Los Angeles County Medical Association printed materials collection, 1856-1989, bulk 1930-1989

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Summary

Creators:
Los Angeles County Medical Association, collector.
Abstract:
This collection contains approximately 870 publications and printed items, produced by various organizations, related to hospitals, medicine, medical education, and public health, chiefly in Southern California in the 20th century. The bulk of the collection consists of meeting programs, annual reports, and directories. The materials were compiled as part of the library of the Los Angeles County Medical Association Collection, a professional institution founded in 1871 and designed to regulate and encourage the development of the medicine in Los Angeles.
Extent:
25.84 Linear Feet (61 boxes, 4 volumes)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Los Angeles County Medical Association printed materials collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains approximately 870 publications and printed items, produced by various organizations, related to hospitals, medicine, medical education, and public health, chiefly in Southern California in the 20th century. The materials were compiled as part of the library of the Los Angeles County Medical Association Collection, a professional institution designed to regulate and encourage the development of the medicine in Los Angeles. The bulk of the collection consists of programs for meetings, conventions, and congresses; annual reports for medical societies, hospitals, and medical schools; and doctor, staff, and medical student directories. In addition, there are reprints of speeches and addresses; yearbooks for medical schools; commemorative, biographical, and historical publications; some original historical documents; by-laws and founding documents; and some planning and administrative documents. The materials include items produced by nearly 200 different authors, though many organizations are represented by only a few items. There are over 140 items published by or about the Los Angeles County Medical Association. The collection also contains seven boxes of catalog cards created by the Los Angeles County Medical Association describing the materials in the collection.

Biographical / historical:

The Los Angeles County Medical Association, begun in 1871, is a professional institution designed to regulate and encourage the development of the medicine in Los Angeles. Since then, the organization has established itself as an important institution in the profession. The Association's library quickly became an archive for the medical history of California and an invaluable research resource for physicians.

Acquisition information:
On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.
Processing information:

Processed by Jessica O'Pray and Diann Benti in 2015. In 2022, Maggie Hughes added the LACMA shelflist catalog cards in boxes 55-61 to the collection and finding aid.

