ACCESSION #: 2011-46 ACQUISITION: Donated by the Summit County Medical Society in July 2011. ACCESS: Restricted access; materials fragile; access by request at Akron-Summit County Public Library s Main Library Special Collections Division only. VOLUME: 40 LF SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains notes and meeting minutes of selected committees and branch organizations of the Summit County Medical Society, information on individual members, non-members and staff, early medical reference books, bulletins, newsletters, photographs, miscellaneous medical brochures, manuals, magazines, articles, correspondence and Ohio State Medical Association materials. ARRANGEMENT: Arranged chronologically, by subject, and alphabetically by surname. Series 1: Rosters and Meeting Minutes Box 1: Union Medical Association of Northeastern Ohio (materials very old and fragile, four ledger books) Rosters: Includes members of standing committees, date of membership, residences, and record of attendance to meetings 1) 1870-1879 2) 1880-1905 Meeting Minutes: Includes Constitution and By-Laws, receipts, programs, misc. 3) Feb. 1, 1870 Aug. 3, 1886 4) Nov. 9, 1886 - Nov. 9, 1920 Box 2: Miscellaneous Organization Meeting Minutes (materials very old and fragile, four ledger books) 1) Akron Medical Union, Dec. 2, 1884 Jan. 19, 1886 2) The Summit County Committee of the Medical Section, United Council of National Defence, Akron, Ohio, April 1917 Nov. 1918 3) Summit County Medical Society, Surgical Section, Feb. 13, 1924 Mar. 15, 1927 4) East Akron Community Hospital, April 14, 1941 Sept. 1, 1943 1
Box 3: Summit County Medical Society Meeting Minutes (materials very old and fragile, three ledger books) 1) Meeting Minutes: Feb. 7, 1866 July 27, 1884 2) Meeting Minutes: Jan. 7, 1913 Dec. 5, 1922 3) Meeting Minutes: Jan. 2, 1923 Dec. 3, 1936 Box 4: Summit County Medical Society Meeting Minutes and scrapbook with pages from SCMS Bulletins (one ledger book) 1) Jan. 5, 1937 Dec. 1, 1942 Box 5: Summit County Medical Society Council Meeting Minutes and newspaper clippings (in folders) 1) Council Meeting Minutes: Dec. 27, 1934 Dec. 7, 1939 2) Council Meeting Minutes: Oct. 20, 1939 July 22, 1941 3) Council Meeting Minutes: Sept. 15, 1941 Dec. 12, 1946 4) Council Meeting Minutes: Jan. 21, 1947 Dec. 19, 1950 5) Index to Council Meeting Minutes Sep. 15, 1941 Dec. 19, 1950 6) Council Meeting Minutes: Jan. 9, 1951 Dec. 10, 1956 7) Council Meeting Minutes: Jan. 20, 1957 Dec. 17, 1962 8) Notebook: newspaper clippings, 1958-1959, mostly from the Akron Beacon Journal, subjects include: Polio, URW, Public Service, Bloodbank, Eyebank 9) Council Meeting Minutes: Jan. 21, 1963 Dec. 19, 1966 10) Council Meeting Minutes: Jan. 9, 1967 Dec. 16, 1970 Box 6: Summit County Medical Society Meeting Minutes, and other materials (in folders) 1) Meeting Minutes: Jan. 5, 1943 to Dec. 4, 1951 2) Roster and Director of the SCMS, Aug. 1953. 3) Meeting Minutes: Jan. 8, 1952 to Dec. 1, 1959 4) Index to Meeting Minutes: Jan. 5, 1943 to Dec. 1, 1959 5) SCMS Constitution and By-Laws, 1960-1961 6) Notebook: Medical and Legal Literature,1958 to1961. 7) SCMS Meeting Minutes: Jan. 5, 1960 to Dec. 2, 1964 8) SCMS Meeting Minutes and articles about D.O.s vs. M.D.s, 1954 to 1969 9) SCMS Meeting Minutes, Jan. 6, 1965 to Oct. 3, 1972; -Envelope 1: Photographs 1-3: SCMS Senior Members Club, Apr. 2, 1975 (three black and white photographs, 8 ½ x 11 ); -SCMS Annual Report: Oct. 3, 1972; 2
