
of the table (5/11/64)
Box 5, Folder 34
Division of Urology memoranda, announcements,
correspondence
1970-1974
Physical Description: folder 2 or 3
Box 5, Folder 35
Division of Urology memoranda, announcements,
correspondence
1975-1980
Physical Description: folder 3 of 3
Box 5, Folder 36
Goodwin, Dr. Willard E. (Elmer)
1952-1974
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; reprints by Goodwin and others; photograph of Goodwin as a
child; eight 8x10" portraits; newspaper clipping about Goodwin's 1951 UCLA
appointment as founding Chair of Urology Division; 2.25 x 2.25" negatives of Dr.
Goodwin in a library
Note
Dr. Goodwin was Dr. Belt's nephew; their correspondence is spread
widely throughout the papers; according to the original folder, the portraits
were taken by Karsh, [probably soon after 1951]; other photographs of Dr.
Goodwin and his family are noted throughout the collection
Box 5, Folder 37
Kaufman, Dr. Joseph J. (and Phyllis)
1960-1967
Physical Description: folder 1 of 3
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, Kaufman reprints
Note
Dr. Kaufman joined the faculty in 1960 and served as Chair, Division of
Urology, 1970-1984
Box 6, Folder 1
Kaufman, Dr. Joseph J.
1968-1972
Physical Description: folder 2 of 3
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, reprints
Box 6, Folder 2
Kaufman, Dr. Joseph J.
1973-1980
Physical Description: folder 3 of 3
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, reprints
Box 6, Folder 3
The Fund for the Advancement of Urology
1952-1970
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
statement describing the fund (undated), whose purpose was soliciting
donations; correspondence, minutes, tax documents
Note
The Fund was a private charitable trust set up to support urological
research, particularly in the UCLA School of Medicine; Dr. Belt was a founder
and a trustee of the Fund
Box 6, Folder 4
The Fund for the Advancement of Urology
1971-1974
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
correspondence among the trustees, including considerations of termination of
the fund; final tax documents; legal documents and correspondence regarding
legacies
Box 6, Folder 5
The Fund for Visiting Professors
1962-1968
Physical Description: folder 1 of 5
Scope and Content Note
Declaration of Trust; correspondence, bank statements, tax returns; financial
reports, meeting minutes, and resolutions toward honorariums
Note
Dr. Belt was a trustee of the private fund, which supported visitors to
the UCLA Department of Surgery, and he often took responsibility for the
entertainment of the visitors
Box 6, Folder 6
The Fund for Visiting Professors
1969-1972
Physical Description: folder 2 of 5
Box 6, Folder 7
The Fund for Visiting Professors
1973-1974
Physical Description: folder 3 of 5
Box 6, Folder 8
The Fund for Visiting Professors
1975-1976
Physical Description: folder 4 of 5
Box 6, Folder 9
The Fund for Visiting Professors
1977-1980
Physical Description: folder 5 of 5
Box 6, Folder 10
California Institute for Cancer Research
1960, 1970-1972
Physical Description: folder 1 of 3
Scope and Content Note
reports, meeting minutes, financial statements of the Board of Directors, the
Executive Committee and other Committees; some correspondence
Note
the CICR was established in 1947 in the UCLA Center for Health
Sciences; Dr. Belt was a founding and continuing member of the Board of
Directors
Box 6, Folder 11
California Institute for Cancer Research
1973-1975
Physical Description: folder 2 of 3
Scope and Content Note
reports, etc.
Box 6, Folder 12
California Institute for Cancer Research
1976-1977
Physical Description: folder 3 of 3
Scope and Content Note
reports, etc.
Box 6, Folder 13
UCLA Cancer Center Bulletin
1973-1977
Scope and Content Note
bimonthly
Note
published by the UCLA Cancer Center, later the UCLA Jonsson
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Box 6, Folder 14
Stein, Dr. Justin J.
1956-1979
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, newspaper clippings, and Stein reprints
Note
Dr. Stein was appointed Professor of Radiological Sciences at UCLA in
1952 and was Chief of Radiation Therapy
Box 6, Folder 15
The Leo G. Rigler Center for Radiological Sciences
1971
Scope and Content Note
invitation to the Center's dedication
Box 6, Folder 16
Carpenter, Dr. Charles M.
1956-1966
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; includes an 8 x 10" photograph "First meeting of Department
Chairmen of the UCLA School of Medicine with Chancellor Murphy", April 19,
1960
Note
Dr. Carpenter was Professor and Chairman of the Department, and one of
the founding department chairs of the UCLA School of Medicine; for a painted
portrait, see Founders folders: Box 5, Folders 15-16
Box 6, Folder 17
Maxwell, Dr. Morton H.
1960-1967
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; newspaper clipping; forms for kidney stone project
Box 6, Folder 18
Miscellany
1974-1978
Scope and Content Note
correspondence
Box 6, Folder 19
Departmental miscellany
1957-1970
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, largely with Drs. Horace Magoun and C.D. O'Malley; O'Malley,
Magoun and Leslie Agnew reprints; Department announcements
Note
in 1959 Dr. Belt was appointed Lecturer in Medical History (without
salary) in the Division of Medical History, a division of the Department of
Anatomy; in 1967 the Division became a separate Department of Medical
History
Box 6, Folder 20
International Symposium on the History of Medical
Education
1968-1970
Scope and Content Note
program; correspondence; typescript and reprints of presentations
Note
see also John Field folder
Box 6, Folder 21
Rose, Dr. Augustus S. (and Grace)
1958-1970
Box 6, Folder 22
Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatric Institute
(NPI)
1958-1976
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; newspaper clippings
Box 6, Folder 23
Department of Anatomy
1961-1967
Scope and Content Note
annual reports; some correspondence, memos
Box 6, Folder 24
Department of Anatomy
1968-1969
Scope and Content Note
annual reports; some correspondence, memos
Box 6, Folder 25
UCLA Medical Society
1963-1968
Scope and Content Note
announcements of meetings
Box 6, Folder 26
UCLA Medical Faculty Society
1963
Scope and Content Note
one letter thanking Dr. Belt for a generous contribution
Box 6, Folder 27
UCLA Medical Faculty Wives
1974
Scope and Content Note
announcement and invitation
Subseries 2.
UCLA Hospital and Clinics
1955-1979
Physical Description: 4 folders
Arrangement
by topic
Box 6, Folder 28
UCLA Medical Center Auxiliary
1967-1971
Scope and Content Note
agenda for Board of Directors meeting; announcement
Box 6, Folder 29
Medical staff of the UCLA Hospital
1955-1979
Scope and Content Note
Tumor Registry statistics for 1955; notices, reappointment forms, hospital
brochure
Note
Dr. Belt had staff privileges at the UCLA Hospital
Box 6, Folder 30
Wilson Pavilion Project
1964-1969
Scope and Content Note
reports, memoranda, and correspondence
Note
Dr. Belt was a member of the Fund Raising Committee
Box 7, Folder 1
Jules Stein Eye Institute
1971
Scope and Content Note
correspondence with Dr. Robert E. Christensen
Subseries 3.
UCLA School of Public Health
1966-1974
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 2
Memoranda, announcements
1966-1974
Subseries 4.
School of Nursing
1969-1979
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 3
Miscellany
1969-1979
Scope and Content Note
announcement, newspaper clipping, etc.
Subseries 5.
