Manuscripts Collections are paper-generated collections that include correspondence, research notes, publications, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, departmental documents and transcripts. The Archives houses approximately 116 manuscript collections. Here are a few examples: Coy C. Carpenter Personal Collection Dorothy Carpenter Personal Collection North Carolina Baptist Hospital Nursing Collection Camillo Artom Personal Collection Lawrence Chester McHenry Personal Collection

The Coy C. Carpenter Personal Collection

Photograph of Coy Cornelius Carpenter (From the Coy C. Carpenter Personal Collection)

Size: 5 cubic feet

Restrictions: Three cubic feet of the collection are available to the public upon completion of an interview with the Archivist.   The remaining 2 cubic feet are restricted.          

Preservation: Staples and paperclips have been removed. Materials have been placed in alkaline folders.

Number of boxes: 5        

Provenance: Dr. Carpenter’s widow,  Dorothy Carpenter, gave the collection to the  Archives in  1979.  In 1994 the material items were donated to the Archives by Dr. Harry Carpenter, Coy Carpenter’s son.

Biography: Coy Cornelius Carpenter, M.D. was born April 24, 1900 and died November 7, 1971.  Dr. Carpenter graduated from Wake Forest College two-year medical school in 1922. He graduated from Syracuse Medical School in 1924 and received his certification in Atomic Pathology in 1936. After two postgraduate years at Syracuse as Instructor in Pathology and Clinical Medicine, he returned to North Carolina where he assumed the responsibilities for the administration of the medical school at Wake Forest College in Wake Forest, North Carolina in 1930. He became the founding dean of The Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was dean from 1936 to 1963, when he became Vice-president for Medical Affairs, a post he continued until his retirement in 1967. When he was selected to fill this newly created post, he had been dean the longest of any medical school dean in the United States. During most of his term he also served as administrator, fundraiser, pathologist, and teacher. Dr. Carpenter formulated various programs, considered innovative at the time, in medical education. He established the Private Diagnostic Clinic and also served as Medical Director of North Carolina Baptist Hospital until 1953. As a Fulbright lecturer in Pathology, he spent 1953-1954 at Fouad University and Ibrahim University in Cairo, Egypt. Later he served as a consultant Medical Education for the International Cooperation Administration in South Vietnam. He was a Captain in the Medical Corp for the North Carolina National Guard from 1928 to 1938. His colleagues said of him, ". . . he was one of the true innovators in American Medical Education."

Scope of the Collection: The Coy C. Carpenter Collection consists of various materials ranging from personal correspondence to photographs to institutional brochures. The collection contains some materials generated from Wake Forest College in Wake Forest, however most of the materials are from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest College in Winston-Salem.

Series Descriptions:

I.   The series labeled correspondence has been arranged alphabetically and chronologically from 1933 to 1934.   There are 133 files in this series.

II.  The second series consists of the papers generated from a meeting held at Wake Forest College on Cancer.  The renowned Joseph Bloodgood, cancer specialist, was a guest.  This series contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, and other documents related to the planning of the meeting.

III.  The Newspaper clippings and publications are simply items Carpenter clipped that document various happenings at Wake Foes College in Wake Forest and Winston-Salem.

IV.  The operational files for the Wake Forest College include such items as the first five-year report to the President, bank statements, deeds, statements for loans and grants, and solicitations for donations for a portrait of Dr. Thurman Kitchin.

V.   This series consists of two speeches Carpenter gave on two different occasions.

VI.  The material objects were given by Mrs. Carpenter and her son Harry Carpenter, M.D. They include an academic robe, the first doctor’s bag owned by C.C. Carpenter, passports, a journal, a pen, medical instruments, and a charm bracelet given to Dorothy by Coy.

VII.  This entire series deals with the book written by Coy C. Carpenter, The Story of Medicine at Wake Forest University, and includes the original manuscript, correspondence relating to the book, and two letters by the editor.

VIII. The photographs are of a variety of subjects and size. Most all of them contain the likeness of Dr. Carpenter.

IX.  Deans (restricted)

X.   Memoirs (restricted)

Inventory:

Series I: Correspondence

Series II: North Carolina Medical Society Meeting on Cancer

Series IV: Operational Files at Wake Forest College

Series VII: The History of Medicine at Wake Forest

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Scope of the Collection: The North Carolina Baptist Hospital School of Nursing Collection includes personal collections, textbooks, realia, textiles, and photographs. The series are based on the donors, rather than the actual materials.

Series:

 Series I. School of Nursing Alumni

Series II. Nursing Alumni Association

Series III: Nurse’s Home Bible

Series IV: Nursing Oral Histories

Oral Histories

Series V: School of Nursing Photographs

Series VI. Barbara Wall Benge

Series IX. Helyn Carr

Series X. Dora "Mom" Elliot

Series XI. Jeanette Lytton Gillelard

Series XII. Juanita Hayes Marshall

Series XIII. Francis Painter

Series XIV. Lucia Shirley

Books:

Series XV. Nancy Flynt Smith

Series XVI. Phyllis Teague

Series XVII. Patricia Thomas

Series XVIII. Louise Thornbro

Series XIX. Annie Wall (donated by Helyn Carr)

Series XX. Joyce Warren

Series XXII. Sara Covington Wikle

Series XXIII. Jane Nelson

Series XXIV. Ruth Anderson Gwyn

Series XXV. Cindy Morton Mauldin

Series XXVI. Rose W. Mathis

Series XXVII. Mary Yount Miraglia, Class of 1970

Series XXVIII.  Mary Wray Carter Fulton

Series XXIX.  Helen Gentry Ferebee

Series XXX.  Mildred McGirt Dudgeon

Series XXXI.  Mrs. James Satterwhite

Series XXXII.  Deborah Dunning

Series XXXIII.  Betty Gentry Pikula, Class of 1958

Series XXXIV.  Lucille Cain Hartman, Class of 1932

Series XXXV. Lucy Jessica Hudson, Class of 1940

Series XXXVI. 2005 Reunion

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The Camillo Artom Personal Collection

Size: 5 cubic feet

Restrictions: The papers of Dr. Camillo Artom are open to qualified scholars after an interview with the Archives’ staff.

