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Park Weed Willis papers, 1865-1958
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Willis, Park Weed
- Title
- Park Weed Willis papers
- Dates
- 1865-1958 (inclusive)18651958
- Quantity
- 3.39 cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 4068 (Accession No. 4068-001)
- Summary
- Correspondence, medical case files, diaries and miscellaneous papers from Park Weed Willis, an early Seattle physician who established medical practice in Seattle in 1891
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Seattle physician and surgeon Park Weed Willis was born in Umatilla County, Oregon, on July 10, 1867. His parents, William McCellan and Mary Arabella Keyes Willis, moved to Oregon after their marriage in Iowa. After attending the University of Washington in the winter of 1883-1884, Willis transferred to Whitman College in the fall of 1884. It was at Whitman that he decided to study medicine and, following his graduation in 1888, pursued his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania. After earning his M.D. in 1891, Willis returned to the west coast, where he began his practice in Seattle in 1892. Among the many places he worked was the Children’s Orthopedic Hospital, where he performed the first surgical operation at that hospital when it opened in 1907. He was also on the staff of the Seattle General Hospital and the King County Hospital.
Willis was respected for his work both locally and nationally. He was the first president of the Washington State Medical Association, a secretary and president of the King County Medical Society, and a member of the Seattle Surgical Society, the Pacific Northwest Surgical Society, and the Pacific Coast Surgical Association. He was also one of the founders of the American College of Surgeons in 1913, and a fellow of the American Medical Association.
On June 15, 1892, Willis married Georgeanna Clark in Pennsylvania. The couple then immediately headed west, and remained in Walla Walla, Washington, for a few weeks before arriving in Seattle on August 4, 1892. They had two children, Park Weed Willis, Jr. and Cecil D. Willis, and eight grandchildren. Park Weed Willis died at age 91 on October 26, 1958.
Willis was also active in civic affairs and had a wide range of non-professional interests. He was the co-founder and president of the Seattle Community Chest, and a trustee of Whitman College from 1909 to 1949. He enjoyed duck hunting and belonged to the Swinomish Gun Club. In addition, he was the president of the Pioneer Association of Washington and the Monday Club, and was a member of the Rainier Club and the Washington Athletic Club. Willis was also a livestock breeder and bred the largest herd of pure Guernsey cattle in the northwest at his Orchard Hill Farm in Redmond.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Biographical features, correspondence, medical practice record, speeches and writings, and other materials relating to Willis, both personally and professionally. These papers also include photocopies of outgoing correspondence, medical case files, writings, diaries of trips to Europe and Yellowstone, and other notes and writings. The original documents of these photocopies are held at the University of Oregon.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Separated Materials
Material Described Separately:Park Weed Willis Photograph Collection (PH Coll 566)
Acquisition Information
Donated by Betsy Lawrence, 12/11/1989.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Professional Papers Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Incoming Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | American College of Surgeons |
1919, 1958, undated |
1/1 | Beck, Eleanor |
1919-1920 |
1/1 | Brown, John Mackenzie |
1931 |
1/1 | Blake, L. J. |
undated |
