George Tully Vaughan Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item], [box], [folder], George Tully Vaughan Collection, 1896-1908, Ms2022-023, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Vaughan, George Tully, 1859-1948
Abstract:
George Tulley Vaughan was an American Surgeon who was born in 1859 and lived until 1948. This collection contains multiple articles that Dr. George Tully Vaughan published. Each publication has something to do with the medical field, and most are about surgery. Also contained in the collection is a copy of The Youth's Companion from 1908. The Youth's Companion is a magazine that was first issued in 1827.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item], [box], [folder], George Tully Vaughan Collection, 1896-1908, Ms2022-023, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains multiple articles that Dr. George Tully Vaughan published. Each publication relates to the medical field, and most are about surgery. There is also a 1908 issue of The Youth's Companion magazine.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. George Tully Vaughan was born June 27, 1859, to Dr. James Vaughan and Frances Shields Vaughan. Vaughan received his medical degree from the University of Virginia in 1879 and his Doctor of Laws from Georgetown University in 1919. Vaughan worked as a surgeon for most of his life, including on the USS Leviathan during World War I from 1917 to 1919. He also served in the United States Navy Medical Reserve Corps as a Commander and was a professor of sugery at Georgetown University starting in 1897.

Dr. Vaughan married May T. Venable on June 27, 1883, and they had several children. Vaughan died on April 26, 1948, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Sources:

Acquisition information:
The George Tully Vaughan Collection was acquired by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 2012.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the George Tully Vaughan Collection was completed in June 2022.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Medicine
Articles