Abstract
Correspondence, minutes, programs, clippings, and photographs documenting the activities of the Eclat Club.
Dates
- 1919-1967
Extent
0.63 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Creator
- Eclat Club (Organization)
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Restrictions
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Historical Note
A social, non-scientific club formed for the purpose of furthering the social intercourse of its members and promoting the advancement of medical and surgical knowledge, the Eclat Club was first conceived in France shortly after the Armistice in November 1919. Charles Mixter, Harry Kerr, and Burton J. Lee wanted to establish an association of surgeons who had served the army in France. The proponents felt that to include all the surgeons who had served would make the club too large to have any usefulness to its members. Therefore, they chose for the club a select group of men "about whose desirability there could be no doubt." The club's organizational meeting was held in New York on October 23, 1919.
Collection Summary
Contains correspondence, photos, constitution, minutes of meetings, membership data, and printed matter. The Eclat Club was organized in 1919 for the purpose of comradeship by American surgeons who served in Europe during World War I. The last annual meeting was held in 1959. Correspondence pertains chiefly to annual meetings; contains some biographical information. Includes file of letters from Henry H. Hun to William A. Fisher, and by Arthur W. Elting, relating to the terminal illness of Elting. Names prominent in the collection include Fred W. Bailey, Stanhope Bayne-Jones, Richard Derby, William A. Fisher, Harry H. Kerr, E. J. McCague, Charles G. Mixter, Maurice C. Poncoffs, Fordyce Barker St. John, Arthur M. Shipley, Harvey Brinton Stone, William F. Verdi, Beth Vincent, Russel M. Wilder, and DeForest P. Willard.
Abstract
Correspondence, minutes, programs, clippings, and photographs documenting the activities of the Eclat Club.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Gift from Fordyce B. St. John, Harvey B. Stone, and Stanhope Bayne-Jones, 1967.
General
- Processed by
- HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
- Processing Completed
- 1967; 2004
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
Creator
- Eclat Club (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Eclat Club Records1919-1967
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
- Date
- 1967; 2004
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
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