A Guide to the Papers of William Branch Porter 85.Jan.03
A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Accession number 85.Jan.03
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Jody Romero
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Access Restrictions
Access restricted to certain records within the collection.
Preferred Citation
William Branch Porter Collection, Accession #85/Jan/03, Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
Acquisition Information
Collection discovered in office closet. Donated to library.
Biographical / Historical
William Branch Porter was born June 7, 1888 in Amelia County, Virginia. Raised in Powhatan County, he attended Fort Union Military Academy and Hampden-Sydney College. He graduated in medicine from the University College of Medicine in 1911. Porter taught at the medical schools of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania before returning to Richmond. During World War I, Porter served as a member of the cardiovascular unit in Base Hospital 45, a unit made up of doctors from the Medical College of Virginia. After the war, Porter became chief of medical service at Lewis-Gale Hospital in Roanoke. In 1927, after two years abroad, he accepted a position as Professor of Medicine at MCV. He became the first full time medical professor in the school's history and focused the school on teaching and medical research. Porter was a member of many medical societies including the American Medical Association, American Heart Association, and the Medical Society of Virginia. He was Chairman of the Medical Section of the Southern Medical Association in 1935, and served as President of the Richmond Academy of Medicine in 1941. He consulted regularly with the Veterans Administration and the Surgeon General of the Army. In 1956, after 29 years, Porter retired. He was elected emeritus professor, and the medical school established the William Branch Porter Professorship in Medicine that same year. An award of a silver plated stethoscope, similar to one given to Porter by Dr. William Osler, is given each year to the top medical school student in internal medicine.
Scope and Contents
The collection is limited to committee notes from the Academic Privileges and Admissions Committees as well as small amounts of correspondence and reprints of papers. The collection does not contain any information regarding Porter's medical practice or his academic teaching.
Arrangement
The collection follows its original organization.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Medical College of Virginia
- Physicians -- Virginia -- Richmond
- Physicians -- Virginia.
- Porter, William Branch, 1888-1960 -- Archives
- University College of Medicine (Richmond, Va.)
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Porter, William Branch, 1888-1960
- Porter, William Branch, 1888-1960 -- Archives
Container List
This series contains letters regarding hospital business and a primer for testing a doctors knowledge. The primer contains notes and differences of opinion written by hand.
This series contains bills, statements, and receipts for hospital services, supplies, and office rental. Bills are to both Porter and H. St. George Tucker which could suggest they shared an office.
This series contains reprints of articles listed by date.
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
Articles written by Porter.1929-1951
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
"Aqueous Extract of Liver "Scope and Contents
Journal of the American Medical Association , Vol. 93, July 20, 1929.
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
"The Treatment of Nontropical Sprue with Liver Extract "Scope and Contents
American Journal of Medical Sciences , Vol. CLXXIX No. 3 March 1930.
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
"The Heart in Typhoid Fever "Scope and Contents
The American Heart Journal , Vol. 10 No. 6 August 1935
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
"The Heart in Endemic Pellagria "Scope and Contents
The Southern Medical Journal , Vol. 30 No.1 January 1937.
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
"Heart Changes and Physiologic Adjustement in Hookworm Anemia "Scope and Contents
The American Heart Journal , Vol. 13 No. 5 May 1937.
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
"The Significance of Cardiac Enlargement Caused by Arteriovenous Fistual "Scope and Contents
Annals of Internal Medicine , Vol. 11 No. 2 August, 1937.
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
"Stereograms on Cirrhosis and Fatty Liver "Scope and Contents
Exhibit: Annual Meeting, American Medical Association, June 11-15, 1951.
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.1
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Articles Written by Others1909-1937
- Mixed Materials folder: 5.2
The Quarterly Journal of MedicineScope and Contents
Vol. 2 No.6 January, 1909
- Mixed Materials folder: 5.2
"Die Malaria "Scope and Contents
Handbuch Der Speziellen Pathologischen Anatomie Und Histologie , Berlin 1926.
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.2
Deutsches Archiv fur Klinische MedizinScope and Contents
Leipzig 1927
- Mixed Materials folder: 3.2
"Surgical Treatment of Cardiac Ischaemia "Scope and Contents
The Lancet , January 23, 1937
- Mixed Materials folder: 5.2
This folder contains drafts of reports given at the meetings of the American Council of Learned Societies.
This series contains the papers of Dr. H. St. George Tucker, Jr. It contains candidate lists, request for applications, recommendations, and the decisions of the Medical College of Virginia admission committee.
- Mixed Materials folder: 5.1
Admissions Committee Records1952-1953
- Mixed Materials folder: 5.2
Admissions Committee Records1953-1954
- Mixed Materials folder: 5.3
Admissions Committee Records1956
- Mixed Materials folder: 5.4
Admissions Committee Records1957
- Mixed Materials folder: 5.5
Admissions Committee Records1957-1958
- Mixed Materials folder: 5.6
Admissions Committee Records1958-1959
- Mixed Materials folder: 5.7
Admissions Committee Reports1960
This series contains the papers of Dr. Isaac Bigger and later, Dr H. St. George Tucker, Jr. It contains committee minutes, correspondence, and official paperwork of the privileges for private practice committee chaired by Bigger and Tucker.
- Mixed Materials folder: 6.1
Minutes and Official Business1941-1954
- Mixed Materials folder: 6.2
Correspondence1941-1954Scope and Contents
Folder 1
- Mixed Materials folder: 6.3
Correspondence1941-1954Scope and Contents
Folder 2
- Mixed Materials folder: 6.4
Correspondence1941-1954Scope and Contents
Folder 3
- Mixed Materials folder: 6.5
Committee Notes1955-1958
- Mixed Materials folder: 6.6
Committee Notes1955-1958
This folder contains an assortment of clippings, magazines and other papers.
- Mixed Materials folder: 7
"Boy Home Was Never Like This! Cries Lone Patient As He Rests in Splendor in Medical College Hospital "January 16, 1941.Scope and Contents
Richmond Times Dispatch
- Mixed Materials folder: 7
Virginia General Practice NewsJan-Feb 1956Scope and Contents
Vol. 7 No. 1
- Mixed Materials folder: 7
The ScarabFebruary 1960Scope and Contents
Vol. 9 No. 1
- Mixed Materials folder: 7
Curriculum VitaeScope and Contents
Lytt I. Gardner, MD.
This folder contains photographs found within the collection.
- Mixed Materials folder: 8
First Patient in New Hospital, 19411941Scope and Contents
Same photograph used in 1941 newspaper clipping.
- Mixed Materials folder: 8
Portrait photograph1927Scope and Contents
Dr. Sparrell S. Gale