A Guide to the Diploma and Certificate collection, 1815- 2015.Feb.03 A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Accession number 2015.Feb.03

A Guide to the Diploma and Certificate collection, 1815- 2015.Feb.03

A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Accession number 2015.Feb.03


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Margaret T. Kidd

Repository
VCU Health Sciences Library
Identification
2015.Feb.03
Title
Diploma and Certificate collection 1815-
Quantity
3 Linear Feet
Language
English , Latin .

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Diploma and Certificate collection, Accession # 2015.Feb.03, Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Accruals

Any future diplomas and certificates acquired by the VCU Health Sciences Library, Special Collections and Archives will be added to this collection.

Scope and Contents

Over time the Health Sciences Library, Special Collections and Archives has received numerous diplomas and certificates. These have sometimes been single item donations or have come in with larger donations. This finding aid allows users to more easily learn about and locate these items. This collection includes diplomas that span the history of the Medical College of Virginia (MCV), beginning with diplomas issued when it was still a department of Hampden-Sydney College. Also included are diplomas from the University College of Medicine (UCM) which was another Richmond area medical school started by Hunter H. McGuire in 1893. UCM merged with MCV in 1913. There are also diplomas from other medical schools such as the University of Virginia, Jefferson College, and the University of Pennsylvania as well as from various Richmond hospital nursing school programs including St. Luke's Hospital, Old Dominion Hospital, and Virginia Hospital. In addition to the diplomas there are numerous certificates from a variety of medical organizations and from Boards of Examiners. Some items have been digitized and are linked to the digital image, located on the VCU Libraries Gallery site.

Arrangement

The materials are arranged alphabetically by the recipient's last name.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Container List

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C)
Akers, Silas Edwin
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, University College of Medicine, 1898

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C)
Anderson, Joseph J.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1893

Certificate from the Governor of Virginia naming Anderson a delegate to the International Congress on Tuberculosis, 1908

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C)
Anderson, Garland M.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1855

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C)
Aydelotte, John S.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1868

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Bagby, George
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1840

Residency Certificate, Pennsylvania Hospital, 1859

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C)
Baruch, Simon
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1862

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C)
Beery, Sophia
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, Memorial Hospital, 1918

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Bell, Hattie Eunice
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, Virginia Hospital, 1921

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Bell, Mary Sue
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, Virginia Hospital, 1922

Certificate, Nurses Examining Board, 1921

Birch, Helen Elizabeth Shaw
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, Medical College of Virginia, 1947 (located with the Birch papers, accession 2022.11.006)

Boldridge, James Russell
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1909 (located in the Boldridge papers, 1985.Apr.7)

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Bonner, Kemp Plummer Battle
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1905

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Boyd, Herbert Reed
English.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Dentistry, University of Medicine, 1912

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Boyd, Herbert Reed, Jr.
English.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Dentistry, Medical College of Virginia, 1948

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Burke, James O
English.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medical College of Virginia, Medicine, 1937

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C)
Cameron, John H.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Virginia Military Institute, 1857

Certificates, University of Virginia, 1859

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1860

Certificate, Societe de Cadets, Virginia Military Institute, undated

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C)
Chewning, Francis Baber
Scope and Contents

Certificate, American Society of Dental Surgeons, 1841

Diploma, Medicine, Shurtleff College, 1842

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C)
Corling, Anna Blanche
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, Old Dominion Hospital, 1902

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Cosby, William Lee
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1909

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C)
Cox, Richard H.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Hampden-Sydney College, 1844

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C)
Crump, Leonardum C.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Hampden-Sydney College, 1843

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Cunningham, F.D.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, University of Georgia, 1843

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C)
Cunningham, Francis
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1857

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C)
Cunningham, John
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Harvard University, 1826

Diploma, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1826

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C)
Cunningham, John A.
Scope and Contents

Certificate, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1827

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M)
Deas, William H.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1879

