Includes medical lectures, high school and medical school memorabilia. (Diplomas and photographs transferred to certificate and photograph collection, Archives).

John Nolan Chain, M.D., was a graduate of the UCSF School of Medicine, Class of 1904. After an internship at Sacramento County Hospital, he practiced in Eureka, CA until his death, April 14, 1956. Dr. Nolan was an obstetrician, a member of the Humboldt County Medical Society, and the California Medical Society. In the 1920s Dr. Nolan participated in the series of lectures given by Alumni Instructors; his presentation was titled "Practical Therapeutics and the Art of Medicine."

Collection is open for research.