Guide to the Esther Bridgman Clark Papers M0578

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

1999

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Esther Bridgman Clark papers

Identifier/Call Number: M0578

Physical Description: 8.5 Linear Feet

Date (inclusive): 1891 - ca.1980 (inclusive), 1914-1968 (bulk)

Date (bulk): 1914-1968

Abstract: Dr. Esther Clark, a graduate of Stanford Medical School, joined doctors Thomas Williams, Russel V.A. Lee and E.F. "Fritz" Roth as the only pediatrician on the Midpeninsula in 1927. She was an early partner in the Palo Alto Medical Clinic and served thousands of local families until she retired in 1973.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Biographical / Historical

Esther Bridgman Clark, daughter of Arthur B. Clark, Stanford's first art professor, was one of the first women doctors in Palo Alto. She earned her a.b. from Stanford University in 1921 and her M.D. from Stanford University Medical School in 1925. She began her pediatric practice in Palo Alto in 1927 and was a founding partner of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic. She joined the clinical faculty of the Medical School in the 1930s; in 1953 she established the Children's Health Council. She retired from medicine at the age of 72 to pursue interests in travel and photography.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item] Esther Bridgman Clark Papers, M0578, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Contents

The bulk of Dr. Clark's papers are her notes, papers, exams, and lab books from course work at Palo Alto Union High School, 1914-17, Stanford University, 1918-21, and Stanford University Medical School, 1921-25; included in these are the records of her research on guinea pig ovaries and the published paper of her results. Other items in the collection include correspondence, notes, speeches, charts, and other records from her medical practice and professional activities, 1923-68; medical pamphlets and handbooks; reprints of articles by Clark and others; personal correspondence; and photographs.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photoprints.

Medical education.

Pediatrics -- Practice.

Palo Alto Union High School.

Stanford University. School of Medicine

Series 1. Palo Alto Union High School, 1914-1917

Box 1, folder 1

PAUHS Coursework-- English Composition

Box 1, folder 2

PAUHS Coursework-- English, 1915-1916

Box 1, folder 3

PAUHS Coursework-- English, 1916-1917

Box 1, folder 4

PAUHS Coursework-- English, 1917

Box 1, folder 5

Notebooks-- English, 1916-1917

Box 1, folder 6

PAUHS Coursework-- History

Box 1, folder 7

PAUHS Coursework-- History, 1915-1916

Box 1, folder 8

PAUHS Coursework-- History, 1916-1917

Box 1, folder 9

PAUHS Coursework-- Economics, 1917

Box 1, folder 10

PAUHS Coursework-- Music

Box 1, folder 11

PAUHS Coursework-- Civics, 1917

Box 1, folder 12

Small notebook-- French

Box 1, folder 13

Geometry Notes

Box 1, folder 14

PAUHS Coursework-- General Science, 1915

Box 1, folder 15

Notebooks-- Science undated

Box 1, folder 16

Notebooks-- Chemistry, General Science, 1914

Box 2, folder 1

PAUHS Coursework-- Physics, 1917

Box 2, folder 2

PAUHS Coursework-- Chemistry, 1917

Box 2, folder 3

Chemistry 11-A Lab Book, 1916

Box 2, folder 4

Smith, A. Laboratory Outline of Elementary Chemistry, annotated.

Box 2, folder 5

PAUHS Coursework-- Physiology, 1917

Box 2, folder 6

PAUHS Coursework--Physiology

Box 2, folder 7

PAUHS Coursework-- Zoology, 1915

Box 2, folder 8

Zoology Papers and Drawing, 1915-1916

Box 2, folder 9

PAUHS Coursework-- Misc.

