Manuscripts

Coroner's Committee Applications (Inactive)

Description: 24 items. . Contains correspondence between Lewis T. Bullock, Arthur J. Will, and other medical doctors. Also includes several resumes and data sheets for possible Los Angeles County coroner position.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1955-1956
Call number: mssLACMAcc
Creator: Los Angeles County Medical Association(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.
Associated people: Brown, Ben H. (1906-1983.); Bullock, Lewis T., (1877-1959.); Curphey, Theodore J.; Gradwohl, R. B. H.
Associated organization: Los Angeles County Medical Association,

Coroner's Committee Applications (Active)

Manuscripts

8 items. Contains correspondence chiefly between Lewis T. Bullock and Theodore J. Curphey about possible Los Angeles coroner position.

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Coroner's Committee Campaign. Miscellaneous Papers

Manuscripts

17 items. Contains: rough drafts of memoranda and Report on Speakers Bureau, correspondence between Lewis T. Bullock, Arthur J. Will and Theodore J. Curphey regarding new position, and notebooks.

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Coroner's Committee. Committee Correspondence

Manuscripts

5 items. Contains memoranda by Lewis T. Bullock.

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Los Angeles County Medical Association's Coroner's Committee campaign records

Manuscripts

The collection contains the material the committee used in running the campaign to get County Charter "D" passed in Los Angeles County. The collection includes campaign reports, correspondence (chiefly by committee chairman Lewis T. Bullock), committee minutes, printed materials, publicity information, applications, and memoranda. There is also material used in the search for the first coroner which includes correspondence between the committee and Theodore J. Curphey, who was eventually hired and became the first Coroner of Los Angeles County in March 1957. There are also manuscripts by Los Angeles County Deputy Coroner Ben H. Brown and Dr. R. B. H. Gradwhol regarding the professional role of a coroner.

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Coroner's Committee Campaign – 1956: Report, Folder 1

Manuscripts

2 items. Contains the following sections: Outlines Minutes: General, Endorsement Requests, Speaker's Bureau, Printed Materials Used, and Newspaper, Trade, Other Publicity. Includes memoranda from Lewis T. Bullock to Edward C. Rosenow, 1909-2002.

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Coroner's Committee Campaign – 1956: Report, Folder 3

Manuscripts

3 items. Contains section "Technical Data." Includes two manuscripts: "Administrative Bulletin to all Autopsy Surgeons" by Ben H. Brown and "Official Medicolegal Investigations" by R. B. H. Gradwohl.

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Coroner's Committee Applications (Inactive)

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