UCLA Libraries
1951-1979
Physical Description: 55 folders
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, publicity, and photographs, plus materials concerning content
and legal matters relating to the gift of the Vinciana Library; extensive and
long-lasting correspondence with three people exceedingly important to the
organization, scholarly utilization, and world-wide awareness of the Vinciana
Library: Dr. Ladislao Reti, Professor Carlo Pedretti, and Kate Trauman Steinitz,
Dr. Belt's invaluable librarian
Box 7, Folder 4
Correspondence, publications, announcements
1961-1979
Scope and Content Note
correspondence mainly with Robert Vosper, University Librarian (1961-1973);
some annual reports, library guides; publications by Mr. Vosper and other
library personnel; Oral History Program brochure
Box 7, Folder 5
Library publications
1977-1978
Scope and Content Note
"UCLA Librarian" (newsletter; v.XXX: 1-12, v,XXXI: 3-12); attached to XXX:6,
a short letter to Page Ackerman on her retirement as University Librarian
Box 7, Folder 6
Library publications
1979-1980
Scope and Content Note
"UCLA Librarian" (newsletter; v.XXII: 1-11, v.XXXIII: 1-3). "Seven Years of
Community Support, 1971-1978: some gifts that have helped UCLA Library grow from
three to four million volumes"
Box 7, Folder 7
Friends of the UCLA Library
1959-1980
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; announcements; publications of the UCLA Library, The Friends,
and the School of Library Service
Note
Friends of the Library was an independent library support
group
Box 7, Folder 8
Report on collections donated to the Biomedical Library by Dr.
Belt
1974
Scope and Content Note
Report by Belt Librarian Mae Babitz to Dr. Belt concerning the state and care
of the S. Weir Mitchell books and Florence Nightingale items which he had
donated to the Biomedical Library
Box 7, Folder 9
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
1960-1979
Scope and Content Note
announcements, brochures, annual report, some correspondence
Box 7, Folder 10
Powell, Lawrence Clark, Ph.D.
1957-1979
Scope and Content Note
includes a number of Powell reprints and a copy of his "Bibliographers of the
Golden State"
Box 7, Folder 11
Personal correspondence between library personnel and Dr.
Belt
1972-1979
Box 7, Folder 12
The Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana
1957
Scope and Content Note
brochure; press releases and press notices; newspaper and journal clippings
and reprints
Box 7, Folder 13
"Valuable Leonardo da Vinci Library given to UCLA"
1961
Scope and Content Note
UCLA news release regarding the gift
Box 7, Folder 14
Dedication of the Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana
1961
Scope and Content Note
eight 8x10" photographs
Box 7, Folder 15
Background documents for the gift of the Elmer Belt Library of
Vinciana to UCLA
1959-1962
Scope and Content Note
correspondence on legal matters and the decision in which UCLA library to
place the collection
Box 7, Folder 16
The fourth donation to the Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana at
UCLA
1973
Scope and Content Note
a list of the additional books donated by the Belts, bound in a presentation
booklet by Kate Steinitz and Mae Babitz
Box 7, Folder 17
Further gifts to the Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana at
UCLA
1971-1977
Scope and Content Note
Book lists, deeds of gift, acknowledgement of gifts
Box 7, Folder 18
Article and photographs for magazine "Friends" by Lou
Jacob
1963
Scope and Content Note
draft of article and captions, and six of the photographs taken by Mr. Jacob
of Dr. Belt in the temporary library; cover letter from Jacobs to Kate
Steinitz
Box 7, Folder 19
General correspondence
1962-1979
Scope and Content Note
many letters between UCLA Library staff and Dr. Belt, plus outside
correspondence; much interest expressed in the "Catalogue of the Incunabula in
the Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana", compiled by Frances L. Finger of the
Library
Note
letter to Talbott (9/28/70) gives details of Belt auto
accident
Box 7, Folder 20
Correspondence with Belt Library of Vinciana staff at
UCLA
1966-1979
Scope and Content Note
correspondents were Frances Finger, Joyce Ludmer, Vicky Steele, and library
assistants
Box 7, Folder 21
Buba, Mrs. Joy
1976-1977
Scope and Content Note
correspondence concerns purchase of the second casting of a portrait
sculpture of Dr. George Washington Corner, created by Mrs. Buba; the piece is
now installed in the Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana at UCLA
Note
Dr. Corner was Dr. Belt's first Professor of Anatomy at Berkeley, and
the person who led to his interest in da Vinci
Box 7, Folder 22
"Leonardo da Vinci", catalog of an exhibition
1951
Scope and Content Note
mounted by the International Business Machines Corporation; includes an essay
"Leonardo da Vinci the Scientist" by Ludwig Heinrich Heydenreich, and many
photographs of models which were built based on da Vinci's drawings
Note
Dr. Belt is thanked in the Acknowledgments "for the use of his great
Library of Vinciana and...the untiring help of Kate Trauman Steinitz and Margot
Archer, Librarians"
Box 7, Folder 23
"The Doctor and da Vinci": an exhibit at the California Museum of
Science and Industry, Los Angeles, of items from the Elmer Belt Library of
Vinciana, plus photographs of Dr. Belt
1969-1970
Scope and Content Note
announcement; correspondence; newspaper clippings
Note
publicity photographs for the exhibit in folders: "Photographs of Dr.
Belt" and "Family photographs"
Box 7, Folder 24
Pedretti, Professor Carlo (and Rosanna)
1954-1965
Physical Description: folder 1 of 3
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; Pedretti reprints
Note
the young Italian da Vinci scholar was brought to UCLA in 1959 through
Dr. Belt's urging and influence
Box 7, Folder 25
Pedretti, Professor Carlo (and Rosanna)
1966-1972
Physical Description: folder 2 of 3
Box 7, Folder 26
Pedretti, Professor Carlo (and Rosanna)
1973-1980
Physical Description: folder 3 of 3
Scope and Content Note
includes Dr. Belt's reminiscence of Pedretti's coming to UCLA
Box 7, Folder 27
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1952-1955
Physical Description: folder 1 of 21
Scope and Content Note
correspondence: mainly notes and reports from KS to EB; also correspondence
from around the world to KS and EB concerning da Vinci-related affairs;
inquiries about da Vinci specifics; reprints by KS and others; photographs of KS
and family, and others
Note
Kate Steinitz was Dr. Belt's longtime librarian, an artist who became a
Renaissance and da Vinci scholar in her own right and published
extensively
Box 7, Folder 28
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1952-1955
Physical Description: folder 2 of 21
Scope and Content Note
postcards sent to Mrs. Steinitz; a small photo album of Le Clos Lucé,
da Vinci's last residence
Box 7, Folder 29
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1958-1959
Physical Description: folder of 3 of 21
Box 7, Folder 30
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1960
Physical Description: folder of 4 of 21
Box 7, Folder 31
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1961
Physical Description: folder 5 of 21
Box 7, Folder 32
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1962
Physical Description: folder 6 of 21
Box 7, Folder 33
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1963
Physical Description: folder 7 of 21
Box 7, Folder 34
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1964
Physical Description: folder 8 of 21
Box 7, Folder 35
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1965
Physical Description: folder 9 of 21
Box 7, Folder 36
Steinitz, Kate Trauman: "Christ among the Doctors"
1965
Physical Description: folder 10 of 21
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, reprints, newspaper clippings, and illustrations regarding a
painting, "Christ among the Doctors", which was thought by some to be a lost
Leonardo da Vinci work
Box 8, Folder 1
Steinitz, Kate Trauman: Jean Grolier
