Conditions Governing Use

Copyright restrictions may apply to some materials.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Custodial History

The records were transferred by Jim Denton to the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library on April 2004. Three of the notebooks were labeled Robert E. Perry who was the Society president in 1992.

Biographical / Historical

The organizational meeting of the Virginia Surgical Society was held May 23, 1953, in Richmond. Officers were elected, a constitution adopted, and plans made for an annual business and scientific meeting. According to the constitution, originally membership in the Society was "limited to men in good Standing in the Medical Society of Virginia." The 1969 amended constitution states, "Active membership in the Society shall be limited to surgeons in good standing in the Medical Society of Virginia." The May 1992 VSS Annual Meeting program indicates that the Society is a "Virginia Chapter of the American College of Surgeons." As of 2019, the Virginia Surgical Society is considered a related but separate organization from the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). The purposes of the Virginia Surgical Society "The purposes of the Virginia Surgical Society are to promote excellence in surgery in Virginia through the superb programs at the annual meeting and to promote a cordial association among the surgeons and their families."

See the website of the Virginia Capter of the American College of Surgeons website additional information: https://virginiaacs.org/

Scope and Contents

The collection includes organizational record books, membership lists, correspondence, by-laws and constitutions, meeting minutes, annual meeting reports and publications, and photographs.

Arrangement

The material arrived in notebooks and folders with overlapping dates. The order within the notebooks and folders has been preserved and arranged into organizational papers by date; member registers; publications; photos; and annual meeting programs.