Certificate, Bellevue Hospital, 1880

Diploma, City Alms House Hospital, Residency, 1880

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Dietrich, Katie Elizabeth
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, St. Luke's Hospital, 1917

Certificate in recognition of 42 years of nursing, St. Luke's Hospital, 1963

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Edwards, Charles Mundy
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, University College of Medicine, 1896

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M)
Fisher, John B.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1892

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Fitzhugh, Phillipum A.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Hampden-Sydney College, 1849

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Gardner, Shockley Dewitt
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1930

Certificate, North Carolina Medical Examiners, 1931

Certificate, Virginia Medical Examiners, 1932

Certificate, American Public Health Association, 1936

Diploma, Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1938

Certificate, Texas Medical Examiners, 1947

Certificate and letter, MCV Fifty Year Club, 1980

Letter, Johns Hopkins University, Fifty Year Medallion, 1988

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Gatewood, E. Trible
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1910

Diploma, New York University, 1918

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M)
Gaul, William Benjamin
Scope and Contents

Certificate, Pharmacy Society of Great Britain, 1871

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Gill, John Alexander
Scope and Contents

Diploma, B.A., University of Virginia, 1944

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1946

Certificate, Otolaryngology, Manhattan Eyes, Ears, Throat, 1952

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M)
Hardy, Bettie Reid
Scope and Contents

Certificate, Virginia Nurses Examination Board, 1923

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Harrison, Guy Ross
Scope and Contents

Certificate, Virginia Board of Pharmacy, 1908

Certificate, Psi Omega Dental Fraternity, 1912

Diploma, Dentistry, Medical College of Virginia, 1912

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M)
Harvie, Sarah B.
English.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, St. Luke's Hospital, 189?

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Hill, Emory
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1907

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Holman, William M.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1890

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M)
Houser, Aubrey A.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1911

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M) item: Jaudon, Charles
Jaudon, Charles B.
Scope and Contents

United States of America Naval Commission, Surgeon's Mate, 1824 (signed by President James Monroe)

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Jones, Alexander, Jr.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Jefferson College, 1845

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M)
Jones, Jean Elliot
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, Memorial Hospital, 1908

Certificate, Nurses' Board of Examiners, 1909

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Jones, Sarah Morrison
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, Old Dominion Hospital, 1924

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Joynes, Levin S.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, B.A. Washington College (PA), 1835

Certificate, Washington College Literary Society, 1835

Certificates, University of Virginia, for Chemistry, Political Economy, Moral Philosophy, and French

Diploma, Medicine, University of Virginia, 1839

Diploma, Medicine, University of Maryland, 1844

Kay, Saul
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, New York Medical College, 1939 (located in the Kay papers, 2014.Apr.03)

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Keesee, George Fisk
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Dentistry, Medical College of Virginia, 1860

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Keiger, Oscar R.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, University College of Medicine, 1911

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M)
Lane, Thomas B.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1860

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Lyons, Harry
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1957

Diploma, Doctor of Science, Washington & Lee University, 1979

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Lyons, Tillie
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Dentistry, Medical College of Virginia, 1922

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Markham, Thomas O.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Hampden-Sydney College, 1847

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M)
Maupin, Henry B.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Hampden-Sydney College, 1843

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M)
McCoy, William Kenneth
Scope and Contents

Certificate, Virginia Medical Examiners, 1899

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1900

Certificate, Completion of Residency, Old Dominion Hospital, 1900

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
McGehee, William H.O.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Dentistry, University College of Medicine, 1897

Certificate, Virginia Board of Dental Examiners, 1897

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
McGuire, Hunter H.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1886

Certificate, Honorary member of the D. Hayes Agnew Medical Society, University of Pennsylvania, 1888

Certificate, Honorary member of the National Association Railway Surgeons, 1892

Diploma, Medical Fellow, Chicago Academy of Medicine, 1893

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M)
McGuire, Stuart
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1891

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M)
Medical College of Virginia
Scope and Contents

Certificate of Appreciation, War Department, Office of the Surgeon General, for MCV's 45th General Hospital, no date

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Mercer, Charles Wilbur
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1904; certificate, Tulane Medical College post-graduate course, 1910; photocopy of Dr. Mercer and Kathleen Owens Sherwood wedding invitation, 1907; and photocopy of Mercer genealogical information.