1965
Physical Description: folder 11 of 21
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, photocopies, and a Steinitz reprint regarding Jean Grolier,
bibliophile and da Vinci contemporary
Box 8, Folder 2
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1966
Physical Description: folder 12 of 21
Scope and Content Note
letters, cards, and some KS sketches from a European trip
Box 8, Folder 3
Steinitz, Kate Trauman: CRIA (Committee to Rescue Italian
Art)
1966-1967
Physical Description: folder 13 of 21
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, CRIA (Committee to Rescue Italian Art) brochures concerned
with the disastrous 1966 flood in Florence
Box 8, Folder 4
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1966-1967
Physical Description: folder 14 of 21
Box 8, Folder 5
Steinitz, Kate Trauman: Madrid da Vinci Manuscripts
1967
Physical Description: folder 15 of 21
Box 8, Folder 6
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1968
Physical Description: folder 16 of 21
Scope and Content Note
includes KS letters from an extended European trip
Box 8, Folder 7
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1969
Physical Description: folder 17 of 21
Scope and Content Note
includes Steinitz reprints
Box 8, Folder 8
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1970
Physical Description: folder 18 of 21
Scope and Content Note
includes Steinitz reprints
Box 8, Folder 9
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1971-1973
Physical Description: folder 19 of 21
Box 8, Folder 10
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1974-1975
Physical Description: folder 20 of 21
Box 8, Folder 11
Steinitz, Kate Trauman
1975
Physical Description: folder 21 of 21
Scope and Content Note
invitations to memorial gathering and to memorial exhibit; obituaries;
letters of condolence; newspaper clippings
Box 8, Folder 12
Reti, Dr. Ladislao (and Maria (Chiquita))
1952-1964
Physical Description: folder 1 of 11
Scope and Content Note
includes Reti reprints
Box 8, Folder 13
Reti, Dr. Ladislao (and Maria (Chiquita))
1965-1969
Physical Description: folder 2 of 11
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; preliminary plans for a book, "The Unknown Leonardo", based
on the re-discovered Madrid codices; Reti reprints; 1968 Reti c.v.; listing of
books in Dr. Reti's personal library
Box 8, Folder 14
Reti, Dr. Ladislao: the Madrid codices
1967-1969
Physical Description: folder 3 of 11
Scope and Content Note
letters, newspaper clippings, and reprint materials on the "re-found" Madrid
codices; typescripts of: "The Madrid story as recollected by Ladislao Reti"; "A
Re-assessment of Leonardo's 'Inventions'"; "Summary of Leonardo da Vinci's
contributions in the field of applied mechanics and technology"; reprint of "Die
widergefundenen Leonardo-Manuskripte der Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid"; galley
proofs of "The Leonardo da Vinci codices in the Biblioteca Nacional of Madrid,
from "Technology and Culture"; script of the radio broadcast "The incredible
engineer", broadcast #7709 of The University Explorer, March 3, 1968
Note
additional correspondence, clippings, and articles about the re-found
Madrid codices can be found in folders for Kate T. Steinitz, Carlo Pedretti, Ben
Dibner, and throughout Dr. Belt's correspondence
Box 8, Folder 15
Reti, Dr. Ladislao: Madrid codex II
1491
Physical Description: folder 4 of 11
Scope and Content Note
photocopies of folios 1-90, recto and verso pages, Leonardo da Vinci's Madrid
codex II
Box 8, Folder 16
Reti, Dr. Ladislao: Madrid codex II
1491
Physical Description: folder 5 of 11
Scope and Content Note
photocopies of folios 91-157, recto and verso pages
Box 8, Folder 17
Reti, Dr. Ladislao: Madrid codex II
1970
Physical Description: folder 6 of 11
Scope and Content Note
photocopies of folios 1-57 texts with annotations, in English
Box 8, Folder 18
Reti, Dr. Ladislao: Madrid codex II
1970
Physical Description: folder 7 of 11
Scope and Content Note
photocopies of folios 61-109 texts with annotations, in English
Box 8, Folder 19
Reti, Dr. Ladislao: Madrid codex II
1970
Physical Description: folder 8 of 11
Scope and Content Note
photocopies of folios 110-157 texts with annotations, in English
Box 8, Folder 20
Reti, Dr. Ladislao (and Maria (Chiquita))
1970-1971
Physical Description: folder 9 of 11
Scope and Content Note
includes Reti reprints
Box 8, Folder 21
Reti, Dr. Ladislao (and Maria (Chiquita))
1972-1973
Physical Description: folder 10 of 11
Scope and Content Note
includes typescripts of Dr. Reti's article "Leonardo da Vinci: Technology"
for the Dictionary of Scientific Biography, and "A short history of the wedge
press"; also correspondence concerning Dr. Reti's death, and an obituary
Box 8, Folder 22
Reti, Maria (Chiquita) (Mrs. Ladislao Reti)
1973-1978
Physical Description: folder 11 of 11
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; L. Reti obituaries; also includes a typescript of an early L.
Reti article, "Dreaming on things to come"
Subseries 6.
Office of the Chancellor
1956-1979
Physical Description: 8 folders
Box 9, Folder 1
Murphy, Dr. Franklin D. (and Judith)
1960-1979
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; communications from the Chancellor's Office; two snapshots of
Dr. and Mrs. Murphy, Charles Carpenter, and Joan Fontaine (?)
Note
Dr. Murphy was Chancellor of UCLA (1960-1968)
Box 9, Folder 2
The UCLA Foundation. Board of Trustees
1966-1969
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, brochures, announcements, minutes, names of Founding Board of
Trustees, by-laws
Note
Dr. Belt was a founding member of the Board, and a member of the
Apportionment Committee
Box 9, Folder 3
The UCLA Foundation. Franklin D. Murphy Associates (Chancellor's
Associates)
1969-1979
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, announcements, rosters and membership materials, campus
sports privilege materials
Box 9, Folder 4
The UCLA Foundation. Planned Giving Program
1973-1974
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, brochures, announcements
Note
Dr. Belt was an honorary committee member
Box 9, Folder 5
The UCLA Foundation
1976-1979
Scope and Content Note
newsletter; acknowledgement of gifts
Box 9, Folder 6
Allen, Dr. Raymond Bernard
1956-1958
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
includes Allen reprint
Note
Chancellor of UCLA, 1952-1959
Box 9, Folder 7
Allen, Dr. Raymond Bernard
1960-1977
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
includes Allen reprints
Box 9, Folder 8
Knudsen, Dr. Vern Oliver (and Florence)
1959-1974
Scope and Content Note
includes program for dedication of Kinsey and Knudsen Hall, 1964
Note
Dr. Knudsen became Vice-Chancellor of UCLA in 1956, and served as
Chancellor 1959-1960
Subseries 7.
Miscellaneous UCLA Units
1958-1980
Physical Description: 15 folders
Box 9, Folder 9
The UCLA Monthly
1979
Scope and Content Note
vol. 10, no. 1-3: May-June, Sep-Oct, Nov-Dec 1979
Note
magazine published by the UCLA Alumni Association
Box 9, Folder 10
UCLA Department of Art
1960-1962
Scope and Content Note
reprints of two articles by Dr. Lester D. Longman, Chairman of Department,
titled "Criteria in criticism of contemporary art", and "Conformity and the
arts". Comments on the latter article by friends to whom Dr. Belt had sent
copies
Box 9, Folder 11
UCLA Department of History
1958-1965
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, reprints, announcements
Box 9, Folder 12
UCLA Department of Journalism
1961
Scope and Content Note
"Daily Bruin" survey
Box 9, Folder 13
UCLA Graduate School of Education
1975
Scope and Content Note
ca. 50-page proposal regarding developing instruments to measure
individualization of instruction in the classroom, by Judy Conger (Mrs.
Unger)
Note
Dr. Belt apparently was to join her doctoral committee
Box 9, Folder 14
The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at UCLA
1963-1978
Scope and Content Note
announcements, memoranda, programs; correspondence, some with Prof. Fredi
Chiappelli
Box 9, Folder 15
White, Dr. Lynn, Jr.
