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Theodore Wiprud Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 192

Abstract

Correspondence, personal diaries, and recollections of director of Medical Society of District of Columbia, 1938-1963.

Dates

  • Creation: 1937-1979

Extent

0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)

Creator

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.

Copyright and Re-use Information

Donor's copyrights were transferred to the public domain. Archival collections often contain mixed copyrights; while NLM is the owner of the physical 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. It is the user's responsibility to research and understand any applicable copyright and re-publication rights not allowed by fair use. NLM does not grant permissions to publish.

Privacy Information

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Biographical Note

Theodore Wiprud served as executive director and secretary of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia from 1938 to 1963. During that period he was also managing editor of the Medical Annals of the District of Columbia.

Collection Summary

Includes correspondence, memoranda, diaries, "profiles" of physicians, and draft titled Inside organized medicine. Materials relate to the economics of medical care, national health insurance, and the development of a national health program. Correspondents include Michael M. Davis, Oscar Ewing, Morris Fishbein, Paul R. Hawley, Ross McIntire, Paul V. McNutt, James C. Magee, William J. Mallory, Joseph W. Martin, Jr., James E. Murray, Howard A. Rusk, Howard Schriver, Frank C. Watters, and Olin West. Letters from Howard McC. Snyder pertain to the illness of President Eisenhower in 1955. Subjects of profiles are Raymond G. Arveson, Daniel LeRay Borden, Ralph M. Caulk, Arthur C. Christie, Frank D. Costenbader, W. Montague Cobb, Coursen Baxter Conklin, Edward Young Davidson, Morris Fishbein, Walter Freeman, Robert H. Groh, Clifton R. Gruver, William P. Herbst, Raymond T. Holden, R. Arthur Hooe, Oscar B. Hunter, Hugh H. Hussey, Joseph S. Lawrence, Francis Xavier McGovern, William Johnston Mallory, Thomas E. Mattingly, W. Cabell Moore, Thomas A. Neill, John Benjamin Nichols, Thomas Parran, Herbert P. Ramsey, Donald Harrison Stubbs, Olin West, and Wallace M. Yater.

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence, personal diaries, and recollections of director of Medical Society of District of Columbia, 1938-1963.

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

General

Processed by
HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
Processing Completed
2004
Encoded by
Jim Labosier

Subjects

Related Names

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding Aid to the Theodore Wiprud Papers, 1937-1979
Status
Unverified Partial Draft
Author
Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division
Date
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

Collecting Area Details

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections Collecting Area

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