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M)
Mercer, Waller Nelson
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1914

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-M) oversize
Miffleton, Anne Laurie
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, Virginia Hospital, 1922

Certificate, Virginia Nurses' Board of Examiners, 1922

Certificate, Texas Nurses' Board of Examiners, 1926

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M)
Miller, Clifton Meredith
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medical College of Virginia, 1892; Certificate, American College of Surgeons, 1918; Certificate, American Board of Ophthalmic Examinations, 1920

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C) folder: Filed under Cabaniss
Minor, Nannie Jacqueline
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, Old Dominion Hospital, 1900

Mixed Materials box: 2 (D-M)
Morgan, John
Scope and Contents

Diploma (photostat), Medicine, University of Edinburgh, 1763

Mixed Materials box: 1 (A-C) folder: Filed under Cabaniss
Moseley, Maria Pleasants
Scope and Contents

Certificate, Virginia Nurses' Board of Examiners, 1904

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Nichols, R.A.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1895

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Parker, John Wesley, Jr.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1927

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Parran, William S.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Winchester Medical College, 1857

Mixed Materials box: 3 (N-S)
Pastore, Peter N.
Scope and Contents

Commission, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 1934

Certificate, Phi Beta Pi fraternity, Phi Psi Chapter, 1931

Certificate, Virginia Board of Medical Examiners, 1934

Certificate for rotating internship, Medical College of Virginia, 1935

Certificate for surgical internship, Medical College of Virginia, 1936

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Patteson, William A.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1815

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Pendleton, James Shepard, Jr.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Hampden-Sydney College, 1849

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Perry, Seth Bridgeman
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1914

Certificate, Kappa Psi fraternity, 1914

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1915

Mixed Materials box: 3 (N-S)
Peyser, Mark W.
Scope and Contents

Certificate, Medical Jurisprudence, University of Virginia, 1889

Diploma, Medicine, University of Virginia, 1890

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1891

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Pollard, Thomas
Scope and Contents

Diploma, B.A., Hampden-Sydney College, 1837

Diploma, Medicine, Hampden-Sydney College, 1841

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Raiford, Rufus Livius
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, University College of Medicine, 1906

Diploma from Medical College of Virginia certifying that Raiford graduated from UCM in 1906, dated 1946

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Randolph, H. Ward
Scope and Contents

Diploma, University College of Medicine, 1902

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1902

Certificate, Completion of Residency, Virginia Hospital, 1903

Mixed Materials box: 3 (N-S)
Rein, Walter J.
Scope and Contents

Certificate, Appointment to Board of Opticians, 1957

Certificate, Appointment to Board of Directors, Richmond Eye & Ear Hospital, 1977, 1978

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Rex, Jessie Parker
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1903

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1903

Diploma, City Almshouse Hosptial, 1904

Certificate, Virginia Board of Pharmacy, 1910

Medical register registration slip from the Clerk of the Hustings Court, City of Richmond, 1913.

Mixed Materials box: 3 (N-S)
Riddell, Thomas J.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1869, also includes a handwritten translation of the diploma from Latin to English

Mixed Materials box: 3 (N-S)
Ridenour, John L.
Scope and Contents

Certificate, Virginia Board of Pharmacy (Registered Pharmacist), 1886

Mixed Materials box: 3 (N-S)
Sanger, William Thomas
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Honorary - Civil Law, Medical College of Virginia, 1957

Certificate, Medical College of Virginia, for 31 years of service as president of MCV, 1957