1/1 | Children's Aid Society of Pennsylvania |
1892 |
½ | Clark, John G. |
1900-1917 |
1/3 | Dillenhunt, Richard B. |
1931 |
1/3 | Downing, E. B. |
1906 |
1/3 | Eloesser, Leo |
1931 |
1/3 | The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New
York |
1916 |
1/3 | General Insurance Company of America |
1937 |
1/3 | Givens, Amos J. |
undated |
1/3 | Goodell |
1892 |
1/3 | Gordon, R. N. |
1904 |
1/3 | Guileras |
undated |
1/3 | Harper Publishing Company |
1912 |
1/3 | Hirst, Barton Cooke |
1901, 1912 |
1/3 | Hughes, D. E. |
1891 |
1/3 | Knight, P. H. |
1904 |
1/3 | Lea Brothers & Co. |
1904-1905 |
1/3 | J. Ellwood Lee Co. |
1904 |
1/3 | Charles Lentz & Sons |
1904, undated |
1/3 | The Leonhardt |
1905 |
1/3 | The Lewis Phonometric Institute and School for
Stammerers |
1904 |
1/3 | Lowman, J. D. |
1904 |
1/3 | Lundberg, J. A. |
1904 |
1/3 | Luhn, Henry B. |
1904 |
1/3 | Lyons, James H. |
undated |
1/3 | M. |
1891, undated |
1/4 | Mayo Clinic |
1916 |
1/4 | Mayo, William J. |
1934 |
1/4 | The Medical Sentinel |
1900-1918 |
1/4 | Northern Pacific Railway Company |
1904 |
1/4 | The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company |
1951 |
1/4 | Pepper |
1891 |
1/4 | Plummer, Mayo, Graham, and Judd |
1916 |
1/4 | Puget Mill Company |
1906 |
1/4 | Ransohoff, Nicholas S. |
1921 |
1/4 | Ridlon, John |
1905 |
1/4 | W. B. Saunders Company, Publishers |
1933 |
1/4 | The Seattle Electric Company |
1906-1910 |
1/4 | Seattle Ear, Eye, Nose and Throat
Infirmary |
1921 |
1/4 | Seattle General Hospital |
1906-1958 |
1/4 | Skagit County Medical Society |
1906 |
1/4 | Smith |
1907 |
1/5 | Smith, circa J. |
1903 |
1/6 | Stengel, Alfred |
1907-1927, undated |
1/7 | Thompson, Harold B. |
1918-1943 |
1/8 | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania |
1891 |
1/8 | Washington State Medical Society |
1901 |
1/8 | Van Patten |
1905 |
1/8 | Western Laboratories |
1935 |
1/8 | While, J. William |
1892-1894 |
Outgoing Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/9 | Beach, R. H. |
1935 |
1/9 | Brodrick, Richard George |
1927 |
1/9 | Clise, J. W. |
1933 |
1/9 | Davidson, circa F. |
1911 |
1/9 | Green, Joshua |
1904-1907 |
1/9 | Judd, E. S. |
1916 |
1/9 | Swift, George W. |
1920 |
1/9 | Unknown |
1920 |
9/1 | Miscellaneous outgoing correspondence
Letters copied from papers held at the University of
Oregon
|
1898-1929, undated |
Correspondence between Others |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/10 | Letters of recommendation for Walter circa
Lippincott |
1903-1904 |
1/10 | Coffey, R. circa to Professor Lorenz |
1904 |
Letters regarding Park Weed Willis |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/11 | Letters of recommendation |
1891-1907 |
Box/Folder | ||
1/12 | Casebook and Medical Record |
1892-1894 |
1/13 | Case Studies |
1892-1931, undated |
1/14 | Financial Records |
1896-1945 |
1/15 | Office Manual and Inventory of Supplies |
undated |
1/16 | Insurance Policy |
1901 |
1/17-18 | Speeches and Writings by Park Weed Willis |
1904-1938, undated |
9/2 | Writings and Reports by Park Weed Willis
Writings copied from papers held at the University of Oregon
|
1903-1904, undated |
1/19 | Writings by Others |
1891-1932, undated |
½0 | Certificates of awards and honors |
1918-1955 |
½1 | Address book |
undated |
2/1 | Record of Medical Readings |
1892-1894 |
2/2-3 | Conference and Convention programs |
1901-1956 |
2/4 | Contracts |
1892-1929 |
2/5 | Examination Questions |
1891-1892, undated |
2/6 | Clippings |
1907-1957, undated |
2/7 | Notes |
undated |
Societies and Organizations Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
2/8 | Membership cards and other ephemera |
1902-1958, undated |
2/9 | Northern Pacific Beneficial Association
Correspondence, agreements, and list of fees
|
1904-1958, undated |
2/10 | Children's Orthopedic Hospital