1958-1974
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; White reprints; text of tribute to Dr. Belt on his 80th
birthday, 4/12/73; list of books contributed to UCLA in honor of Dr. and Mrs.
Belt, 6/5/72
Note
Dr. White was a professor of medieval history at Princeton, Stanford
and the University of California, Los Angeles. At UCLA he served as first
Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. He was president of
Mills College, Oakland from 1943 to 1958
Box 9, Folder 16
UCLA Memorial Activities Center (Pauley Pavilion)
1963-1968
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; solicitation brochure
Note
Dr. Belt was a member of the National Committee of Sponsors for the
Center
Box 9, Folder 17
UCLA School of Law
1965
Scope and Content Note
correspondence and a draft script relating to the expert testimony Dr. Belt
gave in a mock trial
Box 9, Folder 18
UCLA Graduate School of Management
1972-1979
Scope and Content Note
announcements, brochures, reprints
Box 9, Folder 19
UCLA Graduate Division
1965
Scope and Content Note
brochure, some correspondence
Box 9, Folder 20
UCLA Faculty Center Association, and Men's Faculty Club
1959-1980
Scope and Content Note
a few early letters, scattered newsletters and announcements
Box 9, Folder 21
UCLA Student Health Service
1961-1968
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; 1962 Student Health Service brochure
Note
Dr. Belt was a clinical consultant in urology for a number of
years
Box 9, Folder 22
International Student Center; Foreign Student Affairs
1961-1966
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, newsletter, announcements
Box 9, Folder 23
UCLA miscellany
1969-1979
Scope and Content Note
various announcements, brochures, maps, etc.
Series 3.
University of California
1958-1979
Physical Description: 7 folders
Subseries 1.
Office of the President
1958-1979
Physical Description: 3 folders
Box 9, Folder 24
Kerr, Clark, Ph.D. (and Kay)
1958-1980
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, newspaper clipping, Kerr reprints
Note
Dr. Kerr was Chancellor of U.C. Berkeley (1952-1958), and President of
the University of California (1958-1967)
Box 9, Folder 25
Hitch, Dr. Charles Johnston
1968-1975
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, clippings, announcements
Note
Hitch was Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1965, and
president of the University of California from 1967 to 1975.
Box 9, Folder 26
Saxon, Dr. David S.
1975-1979
Note
Dr. Saxon was President of the University of California from 1975 to
1983
Subseries 2.
Miscellaneous U.C. Units
1963-1976
Physical Description: 4 folders
Box 9, Folder 27
"The University Explorer"
1963, 1968
Scope and Content Note
scripts of broadcasts #6045 (3/24/1963) and #7709 (3/3/1968) on da Vinci, and
correspondence pertaining to those broadcasts
Note
the correspondence was mainly between Dr. Belt and Mr. Hale Sparks, of
the University Explorer staff
Box 9, Folder 28
Heyns, Chancellor Roger W.
1966-1969
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, newspaper clippings
Note
Chancellor, UC Berkeley
Box 9, Folder 29
Hinderaker, Dr. Ivan
1965
Scope and Content Note
Draft proposal for a School of Veterinary Medicine for the University of
California, Riverside campus sent to Dr. Belt, and his letter of reply
Note
Dr. Hinderaker was Chancellor of UC Riverside
Box 9, Folder 30
University of California, Irvine, Medical School
1975-1976
Scope and Content Note
newspaper clipping; continuing education announcement
Series 4.
Cultural and Personal Matters
1920-1980
Physical Description: 136 folders
Subseries 1.
Social, Cultural, and Other Organizations
1954-1980
Physical Description: 45 folders
Arrangement
alphabetical by organization
Box 9, Folder 31
AARP (American Association of Retired Persons)
1966-1979
Scope and Content Note
newsletter; some correspondence
Box 9, Folder 32
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
1975-1976
Scope and Content Note
announcements; memoranda
Box 9, Folder 33
American Defense Preparedness Association
1975-1978
Scope and Content Note
newsletter; meeting announcements
Box 9, Folder 34
American Forestry Association
1975-1977
Scope and Content Note
membership cards
Box 9, Folder 35
American Friends of the Hebrew University
1971-1978
Scope and Content Note
invitations; announcements; issues of magazine "Scopus West"
Box 9, Folder 36
American Institute for Economic Research
1973-1978
Scope and Content Note
issues of: "Economic Education Bulletin"
Box 9, Folder 37
American Institute of Family Relations
1970-1979
Scope and Content Note
brochure; issues of: "Family Life"; some correspondence with Drs. Paul
Popenoe and Paul Popenoe, Jr.
Box 9, Folder 38
ARCS Foundation (Achievement Rewards for College
Scientists)
1969-1977
Scope and Content Note
announcements; invitations; some correspondence
Box 9, Folder 39
Association Internationale de Bibliophilie
1974
Scope and Content Note
membership roster, which includes Cr. Belt
Box 9, Folder 40
Atlantic Council of the United States
1966-1975
Scope and Content Note
issues of: "Atlantic Community News"
Box 9, Folder 41
Authors Club
1962-1975
Scope and Content Note
announcements; programs; membership roster for 1966
Box 9, Folder 42
Bleitz Wildlife Foundation
1954-1975
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
Internal Revenue Service determination and updates declaring the Foundation
tax free; correspondence, mainly with Don Bleitz, Foundation president; Bleitz
reprint; Foundation reports
Box 9, Folder 43
Bleitz Wildlife Foundation
1976-1980
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; Foundation reports
Box 10, Folder 1
Boys Republic
1971-1977
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; issues of: "Boys Republic Report"; list of 118 recipients of
Christmas wreaths ordered by Dr. Belt in 1971
Box 10, Folder 2
Browning Institute
1972-1979
Scope and Content Note
meeting announcements; membership cards; some correspondence; issues of:
"Bulletin of the Browning Institute"
Box 10, Folder 3
The Byron Society
1974-1975
Scope and Content Note
announcements and offers to members
Box 10, Folder 4
California Arboretum Foundation
1974-1980
Scope and Content Note
booklets, brochures; newspaper clipping; some correspondence
Note
Dr. Belt was an honorary trustee as late as 1979
Box 10, Folder 5
California Art Club
1973-1978
Scope and Content Note
roster and by-laws, 1973-1975; issues of: "California Art Club Bulletin"
Box 10, Folder 6
California Historical Society
1975-1979
Scope and Content Note
issues of: "California Historical Courier"
Box 10, Folder 7
California Institute of Technology Associates
1976-1977
Scope and Content Note
booklet on the 50th anniversary of the Associates; prospectus seeking donors
for a "New Program In Cell Biology and Chemistry with special focus on
Immunology and Medical Science"; reprint, "The Earhart Plant Research
Laboratory"
Box 10, Folder 8
California State Chamber of Commerce
1962-1967
Scope and Content Note
membership card; some correspondence; copy of: "Proposed Revision of the
California Constitution", February 1966
Box 10, Folder 9
California State University, Los Angeles
1964-1978
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; brochures; some material on the whole California State
Universities system
Box 10, Folder 10
Campanile Club, California Alumni Foundation, Berkeley,
CA
1967-1975
Scope and Content Note
membership certificates; brochures; some correspondence
Box 10, Folder 11
Century Association
1960-1963
Scope and Content Note
correspondence regarding admission, mainly with Dr. George W. Corner
Note
see also: Corner correspondence folders
Box 10, Folder 12
College Art Association of America
1961-1978
Scope and Content Note
issues of: "CAA Newsletter"; membership card
Box 10, Folder 13
Cooper Ornithological Society
1964-1979
Scope and Content Note
meeting announcements; society memoranda
Box 10, Folder 14
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
1974-1977
Scope and Content Note
national headquarters: announcements, annual reports; University of
California, Berkeley chapter: newsletters, announcements, membership list;
Southern California Alumni Association: newsletters, announcements;
Box 10, Folder 15
Los Angeles Audubon Society
1974-1978
Scope and Content Note
newsletter: "Western Tanager"
Box 10, Folder 16
The Los Angeles Country Club
1974-1975
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
announcements, menus, some correspondence concerning memberships, annual
reports
Box 10, Folder 17
The Los Angeles Country Club
1976-1978
Physical Description: folder 2 or 2
Box 10, Folder 18
Los Angeles Library Association
1971-1975
Scope and Content Note
announcements and publicity
Note
Dr. Belt was a member in 1971
Box 10, Folder 19
Men's Garden Club of Los Angeles
1976-1980
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; membership rosters; newspaper
Box 10, Folder 20
Metropolitan Club of Los Angeles
1974-1978
Scope and Content Note
announcements of meetings, activities
Box 10, Folder 21
National Audubon Society
1974-1978
Scope and Content Note
newsletter: "Audubon Conservation Topics, West"; announcements and
brochures
Box 10, Folder 22
National Conference of Christians and Jews, 10th annual
program
1958
Scope and Content Note
10th annual program report; agenda for the dinner meeting; texts of Dr.