Preservation: Staples, rubber bands, and paper clips have been removed. Photos have been placed in Mylar sleeves and older documents interlaced with acid free paper. The entire collection has been placed in Hollinger boxes.

Number of boxes: 13

Provenance: The papers of Camillo Artom, M.D., Ph.D. were given to the Dorothy Carpenter Medical Center Archives, Coy C. Carpenter Library, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, on July 26, 1974 by Bianca Artom.

Biography:

Dr. Camillo Artom, know as the "fat" chemist for his work with lipids, was born in Asti, Italy on June 6, 1893. After studying medicine at the University of Rome and the University of Padua, he received his M.D. from Padua in 1917. Artom served as a cadet sergeant and later a lieutenant in the Italian medical corps from 1916 to 1920. He was awarded the Italian and Romanian Crosses for his work terminating a typhus epidemic during his time in the service. Dr. Artom was also a skilled mountain climber, a talent much appreciated by the Alpine troops.

In 1923 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Messina and in 1926 a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Palermo. Although Artom earned a M.D., he only practiced medicine during the time he spent in the Corps. After the Great War or World War I, Artom took positions in the Universities of Messina and Palermo. During this ten-year period, he also conducted research at the Universities of Amsterdam and Frankfurt. According to an article in the Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel from September 24, 1967, "In 1930, he became chairman of the department of biochemistry at the University of Cagliari, and in 1935, he took the same position at the University of Palermo in Sicily." He became a research fellow with the Rockefeller Foundation in Naples around the same time. At the time of this appointment, Dr. Camillo Artom was considered one of the foremost biochemists in Europe.

According to the same article in the Winston-Salem Journal, by the late 1930s Artom and other Jews in Italy were beginning to be aware of the negative feeling toward Jews in Europe. Artom described the situation: "By 1938, we were aware of the plight of the Jews in Germany. We did not expect the same trouble in Italy, for we Jews were so few." However, after Artom was denied permission to attend a conference of biochemists in Zurich, Switzerland, and dismissed from his position at the University of Palermo he realized the enormity of the situation, "I knew then that it was time we left Italy. There was nothing there for us anymore."

Dr. Artom and his wife, Bianca, did not have an easy time leaving Italy. Working through the American consul in Naples, Artom sought to be included in the 1938 or 1939 quota of Italian immigrants to the United States. At the same time he worked relentlessly to secure a passport.  Unfortunately, Artom would not be included in the quotas without proof of a job. 

Dr. Coy Carpenter, dean of Wake Forest Medical School secured that job. Dr. L. Emmett Holt of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland recommended Dr. Artom to Dr. Carpenter. Carpenter offered Artom the position of chairman of the Biochemistry Department at Wake Forest Medical School. As the head of this one-man department, Artom was paid a meager salary of $200 month.  Unfortunately, when Artom presented Dr. Carpenter’s cable offering him the position, the Italian consulate was furious. Dr. Artom was not allowed the leave because he was told his presence in the United States would provide unfair competition to the citizens of the United States.   Fortunately, for Wake Forest Medical School, men of academic talent were exempted from the quota restrictions.

Dr. Artom and his wife were allowed to move to the United States in 1939. Artom questioned their ability to live on such a low salary, but was assured it was possible in the small town of Wake Forest in North Carolina. Years later, despite offers from such prestigious universities as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Artom continued at Wake Forest. When asked why he remained in such a rural setting, Artom replied, "[t]his school helped me in a difficult time of my life. I felt an obligation to stay here."

Dr. Artom was best known for his work in biochemistry, specifically lipid metabolism. Lipid metabolism deals with how the body absorbs fats, how the liver processes fats, and how fats collect in the walls of the arteries. Artom’s explanation of how fats are digested is still accepted today.

Artom discovered that if the liver is not supplied with choline, a vitamin B-like substance, then the liver produces fatty tissues, a condition similar to cirrhosis. Working with rats and later humans, Artom and two other doctors, Cayer and Cornatzer, discovered that an injection of choline helped to reduce this condition. Dr. Artom also demonstrated that in the digestion of fats, mono- and diglycerides are formed. It is these forms of fats that are digested in the intestine.

During the 1960s, Artom used pigeons in his study on atherosclerosis. During this time, hardening of the arteries was considered the number one killer in the United States and Europe. For this reason, alone, Artom’s work was considered extremely important.

Other landmark research by Artom included using radioactive isotopes. Artom used a radioactive isotope of phosphorus and injected it in a rat to trace the movement of phosphorus in the body.

In the span of his professional life Dr. Artom published over 200 papers relating to his work and received numerous grants, even after age 70. His only hobby as professor of emeritus seemed to be reading the Journal of Biochemistry. According to Artom in 1967, "it is no longer possible to be a cultivated biochemist. The explosion of knowledge in biochemistry is so vast, so rapid, a man has time only to keep pace with his own field. It is so in my field which, is narrower than I like."