Correspondence, meeting minutes, staff list, and clippings
|
1917-1936, undated |
2/11-12 | King County Medical Society
Fee bill list, meeting notices, bulletins, and banquet
programs
|
1895-1958, undated |
2/13 | Swinomish Gun Club
By-laws, membership materials, meeting announcements and
minutes, correspondence, and other documents
|
1879-1946, undated |
7/8 | Rainier Club |
1906-1938, undated |
7/9 | Monday Club
Club history and membership rosters
|
1936-1948 |
7/10 | Seattle Community Fund
Annual reports, clippings, and trustee materials
|
1921-1953 |
Personal Papers Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
2/14-15 | Biographical Features
Autobiographical writings, biographical clippings, obituary, and
genealogical notes and reports
|
1928-1958, undated |
Incoming Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
2/16 | Aiken, Elizabeth |
1912, undated |
3/1 | Ashland, John Jr. |
1891-1894 |
3/2 | Abbott, A. circa |
1906 |
3/2 | Acacia Memorial Park |
1935 |
3/2 | Allen, John B. Jr. |
1916 |
3/2 | Anderson, L. F. |
1904 |
3/2 | A |
1906 |
3/2 | Appleby, W. |
1906 |
3/3 | Baker, Ethel |
1935 |
3/4 | Baker |
1904-1918, undated |
3/4 | Beck, Eleanor |
1918-1920 |
3/4 | Boehm-Tettelbach, H. W. |
1928 |
3/4 | Bowles, Albert J. |
1943 |
3/4 | Boyer, John E. |
1904 |
3/4 | Boyer, Henry P. |
1946-1947 |
3/4 | Bratton, W. A. |
1912-1941 |
3/4 | B |
1930 |
3/4 | Brodrick, R. G. |
1927 |
3/4 | Brookshire, Alice |
1902 |
3/4 | Bruner, William Evans |
1900-1951 |
3/4 | Buck, A. W. |
1906 |
3/5 | Clark, John G. |
1900-1906, undated |
3/6 | Coe, Frantz L. |
1899-1904 |
3/7 | Coe, Harry L. |
1911-1912 |
3/8 | Cudhie, Maud R. |
1904, undated |
3/9 | L. circa |
1937 |
3/9 | Chardwick, H. A. |
1906 |
3/9 | Chance, Burton |
1951 |
3/9 | Chilberg, Lulu V. |
1906-1920 |
3/9 | Chippincott, W. |
1904 |
3/9 | Chrathaur, Selma |
undated |
3/9 | Clise, J. W. |
1932-1933 |
3/9 | Coe, Carrie Everett |
1904 |
3/9 | Colonial Mortuary |
1951 |
3/9 | Coffey, R. circa |
1904 |
3/10 | Davenport, Mary A. |
1895-1902 |
3/11 | John Davis & Company |
1912 |
3/11 | Dayton, Georgian |
1916 |
3/11 | de Martel |
1933 |
3/11 | The Dexter Horton National Bank |
1922 |
3/11 | Doane, R. W. |
1904 |
3/11 | Duhring, Louis A. |
1892 |
3/11 | Elliott, Thompson Coit |
1937 |
3/11 | Etchemendy, Jane |
1949-1950 |
3/12 | Fouche, Ginette |
1936-1947, undated |
3/13 | Fetterolf, George |
1904 |
3/13 | Fisher, Mary Wagner |
1891 |
3/13 | Fox, Helen |
undated |
3/13 | Frazier, Charles H. |
1904-1906 |
3/13 | Fullerton, Dora |
undated |
3/14 | Gillette, Edwin J. |
1935-1937 |
3/15 | Gilcreest, Edgar L. |
1928 |
3/15 | Gillilau, circa L. |
1958, undated |
3/15 | Gowen, H. H. |
undated |
3/15 | Green, Joshua |
1904 |
3/15 | Griffith Insurance Agency |
1940 |
3/16 | Hendrick, A. W. |
1904-1907 |
3/17 | Hall, David circa |
1928-1935 |
3/17 | Hand, L. L. |
1951 |
3/17 | Heard, James D. |
1951 |
3/17 | Heim, R. R. |
1928 |
3/17 | Hirst, B. circa |
1901, undated |
3/17 | Hughes, McMicken, Dovell & Ramsey |
1905-1910 |
3/17 | James, W. H. |
undated |
3/17 | Kane, Thomas Franklin |
1904 |
3/17 | Kapp |
1904 |
3/17 | Kauffman |
1904 |
3/17 | Kellogg, W. R. |
1904, undated |
3/18 | LaMotte, Henry |
1929-1931, undated |
3/19 | Lowman, J. D. |
1904 |
3/20 | Lyman, W. D. |
1905-1906 |
3/21 | Lane, J. F. |
1904 |
3/21 | Lane County Abstract Company |
1934 |
3/21 | Laup |
1904 |
3/21 | Lang, Oswald M. |
1904 |
3/21 | Leiser, Oliver |
1904 |
3/21 | Levey, circa W. |
1904 |
3/21 | Lesher, George S. |
1904 |
3/21 | Lewis, William H. |
1904 |
3/21 | Lewis, Mary A. |
1904 |
3/21 | Lippincott, W. circa |
1904, undated |
3/21 | Livingston |
1904 |
3/21 | Lowman, Mary R. |
undated |
3/21 | Lundin & Barto |
1919 |
3/22 | Moorhouse, Ella |
1899-1951, undated |
3/23 | Moorhouse, Mark |
1908-1909 |
3/24 | The A. N. Marquis Company |
1931 |
3/24 | McClurg, Ola |
1918 |