-Miscellaneous Meeting Minutes and Participation in Bicentennial, 1976; -SCMS Budget Proposals and Platform, 1980; -SCM Constitution and By-Laws, 1992 (2 copies) 10) Barberton Citizens Hospital, By-Laws and Rules and Regulations with notes, 1990-1994 11) 2001-2002 SCMS Referral Service Physicians 12) 2003 SCMS Referral Service Physicians Series 2: Miscellaneous Materials (programs, articles, correspondence, misc.) Box 1: Folder 1: Book of Summit County Medical Society programs, 1913-1918 Folder 2: Notebook: The Proceedings of the Campaign of 1927 Against the Chiropractic Initiated Referendum as Employed by the Medical Profession in and about Akron, Ohio. Folder 3: Manual: Diagnostic Standards: Pulmonary and Glandular Tuberculosis, 1926, 7 th edition, Springfield Lake Sanatorium. Folder 4: Manual: Brief Instructions to Medical Examiners of the Life Extension Institute 1927. Folder 5: Tycos Blood Pressure Manual, 1927. Folder 6: Booklet of blank state Birth Certificate forms, circa 1930. Folder 7: Court summons documents: Adolf Hohensee vs. Akron Beacon Journal, October 27, 1958. Folder 8: Brochure: Statutes of Ohio Regulating the Practice of Medicine and Surgery, Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, Chiropody (Podiatry), Physical Therapy and Limited Branches, Oct. 8, 1959. Folder 9: Essay by Norman A. Welch, Ethike, Caduceus; Aesculapius, 1966. Folder 10: Letter by James G. Roberts, President of the SCMS,encouraging membership, 1966. Folder 11: Summit County Medical Society correspondence regarding publication of History of Medicine in Summit County Part II, 1975-1976. Folder 12: Miscellaneous correspondence Folder 13: Miscellaneous information and articles about SCMS Folder 14: Brochure: Principles of Medical Ethics, no date. Folder 15: Annual Report, American Board of Medical Specialties, 1974-1975 Folder 15: Miscellaneous Bulletin Covers used for display, no dates. 3
Series 3: Alexander Stearns McCormick, M. D., materials Box 1: Summit County Medical Society historical scrapbooks and rosters (three notebooks and folder) 1) Scrapbook, 1934-1964: list of past presidents and officers, past issues of Bulletins, newspaper articles, information about members of the Society who served in the military during different wars and miscellaneous items. 2) Historical roster of members and the earliest doctors in Summit County, compiled up to 1955. 3) Membership roster, 1955-1970. 4) Folder: Two small brochures: The Summit County Medical Society, 1842-1921 and 1842-1922, compiled by A. S. McCormick. 5) Box 2: Miscellaneous articles and scrapbook (four folders and two notebooks) -Notebook 1: Articles by Alexander S. McCormick, M. D., circa 1950s: -History of Medicine in Summit County (through 1952) -History of Children s Hospital, Akron, Ohio (includes list of staff in 1953) -The Toughest Day (about the Royal Canadian Regiment in which McCormick served). -The Royal Canadians in South Africa, 1899-1902. -A Romance of Medicine: Pasteur and Rabies by Mrs. J. G. Brody and A. S. McCormick. -Rabies (a history) -Program of A. S. McCormick in concert at the University of Akron, March 27, 1955. -The Doctor s Orchestra (a history) -The Evolution of Antiseptic Surgery -The National Guard -Frank Marion Pursell, D. D. S. -The History of the Fairlawn Country Club -Hockey -Certificate of Distinction, 50 years, awarded to A. S. McCormick by the Ohio State Medical Association -Folder 1: Documents about the history of the Doctor s Orchestra which began in 1926 and was organized by Alexander S. McCormick, M. D. 4
