Staff of Whittacker Memorial Hospital (Newport News, Va.) Bylaws and Meeting Minutes

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Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
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PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Preferred citation:

Staff of Whittacker Memorial Hospital (Newport News, Va.) Bylaws and Meeting Minutes, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.02 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Staff of Whittacker Memorial Hospital (Newport News, Va.) Bylaws and Meeting Minutes, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Bylaws, 1930 and meeting minutes, 1943-1948 of the medical staff of Whittacker Memorial Hospital, Newport News, Virginia. The bylaws define medical staff as medical doctors and the meetings cover all aspects of the hospital's medical services, general administration and day to day business. The meeting minutes cover a variety of business including matters related to staff and patient care. At least one reference to abortion was found by a researcher (during a class demonstration in 2/2010). Addtional coverage is possible.

Biographical / historical:

Organization of medical doctors on staff at the Whittacker Memorial Hospital in Newport News, Virginia. The Hospital was founded in 1908 to service the city's African American population. For more information see: The Journal of the National Medical Association, March, 1964, Vol. 56, No. 2. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Acquisition information:
Purchase.
Processing information:

Accessioned and described in August 2009 by Ute Schechter.