W. Curtis Worthington Papers 1948-2005

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W. Curtis Worthington Papers 1948-2005

W. Curtis Worthington Papers 1948-2005

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/731226560

The W. Curtis Worthington M.D. Papers, 1948-2005, document Dr. Worthington's professional and personal activities up to 2005. The collection is arranged into five series. (1) Academic/Professional, (2) Research, (3) Teaching, (4) Personal and (5) Multimedia. The bulk of the materials in this collection concern his professional career at the Medical College of South Carolina. Dr. Worthington's interest in the history of medicine is strongly documented throughout these papers, as are his accomplishments as an academician. Record types include correspondence, memoranda, research files, articles, clippings, reprints, manuscripts, handwritten notes, speeches, lectures, clippings, slides, photographs, film, grant applications, teaching materials and former student papers. The Academic Series, 1948-2005. 5 cubic feet. This series is arranged into two subseries: professional and correspondence. The Professional subseries consists of documents created during Dr. Worthington's years as a student, professor, administrator and Director of the Waring Historical Library. Records include committee documents, Anatomy Department papers, faculty meeting minutes and directories, conference attendance, speeches and papers, grants/funding applications, professional affiliations, and professional travel. The series also includes information on Dr. Worthington's own years as a student and early educational administrator. This subseries is arranged alphabetically. The Correspondence subseries consists of communications amassed throughout Dr. Worthington's career. Highlights include letters detailing an early-career research fellowship at the University of Oxford, correspondence with Dr. Melvin H. Knisely, and Dr. Worthington's later work through the Waring Historical Library. An index exists for some sections of correspondence and is organized by date. This subseries is initially organized by date and then alphabetically by theme. The Research Series, c.1948-2003, 3 cubic feet, consists of research and research-related materials and is arranged in three subseries: Medico-Scientific Research, Medical Humanities Research and Reprints. The Medico-Scientific Research subseries contains medico-scientific research papers and publications on such topics as: intermedin, ependymal cilia, hypophysial portal blood and internal carotid artery agenesis. The Medical Humanities Research subseries focuses on the history of medicine and includes Dr. Worthington's research into the Roper Trust, Keller's supra-renal, nautical medicine, the history of medical universities (focusing on South Carolina and on MUSC in particular), women in medicine and the history of the Waring Historical Library. Documentation types include: draft manuscripts, final copies, research materials, correspondence and notes. The Reprints subseries includes reprint letters and requests, reprints of Dr. Worthington's own publications, and several of his colleagues'. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically. The Teaching Series, 1953-1999, 1.5 cubic feet. The Teaching series documents Dr. Worthington's years as an educator and includes class outlines, lecture plans, student papers, recommendations, speeches, and teaching materials for anatomy, history and philosophy of science and the history of medicine. Several folders of information on Topics in the History of Medicine are included. This series is arranged alphabetically. The Personal Series, 1955-2001, 1 cubic feet, consists of Dr. Worthington's papers pertaining to personal correspondence and affiliations with. Of interest are the files on Dr. Worthington's work with St. Luke's chapel at MUSC, as well as personal correspondence with Dr. Melvin Knisely. This series is arranged alphabetically. The Multimedia Series, 1962-2003, 1 cubic feet, consists of film, floppy discs, color plates, slides and several large negatives, all of which are related to Dr. Worthington's research interests.

11 boxes, 527 folders (11.5 cubic feet)

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