Conditions Governing Access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Conditions Governing Use
Preferred Citation
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Processing Information
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Willard L. Marmelzat collection
Creator:
Marmelzat, Willard L. (Willard Lee)
Identifier/Call Number: Biomed.0429
Physical Description:
34 Linear Feet
(68 document boxes and 6 oversize flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1943-1999
Abstract: Willard Lee Marmelzat, M.D., renowned
dermatologist, wrote multiple works on the history of medicine. In addition to his
manuscripts, the collection consists of his subject files, correspondence, publications,
professional society files, speeches, education files, and memorabilia.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access
special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on
this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in
advance using the request button located on this page.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS DIGITAL AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains both processed and
unprocessed digital and audiovisual materials. For information about the access status of
the material that you are looking for, refer to the Physical Characteristics and Technical
Requirements note at the series and file levels. All requests to access processed digital
and audiovisual materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this
page.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All
other 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 where The UC Regents do not
hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Willard L. Marmelzat Collection (Biomed Manuscript Collection
Number 429). UCLA Library Special Collections, History and Special Collections for the
Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Marmelzat family, December 2012.
Processing Information
Processed by Kelly Besser with assistance from Rebecca Bucher and Cooper Moll, in
consultation with Russell Johnson, and supervised by Megan Hahn Fraser, 2016. This
collection was processed following the Guidelines for Efficient Archival Processing in the
University of California Libraries.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
Willard Lee Marmelzat, M.D., was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received his
M.D. at Tulane University School of Medicine in 1944. Passionate about music, Marmelzat was
awarded the William Osler Medal of American Association of the History of Medicine for his
M.D. thesis about the history of the relationship between doctors and music. He developed
his thesis into a book,
Musical Sons of Aesculpius, published
in 1946. After medical school, Marmelzat served as a Navy physician on the USS New Jersey
before permanently residing in Los Angeles, California. He established himself as a renowned
dermatologist and author of multiple works pertaining to the history of medicine. Dr.
Marmelzat died at the age of 93 in Los Angeles.
Scope and Content
The Willard L. Marmelzat collection consists of his manuscripts, subject files,
correspondence, publications, professional society files, speeches, education files, and
memorabilia, ranging in date from 1943 to 1999.
Organization and Arrangement
This collection has been arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Manuscripts
- Series 2: Subject files
- Series 3: Correspondence
- Series 4: Clinical files
- Series 5: Publications
- Series 6: Professional society files
- Series 7: Education files
- Series 8: Memorabilia