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Title: Willard E. Goodwin papers
Date (bulk): 1842-1998 (bulk 1915-1998)
Collection number: 573
Creator:
Goodwin, Willard E.
Extent:
33 boxes (16.5 linear feet)
8 oversize boxes
Abstract: Willard Elmer Goodwin, M.D. (1915-1998) was the founding chair of the Division of Urology in the Department of Surgery at
the UCLA School of Medicine, best known for his innovative techniques in urology and his work in organ and graft transplantation.
Collection consists of Goodwin's personal and professional correspondence, photographs, publications, early manuscript drafts,
scrapbooks, slides, miscellaneous papers and a cystoscope set.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Box 37 of this collection is restricted; biographical information from patient records
may not be disclosed. To access the restricted portion of the collection researchers must first apply in writing to the Manuscripts
Librarian, outlining the research project and clearly presenting the purpose for which the records are to be used. To access
the unrestricted portion of this collection, advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. 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 where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mary D. Goodwin Cabot and Willard Goodwin, 1998.
Processed by Amelia Acker, with assistance from Kelley Bachli, Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), October 2007,in
the Center For Primary Research and Training (CFPRT).
[Identification of item], Willard E. Goodwin papers (Collection 573). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
5997376
Willard Elmer Goodwin, M.D. (1915-1998) was the founding chair of the Division of Urology in the Department of Surgery at
the UCLA School of Medicine.
His parents, Willard Elmer, Sr. and Olive (Belt) Goodwin raised both Willard and his younger brother, Donald in La Cañada,
near Pasadena. Goodwin was educated in a two-room school house in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, where he was
active in boy scouts and developed a passion for the outdoors. Dr. Elmer Belt, a founder of the UCLA Medical School, was
Goodwin's uncle and influenced his decision to pursue medicine.
In 1933, after graduating at the top of his class at John Muir Tech, Goodwin attended the University of California at Berkeley.
He majored in chemistry and established a lifelong friendship with Robert S. McNamara, former secretary of defense in the
Kennedy and Johnson administrations. In 1937, after a brief stint with McNamara in the Sailor's Union of the Pacific, Goodwin
entered Johns Hopkins Medical School.
Goodwin began his surgical internship at the Brady Urological Institute in 1941 under the supervision of Hugh Hampton Young.
In October of the same year Goodwin met his future wife, Mary Pearsons Josephs (Mary Joe), who was a medical illustrator at
Johns Hopkins. They were married five months later and shortly afterwards Goodwin was called to serve in World War II where
he was stationed in both the Pacific and European theaters. After his military leave, Goodwin resumed his surgical residency
in Baltimore in 1946. In 1951, Goodwin was approached during his chief residency year by William P. Longmire, Jr., M.D. regarding
the establishment a Division of Urology within the Department of Surgery at UCLA.
Organ transplantation was one of Goodwin's early surgical interests. As the founding chair of the Division of Urology, Goodwin
would establish the first west coast kidney transplant service at UCLA. In the late 1950's he researched the use of steroids
to effectively combat post-renal transplant rejection, and in 1962 reported the first case of using steroids for allograft
rejection. During his career, Goodwin developed several surgical approaches and techniques for a variety of problems related
to the urinary apparatus.
Dr. Goodwin was very active in many professional organizations and was the president of seven academic societies during his
lifetime. His contributions to the field of urology are evidenced by the numerous awards and honors he received from many
professional medical associations. Dr. Goodwin died on July 22, 1998, shortly before his 83rd birthday.
Collection consists of Goodwin's personal and professional correspondence, photographs, publications, early manuscript drafts,
scrapbooks, slides, miscellaneous papers and a cystoscope set. Materials reflect Goodwin's professional career as an academic
urologist; academic life at the University of California, Berkeley and a medical student during WWII; personal and family
interests in travel and mountaineering.
Arranged in the following series:
- 1. Personal Material, 1915-1998. 7.5 cubic ft.
- 1.1 Correspondence, 1 box
- 1.2 Educational, 2 boxes
- 1.3 Ephemera/Miscellaneous, 7 boxes
- 1.4 Family/Personal History, 5 boxes
- 2. Professional Material, 1842-1990.7.75 cubic ft.
- 2.1 Publications/Writings, 5 boxes
- 2.2 Correspondence, 1 box
- 2.3 Miscellaneous, 4 boxes
- 2.4 Professional groups, lectures and events, 4 boxes
- 2.5 Teaching and Research, 1.5 boxes
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Goodwin, Willard E., 1915-1998 --Archives.
Urologists --California --Los Angeles --Archival resources.
Surgeons --California --Los Angeles --Archival resources.
Goodwin (Mary P.) Antarctica Collection, 1908-1991.
Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Urologic innovator oral history transcript, 1985-1986 : Willard E. Goodwin / interviewed by William C. Casey. Published/distributed:
[Los Angeles] : Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, c1991.