In a nomination for the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation’s 1966 Medical Research Award, Irving Carlyle writes,

In addition to professor and head of the department of Biochemistry at Wake Forest College School of Medicine from 1939 to 1942 and the professor and head of the Department of Biochemistry at Bowman Gray School of Medicine from 1941 to 1963, Dr. Artom was a member of various societies and held many offices. These include the:

• American Society of Biological Chemists
• Societe de Chimie Biologique (France)
• American Clinical Society
• Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (Southeastern Section)
• Vice-Chairman – 1955-1957
• Chairman – 1958-1960
• New York Academy of Science
• Alpha Omega Alpha
• Secretary, Beta Chapter of North Carolina, 1959-1965
• Sigma Xi Society
• Winston-Salem Torch Club

Dr. Artom served as Emeritus Professor from 1963 until his death on February 3, 1970.  Dr. Artom has been described as a faithful, humble, man totally lacking any "meanness" of spirit.  His colleagues described him as intense but serene, a man that always worked diligently whether he was in the lab or in the classroom. In 1963 the graduating class of the Bowman Gray School of Medicine dedicated their yearbook, The Gray and White Matter to Dr. Artom, "an internationally known scientist (who) has engendered our awe and admiration."                   

Scope of the Collection: The papers of Camillo Artom, M.D., Ph.D. reflect, in part, the professional and personal life of one of Europe’s most prestigious biochemists from the time he and his wife left Italy until Dr. Artom’s death in 1970. There are documents in the collection that are dated before 1939, the date of Dr. Artom’s arrival in the United States, however, they are few.

The Artom Collection is primarily a collection of research notes and recorded data. However, there are teaching materials; evaluations of people and papers; papers presented at conferences and symposiums; correspondence and an address book; and, finally, items that recognize Dr. Artom’s achievements. These series comprise a partial collection that focuses on the professional life of Dr. Camillo Artom.

As one of Europe’s leading biochemists, Dr. Artom’s research with lipids and lipid metabolism was on the cutting edge. The main body of research notes have been arranged by subject according to Dr. Artom, while the remainder of the notes have been arranged artificially according to subject and alphabetical order. Other research materials include two boxes of bibliographic note cards, reprints related to Dr. Artom’s work, and reprints of articles that have been written by Dr. Artom or in collaboration with Dr. Artom.  The collection also contains several unusual items. The items include a piece of rubber tubing with strings attached to the opposite ends, notes written on paper towels, and an address book. The address book is labeled "Rubrica" and contains the names and addresses of Artom’s friends and scientists.

The collection has been arranged into seven series:

1. Curriculum Vitae, Bibliography, and Publications
2. Research Materials
3. Teaching Materials
4. Evaluations
5. Retreats, Conferences, and Symposiums
6. Correspondence and Address Book
7. Recognition

The papers in Dr. Artom’s collection have been arranged artificially with two exceptions: files 55 through 100, in boxes 5-9, and the note cards. These groups have been retained according to the arrangement by Dr. Artom. Also noted is the correspondence interspersed throughout the papers, in addition to the series labeled correspondence.

Series Description:

Series I. Curriculum Vitae, Bibliography, and Publications, Box 1, Files 1-5.

Series one consists of the curriculum vitae of Dr. Camillo Artom and rough draft of the curriculum vitae of Dr. Hugh Lofland.  This series also consists of Dr. Artom's bibliography, revised and updated through the years, as well as a list of his publications.  It should be noted that there are four bound volumes of Dr. Artom's writings.   These volumes contain Xeroxed copies of reprints.

Series II. Research Notes, Box 1-13, Files 6-131.

The research notes have been artificially arranged according to subject. File numbers 6-54 have been artificially and then alphabetically arranged. The last three files that have been arranged artificially are the notebooks. These books contain data and research findings. They may have been used for class or in the lab.

Numbers 55-131 have been retained according to Artom’s arrangement. These notes contain the findings of Dr. Artom’s research on lipids and lipid metabolism. The files contain notes, graphs, charts, and papers reporting his results. The numbers at the end of each file label indicate the number of the file placed there by Dr. Artom. Interspersed throughout the notes and data is correspondence concerning the research in that particular file.

Within Dr. Artom’s arrangement there are three files of materials he collected concerning the changing nature of science. These files are labeled, "Science in a Changing World," "Science and Politics 1963-1964," "Serendipity-Science in a Changing World." Two other files not directly related to research under this series are labeled, "Federation proceedings."

Other research materials include two boxes of bibliographic note cards. Box 1-A, Dr. Artom’s label, has been arranged alphabetically according to the author. Also found in box 1-B were advertisements and postcards from the 1950s. Dr. Artom also collected reprints of other’s work. The final file under this series is an extensive collection of reprints of journal articles written by Artom or in collaboration with Artom.

Series III.  Teaching Materials, Box 14, Files 132-138.

Series III reflects the teaching aspect of Dr. Artom’s career. These files contain experiments assigned to the students; lecture notes; a file on the History of Medicine Society; and two files labeled, "Advanced Topics in Biochemistry, 1966, and "Biochemistry Course, 1968,". There are also two theses within this series by Marjorie Swanson and Margaret Mitchell.

Series IV. Evaluations, Box 14, Files 139-141.

Series IV consists of correspondence inviting Dr. Artom to evaluate other doctors and scholarly works. The file also contains correspondence requesting that Dr. Artom evaluate faculty for promotion.

 Series V. Conferences, Retreats, and Symposiums, Box 15, Files 142-146.

This series contains documents generated in response to the conferences, retreats, and symposiums attended by Dr. Artom. Such documents include papers, receipts, lists, and other items concerning travel arrangements.

Series VI. Correspondence and Address Book, Boxes 15-16, Files 147-153.