Belt's speeches bestowing Regional Brotherhood Citations on the Very Rev.
Charles S. Casassa, S.J.; UCLA and Olympics athlete Rafer Johnson; Sophia T.
Salvin, expert in mental retardation; and Stafford L. Warren, M.D., founding
dean of the UCLA School of Medicine; biographical data on the four
recipients
Note
Dr. Belt was Chairman of the Awards Committee;
Box 10, Folder 23
Occidental College
1968-1980
Physical Description: folder 1 or 2
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; invitations and announcements; President's report;
"Presidential Update"
Note
Dr. and Mrs. Belt contributed his Upton Sinclair collection of books
and documents to the College Library, and established two major funds, among
other gifts; he was a member of the President's Circle and of the Library
Patrons
Box 10, Folder 24
Occidental College
1973-1977
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
publications: "Occidental College Magazine" 1974-1977; Annual Fund report,
1973-1976; "Occidentaliana" (newsletter for Library Patrons) 1974-1977; "Circle"
1974-1975
Box 10, Folder 25
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association
1977-1979
Scope and Content Note
members' newsletter; membership cards for Dr. and Mrs. Belt
Box 10, Folder 26
Pepperdine University
1971-1978
Physical Description: folder 1 or 2
Scope and Content Note
invitations and announcements; list of University Associates; alumni
magazine
Box 10, Folder 27
Pepperdine University
1975-1976
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
publication: "the Pepperdine News"
Box 10, Folder 28
Phi Chi Medical Fraternity
1958, 1978
Scope and Content Note
album with photographs and invitations to 1958 rush of the local Epsilon Beta
Chapter, which was financially supported by Dr. Belt, and correspondence between
Drs. Bill Bonney and Dr. Belt; vol. 72, no. 1, 1978 of "Phi Chi Quarterly"
Note
see the Correspondence Series for additional Bonney material
Box 10, Folder 29
Phi Sigma Society
1958-1963
Scope and Content Note
meeting announcements
Box 10, Folder 30
Postal Commemorative Society and Postmasters of America
1972-1979
Scope and Content Note
correspondence regarding purchases; announcements
Box 10, Folder 31
Roxburghe - Zamorano joint meeting
1966-1972
Scope and Content Note
announcements of a joint meeting in San Francisco; Roxburghe Club membership
list for Dec. 1968; "Westways" magazine for Oct. 1966
Note
Dr. Belt did not attend
Box 10, Folder 32
Southern California Academy of Science
1971-1979
Scope and Content Note
Newsletter; announcements, meeting programs
Subseries 2.
History of Medicine, Technology, and Leonardo da Vinci
1936-1980
Physical Description: 20 folders
Box 11, Folder 1
American Association for the History of Medicine
1970-1975
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
announcements, meeting programs; membership directories; listings of research
in progress; some correspondence
Note
Dr. Belt was a member
Box 11, Folder 2
American Association for the History of Medicine
1976-1980
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Box 11, Folder 3
Lunatic Society (later, Lunar Society)
1956-1959
Scope and Content Note
summary of activities and list of members in Feb. 1956; notices of
meetings
Note
mostly UCLA professors with additional members from the community
organized for monthly discussions "of philosophical problems as related to
science"
Box 11, Folder 4
The Society for the History of Medical Science, Los
Angeles
1957-1969
Scope and Content Note
program announcements, some correspondence
Box 11, Folder 5
Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)
1968-1977
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, mainly with Mel Kranzbert, secretary of the Society and
Editor-in-Chief of its journal, "Technology and Culture"; minutes of annual
meeting, 1968; announcements, meeting programs
Note
Dr. Belt was Society President, 1966-1968
Box 11, Folder 6
A farewell dinner for Dr. and Mrs. Henry E. Sigerist
1947
Scope and Content Note
program and reprint of speeches delivered at the dinner; reprint of "Henry E.
Sigerist, the man and his stature", by Gregory Zilboorg
Note
Dr. Belt was one of the farewell event sponsors
Box 11, Folder 7
History of medicine and science reprints by various
authors
1936-1975
Box 11, Folder 8
Association Léonard de Vinci
1961-1975
Scope and Content Note
correspondence
Box 11, Folder 9
Association of Medical Illustrators
1964
Scope and Content Note
correspondence with Charles F. Bridgman concerning a presentation made to the
group by Dr. Belt on "Medical illustration as the handmaiden of scientific
inquiry in the growth of medical science"
Box 11, Folder 10
Bay Surgical Society
1973
Scope and Content Note
handwritten text for a Dr. Belt dinner speech: "The age of Leonardo da Vinci
and Leonardo's advances in anatomy"; correspondence
Box 11, Folder 11
Beverly Hills Academy of Medicine
1963
Scope and Content Note
correspondence re. Dr. Belt's dinner speech: "Leonardo da Vinci and the
Renaissance"
Box 11, Folder 12
Charles W. Bowers Memorial Museum Foundation
1962
Scope and Content Note
correspondence and program for "Leonardo da Vinci, a modern figure in the
Italian Renaissance", a presentation by Dr. Belt at Founders Day, June 24th,
Santa Ana; notes for the speech; material on Bowers Museum
Box 11, Folder 13
Chicago Urological Society. 39th Annual William T. Belfield Memorial
Lecture
1967
Scope and Content Note
correspondence and program re. Belt lecture: "A Spanish Tempest in a Boston
Teapot; the newly located Madrid Manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci"
Box 11, Folder 14
Da Vinci International Club
1973
Scope and Content Note
Dr. Belt was guest speaker on the evening of Oct. 27, 1973
Box 11, Folder 15
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
1969
Scope and Content Note
Trent Lecture on History of Medicine: "The Development of Leonardo's
knowledge of the human body"
Note
Dr. Belt also spoke to medical students on "Perineal
prostatectomy"
Box 11, Folder 16
Honnold Library Society, Claremont, CA
1956
Scope and Content Note
newspaper clips from "The Pomona Progress Bulletin" and "Claremont Courier"
announcing a lecture by Dr. Belt on "The Life and Work of Leonardo da Vinci"
Box 11, Folder 17
John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society
1967-1971
Scope and Content Note
History Lecture, Indiana University, 1969: "The Fascinating history and
account of the dispersal, search for and rescue from oblivion of Leonardo da
Vinci's manuscripts"; typescript of lecture included
Note
Dr. Belt also spoke to medical students on "Developmental urinary tract
defects of the newborn producing advanced hydronephrosis before
birth"
Box 11, Folder 18
Leonardo da Vinci Cultural Society, Los Angeles
1963-1964
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; newspaper clipping
Note
Dr. Belt was named as a member of the Board
Box 11, Folder 19
The Leonardo da Vinci Society, San Francisco
1955-1979
Scope and Content Note
brochures; program announcements; some correspondence; two address lists of
Vinciani
Note
membership of the Society was based almost entirely in San Francisco
and surrounding region
Box 11, Folder 20
Los Angeles County Museum of Art reception: "Leonardo da Vinci
anatomical drawings from the Queen's collection at Windsor Castle"
1976
Scope and Content Note
program of a special reception held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
honoring members of the Los Angeles County Medical Association; Dr. Belt was a
speaker
Subseries 3.
