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Howard J. Stroud papers, 1960-1980

Overview of the Collection

Dnr
Stroud, Howard J.; Stroud, Crystal
Title
Howard J. Stroud papers
Dates
1960-1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
4 linear feet, (4 boxes, 2 briefcases )
Collection Number
2007-015
Summary
The collection consists of artifacts, images, published materials, and other documents related to the work of Howard J. Stroud, A.B., M.P.H., as Executive Director of the Oregon Heart Association. Stroud served as director of the association for 20 years.
Repository
Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives
OHSU Historical Collections & Archives
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd. MC:LIB
Portland, OR
97239
Telephone: 5034945587
hcaref@ohsu.edu
Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions on access. This collection is open to the public.

Additional Reference Guides

The following institutions contain archival collections related to artifical heart valves and cardiology:

Willem J. Kolff Papers, University of Utah Special Collections and Archives:

http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_EAD/id/2166

Will Camp Sealy Papers and Records, 1938 - 1983, Duke University Medical Center Archives:

http://archives.mc.duke.edu/mcasealyw.html#subjects

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Howard James Stroud, A.B., M.P.H., was born February 10, 1916 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He attended high school at South High School in Grand Rapids and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor from which he received a Masters Degree in Public Health Education. Stroud was married for 67 years and fathered four children, 3 sons and 1 daughter. One son passed away in 2006.

Howard J. Stroud was a health educator of atomic energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and at Humble Oil and Refining Company, Medical Division, in Houston, Texas. Stroud was also an Associate with Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Subsequently, he served as Director of the Oregon Heart Association in Portland, Oregon.

Honors for 20 years of service as Director of the Oregon Heart Association Awards and recognition as a volunteer speaker for the United Way campaign in 1982.

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Content Description

The collection consists of artifacts: pacemakers, shaping wires, heart valves, a plastinated heart, two hearts encased in plastic and one heart model; documents; images: photographs (mounted and un-mounted), radiographic film and negatives; news clippings, published articles and other publications; and 2 brief cases: one labeled "$100,000,000 fund."

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Collection title], Collection Number [####-###], Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives.

Restrictions on Use

OHSU Historical Collections & Archives (HC&A) is the owner of the original materials and digitized images in our collections, however, the collection may contain materials for which copyright is not held. Patrons are responsible for determining the appropriate use or reuse of materials. Consult with HC&A to determine if we can provide permission for use.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The materials are arranged by format.

Acquisition Information

Howard Stroud, A. B., M.P.H., and his wife Crystal donated the materials pertaining to his work as the Executive Director of the Oregon Heart Association in December of 2007.

Related Materials

Digital Commons:

See the OHSU Digital Commons for assorted images of artificial heart valves as well as other images related to cardiology. Consult the Digital Commons for the following images listed below:

Artificial heart valve

Artificial heart valve, implantation

Artificial heart valve surfaces

Archival Collections:

Melvin P. Judkins Papers, Accession no. 2005-022

Jeri Dobbs Heart Valve Collection, Accession no. 2006-2.102, Medical Museum Collection

Biographical Files:

See biographical files for additional information on the life and work of Stroud's colleague Charles Dotter, M.D.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Publications, Newsclippings & Documents

  • Images & Artifacts

    • Description: Mounted images
      Dates: circa 20th century
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: Patients
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: Researchers
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: Physicians
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: Radiographs
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: Heart surgery
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: Meetings
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: Walk-in heart
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: (2) Clarice Ashworth Francone drawings of valve placement
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: Homer Rush, M.D. and William Swett, M.D.
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: American Heart Association, 35 mm slides
      Dates: 1990-1991
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: Teflon, Dacron and silicon tubing
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2,3
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: Pacemakers
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2,3
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: Shaping wires
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2,3
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: (10) artificial heart valves
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2,3
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: Plastinated heart
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2,3
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: 2 hearts encased in plastic
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2,3
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: Heart model
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2,3
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: (2) Briefcases

      One labeled "$100,000,000 fund." Too large to store in a box, so relocated to shelves in 440.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2,3
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: Radiographic film, Images - oversized
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4
      Location: Images & Artifacts
    • Description: Negatives, Images - oversized
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4
      Location: Images & Artifacts

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Subject Terms

  • Heart Valve Prosthesis

Corporate Names

  • American Heart Association

Form or Genre Terms

  • articles

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Dotter, Charles T. (asn)
    • Francone, Clarice Ashworth (asn)
    • Stroud, Crystal (dnr)
    • Stroud, Howard J. (dnr)
    • Swett, William (asn)

Karen Peterson, Crystal Rodgers
2007

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