Box 2, folder 10

Class notes, 1916-1917, undated

Box 2, folder 11

Papers, Reports, 1916-1917

Box 3, folder 1

Theatre Programs, Homework, 1914-1917

Box 3, folder 2

Report Cards, 1915-1918

Box 3, folder 3

Commencement Programs, Misc. Papers

Box 3, folder 4

High school diploma, 1917

Box 3, folder NF

Three Textbooks

Box 3, folder NF

Madrono (A literary/social publication of PAUHS), 10/1913-12/1917

Series 2. Stanford Undergraduate Courses

Box 4, folder 1

Notebooks-- Anatomy (1920)

Box 4, folder 2

Bluebooks-- Anatomy, Histology (1920)

Box 4, folder 3

Notes-- Histology (1920)

Box 4, folder 4

Notes-- Anatomy I, Histology (1920)

Box 4, folder 5

Anna Franklin, Bluebook-- Histology (1918)

Box 4, folder 6

Notes-- Art (1920)

Box 4, folder 7

Notes-- Bacteriology (1921)

Box 4, folder 8

Notes-- Bacteriology, Pathogenic (1921)

Box 4, folder 9

Notes-- Chemistry (1919-1920)

Box 4, folder 10

Exams-- Chemistry (1918-1920)

Box 5, folder 1

Notebook-- Chemistry

Box 5, folder 2

Notes

Box 5, folder 3

Laboratory Manual of Biological Chemistry

Box 5, folder 4

Notes-- Economics (1918)

Box 5, folder 5

Notes, Papers-- English 2 (1918)

Box 5, folder 6

Notes-- American Literature (1918)

Box 5, folder 7

Exams-- English (1919)

Box 5, folder 8

Notes-- English (1920)

Box 5, folder 9

Exams-- English 27: Browning (1920)

Box 5, folder 10

Notes and Exams-- French (1918)

Box 5, folder 11

Notes and Exams-- French (1918-1920)

Box 6, folder 1

Notes-- French (1920)

Box 6, folder 2

Notes-- Organic Evolution (1919)

Box 6, folder 3

Notes-- Physics 7a (1918)

Box 6, folder 4

Notes (1918)

Box 6, folder 5

Notebooks-- Physics 7a, 7b (1918-1919)

Box 6, folder 6

Notes-- Physics 7b (1919)

Box 6, folder 7

Notebook-- Physics 7c

Box 6, folder 8

Notes-- Phsyiological Chemistry (1920)

Box 6, folder 9

Notes-- Physiology (1921)

Box 6, folder 10

Notes-- Physiology Labs (1921)

Box 7, folder 1

Notes-- Physiology 4 (1921)

Box 7, folder 2

Notes-- Psychology (1919)

Box 7, folder 3

Exams-- Qualitative Analysis (1919)

Box 7, folder 4

Notebook-- Quantitative Analysis (1919)

Box 7, folder 5

Exam-- Zoology (1919)

Box 7, folder 6

Notes-- Entomology (1918)

Box 7, folder 7

Notes-- Vertebrate Embryology (1918)

Box 7, folder 8

Notes-- Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates (1918)

Box 7, folder 9

Exam-- Animal Genetics (1920)

Box 7, folder 10

Guides for Vertebrate Dissection

Box 7, folder 11

Notes, misc.

Box 7, folder 12

Notes, misc. science

Box 8, folder 1

Bibliography Cards

Box 8, folder 2

Swimming Records, 1917

Box 8, folder 3

LSJU Panphlets, 1891-1892

Box 8, folder 4

Senior Week Program, 1921

Box 8, folder 5

Kellog, Vernon-- Open Letter to College Seniors (pamphlet)

Box 9, folder 1

Article (ts)-- Observations on the Ova and Ovaries of the Guinea Pig...

Box 9, folder 2

Article (ts, ms)--Observations on the Ova and Ovaries of the Guinea Pig...

Box 9, folder 3

Bibliographic References for Guinea Pig Research

Box 9, folder 4

Correspondence, 1922

Box 9, folder 5

Course Registration and Report Cards, 1918-1923

Box 9, folder 6

Exam Results, Board of Medical Examiners, 1925

Series 3. Stanford Medical School Courses

Box 9, folder 7

Notebook-- General Medicine (?)

Box 9, folder 8

Notes-- Anatomy (?)

