Medical education

Lorraine H. Decker Papers

srafferty — Thu, 09 May 2019 16:35:55 -0400

Lorraine (Halsted) Decker graduated from the Grace Hospital School of Nursing in 1956. Decker was a member of the Grace Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association and served as the Social Chairman in the early 1980s. This collection is comprised of some 75th anniversary of the Alumnae Association material and correspondence from her work with the Alumnae Association. The collection also includes two diplomas of Grace nursing graduates, photographs, and publications from School of Nursing and its students.

Grace Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association Records

srafferty — Thu, 09 May 2019 16:43:16 -0400

The Grace Hospital Training School for Nurses was established in 1889, the second nursing school created in Michigan. The first class of nurses graduated in 1891 and the Grace Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association was created in 1899. The Alumnae Association stayed active until at least the early 1980s.

The Alumnae Association Records contain material created by the Alumnae Association including board meeting minutes, by-laws, a guest book from alumni events, newsletters, and scrapbooks. Also included in this collection are materials related to the history of the Grace Hospital School of Nursing and its students. Some historical items include a commencement program from 1917, information booklets on the nursing program, two diplomas from early students, and photographs of nurses and doctors from the early 20th century. Additionally, publications produced by or about Grace Hospital can also be found in these records, such as many issues of the Gracevine and an employee handbook.

Flora Hommel Papers

drice — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:59:57 -0400

Flora Suhd Hommel was one of the pioneers who brought the Lamaze
psychoprophylactic method of painless childbirth to the United States, establishing an
important teaching organization in Detroit, the Childbirth Without Pain Education
Association (CWPEA). She championed the rights of women to control childbirth,
creating a grass-roots movement contemporaneous with the women’s movement of the
1960s-1970s. Hommel and the CWPEA were important catalysts in establishing similar childbirth and parenting organizations and teacher-monitrice accreditation programs across the United States.

Hommel's papers reflect her career working with the Lamaze method. Most of the
collection is comprised of CWPEA documents and correspondence from its
establishment through the 1990s-- records of events, classes and projects, including the
birthing center and the making of an American version of the well-respected French
childbirth film “Naissance.” Of particular interest may be the many birth reports—
extensive narrations of the birth experiences of CWPEA students. There is substantial
overlap between correspondence in Hommel’s personal papers and the CWPEA
correspondence. A sampling of newsletters and documents from national childbirth and
parenting organizations is included in the papers. Several boxes of ICEA materials and a
small amount of ASPO materials are located in Series III.

Wayne State University Audiology Records

astankrauff — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:42:53 -0500

The Wayne State University Audiology Records show the professional training program in speech pathology, audiology in the WSU School of Medicine from 1975 to 1990. The materials show the program's accreditation in the given years as well as its program development.

Wayne State University Medical Education Commons

astankrauff — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 18:09:53 -0500

Records of the Wayne State University Medical Education Commons from 1991 to 2008. The collection includes largely architectural plans that show the planning of this space which is a partnership between the University's Libraries and the School of Medicine.

Harry J. Butler Papers

cwesterman — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:25:49 -0500

Dr. Harry J. Butler graduated from the Detroit College of Medicine in 1910 and passed the Michigan Board Exam the same year. This collection contain medical specimen slides, writings by Butler, a history of his graduating class, news clippings, and documents relating to the State Board of Registration exam for medicine.

Detroit Academy of Medicine Records

cwesterman — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 16:38:49 -0500

The Detroit Academy of Medicine was organized in September, 1869, with the
object of developing closer professional and social relationships between members of the
medical profession in Detroit. It had a very limited membership and did not seek to
encompass the whole of the Detroit medical community. The Academy was in part an
outgrowth of the establishment of the Detroit Medical College in 1868. Members of the
Academy viewed the organization as a means of securing the professional and intellectual
development necessary to conduct the affairs of the new medical school. Until 1876, it
was the only professional medical organization in Detroit.
Although the records in the Detroit Academy of Medicine Collection cover
the period between 1880 and 1957, the bulk of the collection deals with the years
preceeding 1942. The records include a constitution, bylaws, proposed amendments,
office correspondence, membership roles, and historical data; records of monthly and
annual meetings from 1880 through 1948; and scrapbooks.

(49542) Portrait, Dr. Henry O. Walker, Harper Hospital

eclemens — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 13:29:53 -0400

Portrait of Dr. Henry O. Walker with a child.

Verso reads: "Dr. Walker. Chief of Staff, Harper Hospital. Friend of Fred's--Helped Tom in Detroit while attending medical school."