Mixed Materials box: 3 (N-S)
Seay, Elizabeth Winn
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, Retreat for the Sick Hospital, 1905 Certificate, Nurses' Board of Examiners, 1906, signed by Sadie Heath Cabaniss

Mixed Materials box: 3 (N-S)
Segar, H. Launcelot
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1898

Mixed Materials box: 3 (N-S)
Sheilds, James Asa
Scope and Contents

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1926

Certificate, American Board of Psychiatry, 1938

Certificate, Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1952

Certificate, Fellow, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, 1954

Mixed Materials box: 3 (N-S)
Sheilds, Reuben F.
Scope and Contents

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1928

Certificate of Appreciation from the President of the U.S. for Administered Selective Service, 1943

Certificate, Appointment as examining physician, Selective Service, 1965

Mixed Materials box: 3 (N-S)
Spaulding, B. Dennis
Scope and Contents

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1892

Certificate, Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners, 1914

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Stiff, John Payne
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, University College of Medicine, 1896

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Stone, Myra Elizabeth
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, Memorial Hospital, 1911

Certificate, Virginia Nurses' Board of Examiners, 1911

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Stoutamire, Frederick A.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, University College of Medicine, 1911

Mixed Materials box: 3 (N-S)
Swineford, Marria Delight
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, Retreat for the Sick Hospital, 1922

Mixed Materials box: 4 (T-Z)
Taliaferro, Horace Dade
Scope and Contents

Certificate Member, U.S. Naval Lyceum, 1842

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Thomas, Charles Walter
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1911; Certificate, Member, Volunteer Medical Service Corps, 1918; Medical Society of Virginia 50 year certificate, 1953

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Thomas, Creed
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, University of Maryland, 1835

Mixed Materials box: 4 (T-Z)
Thwratt, Virginia Harrison
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, Medical College of Virginia, 1937

Mixed Materials box: 4 (T-Z)
Uillard, Edward Newton
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, 1901

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Waddell, Janetta Lyttleton
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, University College of Medicine, 1905

Diploma, Nursing, Virginia Hospital, 1905

Mixed Materials box: 4 (T-Z)
Wallerstein, Emanual Ullman
Scope and Contents

Diploma, B.A., University of Virginia, 1914

Certificate, Otolaryngology Internship, Bellevue Hospital, 1919

Diploma, Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1919

Diploma, Universität Wein (University of Vienna), 1921

Certificate, Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1928

Mixed Materials box: 4 (T-Z)
Weiser, Hannah Allen Jeter
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Clifton Forge Seminary, 1913

Diploma, Nursing, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, 1931

Certificate, Virginia Nurses' Board of Examiners, 1931

Certificate, American National Red Cross for completion of first aid training, 1932

Mixed Materials box: 4 (T-Z)
Wetzel, Jessie
Scope and Contents

Certificate, Virginia Nurses' Board of Examiners, 1947

Mixed Materials box: 4 (T-Z)
White, William Murdoc
Scope and Contents

Certificate, Virginia Board of Pharmacy, 1917

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Williams, Virginia Lassiter
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Nursing, Medical College of Virginia, 1947

Certificate, Virginia Nurses' Board of Examiners, 1947

Certificate, Virginia Public Health Association, 1969

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Willis, Thomas F.
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1837

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Winne, A.L.J.
Scope and Contents

Certificate, National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, 1919

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Witten, Eugene Bane
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Pharmacy, Medical College of Virginia, 1920

Certificate Pharmaceutical Association, Medical College of Virginia, 1920

Certificate, Virginia Board of Pharmacy, 1920

Certificate, Pi Theta Sigma Fraternity, 1920

Mixed Materials box: 4 (T-Z)
Wormeley, S. Harvie
English.
Scope and Contents

Virginia Nurses' Board of Examination, 1904

Mixed Materials box: 2 (N-Z) oversize
Yeakley, William
Scope and Contents

Diploma, Medicine, University College of Medicine, 1899

Certificate, Virginia Board of Medical Examiners, 1899