Box 9, folder 9

Notes-- Anatomy I: Histology

Box 9, folder 10

Notes-- Anatomy 6: Neurology (1921)

Box 9, folder 11

Notes-- Anatomy 14 (1922)

Box 9, folder 12

Notes-- Clinical Pathology (1922)

Box 9, folder 13

Notes-- Dermatology Radiology (1923-1924), (1923)

Box 9, folder 14

Notes-- Experimental Medicine

Box 9, folder 15

Notes-- General Pathology Ia (1922)

Box 9, folder 16

Notes-- Guinea Pig Research

Box 9, folder 17

Notes-- Infant Anatomy

Box 10, folder 1

Notes-- Medicine 3,4,5 (1922-1923)

Box 10, folder 2

Notes-- Medicine 6: Kidneys (1922)

Box 10, folder 3

Notes-- Medicine 8,9 (1923)

Box 10, folder 4

Notes-- Medicine 11: Dietics (1923)

Box 10, folder 5

Notes-- Neurology (1922-1923)

Box 10, folder 6

Notes-- Obstetrics (1922-1924)

Box 10, folder 7

Notes-- Osteology (1921)

Box 10, folder 8

Notes-- Pathology I, Lab.

Box 10, folder 9

Notes-- Pathology 3

Box 10, folder 10

Notes-- Pediatrics (1922-1923)

Box 10, folder 11

Notes-- Pharmacology (1922-1923)

Box 10, folder 12

Notes-- Pharmacology Ia (1922)

Box 10, folder 13

Notes-- Pharmacology 3 (1922-1923)

Box 10, folder 14

Notes-- Pharmacology 3: Tabulation of Drugs (1922-1923)

Box 10, folder 15

Notes-- Pharmacology 4: Therapeutics (1923)

Box 11, folder 1

Notes-- Physical Diagnosis (1922)

Box 11, folder 2

Notes-- Physical Therapeutics (1923)

Box 11, folder 3

Notes-- Physiology IV

Box 11, folder 4

Notes-- Physiology V (1922)

Box 11, folder 5

Notes-- Physiology V, Lab. (1922)

Box 11, folder 6

Notes-- Physiology V, Lab. experiments (1922)

Box 11, folder 7

Notes-- Psychiatry (1923)

Box 11, folder 8

Notes-- Surgery 1, 2, 3 (1922)

Box 11, folder 9

Notes-- Surgery 4, 5 (1923)

Box 11, folder 10

Notes-- Surgery 9 (1922-1923)

Box 11, folder 11

Notes-- Surgery 216, 219, 220 (1923-1924)

Box 11, folder 12

Notes-- Misc.

Box 12, folder 1

Operations Records, Guinea Pig Research (1921)

Box 12, folder 2

Patient Records, Dep't of Public Health, San Francisco (1923)

Box 12, folder 3

SF Hospital School of Nursing-- Yearbook (1925)

Box 12, folder 4

School of Medicine, pamphlet c 1920

Series 4. Professional papers

Box 12, folder 5

Adoption: Correspondence, 6/27/1946-10/10/1946

Box 12, folder 6

Adoption: Notes, 1946

Box 12, folder 7

American Journal of Diseases of Children, April 1961

Box 12, folder 8

Article by Dr. C. Doxiadis (photocopy)

Box 12, folder 9

Articles, Stanford M.D.

Box 12, folder 10

Case Study: Suprarenal Hemorrhage (ts)

Box 12, folder 11

Certificates

Box 12, folder 12

Charts (blank)

Box 12, folder 13

Child Health-- Speech delivered at the White House, 1968

Box 12, folder 14

Correspondence, professional: 1947, 1963

Box 12, folder 15

Correspondence re: Article Case Study: Suprarenal Hemorrhage (6/27/1926-10/14/1926)

Box 12, folder 16

Diets-- San Francisco Hospital

Box 12, folder 17

Files-- Baby Walker

Box 12, folder 18

Files-- Medical Charts

Box 12, folder 19

Files-- Misc. Cases

Box 12, folder 20

Files-- Relationship Between Blood Types and Infant Conditions

Box 12, folder 21

Files-- Skippy

Box 12, folder 22

Files-- Thyroid Cases

Box 12, folder 23

Files-- Ward Reports

Box 12, folder 24

Files-- Misc. Case Reports, Charts, Notes, and Articles

Box 13, folder 1

First Aid Manuals

Box 13, folder 2

Journal Articles, Periodicals

Box 13, folder 3

Journal Articles, Periodicals (by Clark), reprints

Box 13, folder 4

Journal Articles, Periodicals (by misc. authors), reprints

Box 13, folder 5

Journal Articles, Periodicals

Box 13, folder 6

Journal Articles, Periodicals

Box 13, folder 7

Lecture: Emotional Interaction Between Mother and Infant, O. Spurgeon, M.D. (Los Angeles, 1951)