Personal Matters
1920-1980
Physical Description: 48 folders
Arrangement
by subject or person
Box 11, Folder 21
Biographical information
1951-1976
Scope and Content Note
personal information and annual supplements of professional activities
submitted to the School of Medicine, UCLA; includes lists of lectures,
publications, honors, etc.; galley proof of entry in "Who's Who in America",
vol. 39
Box 11, Folder 22
Autobiographical and biographical materials
undated
Scope and Content Note
holograph and typed copy of autobiography, dated 5/18/71, 10 pages; a brief
typed biography, 11 pages, unsigned and undated; curriculum vitae through 1977;
"The history of UCLA Medical School: the continuity of education"
Box 11, Folder 23
Autobiographical and biographical anecdotes
1946-1979
Scope and Content Note
reminiscences by Dr. Belt about his life, work, and colleagues; appreciations
and memories directed to him by friends
Note
these items, all copies whose originals are scattered throughout the
collection, were brought together because they provide an informal picture of
Dr. Belt as a person
Box 11, Folder 24
Photographs of Dr. Belt
undated
Scope and Content Note
8x10" photo of portrait painted by S. Seymour Thomas; 8/10" photo of sketch
portrait by Peter Van Valkenburgh [?], 1949; 8x10" photo of portrait drawn by
Girella Churs, 1958; 3 8x10" photographs taken at the Dock Centennial
celebration, Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1960; five 8x10" portraits,
at different ages; seven 5x7" snapshots, outdoors; 8x10" photo in Elmer Belt
Library of Vinciana, 1966; five 3/4" photos of EB giving a lecture on TV,
undated; 3x4" portrait taken for California Museum of Science and Industry
exhibit, with negative, 1969
Box 25, Folder 2
Pencil portrait of Dr. Belt
undated
Scope and Content Note
12x17" drawing, signed [Loring?] Gordon
Box 11, Folder 25
Portrait bust of Dr. Belt
1947
Scope and Content Note
five 8x10" photographs of the bust, the sculptor's studio with Dr. Belt and
the sculptor, and Ruth and Sage Belt with the bust
Box 11, Folder 26
Drs. Elmer Belt and Willard E. Goodwin
1978
Scope and Content Note
three 5x7" photographs at the beach, Santa Monica, taken by David Bloom
Box 11, Folder 27
Photographs of Dr. Belt with friends and colleagues
1920-1977
Scope and Content Note
with group of Fellows of the Hooper Institute, Univ. California, ca. 1920;
with Greer Garson, undated; With Kate Steinitz, undated; two photos of TV
appearance, Cavalcade of Books, 1956; Dr. Belt with Drs. Romain P. Clerou,
Hertz, and Bent, undated; receiving a plaque from Dr. William B. Bonney, 1960;
with Pres. Kerr, receiving honorary Doctor of Law degree, UCLA, 1962; Dr. Belt
and two ladies, looking at da Vinci books; Dr. and Mrs. Belt and Carlo and
Rosanne Pedretti at dinner, a souvenir photograph from Bunratty Castle, Ennis,
Ireland
Note
see also: photos at dedication of the Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana;
International Society of Surgeons
Box 11, Folder 28
Drs. Elmer Belt, Bruce Belt, and B. Lyman Stewart
1964
Scope and Content Note
three colored 35 mm. slides taken by Dr. Egbert Schmiedt: the doctors are in
surgical scrubs
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
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 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 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 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 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 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 19, Folder 3
Anal-Appl
Scope and Content Note
includes reprint by William Nance Anderson
Box 19, Folder 7
Baar-Bany
Scope and Content Note
includes photo of a pencil portrait of Dr. Wilbur Baily, 1946
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 18
Bren-Broo
Scope and Content Note
includes reprints by: Herbert Brewer; Anna Maria Brizio
Box 19, Folder 23
Came-Carl
Scope and Content Note
includes reprints by Meredith F. Campbell
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 6
Ciaa-Cler
Scope and Content Note
includes reprints by: L. Cifuentes Delatte; Joseph E. Clark
Box 20, Folder 12
Deal-Degr
Scope and Content Note
includes 8x10" photo portrait of Frank V. DeBellis
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 16
Drey-Dyck
Scope and Content Note
includes: reprint by Glenn S. Dumke; Festschrift for John Englebert
Dunphy
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 20
Kibb-Kitt
Scope and Content Note
includes a one-page article on opera star Dorothy Kirsten (Mrs. John
French)
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 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 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 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 21
Raac-Ravi
Scope and Content Note
includes reprints by: S. M. Rabson; Marcus H. Rabwin; Mark M. Ravitch
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 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 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
see also: Nephrology
Box 23, Folder 2
Penile implant
1970-1975
Scope and Content Note
draft and copy of short answer "Prosthetic aids for impotence", by Elmer
Belt, in the Q and A section of "Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality", IV(10),
pp. 165,170, 1970; some correspondence; commercial brochure for an implant
Box 23, Folder 3
Peyronie's disease, and Potaba
1903, 1950-1975
Scope and Content Note
reprints and photocopies; some correspondence; brochures on the drug
Potaba
Box 23, Folder 4
Phalloplasty
1944-1973
Scope and Content Note
photocopies of two articles
Box 23, Folder 5
Pheochromocytoma
1951-1965
Scope and Content Note
drafts of papers by Willard E. Goodwin, and by Dr. Belt and Carl E. Ebert;
other reprints; some correspondence, including a letter to Dr. A.A. Gemmell in
which Dr. Belt describes some of their group's patients
Box 23, Folder 6
Prostate cancer
1957-1978
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; newspaper clippings; clinical letters; newsletters; meeting
announcements; book lists; reprints
Box 23, Folder 7
Prostate gland
undated
Scope and Content Note
draft (?) of a five page letter of pencil drawings and text, by Elmer
Belt
Box 23, Folder 8
Re-anastomosis of the vas
1957-1977
Scope and Content Note
typescripts and reprints of Belt publications on sterilization and
re-anastomosis; notes; correspondence; brochures of meetings and extension
course on these topics in which Dr. Belt participated
Box 23, Folder 9
Urinary tract infections
1963-1968
Scope and Content Note
reprints, advertisements
Box 23, Folder 10
"Weekly Urological Clinical Letter"
1977-1980
Physical Description: most letters are one typed page
Note
edited by Henry Bodner, MD; see also: correspondence folder for Dr.