Although correspondence is interspersed throughout the collection, this series contains only personal and professional correspondence. The correspondence that is grouped according to subject concerns grants and experiments as well as the sale of back journals. The final item in this series is the address book, which contains the addresses of scientists, colleagues, and friends from around the world.

Series VII. Recognition, Box 16, Files 154-156.

This series documents, in part, the achievements of Dr. Artom. This series contains an encyclopedia entry written by Dr. Artom explaining lipids, a handwritten speech accepting the portrait dedicated to Dr. Artom, and a speech given to the Torch Club, a professional organization of distinguished members who are asked to share, on a monthly basis, their work to be commented on.

Inventory:

Series:     

1. Curriculum Vitae, Bibliography, and Publications, Box 1, Files 1-5
2. Research Matierals (Artificial Arrangement), Boxes 1-13, Files 6-131
3. Teaching Materials, Box 14, Files 132-138
4. Evaluations, Box 14, Files 139-141
5. Conferences, Retreats, and Symposiums, Box 15, Files 142-146
6. Correspondence and Address Book, Boxes 15-16, Files 147-153
7. Recognition, Box 16, Files 154-156

The Lawrence Chester McHenry, Jr., M.D. Personal Collection

Introduction:  While this finding aid encompasses the entire personal collection of Dr. McHenry, it focuses on the slides and photographs in the collection. A description of each series in the large collection is included, as well as a detailed inventory of the slides and photographs interspersed throughout the collection.  

Size: 207 cubic feet

Restrictions: Most of the papers of the Lawrence Chester McHenry, Jr., M.D. Collection are open to qualified scholars. Any questions concerning access should be directed to The Dorothy Carpenter Medical Archives Archivist. Materials of an extremely personal nature within this collection are restricted to outside use. See below series descriptions for more information.

Preservation: Materials have been placed in alkaline folders in alkaline boxes. Slides and photographs have been placed in Mylar sleeves.

Number of boxes: 64

Provenance: The papers of Lawrence Chester McHenry, Jr., M.D. were donated to The Dorothy Carpenter Medical Archives after Dr. McHenry's death on February 22, 1985.

Biography: Lawrence Chester McHenry, Jr. was born March 20, 1929 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was the second child of Dr. Lawrence Chester McHenry, Sr. and Hilda (Pentland) McHenry. He grew up in Oklahoma City and received his earliest education there. In 1944, he went to the New Mexico Military Institute, where he received his high school diploma in 1947. In 1951 he received a B.A. from Pomona College in Claremont, California. Returning to Oklahoma City, he entered medical school at the University of Oklahoma in 1951 and graduated in 1955 with a M.D. degree. From Oklahoma he went to Boston, Massachusetts for internship and residency.

While in Boston, 1955-1960, he studied at Harvard University; worked at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston City Hospital, and the New England Center Hospital; and married Anne Marie Riedl. From this marriage three children were born: Susan, 1958; Barbara, 1960; and Robert, 1964. In 1968 he and Anne Marie Riedl divorced and the following year, 1969, he married Kathryn Olson.

During his medical school, internship, and residency years, Dr. McHenry developed an interest in two areas that remained with him his entire life: the history of medicine and the life of Samuel Johnson.  After serving at Walter Reed Army Hospital from 1960-1964 as a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, Dr. McHenry’s career centered around research into cerebral blood flow measurement, stroke, and cerebrovascular diseases.

Biographical Notes

Born March 20 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1929)

Graduated from high school, New Mexico Military Institute (1947)

B.A., Pomona College, Claremont, California (1947-1951)

M.D., School of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma(1951-1955)

Summer Study, Deutschkurse fur Auslander, Akademischen Auslandstelle, University of Munich, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany (1953) 

Licensed to practice medicine, State of Oklahoma (1955)   

Membership, American Association History of Medicine (1955)

Medical Intern, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (1955-1956)

Assistant Resident in Medicine, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (1955-1957)

American Academy of Neurology, Fellow (1957)

Married Anne Marie Riedl  (1957)

Assistant Resident in Neurology, New England Center Hospital (1957-1958)

Fellow in Neurology, Tufts University  School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts (1957-1958)

Birth of first child, Susan P. McHenry (October 3, 1958)

Resident in Neuropathology, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (1958-1959)    

Fellow in Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1958-1959)      

Induction into the Johnson Society, Lichfield, England: Life Member (1959)    

Resident in Neurology, New England Center Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (1959-1960)     

Fellow in Neurology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts (1959-1960)

Birth of second child, Barbara A. McHenry (May 16, 1960)

Summer Study, Visiting Fellow, History of Medicine Department, Yale University Graduate School, New Haven, Connecticut (1960)    

Captain, MC USAR, Department of Neurophysiology, Division of Neuropsychiatry,  Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. (1960-1964)  

Clinic Supervisor, Neurology Service, Walter Reed General Hospital, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. (1961-1964)    

Clinical Instructor in Neurology, George Washington University, Washington, D.C (1961-1964)     

Certification, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1963) 

Induction into Membership in the Johnson Society of London (1963) 

Membership, Philadelphia Neurological Society (1964)  

Licensed to Practice Medicine - State of Pennsylvania (1964)   

Birth of third child, Robert L. McHenry  ( June 7, 1964)  

Assistant Attending Physician, Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1964-1965) 

Chairman, The Johnsonians (1965)  

Major, MC USAR (1965-1968)   

Assistant Professor, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1965-1968)

Chief of Service (Jefferson), Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1965-1971) 

Neurologist, Jefferson Medical College Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1965-1971)

Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine, London, England (1966)   

Fellow, American Academy of Neurology (1966)   

Secretary, Philadelphia Neurological Society (1966-1970)