-Notebook 2: Historical scrapbook of materials about The Doctor s Orchestra, 1926-1965. Includes articles, photographs, programs and other miscellaneous items, compiled by Alexander S. McCormick, M. D. -Folder 2: Contains newspaper articles, letters, and a photo of Dr. McCormick. -Folder 3: Summit County Day program, A. S. McCormick, M. D., Sept. 15, 1954 -Folder 4: SCMS Bulletin excerpts of, The Historian s Page by Alexander S. McCormick, M. D. (1960s?) Series 4: Member and Non-Member Information File Folders NOTE: These files contain information on associate, current, former, and deceased members of the Summit County Medical Society. Some files contain very little information. Many files contain biographical information, education history, photographs, obituaries, newspaper articles, and correspondence. Files may contain legal documents related to events during a member s medical practice. This is not a complete collection of all SCMS members. Files are in alphabetical order by surname. Box 1: Abbott, Albert E, M. D. to Barks, Orrville Jr., D. O. Box 2: Barley, Samuel B., M. D. to Black, Samuel H., M. D. Box 3: Blackford, Roy A., M. D. to Butler, Diane A., M. D. Box 4: Cain, Brian R., M. D. to Collins, Leroy, M. D. Box 5: Comp, Scott J., M. D. to Deoras, Jyoti, M. D. Box 6: DePerro, Dean, D. O. to El-Shaar, Ahmad K., M. D. Box 7: Emery, William H., M. D. to Fuscaldo, John T., M. D. Box 8: Gacad, Reynaldo, M. D. to Hamilton, Joseph W, M. D. Box 9: Hamon, Donald L., M. D. to Hostettler, Mark E., M. D. Box 10: Houck, Charles Dotson, M. D. to Kasukonis, James A., D. O. 5
Box 11: Katirji, Mohamed K., M. D. to Kraus, William G., M. D. Box 12: Kremer, Richard M., to Littman, William K., M. D. Box 13: Lloyd, Ivan E., M. D. to Mehta, Harshad A., M. D. Box 14: Melby, Arne, M. D. to Myers, Philip F. Jr., M. D. Box 15: Nafziger, Myrl A., M.D. to Parks, William A., M.D. Box 16: Parnofiello, Anthony J., M. D. to Rajiah, Sam E., M. D. Box 17: Ramalingam, Ashok, M. D., to Rothstein, Lawrence, M. D. Box 18: Roush, William R., M. D. to Sevilla, Michael, M. D. Box 19: Shah, Barat, M. D. to Sommerfield, Ralph, M. D. Box 20: Song, Michael F., M. D. to Taylor, Matthew S., M. D. Box 21: Teofilo, Tecson T., Jr., M. D. to Warmus, Joanna M., M. D. Box 22: Warren, Scott H., M. D. to Wynn, Brian, M. D. Box 23: Yatsu, Jeffrey W., M. D. to Zwart, Jeffrey B., M. D. Box 23 also includes: -Folder: Miscellaneous Membership status files, -Folders: Miscellaneous Office Manager Files Series 5: Files regarding split between Summit County Medical Society (SCMS) and the Ohio State Medical Association (OSMA) Box 23: (Filed in Box 23 after Membership Files, Series 4) Folder 1: OSMA Annual Meeting, May 14-18, 1962 Folder 2: SCMS select Council Meeting Minutes regarding the Ohio State Medical Association, Feb. 1971 May 1983. Folder 3: Miscellaneous membership information, 1986 1989. Folder 4: Miscellaneous membership information, 1990. Folder 5: Miscellaneous membership information, 1991.