Bodner
Box 23, Folder 11
Miscellaneous urology topics
1959-1968
Scope and Content Note
announcement; reprints
Box 23, Folder 12
Acupuncture
1967-1978
Scope and Content Note
includes some materials pertaining to the UCLA Acupuncture Research Project
(1973-1974)
Box 23, Folder 13
Adrenal glands; Adrenalectomy
undated
Box 23, Folder 14
Aldosterone; Aldosteronism
1959-1963
Box 23, Folder 15
Arthritis and rheumatism
1965-1977
Scope and Content Note
brochures, newspaper clippings, reprints
Box 23, Folder 16
Cable TV Medical Education
1979
Scope and Content Note
weekly program listings; some pre- and post-viewing questions
Box 23, Folder 17
Chloroform
1848
Scope and Content Note
photocopy of "Account of a new anaesthetic agent, as a substitute for
sulphuric ether in surgery and midwifery, by J. Y. Simpson; pamphlet republished
by Rushton, Clark and Co., New York
Box 23, Folder 18
Cholesterol
1960-1962
Scope and Content Note
reprints, brochures
Box 23, Folder 19
Contraception
1960-1962
Scope and Content Note
newspaper clippings, announcement
Box 23, Folder 21
Gastrointestinal tract
1971-1974
Scope and Content Note
brochures, reprint
Box 23, Folder 22
Hirschsprung's disease
1950
Scope and Content Note
photocopy of article: "A new surgical treatment for Hirschsprung's disease"
by Orvan Swenson, "Surgery", 28(2): 371-383, 1950
Box 23, Folder 23
Historical figures and events in medicine and surgery
undated
Scope and Content Note
short notes, articles on: surgeon Percival Pott (1714-1788); physician and
botanist Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654); photographs: 8x10" photo of first
operation in New Amphitheatre at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dr. Halsted
and others; "The Asclepiad physicians...", by Wilder Penfield; "Medicine in
art"; medical milestones
Box 23, Folder 24
Multiple sclerosis
1968-1970
Box 23, Folder 25
Nylidrin hydrochloride (Arlidin)
1956-1964
Scope and Content Note
reprints
Box 23, Folder 26
Pacemaker
1972-1976
Scope and Content Note
newsletter; newspaper clipping
Box 23, Folder 27
Sexual topics and Sexually transmitted diseases
1884-1976
Scope and Content Note
includes: "La Cacomonade, Histoire politique et morale, Traduite de
l'Allemand du Doct. Pangloss, par le Docteur lui-meme ..." by Simon Nicolas
Henri Linguet, translated into English; 25 single-spaced typed pages
Box 23, Folder 28
Surgical illustrations
undated
Scope and Content Note
color illustrations of: 16 surgical procedures; major anatomy of the female
genital tract; major anatomy and pathology of the breast; peptic ulcer, all by
Dr. Frank Netter; 33 plates from the Searle Library of Medical Plates; a 5x7"
photograph of "early Christian dissection" [title from original folder]
Box 23, Folder 29
Surgery. Surgical techniques
1957-1970
Scope and Content Note
two reprints on antiseptic agents; photocopies from "A.M.A. Archives of
Surgery", 1956; poem; reprint on surgical suture, 1970
Box 23, Folder 30
Miscellaneous medical topics
1956-1977
Scope and Content Note
photocopies; articles; notices
Box 23, Folder 31
Abortion
1965-1973
Scope and Content Note
mostly materials from the Association for the Study of Abortion, including
issues of their Newsletter
Box 23, Folder 32
The Aged; Aging process
1961-1977
Box 23, Folder 33
Alcoholism
1934, 1960-1973
Box 23, Folder 34
Animal research
1948
Scope and Content Note
Saturday Evening Post article
Box 23, Folder 35
Computers and medicine
1961
Box 23, Folder 36
Health care plans (Socialized medicine)
1961-1965
Scope and Content Note
mainly newspaper clippings
Box 23, Folder 37
Hospital planning
1960
Scope and Content Note
draft guidelines from Hospital Council of Southern California
Box 23, Folder 38
Industrial medicine
1968-1971
Scope and Content Note
reprints
Box 23, Folder 39
Malpractice, Medical insurance
1959-1976
Box 23, Folder 40
Marijuana
1970-1972
Scope and Content Note
reprints and newsletters
Box 23, Folder 41
Medicare and Medi-Cal
1965-1979
Scope and Content Note
newspaper clippings, newsletter and journal articles; some correspondence
Box 23, Folder 42
"Medicine in Japan", by Ilza Veith
1955
Scope and Content Note
31-page typescript of a Ciba Symposium; letter of thanks by EB
Box 23, Folder 43
Obesity
1964-1977
Scope and Content Note
reprints; some correspondence
Box 23, Folder 44
Smog
1955-1975
Scope and Content Note
statistics on eye irritating days in the Los Angeles basin and San Francisco,
1954-55, provided by Dr. Lester Breslow from the State Department of Public
Health; materials from the Southern California Air Pollution Control District
and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Box 23, Folder 46
Willed body programs
1958-1972
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; descriptions of programs and application forms from various
institutions
Subseries 2.
General Topics
1930-1979
Physical Description: 40
Arrangement
by topic or name
Box 23, Folder 48
American Indians
1966-1973
Scope and Content Note
Dr. Belt was member of the American Indian Historical Society for some years;
other brochures
Box 23, Folder 49
Beethoven, Ludwig van
undated
Scope and Content Note
6x8" photograph of portrait
Box 23, Folder 50
Botanical illustrations
undated
Scope and Content Note
two negatives, of three floral subjects
Box 23, Folder 51
Brödel, Max
undated
Scope and Content Note
eighteen 4x5" photographs of non-medical Max Brödel illustrations,
mostly bookplates; also some caricatures of Johns Hopkins medical faculty
Note
Brödel was a medical illustrator at the Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine; see also illustrations under "Hydronephrosis"
Box 23, Folder 52
Camus, Albert
undated
Scope and Content Note
8x10" photograph of Camus half-sitting on desk
Note
original folder said: "portrait by Karsh; copied 6/3/60"
Box 23, Folder 53
Cantor, Eddie
1957
Scope and Content Note
one-page article by Cantor, with portrait: "What's more important than
money?"; in: "This Week Magazine", Dec. 29, 1957
Box 23, Folder 54
Chavez, Cesar E.
1969-1976
Box 23, Folder 56
Churchill, Sir Winston and Lady Randolph
undated
Scope and Content Note
8x10" photograph of Lady Randolph mounted on cardboard, with one-paragraph
biography on back; commercial announcements of books, medals, etc. on Sir
Winston
Box 23, Folder 57
Drake, Sir Francis
1977
Scope and Content Note
two-page photocopy of article from "California Monthly", on the fake Drake
plate discovered in California
Box 23, Folder 58
Films and film libraries
1930-1970
Scope and Content Note
correspondence and catalogs re. instructional and documentary films of
interest to Dr. Belt; a script of an unrelated Audiovisual Postgraduate
Extension Course in Medicine, distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films,
plus a cover sheet with: Topic assigned to Elmer Belt, Symptoms of urological
conditions...; and Topic assigned to Bruce Belt, Office urology for general
practice; includes: "Medical Films and their Sources". 5th ed., 1934, issued by
Bell and Howell Co. Educational Division
Box 23, Folder 59
Hereford Cathedral, Herefordshire, England
undated
Scope and Content Note
photographs of the interior and chained library, of the ca. 1300 AD map of
the world, and explanatory booklets
Box 25, Folder 7
Hinman, Dr. Frank R.
undated
Physical Description: paper mounted on 13x16" cardboard
Scope and Content Note
cartoon signed by Hinman, with the inscription :"Now Mary Jo!....just because
I hung your abstraction sideways doesn't mean you have to look at me as if I
were something in a specimen Jar"; also, clippings from the magazine "Parergon"
headed "Doctors' Art", showing a portrait of Dr. Hinman and a colored
reproduction of his painting "Daybreak"
Note
Mary Jo was Mrs. Willard Goodwin, a medical illustrator and
painter
Box 23, Folder 60
Juana Maria, "the lost woman of San Nicolas Island"
1937
Scope and Content Note
six typed pages copies from: "The Life and Adventures of George Nidever",
University of California Press, 1937
Note
see also correspondence with Lee B. Milbank in folder
Mich-Mlyn
Box 23, Folder 61
KABC, KCET, KPFK
1959-1976
Scope and Content Note
some correspondence; requests for financial support; includes photocopied
typescript of commencement address by Dr. Joseph Kaplan on the International
Water Year
Note
two Los Angeles radio stations and one TV station
Box 23, Folder 62
Kennedy, Senator Edward M.
