Manuscripts

Administrative

Description: This series contains foundational documents such as articles of incorporation and bylaws, as well as legal and tax documents, correspondence with members, and member lists. Notable in this series are the files concerning the disposition of the LACMA Library collections and the placement of the rare and historical collections at the Huntington.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1977-2020
Call number: Series 1
Creator: Southern California Society for the History of Medicine(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Southern California Society for the History of Medicine, June 2021.

The Los Angeles Medical Library

Manuscripts

This series contains files from the Los Angeles Medical Library, a non-profit corporation formed in the wake of the Los Angeles County Medical Association's decision to close its Library, with the sole purpose of saving the library's collection. Though it shared some of the same officers as the Friends of the LACMA Library, the two organizations were not legally affiliated. Materials include foundational documents such as bylaws and articles of incorporation, documents related to tax status, and correspondence.

Series 3

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The Friends of the LACMA Library

Manuscripts

This collection contains the records of the Southern California Society for the History of Medicine and its two predecessor organizations, the Friends of the LACMA Library and the George Dock Society for the History of Medicine. Also included are some files from the Los Angeles Medical Library, an unaffiliated organization that shared several of the same officers.

Sub-series 1

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Events

Manuscripts

This series contains files related to organizing the annual Dock and Barlow lectures, as well as other events. Materials include correspondence with speakers, biographical information and curricula vitae of speakers, printed ephemera, logistical documents such as catering orders and lists of attendees, and a few photographs. The file creators' original order and file titles are maintained. Some of the materials in this series were on unstable, faded facsimile paper. Those materials were scanned and printed on acid-free paper and the originals shredded.

Series 2

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The Southern California Society for the History of Medicine

Manuscripts

Sub-series 4

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The George Dock Society for the History of Medicine

Manuscripts

Sub-series 3

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Transition to The George Dock Society for the History of Medicine

Manuscripts

Sub-series 2

Administrative

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