Director, Stroke Research Center, Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1966-1972)

John and Mary R. Markle Scholar in Academic Medicine (1967-1972)    

Divorced from Anne Marie Riedl (1968)

Marriage to Kathryn Olson McHenry (1969)     

Associate Professor, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1969-1971)      

Member, American Neurological Association (1969)  

Visiting Professor of Neurology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama (1970)

President, Philadelphia Neurological Society (1971)

Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1971-1972)

Senior Attending Physician, Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1971-1972)

Staff, Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1971-1972)  

Licensed to Practice medicine - State of North Carolina (1972)    

Professor of Neurology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (1972-1985)

Who’s Who in the East (1972-1975)  

Chairman, The Johnsonians (1973)

Co-Chairman and Editor, The Sixth International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1973)

Who’s Who in the South and Southeast (1976-1984)  

Membership, American Osler Society (1978)

Visiting Professor of Neurology, The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1979)

Membership, Forsyth-Stokes-Davie County Medical Society (1981)

Membership, North Carolina Medical Society (1981)

American Neurological Association -   Historian and Archivist (1981-1985)    

Member, American Medical Association (1982)  

Member, Editorial Advisory Board, The Classics of Medicine Library1982  

Board of Trustees, Unitarian-Universalists Fellowship of Winston-Salem, North Carolina (1982-1983)

American Academy of Neurology, Chairman, Section on the History, of Neurology (1982-1984)

North Carolina Medical Society, Committee on Physicians Health and Effectiveness (1982-1985)

Board of Governors, North Carolina Jewish Home, Clemmons, North Carolina (1982-1985)  

Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board, The Classics of Neurology and Neurosurgery Library (1983)

American Association History of Medicine, Chairman, Osler Medal Committee (1983)

Membership, Johnson Society of the Central Region, U.S.A. (1983)  

World Federation of Neurology, History of Neurosciences Research Group, American Secretary (1983)

Member, College of Physicians of Philadelphia (1983)

Vice-President, American Osler Society (1984)

Member, Advisory Council on Addictive Diseases, Charter-Mandala Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (1984-1985)

Died February 22 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (1985)

Scope of the Collection: The papers of Lawrence Chester McHenry, Jr., M.D. cover his life, education, and work from 1936 to February 1985. Included in the collection are personal and family papers; college, medical school, internship, and residency records; military orders and credentials; medical research, scientific investigation, and Cerebral Blood Flow Studies; diaries, documents, and discussions related to Alcoholics Anonymous; notes and manuscripts dealing with the history of medicine, the history of neurology, and the medical aspects of the life of the Eighteenth Century English writer, Samuel Johnson; reprints of articles, manuscripts, correspondence, patient studies, and photographs.

The collection provides both an overview of and specific information on Dr. McHenry’s personal life, medical career, scientific research, and scholarly writings. From the papers pertaining to Dr. McHenry’s personal life, his growth and development as a medical doctor, scholar, writer, and historian is seen. His military records document his career as an officer in the United State Army. While his medical research information provides insight into neurological clinical research and experimentation, the papers that deal with the history of medicine contain Dr. McHenry’s insights as a writer, scholar, and scientist.

Dr. McHenry’s professional associations show his involvement not only with the scientific aspects of medicine but also with the historical features of medical endeavor. His professional relationships are catalogued within committee reports, correspondence, and lecture notes. In its totality, this collection of papers illustrates the life, work, and interests of a man who was multi-dimensional.

The collection is arranged in eight series:

1. Personal and Family Papers
2. Scrapbooks
3. Correspondence
4. Professional Papers: Reprints
5. Professional Papers: Research
6. Professional Papers: Employment
7. History of Neurology
8. Samuel Johnson

The arrangement of the material in all eight series adheres as closely as possible to the order in which the papers were received from Dr. McHenry in August 1984 and from his office after his death in February 1985. In many instances folders have been kept intact and original folder headings have been retained.

Summary of Inventory

Series I.  Personal and Family Papers, 1-70.

1. McHenry Family History
2. Lawrence Chester McHenry, Jr., - Education. 14-32.
3. Lawrence Chester McHenry, Jr., - Military. 32-39.
4. Lawrence Chester McHenry, Jr., - Personal. 40-70.

Series II.  Scrapbooks, 71v-91v.

1. Personal. 71v.-75v.
2. Research.  76v.-83v.
3. History of Neurology. 84v.-90v.
4. Samuel Johnson. 91v.

Series III.  Correspondence, 92-454.

Series IV.  Professional Papers:  Reprints, 455-701V.

1. McHenry Reprints.  455-531.
2. Neurology Reprints.  532-701v.

Series V.  Professional Papers:  Research, 702-748v.

1. Markle Scholarship. 702-703.
2. Teaching:  Instructional Materials.   704-711.
3. Stroke Research Center, Philadelphia. 712.
4. Cerebral Blood Flow. 713-748v.

Series VI.  Professional papers:  Employment, 749-767.

1. Bowman Gray School of Medicine. 749-762.
2. Consultant: Institutions/Organizations. 762-767.

Series VII.  History of Neurology, 768-929

1. Organizations. 768-812.

   1.  American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

   2.  American Association of the History of Medicine (AAHM)

   3.  American Neurological Association (ANA)

   4.  Philadelphia Neurological Society (PNS)

   5.  World Federation of Neurology (WFN)

   6.  Gryphon Editions, Inc.

   a.  Classics in Medicine

   b. Classics in Neurology

2. History of Stroke. 813-822.     

3. American Neurology. 823-859.

4. Neurology and Art. 860-867.    

   1. Charles K. Mills, 1845-1931.

   2.  William Osler, 1849-1919.

   3.  S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914.  

   4.  William Alexander Hammond, 1828-1900

   5.  Francis X. Dercum, 1856-1931.

   6.  Eadweard Muybridge, 1830-1904.

   7.  Origins of American Neurology and Hospitals                

5. Garrison’s History of Neurology. 868-910.         

6. Philadelphia Orthopedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases. 911-929.                           

Series IX.  Samuel Johnson, 930-1007 (Kept with Dr. McHenry’s original arrangement).