Arrangement:
  1. Series I. Printed materials
  2. Series II. LACMA shelflist catalog cards
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Hospitals -- California.
Hospitals -- California -- Administration.
Hospitals -- California -- Directories.
Hospitals -- California -- Los Angeles.
Medical colleges -- California.
Medical colleges -- Faculty -- Directories.
Medical education -- California.
Medical libraries -- California -- Los Angeles.
Medicine -- California -- History -- 20th century.
Medicine -- California -- Los Angeles.
Medicine -- California, Southern.
Medicine -- Periodicals.
Medicine -- Societies, etc. -- California.
Medicine -- Societies, etc. -- Periodicals.
Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals.
Physicians -- Biography.
Physicians -- California -- Directories.
Physicians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
Physicians -- Correspondence.
Physicians -- United States -- Biography.
Public health -- California -- Los Angeles.
Surgeons -- Societies, etc.
Los Angeles County Medical Association Collection.
Alumni directories.
Annual reports.
Bylaws (administrative records)
Corporation reports.
Directories.
Minutes (administrative records)
Periodicals.
Professional directories.
Programs (documents)
School yearbooks.
Speeches (documents)
Yearbooks.
Names:
Los Angeles County Medical Association.
Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles.
American Academy of Applied Nutrition.
American Academy of Dermatology and Syphilology.
American Academy of General Practice.
American Academy of Neurology.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
American Academy of Tropical Medicine.
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
American Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons
American Association of the History of Medicine.
American Association on Mental Deficiency.
American College of Chest Physicians.
American College of Physicians.
American College of Surgeons.
American Congress of Physical Therapy.
American Heart Association.
American Institute of Family Relations.
American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society
American Medical Association.
American Neurological Association.
American Orthopsychiatric Association.
American Psychiatric Association.
American Psychoanalytic Association.
American Psychosomatic Society.
American Society for Research in Psychosomatic Problems.
American Society for the Hard of Hearing.
American Society of Adlerian Psychology.
American Society of Ophthalmologic and Otolaryngologic Allergy.
American Society of Tropical Medicine.
American Therapeutic Society.
American Urological Association.
Association for the Study of Internal Secretions (U.S.)
Association of American Physicians.
Barlow Medical Library.
Barlow Society for the History of Medicine.
Bert A. Betts & Associates.
Bishop Johnson College of Nursing.
Booz, Allen & Hamilton.
California Associates, Knight and Parker.
California Heart Association.
California Hospital Medical Center.
California Medical Association.
California Medical College.
California Tuberculosis and Health Association.
California Tuberculosis Association.
California. Board of Medical Examiners.
California. Department of Public Health.
California. Legislature. Senate
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School
Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles.
College of Medical Evangelists (Los Angeles, Calif.)
College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons.
Congress on Rheumatic Diseases.
Cooper Medical College.
Eclectic Medical Society of the State of California.
French Hospital (Los Angeles).
Gilbert Vasquez & Company, Certified Public Accountants.
Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital (Glendale, Calif.)
Hollywood Academy of Medicine.
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital.
Hospital Council of Southern California.
Hospital of the Good Samaritan (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hospitals of California.
Huntington Memorial Hospital (Pasadena, Calif.)
Institute of Laryngology and Voice Disorders.
International College of Surgeons.
International Congress of Psychiatry.
International Congresses on Tropical Medicine and Malaria.
International League Against Epilepsy.
Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association of North America.
KDG Architecture and Planning.
Lane Hospital (San Francisco, Calif.)
Langdon & Wilson Architects.
Loma Linda University.
Los Angeles (Calif.). Board of Health
Los Angeles Academy of Medicine.
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Health Department
Los Angeles County General Hospital.
Los Angeles County Medical Association.
Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center
Los Angeles Foundation of Otology.
Los Angeles Heart Association.
Los Angeles Pediatric Society.
Los Angeles Physicians Art Society.
Los Angeles Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology.
Los Angeles Surgical Society.
Lutheran Hospital Society of Southern California.
Magyar Orvosok Szabad Szakszervezete
Martin Luther King, Jr. General Hospital.
Mary's Help Hospital (Daly City, Calif.)
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.
Medical College of the Pacific (San Francisco, Calif.)
Medical Library and Historical Journal.
Medical Library Association.
Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona.
Medical Society of the State of California.
Medical Women's International Association.
Memorial Hospital of Long Beach, Calif.
Memorial Hospital of Southern California.
Methodist Hospital of Southern California.
Mother Cabrini Preventorium (Burbank, Calif.)
National Association of Sanitarians (U.S.)
National Gastroenterological Association.
National Medical Association (U.S.)
National Society for the Prevention of Blindness.
Obstetrical and Gynecological Post-Graduate Assembly of Southern California.
Orthopaedic Hospital.
Pacific Interurban Clinical Club.
Pasadena Hospital Association.
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital (Glendale, Calif.)
Pottenger Sanatorium.
Queen of Angels College of Nursing.
Research Study Club of Los Angeles.
Robert Heller & Associates
Robert L. MacReynolds & Co.
Sacramento Society for Medical Improvement.
San Antonio Community Hospital (Upland, Calif.)
Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation.
Society for the History of Medical Science.
Society of Apothecaries, London.
Sons of the Revolution. California Society.
Southern California Medical Association.
Southern California Medical Society.
Southern California Regional Hospital Planning Committee.
St. Francis Hospital (Lynwood, Calif.)
St. Louis Surgical Society.
St. Vincent's Hospital.
State Advisory Hospital Council.
Thomas & Moore. Certified Public Accountants.
UCLA Alumni Association.
University of California (1868-1952). College of Medicine. Los Angeles Department.
University of California, Los Angeles.
University of Southern California.
University of Southern California. College of Physicians and Surgeons.
University of Southern California. School of Medicine.
Victor Gruen Associates.
Western Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons.
Western Society for Clinical Research.
Western Society of Electroencephalography.
Barlow, W. Jarvis, 1868-1937 -- Correspondence.
Alesen, L.A. (Lewis Albert), 1896-.
Barlow, W. Jarvis, 1868-1937.
Boch, Charles.
Boyle, Joseph Francis, 1924-.
Bullard, F.D., 1860-.
Carter, Ray Alden, attributed name.
Cole, George Llewellyn, 1861-1935
Cottam, Nephi, 1883-1966. Series of lessons on Craniopathy: the greatest discovery of the age.
Cowgill, Grace Deuel.
Dock, George, 1860-1951
Frey, Bert A., 1901-1967.
Goshorn, George S.
Hughes, Sally Smith.
Hyman, William, 1928-.
Jenkins, Carey K., architect.
King, Joseph M.
Kress, George H.
Lane, Levi Cooper, 1833-1902.
Logan, Thos. M. (Thomas Muldrup), 1808-1876.
Lowman, Charles LeRoy, 1879-.
Mahood, Ruth I. (Ruth Ione)
Morse, John F. (John Frederick), 1815-1874.
Sawtelle, M. P. (Mary P.)
Seymour, Eleanor, M.D.
Shuman, John W.
Taylor, Raymond G. (Raymond Griswold), 1872-1958. Recollection of 60 years of medicine in Southern California.
Thompson, Harold L., 1885-
Tragerman, L. J.
Vils, Ursula.
Walker, Robert A., 1891-.
Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934.
Widney, J.P. (Joseph Pomeroy), 1841-1938.
Wilshire, Logan. Gaylord Wilshire, the millionaire socialist.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Los Angeles County Medical Association printed materials collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
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