Folder 6: Miscellaneous membership information, 1992. Folder 7: Miscellaneous membership information, 1993. Folder 8: Ohio State Medical Association membership lists, 1993 1994. Folder 9: Substitute Resolution for Delegates of OSMA, reports about OSMA and SCMS, 1994. Folder 10: Membership information, correspondence, memos regarding SCMS and OSMA, Jan. Feb. 1994. Folder 11: Membership information, correspondence, memos regarding SCMS and OSMA, Mar. - Apr. 1994. Folder 12: Membership information, correspondence, memos regarding SCMS and OSMA, May Dec. 1994. Folder 13: House of Delegates testimony concerning proposal to revoke charter of SCMS, chronology of unified membership between SCMS and OSMA, 1993 1995. Folder 14: Documents regarding summary of OSMA actions against SCMS, appealing to the House of Delegates of OSMA, letters regarding the revocation of charters between SCMS and OSMA, newspaper articles, letters regarding the formation of the Medical Society of Greater Akron, miscellaneous membership information, Proceedings of the OSMA House of Delegates, 1995. Folder 15: Memos and correspondence regarding individual membership information for SCMS and OSMA, 1995. Folder 16: Survey of Non-Unified State and County Medical Societies, 1995. Folder 17: Credential Reports for individual members and correspondence, 1990-1995. Folder 18: OSMA Action Report for Council, Jan. 23-24, 2004. Series 6: Books Box 1: 1) Fergusson, William, F. R. S. A System of Practical Surgery. Philadelphia. 1853. 2) Hamilton, Alexander, M. D. Outlines of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery. Edinburgh, London. 1784. 3) Millar, James. New Course in Chemistry: In which the Theory and Practice of that Art Are Delivered in a Familiar and Intelligible Manner: The Furnaces, Vessels, and Instruments Are Described, And The Preparations of the Several Medicines are laid down according to the Most Easy and Certain Processes. London. 1754. 4) Waters, Nicholas B., M. D. A System of Surgery. Philadelphia. 1791.
5) Wood, George B., M. D. and Bache, Franklin, M. D. The Dispensatory of the United States of America. Philadelphia. 1849, Eighth Edition. 6) Blakiston s New Gould Medical Dictionary, Illustrated, Second Edition McGraw-Hill, 1956. Books On Shelf (Phase Box and loose) with SCMS Collection: 1) Summit County Medical Society Auxiliary. All Our Yesterdays: A historical overview of the first 50 years of the Summit County Medical Society Auxiliary. SCMS Auxiliary, 1994. 2) McCormick, A. S. The History of Medicine in Summit County. Hobson Press, New York, NY, 1946. 3) Bartlett, Rober M., Beyer, Millard C. and Werner, Marshall R. The History of Medicine in Summit County, Part II. Self-Published. 1977. 4) Zonsius, Patricia M. Children s Century: Children s Hospital Medical Center of Akron, 1890-1990. Children s Hospital Medical Center of Akron, 1990. Series 7: Summit County Medical Society Bulletins Bound Volumes: Vols. 9-10, 1934-1935; Vols. 12-24, 1937-1949; Vols. 26-69, 1951-1995 Loose Issues (Incomplete): Box 1: 1936, Vol. 11: Jan, Sept., Dec. 1937, Vol. 12: Jan.-Sept., Nov. 1938, Vol. 13: Jan.-Jun., Oct. 1939, Vol. 14: Jan.-Dec. Box 2: 1940, Vol. 15: Jan-Dec. 1941, Vol. 16: Jan.-Dec. 1942, Vol. 17: Jan.-Dec. 1943, Vol. 18: Feb-Jun, Sept.-Dec. Box 3: 1944, Vol. 19: Feb.-Dec. 1945, Vol. 20: Jan.-Dec. 1946, Vol. 21: Jan.-Apr.
Box 4: 1957, Vol. 32: May 1958, Vol. 33: Apr.-Jun 1959, Vol. 34: Jan.-Feb. 1961, Vol. 36: April 1967, Vol. 42: April 1968, Vol. 43: Feb, Oct.-Dec. 1969, Vol. 44: Jan.-Dec. Box 5: 1970, Vol. 45: Jan., Mar., May.-Jun., Sept.-Dec. 1973, Vol. 49: Jan., Apr., Sept. 1974, Vol. 49-50: Jan., Mar.-May, Sept. 1980: Vol. 54: Jan.-Feb., May, Jul.-Aug. Box 6: 1996, Vol. 70: Jan.-Dec. 1997, Vol. 71: Jan-Dec. 1998, Vol. 72: Jan.-Dec. Box 7: 1999, Vol. 73: Jan.-Dec. 2000, Vol. 74: Jan.-Dec. 2001, Vol. 75: Jan.-Dec. Box 8: 2002, Vol.76: Jan.-Dec. 2003, Vol. 77: Jan.-Dec. 2004, Vol. 78: Sept. 2005, Vol. 79: Mar., Jun., Jul.-Aug., Sept. 2006, Vol. 80: Winter and Summer Issues