1971-1975
Scope and Content Note
newspaper and magazine articles
Box 24, Folder 1
The Kiplinger Washington Letter
1973-1979
Scope and Content Note
a weekly business-oriented newsletter; includes also a few editions of the
Kiplinger European and the Kiplinger California Letter
Box 24, Folder 2
Linacre, Thomas and Linaker, Edward Winsor
undated
Scope and Content Note
Portraits of Thomas Linacre (1460-1524) and Edward Winsor Linaker
(contemporary of Dr. Belt), with a comment by Dr. Belt pointing out the striking
resemblance between the two men
Box 24, Folder 3
Loyalty Oath, McCarran Act
1950-1951
Scope and Content Note
correspondence and publicity concerning the oath required of all California
State employees, and the federal McCarran Act
Box 24, Folder 4
Malraux, Andre
1968
Scope and Content Note
photocopy of a "Saturday Review" biographical article
Box 24, Folder 5
Mayan codex
undated
Scope and Content Note
"Codice Troano", seven photocopied pages of an article or chapter in Spanish,
source undetermined
Note
the Troano Codex and the Cortesianus Codex are sections of what is
known as the Madrid Codex, found in Tayasal ca. 1697
Box 24, Folder 6
Miscellaneous poems and articles
undated
Scope and Content Note
photocopies from various printed sources
Box 24, Folder 7
Miss Universe
1959
Scope and Content Note
three photographs
Box 24, Folder 8
Moon, Mars
1962-1970
Scope and Content Note
booklet; newspaper and magazine clippings; some correspondence
Box 24, Folder 9
Nader, Ralph and Public Citizen Action Group
1973-1975
Scope and Content Note
newsletters, brochures; two speeches from The Dean's Forum, Graduate School
of Management, UCLA
Box 25, Folder 8
Olympic Games, 10th, Los Angeles, Official Pictorial
Souvenir
1932
Scope and Content Note
booklet of text and photographs issued by the Organizing Committee
Box 24, Folder 10
Republican Party and Politicians
1970-1979
Scope and Content Note
newspaper and magazine clippings, mainly about Kissinger, but also Agnew and
others
Box 24, Folder 11
Russell, Bertrand
undated
Scope and Content Note
5x7" portrait photo
Box 24, Folder 12
Seaborg, Dr. Glenn T.
1962-1963
Scope and Content Note
reprint of Seaborg speech; copies of newspaper and newsletter articles
Box 24, Folder 13
Steinbeck, John
1969
Scope and Content Note
copies of a "Saturday Review" portrait of the author, and a one-page essay by
him
Box 24, Folder 14
Thomas, S. Seymour
1904-1951
Scope and Content Note
ten 8/10" photographs of the American painter S. Seymour Thomas, including
his portrait, honorary diplomas, letter to Jack M. de Beaufort, and an article
by de Beaufort about him
Note
Thomas painted portraits of Dr. Belt [see Folder 24, Box 11] and Sir
William Osler [see "Practice of Medicine" Folder 30, Box 4]
Box 24, Folder 15
Trent, William (Willy)
1942-1943
Scope and Content Note
photocopies of newspaper clippings
Note
Trent was an Austrian radio personality and active anti-Hitler
propagandist
Box 24, Folder 16
United States Presidents
1894-1976
Scope and Content Note
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: photocopy of newspaper article about his final illness and
death; CARTER: newspaper clippings, form letters, Christmas card to the Belts;
EISENHOWER: facsimile of an autograph letter signed in 1952, issued with a
portrait in honor of the Seventh California Book Fair, Los Angeles; KENNEDY:
8x10" photograph of President Kennedy and Eugene Seeber in golf cart; letter
from Seeber to Belt; LINCOLN: photocopy of one-page article by Leo Cherne, "The
face of Lincoln, a palimpsest of human paradox", about a bronze head of Lincoln
that the author created; NIXON: newspaper and magazine clippings, cartoon;
REGAN: newspaper clipping; also copies of the Declaration of Independence and
the Constitution of the US
Box 24, Folder 17
USSR
1962-1977
Scope and Content Note
newspaper clippings; newsletters; Dr. Willard Goodwin's brief notes on 8th
International Cancer Congress, Moscow, 1962
Box 24, Folder 18
Warren, Governor Earl
1955-1961
Scope and Content Note
8x10" portrait photograph; two group shots [including Dr. Belt] of Earl
Warren signing bill for creation of UCLA School of Medicine, and correspondence
between Dr. Belt and Charles Cross, artist, concerning a portrait of Earl
Warren, already Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at that time, which Cross
painted in 1961; correspondence between Dr. Belt and Edwin Pauley concerning the
portrait; letter from Dr. Belt to Dr. Carmine D. Clemente
Box 24, Folder 19
Warren, Dr. Stafford L. and Viola
undated
Scope and Content Note
photographs: six 5x7" portraits; 8x10" photo of portrait bust; 8x10" photo of
Dr. Warren and wife and unidentified woman; Dr. Warren in army uniform with L.A.
Sheriff Biscaluz and Alvin Falkenberg in the Sheriff's office; letter from Mrs.
Warren
Note
see also other pictures under "Founders" and "Belt, Ruth"
Box 24, Folder 20
White, General and Mrs.
undated
Scope and Content Note
two 8x10" wedding photographs
Box 24, Folder 21
Young, Dr. Hugh Hampton
undated
Scope and Content Note
nineteen 4x5" snapshots of laboratory and hospital settings, single and group
photographs of Dr. Young and associates
Box 24, Folder 22
Miscellaneous general topics
undated
Subseries 3.
Leonardo da Vinci
Physical Description: 3 folders
Scope and Content Note
Dr. Belt had set up these few da Vinci folders in his subject section, but
they include materials not different from those found elsewhere in the
papers
Box 24, Folder 23
Miscellaneous Leonardo da Vinci-related correspondence
1965-1977
Scope and Content Note
includes a list of quotations in answer to a request from the editor of
"Familiar Medical Quotations"
Note
this small number of items comes from an original folder in Dr. Belt's
"Subject" section; since hundreds of Leonardo-related items are scattered
throughout the papers, it is hard to discern why these were filed
separately
Box 24, Folder 24
The Mona Lisa painting
1959-1974
Scope and Content Note
photograph of President and Mrs. Kennedy and Minister and Mrs. Malraux at the
unveiling; text of the address by Malraux and answering remarks by the
President; newspaper clippings; some correspondence; photocopies of 1959 and
1973 articles by Kenneth Clark: "Mona Lisa", 1973, and Kenneth D. Keele: "The
genesis of Mona Lisa", 1959; other clippings, illustrations
Note
the da Vinci painting was displayed at the National Gallery of Art,
Washington, DC in 1963 and later at the Metropolitan Museum in New
York
Box 24, Folder 25
"Leonardo's left hand", by Norman Capener.
undated
Scope and Content Note
photocopies of a short article, source unidentified
Note
speculations that Leonardo was probably bimanual
Series 7.
Restricted Files
Physical Description: 44 folders
Scope and Content Note
materials removed from the regular files because of patient or litigation
information
Arrangement
by original folder number