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Online Finding Aid Pilot Project

Record Group 16 - College of Medicine

For records before 1913, see also:
Record Group 27 - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago

The following is a list of online finding aids available for this record group. In some cases, an interim PDF copy of a collection's has been made available until a more complete EAD finding aid can be completed. The department reserves the right to restrict files with sensitive information to outside researchers.

  • College of Medicine. Administration. Dean's Records, 1930 - 1981(To be added in early 2005)

  • College of Medicine. Administration. David J. Davis Papers, 1913-1955
    • Dr. David J. Davis was Dean of the University of Illinois College of Medicine from 1924-1943. His personal papers include manuscripts of his writings; correspondence and and reports relating to his activities in the Illinois Medical Society, the Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Santitarium, the D. J. Davis Lecture; general subject files; and drawings and notes taken as a medical student.


  • College of Medicine. Department of Anatomy. Faculty Papers. Otto Frederic Kampmeier Papers, 1910-1982
    • Dr. Otto F. Kampmeier was professor and head of the anatomy department at the University of Illinois Chicago Professional Colleges and later at the College of Medical Evangelists in Loma Linda, CA. His papers include personal and professional correspondence, drafts of manuscripts of his writings, and photographs and illustrations used in his books.


  • College of Medicine. Department of Medicine. Faculty Papers. Carroll LaFleur Birch Papers, 1936-1964
    • Dr. Carroll LaFleur Birch, Professor of Medicine at the College of Medicine, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago, was an expert in the fields of tropical medicine, parasitology, and hemophilia. Her papers include professional and personal correspondence; research and clinical files; photographs; and manuscripts of published and unpublished material.


  • College of Medicine. Department of Medicine. Faculty Papers. William R. Best Papers, 1936-1964
    • William R. Best was a faculty member and later Assistant Dean in the College of Medicine at the Univeristy of Illinois Chicago Professional Colleges as well as Chief of Staff at Hines VA Hospital and the Associate Dean for Veterans Affairs at Loyola. The collection contains material from Dr. Best's time in graduate and medical school in the 1940's and during his early professional career through the late 1960's. His papers contain class notes from medical school, personal and professional correspondence, medical grand round notes from 1957-1967, and scripts from faculty plays and performances from 1957-1968.


  • College of Medicine. Student Records. Student Organizations. Alpha Omega Alpha, Alpha Chapter Records, 1902-1998 (Bulk 1902-1973)
    • Alpha Omega Alpha is a medical honor society created in 1902 to recognize and perpetuate excellence in the medical profession. This collection contains assorted records and photographs from the Alpha Chapter (UIC) of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Society, and includes membership catalogues, induction ceremony guides, membership booklets, histories and constitutions, chapter meeting minutes, copies of the Alpha Omega Alpha publication The Pharos, and a photograph album.

These online finding aids represent only a small portion of the collections available for public use. More finding aids will be put online as they are encoded.

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Last updated: Tuesday, 11-Jan-2005 16:21:29 CST
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