Series Description/Inventory

Series I. Personal and Family Papers, Files 1-79

The series presents a detailed overview of Dr. Lawrence Chester McHenry’s life, family, and ancestors. These papers chronicle his growth and development as a student, doctor, researcher, and scholar, as well as recording his experiences as a husband and father. Both the public documentation and the private accounts of his life are included in this collection.

The large amount of materials present has necessitated this series being divided into four sub-series: McHenry Family History; Lawrence Chester McHenry, Jr., Education; Lawrence Chester McHenry, Jr., Military and Lawrence Chester McHenry, Jr., Personal. Though some refoldering has been necessary, the order and arrangement of the papers are primarily as Dr. McHenry intended.

Subseries A, McHenry Family History, 1-13, contains papers about the genealogical aspects of several branches of the McHenry Family. Also included are early records (1817), family tree and coat of arms, correspondence, and family information. Specific materials on Dr. Lawrence McHenry Jr.'s grandfather and father and mother are found in these folders.

The papers found in subseries B, Lawrence Chester McHenry, Jr.: Education, 13-32, are grouped into six areas: primary and secondary schools, college, medical school, internship and residency, Markle Scholarship Program, and Continuing Medical Education. Education was very important to Dr. McHenry and he kept many of the papers associated with his varied experiences. Thus, the reader is presented with a full picture of his educational background. Contained in these folders are report cards, transcripts, certificates, diplomas, reports of social activities, early writings, schedules, lecture notes, patient information, correspondence, and forms.

Lawrence Chester McHenry, Jr.: Military, subseries C, 33-39, includes both the formal and informal records of Dr. McHenry's military experiences. These folders contain his induction notice, ROTC history, correspondence, health records, general orders, duty reports from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and certificate of honorable discharge.

The last subseries in Series I, is subseries D, Lawrence Chester McHenry, Jr.: Personal. Materials in this subseries are restricted and are not available for public use.

Because of the personal nature of some of the materials contained in this collection, certain materials interspersed within the subseries are restricted and the entire subseries, Lawrence Chester McHenry, Jr., Personal is restricted. An interview with the Archivist is required before viewing any materials in this collection.

Series II. Scrapbooks, 71v.-91v.

This collection of Dr. McHenry’s personal and professional scrapbooks is divided into four subseries that cover the following areas: personal and family events, research, the History of Neurology, and Samuel Johnson.

These scrapbooks are the result of Dr. McHenry’s collecting, arranging, and maintaining the tangible items significant to the various segments of his life and work. All of the scrapbooks are as Dr. McHenry arranged them and include only the materials he felt were important. Their order and content are exactly as Dr. McHenry prepared them.

Subseries A, Personal Scrapbooks, 71v.-75v., is comprised of various memorabilia that reflect Dr. McHenry’s life from the 1930’s until 1982. These scrapbooks are in chronological order and contain; family photographs, school certificates (Oklahoma City and NMMI), regulations, handbooks, science fair experiments, and publications, correspondence (Moorman, Sigerist, medical school materials, maps, SITA travel booklets, and research notes associated with Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)), programs from meetings of the American Association of Neurologists, teaching and Continuing Education programs from George Washington University and Walter Reed, Markle Scholarship Award information (1967), annual reports, memos, name tags, and letters from Stroke Conferences, CBF Symposiums, and the Philadelphia Neurological Society, information from Appalachian Hall, staff directories for the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, and letters concerning the McHenry Collection in the Medical School Library.

Subseries B, Research, 76v.-83v. is, for the most part, the files of Cerebral Blood Flow and Stroke Research the Dr. McHenry conducted at Walter Reed and in Philadelphia at the Stroke Research Center. These scrapbooks illustrate Dr. McHenry’s presentation, arrangement, and perception of his research. This order, selection, and grouping is as Dr. McHenry arranged it thus, this subseries is dependent upon Dr. McHenry's interpretation of his research data. Included in the contents of these scrapbooks are: grant proposals, photographs, correspondence, reprints, budgets, minutes of planning meetings, equipment lists, diagrams, graphs, tables, and charts relating to the Krpton-85 method, formulas, patient studies, reports on the CBF labs of Ingvar (Lund), Lassen (Copenhagen), and Veall (London), and slides. These almost 400 slides illustrate the techniques, methods, procedures, and materials Dr. McHenry used with Stroke and CBF research from 1960-1972.

Slides in the Subseries include:

Scrapbook, 

Subseries C, The History of Neurology, 84v.-90v., is a collection of scrapbooks that present neurological information in two distinct formats: photocopies and slides. Volumes 82-89 which are entitled Neurology I and II, include photocopies of titlepages, drawings, medical illustrations, portraits, and paintings as well as earliest beginnings to the middle of the 20^th century. With the exception of 83v.-84v., the remainder of the scrapbooks in this subseries (85v.-89v.) are comprised entirely of slides that correlate with Dr. McHenry’s photocopies in presenting a complete overview of the history of neurology. Volume 89 includes slides from a presentation "A Psycic Analysis of the American Neurological Association" by Milt Gross, presented at an Annual Meeting for the American Neurological Association, and Charles Bell’s watercolors of the wounded at the Battle of Waterloo from the Royal Army Medical College (London). All slides in this subseries are as Dr. McHenry selected, arranged, and identified them.