3/24 | Masland, H. circa |
1951 |
3/24 | Mattison, R. H. |
1912 |
3/24 | Mayo, W. J. |
1926-1929 |
3/24 | Meacham, George F. |
1909 |
3/24 | Medea |
1934 |
3/24 | Media Research Bureau |
undated |
3/24 | Melissa |
1906 |
3/24 | Metcalf, Wilmot V. |
|
3/24 | Monro, Alexander S. |
1931 |
3/24 | Moorhouse, Lee |
1909-1918, undated |
3/24 | Nisqually Gun Club |
1918 |
3/24 | Northern Life Insurance Co. |
1951 |
3/25 | Pearson, E. J. |
1906-1925 |
3/26 | Penrose, Stephen B. L. |
1906-1936 |
3/27 | Pacific Northwest International Law
Research |
1944, undated |
3/27 | The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company |
1933 |
3/27 | Palmer, E. B. |
1910 |
3/27 | Parsons, Maude B. |
1933 |
3/27 | Peacock, A. M. |
1906 |
3/27 | Pearse, Elizabeth |
undated |
3/27 | University of Pennsylvania |
1926 |
3/27 | Pepper, O. H. Perry |
1935 |
3/27 | Pepper, William |
1892, undated |
3/27 | Peterson, N. P. |
1952 |
3/27 | Peterson, Wilda Lindley |
1928 |
3/27 | Potter, Eugene B. |
1943 |
3/27 | Reynolds, Allen H. |
1907 |
3/27 | Robson, Maggie May |
1935, undated |
3/27 | Rodrigues |
1892 |
3/27 | Ross, George S. |
1906 |
3/28 | Sulzer, Hans |
1919-1926 |
3/29 | Suzzallo, Henry |
1917-1929, undated |
3/30 | Schaefer, Lessie L. |
1927 |
3/30 | Seattle Automobile Co. |
1907 |
3/30 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1941 |
3/30 | Shinn, Will J. |
1928-1930 |
3/30 | Skinner, D. E. |
1928 |
3/30 | Smith, Andrew circa |
1907 |
3/30 | Smith, Edgar F. |
1908 |
3/30 | Smith |
1933 |
3/30 | Shinning, F. M. |
1907 |
3/30 | Steans, Ralph |
1926 |
3/30 | Stengel, Alfred |
1907 |
3/30 | Stewart & Holmes Drug Co. |
undated |
3/30 | Stone, Mary |
undated |
3/30 | Ted and Suzanne |
undated |
3/30 | Thomson, Curtis H. |
1920 |
3/30 | Thompson, H. B. |
1907, 1926-1927 |
3/30 | Title and Trust Company |
1934 |
3/30 | Vandercook, Pearl |
undated |
3/30 | The Virkus Company |
undated |
3/31 | Weed, Adeline M. |
1898-1909, undated |
4/1 | Weed, Benjamin |
1901 |
4/2 | Weed, Gideon Allen |
1897-1900 |
4/3 | Weed, Mabel |
1953, undated |
4/4 | Willis, Albert Lincoln |
1907-1943, undated |
4/5 | Willis, Arza M. |
1907 |
4/6 | Willis, Cecil Durand |
1904-1919, undated |
4/7 | Willis, Edith |
1907 |
4/8 | Willis, Frank S. |
1901 |
4/9 | Willis, Harry M. |
1897-1901 |
4/10 | Willis, James W. |
1899-1906 |
4/11 | Willis, Park Weed III |
1930, undated |
4/12 | Willis, Suzanne |
undated |
4/13 | Wager-Fisher, Mary |
1891-1901 |
4/13 | City of Walla Walla |
1930 |
4/13 | Webster, Jane |
undated |
4/13 | Willard, De Forest |
1904 |
4/13 | Willis, Mrs. Park Weed Jr. |
undated |
4/13 | Willson, Frederick |
1951 |
4/13 | Wilson, Worrall |
1907 |
4/13 | Woodward, George |
1951 |
4/13 | Young, James T. |
1907 |
4/13 | Z., James |
1907 |
4/13 | unknown |
1904 |
Outgoing Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
4/14 | Letters |
1898-1935 |
4/15 | Letters |
1936-1954 |
9/3 | Letters
Letters copied from papers held at the University of
Oregon
|
1904-1929, undated |
Correspondence between Others |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/16 | Letters and Copies |
1865-1946, undated |
Box/Folder | ||
4/17 | Financial Records |
1890-1952, undated |
Writings |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/18 | Writings by Park Weed Willis |
1926-1928 |
4/19 | Writings by Park Weed Willis |
1937-1943 |
4/20 | Writings by Park Weed Willis |
undated |
9/4 | Writings by Park Weed Willis
Writings copied from papers held at the University of
Oregon
|
1923-1926, undated |
4/21 | Writings by Others |
1930-1954 |
4/22 | Writings by Others |
undated |
4/23 | Poems |
undated |
5/1 | Jokes |
undated |
5/2 | Notes |
undated |
Legal Documents |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5/3 | Legal Documents |
1892-1908 |
5/4 | Legal Documents |
1909-1962, undated |
Box/Folder | ||
5/5 | Maps |
