Women's Auxiliary of the South Carolina Medical Association Records. 1931-1975

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Women's Auxiliary of the South Carolina Medical Association Records. 1931-1975

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The Women's Auxiliary to the South Carolina Medical Association Records, 5.2 cubic feet, 1931-1972, documents the activities of the organization. The collection is arranged into three series, the Administrative Records Series, 4.75 cubic feet, 1931-1970, the Publications Series, .25 cubic feet, 1948-1972, and the Scrapbooks Series, .2 cubic feet, circa 1945-1949. The Administrative Records Series, 4.75 cubic feet, 1931-1970, contains records produced by the organization. Records in the series include annual reports, treasurer's reports, membership lists, biographies of SCMA members, and meeting minutes. Historian's reports are also included. The series is arranged chronologically, according to its original structure. The Publications Series, .25 cubic feet, 1948-1972, consists of the newsletter published by the Women's Auxiliary to the South Carolina Medical Association. The newsletter was first published in 1948 as the quarterly Bulletin of the Women's Auxiliary to the South Carolina Medical Association. Beginning in 1958, the newsletter was called the Auxiliary News of the Women's Auxiliary to the South Carolina Medical Association, and was issued six times per year. The series is arranged chronologically, with one volume in each folder. There are gaps in the run (noted in the folder title), and volume 23 has two different issue number twos. The Scrapbooks Series, .2 cubic feet, circa 1945-1949, contains 2 scrapbooks (housed in phase boxes) with news clippings, photographs, convention programs, lapel pins, and programs for events sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary. The red scrapbook includes the program for the centennial meeting of the SCMA, and an issue of the Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association. Printed materials from the collection (other than the newsletter) have been cataloged separately.

5.2 cubic feet

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Medical University of South Carolina Libraries

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South Carolina Medical Association Alliance.

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South Carolina Medical Association

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The South Carolina Medical Association (SCMA) was established when a group of medical leaders of the state, primarily from the Medical Society of South Carolina, called a convention in Columbia on February 14, 1848, resulting in the formation of the South Carolina Medical Association. Based in principle on the newly organized American Medical Association, the SCMA served the entire state as a resource to physicians in the areas of practice management, education, licensing, and legislative influe...

South Carolina Medical Association. Women's Auxiliary.

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The Women's Auxiliary to the South Carolina Medical Association (SCMA) was founded in 1923 in response to a movement at the national level by the American Medical Association (AMA). The AMA called for the formation of auxiliaries to act as supporting organizations to state and county medical associations. Membership in the Women's Auxiliary was open to wives of members of the SCMA, although membership was later extended to mothers and daughters of SCMA members. Catherine J. Cathcart was the orga...