Slides in this subseries include:

Subseries D, Samuel Johnson, 91v., contains one scrapbook in which slides of title pages, drawings, medical situations, cartoons, and portraits all relating to the life and writings of Samuel Johnson are found. All these slides, which Dr. McHenry used as part of his lectures about Samuel Johnson, have been kept in their original order.

Slides in this subseries include:

Series III. Correspondence, Files 92-454.

The letters found in this series are both professional and personal. They cover the years 1951 to 1985 and are arranged in alphabetical order. The correspondence includes letters dealing with both individuals and specific subjects which have been inter-filed. Within the individual folders, whose headings were created by Dr. McHenry, the correspondence is placed in reverse chronological order. In some instances there are handwritten notes on the folder; these folders have been retained intact.

The correspondence covers not only a major portion of Dr. McHenry’s life, but also reflects his vast and diversified interests. This series, which is not divided into subseries, contains letters to family members, professional colleagues, students, bookdealers, organizations, and educational institutions. Folders on subjects such as lawyers, jobs, and USSR are also included in this series. While theses folders contains letters to a variety of individuals, they are unified by the commonality of their subjects.

Series IV. Professional Papers: Reprints, Files 455-701.

Series IV, V, and VI contain the majority of Dr. McHenry’s professional papers. Individually, each series emphasizes one aspect of Dr. McHenry’s professional career. Collectively, these papers reflect the totality of his research, teaching, and medical practice.

Series IV, Professional Papers: Reprints, 455-701, includes reprints written by Dr. McHenry and by other authors that he felt to be significant to his work as a medical researcher and scholar. These reprints are as Dr. McHenry arranged and labeled them. The maintaining of this order allows the researcher to see and share Dr. McHenry’s perceptions and insights into specific areas of study. Because of the diversity found in Dr. McHenry's collection of reprints, the series has been divided into two subseries: McHenry Reprints, and Neurology Reprints.

Subseries A, McHenry Reprints, 455-531, contains reprints of each of the articles Dr. McHenry published from 1959 to 1985 on the history of neurology, neurological research, and the medical aspects of the life of Samuel Johnson. These reprints are as Dr. McHenry arranged them: in chronological order with the different subject areas inter-filed. Specific subject areas included in this collection are papers on: hyperventilation, S. Weir Mitchell, rheoencepalography, focal cerebella sclerosis, childhood illnesses of Samuel Johnson, emphysema, cerebrovascular disease, rCBF Hexobendine, carotid artery TIA, Xenon-133, the Philadelphia Neurological Society, and MacDonald Critchley.

Subseries B, Neurological Reprints, 532-701v., includes reprints of articles dealing with various areas of neurology and neurological research. Taken as a unit, these reprints do not cover all of the subject specialties within the field of neurology, but they do illustrate Dr. McHenry’s continuing medical studies, concerns, and interests. This collection of reprints contains articles not written by Dr. McHenry, is arranged alphabetically by interests. This collection of reprints contains articles not written by Dr. McHenry, is arranged alphabetically by subject, and reflects two aspects of his medial and intellectual curiosity; first, he was interested in all segments of neurology; and second, he was particularly aware of the research and investigations being done by his colleagues at Bowman Gray.

Series V. Professional Papers: Research. 702-748v.

Series V, PROFESSIONAL PAPERS: RESEARCH, 702-748v., delineates Dr. McHenry’s research methods, organizations, and techniques in personal, medical, neurological, and professional endeavors. This series shows the significance Dr. McHenry placed on research as a supportive facet of any intellectual undertaking. To compartmentalize the various areas of study and research that Dr. McHenry participated in, this series has been divided into four subseries: Markle Scholarship; Teaching-Instructional Materials; Stroke Research Center, Philadelphia General Hospital; and Cerebral Blood Flow. Within each subseries, the materials have been arranged and maintained, as much as possible, according to Dr. McHenry’s original order.

Subseries A., Markle Scholarship, 702-703, contains information and correspondence relating to Dr. McHenry’s selection as a Markle Scholar in 1967. Also included are programs, records, and newspaper clippings which give detailed accounts of his involvement in the Markle Scholarship Program from 1967-1972.

Subseries B, Teaching: Instructional Materials, 704-711, contains the goals, objectives, and foundational research needed for the courses Dr. McHenry taught at BGSM. Included in this subseries are outlines, tests, lecture notes, slides, and drawings used in teaching courses on Neurology and the History of Medicine.

Stroke Research Center, Philadelphia General Hospital, subseries C, 712, is compiled of materials relating to the establishment, design, and implementation of the Stroke Research Center from 1962 to 1972. Contained in these folders are architects’ drawings and plans, correspondence, reports, committee meetings minutes, and construction details.

The final subseries in this series, subseries D, Cerebral Blood Flow, 713-748v., includes the materials, information, and data that Dr. McHenry considered necessary and valuable to his study of cerebral blood flow. Included in these folders are research materials, correspondence, and reviews from other researchers as well as reprints, patient data, experimental studies, and laboratory work that Dr. McHenry used to create the Krypton-85 and Xenon 133 methods of cerebral blood flow measurement.

Series VI. Professional Papers: Employment. 749-767.

Like the papers in Series IV and V, Series VI, PROFESSIONAL PAPERS: EMPLOYMENT, includes and emphasizes one segment of Dr. McHenry’s professional life. This series, which focuses on his teaching, his practice at Bowman Gray School of Medicine, and his consultant work, is divided into two subseries: Bowman Gray School of Medicine and Consultant: Institutions/Organizations. These folders contain supportive documents, correspondence, data, and information that chronicles Dr. McHenry’s employment from 1972 to 1985.