undated |
5/6-6/2 | Clippings |
undated |
Ephemera |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/4 | Theatre Programs |
undated |
6/4 |
The C 6 Daily
newsletter |
1928 |
6/5 | Book of Nursery Rhymes |
undated |
6/6 | Notepads and Ribbons |
1889-1955, undated |
6/7 | Autograph Album and Place Cards |
undated |
6/8 | Travel materials, passport, and business
cards |
circa 1920s-1960s |
6/9 | Greeting cards, invitations, and programs |
circa 1900-1030 |
Education |
||
Whitman College |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/10 | Undergraduate Years
Tuition payment receipts, commencement program, and
diploma
|
1884-1888 |
6/11 | Board of Trustees
Trustee materials, alumni directory, and song book
|
1907-1918 |
7/1 | Board of Trustees
Alumni directory, college catalogue, clippings, Board of
Trustees meeting minutes, and celebration programs
|
1933-1949 |
7/2 | Alumni Materials
Centennial celebration ephemera
|
1959, undated |
University of Pennsylvania |
||
Box/Folder | ||
7/3 | Cash books |
1888-1890 |
7/4 | Class and Lecture Materials |
1888-1891, undated |
7/5 | Alumni Materials
Class reunion programs and correspondence
|
1891-1926 |
7/6 | Alumni Materials
Magazines, class reunion programs, alumni directory, and
correspondence
|
1926-1951, undated |
Box/Folder | ||
7/11 | Orchard Hill Farms |
1920-1922, undated |
Family |
||
Gideon Allen Weed |
||
Box/Folder | ||
7/7 | Clippings and Obituary |
1879-1988, undated |
Elizabeth Willis Lawrence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
7/12 | Incoming Correspondence from Park Weed
Willis |
1952-1961, undated |
7/13 | Incoming Correspondence
Letters primarily concern the will of Park Weed Willis
|
1959-1984 |
7/14 | Receipt from Park Weed Willis's will |
1962 |
Cecil Durand Willis |
||
Box/Folder | ||
7/15 | Incoming Correspondence |
1935-1954 |
7/16 | Miscellaneous Incoming Correspondence to Cecil
Durand Willis |
1958, undated |
7/17 | Outgoing Correspondence |
undated |
7/18 | Medical Chart |
undated |
8/1 | Tape-recorded Reminiscences |
1977-1978 |
8/2 | Broadway High School yearbook |
1916 |
8/3 | Report card, class assignment, and commencement
program |
1906-1916, undated |
8/4 | Ephemera and Sons of the Revolution application
materials |
1921-1922, undated |
8/5 | Miscellaneous notes and copies |
1919, undated |
Georgia Clark Willis |
||
Box/Folder | ||
8/6 | Incoming correspondence |
undated |
8/7 | Incoming Correspondence |
undated |
8/8 | Scrapbook |
1904-1934, undated |
8/9-8/10 | Clippings |
undated |
8/11 | Membership cards, calling cards, and greeting
cards |
1927-1946, undated |
Park Weed Willis, Jr. |
||
Box/Folder | ||
8/12 | Incoming correspondence |
undated |
8/13 | Clippings |
1952-1956 |
8/14 | Certificates and Announcements |
1937, undated |
Park Weed Willis, III |
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Box/Folder | ||
8/15 | Incoming correspondence |
undated |
8/16 | Clippings |
1952, undated |
8/17 | Commencement Invitation |
1948 |
Cecil Durand Willis |
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Box/Folder | ||
10 | Scrapbook |
circa 1915-1920 |
Box/Folder | ||
9/5 | Miscellaneous |
1926, undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Willis, Park Weed--Archives
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Lawrence, Elizabeth Willis (creator)
- Willis, Cecil Durand (creator)
- Willis, Georgia Clark (creator)
- Willis, Park Weed, III (creator)
- Willis, Park Weed, Jr (creator)
Corporate Names
- Children's Orthopedic Hospital (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
- King County Medical Society (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
- Northern Pacific Beneficial Association (creator)
- Orchard Hill Farms (Redmond, Wash.) (creator)
- Swinomish Gun Club (creator)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)