Box 13, folder 8

Leukemia Research-- Correspondence: 7/27/1949-4/11/1950

Box 13, folder 9

Leukemia Research-- Statistics Received: 7/27/1949-4/1/1950

Box 13, folder 10

Medical Handbooks-- Physician's Descriptive Lists; American Red Cross Textbooks on Elementary Hygiene

Box 13, folder 11

Medical Pamphlets, Misc.

Box 13, folder 12

Notes-- Adapting to Motherhood

Box 13, folder 13

Notes-- American Association of Pediatrics Seminar on Emotional Problems..., Articles. (Dr. Benjamin Spock) 1949

Box 14, folder 1

Notes-- AAP Seminar on First Five Years of Life, 10/1950

Box 14, folder 2

Notes-- AAP Seminar on Emotional Problems in Children, (Dr. Benjamin Spock) 10/1952

Box 14, folder 3

Notes-- Amino Acids, Nitrogen in Blood

Box 14, folder 4

Notes-- Breast Milk vs. Cow's Milk

Box 14, folder 5

Notes-- Case Histories of Children (photos encl.), 1925-1926

Box 14, folder 6

Notes-- Diarrheas and Salts

Box 14, folder 7

Notes-- The Handicapped Child Conference, Chicago 10/1954

Box 14, folder 8

Notes-- Maternity Conference, 11/1954

Box 14, folder 9

Notes-- Misc.

Box 14, folder 10

Pamphlets on Water, U.S. Dept. of the Interior

Box 14, folder 11

Partnership Agreement, Palo Alto Clinic (sample)

Box 14, folder 12

Photographs, Accident Prevention Booth, Los Angeles 1951

Box 14, folder 13

Photographs (X-Rays)

Box 14, folder 14

Stanford Medical Fund

Box 14, folder 15

Ward Manual, San Francisco Hospital

Box 15, folder 1

Women in Medicine

Box 15, folder 2

Oral History Materials (Women in Medicine)

Series 5. Personal papers

Box 15, folder 3

Account Books: 5/1912-1/31/1919

Box 15, folder 4

Account Books: 1/31/1919-10/1927

Box 15, folder 5

Articles on light, Popular Mechanix undated

Box 15, folder 6

Class Reunion Materials (Stanford Med. 1925), 1950

Box 15, folder 7

Class Reunion Materials, 1955

Box 15, folder 8

Misc. Booklets

Box 15, folder 9

Ration Books

Box 15, folder 10

Sports Books circa 1920

Box 15, folder 11

Student-Faculty Reunion Materials (Stanford Med. 1925), 1965

Box 16, folder 1

Correspondence-- Incoming: 4/8/1914-12/23/1914

Box 16, folder 2

Correspondence-- Incoming: 1/1915-12/21/1915

Box 16, folder 3

Correspondence-- Incoming: 2/14/1916-12/28/1917

Box 16, folder 4

Correspondence: 1-5-1918-6-21-1920, undated

Box 16, folder 5

Correspondence: 6/28/1927-7/6/1927

Box 16, folder 6

Correspondence and forms re Clark's sponsorship of Ingrid Klepper, 1941

Box 16, folder 7

Photographs, Cyanotypes (personal, undated

Box 16, folder 8

Photographs

Box 16, folder 9

Photographs

Box 16, folder 10

Photographs

Box 16, folder 11

Photographs

Box 16, folder 12

Memorabilia from overseas trip, 1937

Box 16, folder 13

Misc. Personal Papers

Box 16, folder 14

Misc. Papers-- David B. Clark

Box 18

Professional Reference Files (A-I)

Box 19

Professional Reference Files (J-Z)

Box 20

Miscellaneous

Scope and Contents

Includes various awards and certificates, folder of ephemera from White House Luncheon, Stanford Hospital Staff group photos 1926, Glass X-Ray plates of E. Clark's Wrist, 3/15/1918.