Register of the John Bertrand deCusance Morant Saunders Papers, 1933-88
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Register of the John Bertrand deCusance Morant Saunders Papers, 1933-88
Collection number: MSS 90-73
UCSF Library & CKM
Archives and Special Collections
University of California, San Francisco
Contact Information:
- UCSF Library & CKM
- Archives and Special Collections
- 530 Parnassus Ave.
- San Francisco, CA 94143-0840
- Phone: (415) 476-8112
- Fax: (415) 476-4653
- Email: http://www.library.ucsf.edu/collections/archives/contact
- URL: http://www.library.ucsf.edu/collections/archives
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
- December 4, 1991
- Encoded by:
- Brooke Dykman Dockter
© 2000 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: John Bertrand deCusance Morant Saunders Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1933-88
Collection number: MSS 90-73
Creator: Saunders, John Bertrand deCusance Morant, 1903-
Extent: 42 cartons
Repository:
University of California, San Francisco. Library.
Archives and Special Collections.
San Francisco, California 94143-0840
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John Bertrand deCusance Morant Saunders Papers, MSS 90-73,
Archives & Special Collections, UCSF Library & CKM
Biography
Son of a British surgeon, J.B.deC.M. Saunders was born in Grahamstown, South Africa in 1903, and educated there. He took his
M.B., Ch.B at the University of Edinburgh in 1925, becoming FRCS, Edinburgh in 1930. Dr. Saunders came to UCSF in 1931 as
Asst. Professor of Anatomy, becoming Professor and Chair of the Dept. of Anatomy in 1938, a post he held until 1956. He has
also served the campus as Dean, School of Medicine (1956-63), Chair, Dept. of Medical History and Bibliography (1937-73),
and University Librarian (1943-1973). In 1959 Dr. Saunders was inaugurated as the first Provost of the UCSF campus, was named
the first Chancellor of UCSF in 1964, and served in that position until 1966. In that year he was named to the Regents Chair
of Medical History, in the Department of the History of Health Sciences.
Dr. Saunders has carried out research in several areas, including medical history (works on Vesalius and ancient medicine)
and the structure and development of bones, the physiology of the muscles and the mechanics of walking. He was a member of
numerous professional and honorary societies, among them the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the American Academy
of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Association of Anatomists, and the American and British Medical Associations.
Scope and Content
The John Bertrand deCusance Morant Saunders papers include correspondence (personal and UCSF), manuscripts, lectures and speeches;
UCSF Committee materials; reference and subject files; files relating to associations, foundations and hospitals; transcript
copies of his oral history interview, and materials associated with the interview; slides and appointment books. Received
10/16/90, 1/18/91
Carton Carton 1
Biobibliography; background materials for oral history interview
Carton Carton 3
Appointment books (24 v., 1962-85)
Series II. Personal Correspondence
Carton Carton 10
Correspondence with publishers
Series III. Correspondence with Associations, Foundations, Hospitals
Series V. Manuscripts, Lectures
Carton Carton 25
Manuscripts, 1966-Sept 69
Carton Carton 26
Manuscripts, 1969-70; Public ceremonies, 1959-66
Carton Carton 27
Public ceremonies, 1963-66
Series VI. UCSF Correspondence
Carton Carton 33
UC correspondence, T-Z; Library correspondence; Bib. awards; radio and TV talks, lectures
Carton Carton 34
UC files: Anatomy Dept; History Department; history of medical center; UC centennial; publications
Carton Carton 37
UC/UCSF Committees (36 folders)
Series VIII. Miscellaneous
Carton Carton 38
Correspondence, general, 1959-76; grant review correspondence
Carton Carton 39
Correspondence, 1961-65; typescripts; Schoool of Medicine surgery by AMA/AAMC, presurvey information, 1963; Medical Education Database; AMA/AAMC survey self analysis, 1979