Subseries A, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, 749-762, includes folders that contain BGSM neurology department schedules and photographs, faculty information, medical school history, Department of Clinics memos, Library Committee correspondence, and Dr. McHenry’s Curriculum Vitae and North Carolina Medical License.

Subseries B, Consultant: Institutions/Organizations, 763-767, records Dr. McHenry’s experiences as a consultant and includes correspondence, forms, programs, and reports from institutions and organizations both in the United States and in Europe.

Series VII. History of  Neurology. 768-929.

Series VII, HISTORY OF NEUROLOGY, 768-929, reflects the professionalism, interest, and dedication that Dr. McHenry brought to the study, preservation, and presentation of the history of neurology. These papers show not only his enthusiasm for the subject, but also the meticulous research and disciplined approach he exhibited when writing about the growth and development of neurology. The fact that Dr. McHenry studied the relationship between art and neurology, individual contributions, and professional organizations as well as the medical symptomatology associated with the practice of neurology is documented in these papers. Additionally, this series contains the materials Dr. McHenry used when revising and enlarging Garrison’s History of Neurology.

Because these papers do not adhere to any one segment of the history of neurology but present various historical, professional. and published aspects of the subject. They have been divided into six subseries. These subseries are: organizations; history of stroke; American neurology; neurology; and art; Garrison’s History of Neurology; and the Philadelphia Orthopedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases. As much as possible the papers in this series have been arranged and foldered according to Dr. McHenry’s original order; however, the major aim of this arrangement has been to provide the research with a clear and concise presentation of this most significant area in Dr. McHenry’s scholarly, scientific, and professional career.

Subseries A, Organizations, 768-812, records Dr. McHenry’s involvement in the organizations associated with the neurological profession. Included in this subseries are the following associations and/or organizations: 1. American Academy of Neurology (AAN); 2. American Association of the History of Medicine (AAHM); 3. American Neurological Association (ANA); 4. Philadelphia Neurological Society (PNS); 5. World Federation of Neurology (WFN); and 6. Gryphon Editions, Inc., (Classics in Medicine and Classics in Neurology). These papers present insights into the programs and practices of these organizations during the years in which Dr. McHenry was a member, 1957-1985. These folders contain reports, correspondence, programs, notes, and lists of slides used by Dr. McHenry, photocopies, reprints, photographs, presidential addresses, and proposals.

Subseries B, 813-822, History of Stroke, contains letters, drafts, reprints, and research notes that correlate with chapters from books that Dr. McHenry wrote on the history of stroke, "A History of Stroke" in McHenry’s Cerebral Circulation and Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease History by McHenry and Hackinski.

American Neurology, Subseries C., 823-859, includes papers which present an overview of the growth of American neurology within the framework of American medical history. Found in this subseries is information relating to the influence and contributions of various individuals (Mills, Osler, Mitchell, Hammond, Dercum, and Muybridge) to American neurology and materials which explain and examine the growth of hospitals in major American cities (New York, Boston, and Chicago). These folders contain bibliographies, reprints, pamphlets, photographs, correspondence, manuscript notes, photocopies, handwritten research notes, and obituaries.

Subseries D., Neurology and Art, 860-867, brings together two of Dr. McHenry’s interest and explains the historical interaction between them. In his studies on this relationship, both the history of art and the history of medicine are explored. Within these folders are found the materials Dr. McHenry used in the preparation of his lecture, "Art and Neurology." Included in these papers are: study guides, reports correspondence, photocopies, handwritten notes, negatives, illustrations, and photographs.

Garrison’s History of Neurology, 868-910, subseries E., contains outlines, handwritten research notes, chronologies, reprints, correspondence, photocopies, page layouts, drafts, final manuscripts, and photographs all of which relate to Dr. McHenry’s revision and enlargement of Garrison’s History of Neurology. These papers show Dr. McHenry’s systematic and precise revisions, his detailed information on neurological history from its primitive origins until the middle of the 19^th century, and his contributions, through the publication of this book, to the field of medical history.

The last subseries in this series, subseries F, 911-929, Philadelphia Orthopedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases is comprised of the grant application and research McHenry was working on at the time of his death. It was his plan to study and assemble the history of the Philadelphia Orthopedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases and, as a result, to show this institution’s importance in the area of neurological research and practice. Included in these papers are grant applications, correspondence, photographs, reprints, photocopies of casebooks and patient notes, articles by and about Wharton Sinkler, annual reports, timelines, and the charter and bylaws of the hospital.

Photographs in this subseries include:

Series VIII. Samuel Johnson. 930-1007.

Although not medical, personal, or professional in content, Series VIII, SAMUEL JOHNSON, 930-1007, catalogues one of the most significant parts of Dr. McHenry’s scholarly and intellectual life. His ongoing interest and involvement in the literary works, medical aspects, publications, and studies connected with Samuel Johnson is reflected in this series.

These papers have been arranged according to the order in which Dr. McHenry maintained them with titles, subjects, and authors inter-filed. Included in this series, which has not been sub-divided, are reprints, correspondence, photocopies, manuscripts, research notes, book catalogs, photographs, lecture outlines, programs, and bibliographies. Of particular interest to both medical historians and Johnson scholars are the papers that examine the relationship between Samuel Johnson, the writer and Samuel Johnson, the medical patient. Collectively, these papers present the in-depth study Dr. McHenry did on the eighteenth century and on Samuel Johnson.

Photographs in this subseries include:

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