Licenses, Degrees, and Certificates collection, 1838-1991
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Licenses, Degrees, and Certificates collection
- Dates
- 1838-1991 (inclusive)18381991
- Quantity
- 6 linear feet
- Collection Number
- 2005-001
- Summary
- This collection shows the wide variety of documentation of health professionals of the 19th and 20th centuries. It includes, but is not limited to, degree-granting medical institutions around the world. The individuals named likewise were not all affiliated with the University of Oregon or its various incarnations.
- Repository
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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
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There are no restrictions on access. This collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English, Latin, Spanish; Castilian, Japanese
Historical Note
History of the medical degree: According to Sir John Bagot Glubb, Syed Faride and S. M. Imamuddin, the first medical schools to issue academic degrees and diplomas were the teaching Bimaristan (Hospitals) of the medieval Islamic world. The first of these institutions opened in Baghdad during the time of Harun al-Rashid. They then appeared in Egypt from 872 and then in Islamic Spain, Persia and the Maghreb thereafter. Physicians and surgeons at these hospital-universities gave lectures on Medicine to medical students and then a medical diploma or degree was issued to students who were qualified to be practicing physicians.
According to Douglas Guthrie, who bases his account on L Thorndike, medical men were first called "Doctor" at the Medical School of Salerno. He states that the Emperor Frederick II decreed in 1221 that no one should practice medicine until he had been publicly examined and approved by the masters of Salerno. The course lasted 5 years, and to start one had to be 21 years old and show proof of legitimacy and of three years study of logic. The course was followed by a year of supervised practice. After the laureation ceremony the practitioners could call themselves "magister" or "doctor."
In 1889 Oregon legislators responded to demands from the medical community and passed a bill creating the Board of Medical Examiners. Charged with regulating the practice of medicine in Oregon, the Board was appointed by the Governor and included "three persons from among the most competent physicians in the state." Licensing requirements were relatively simple. Physicians either had to show a diploma from a medical school, pass an exam given by the Board, or, if already practicing, register within 60 days of the new law's passage. Over the next 40 years, the Medical Practice Act went through significant changes. In 1895, the legislature added two members to the Board and defined unprofessional conduct for the first time to include "employment of cappers or steerers (payment for patient testimonials), moral turpitude, betraying professional secrets, and obtaining a fee for the care of an incurable disease." Applicants also were now required to submit their educational credentials and pass an exam on all branches of medicine. An osteopathic physician was added to the Board in 1907.
Content Description
The materials range in scope from high-school and military records to medical degrees and miscellaneous awards. They cover the period 1838-1991.
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation
Licenses, Degrees, and Certificates collection, Collection Number 2005-001, 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.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Assorted licenses, degrees, and certificates
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Description: Alpha Omega Alpha, Certificates – Fraternities & Societies
Establishing chapter at University of Oregon, naming charter members
Dates: 1923 December 10Container: Box 2 -
Description: Alvin, Henry
Willamette University. Department of Medicine; M.D., Willamette U. Dept. of Med. In merger with U of Oregon
Dates: 1916 June 8Container: Box 1 -
Description: Barclay, Forbes
Diploma from and membership in the Royal College of Surgeons, London; "Fit and capable to exercise the Art and Science of Surgery"; Signed by Astley Cooper
Dates: 1838 July 4Container: Box 1 -
Description: Bartlett, James Curtis
Willamette University. Department of Medicine (lso); Certification that Bartlett "has done special work in anatomy, having served for six months as Assistant Demonstrator", 31 May 1900; M.D., Willamette University, 31 May 1910
Dates: 1900, 1910Container: Box 1 -
Description: Bartlett, James Curtis
First Lieutenant, Medical Section, Officer's Reserve Corps of the Army of the U.S., certificate from the President of the United States of America
Dates: 1917 June 10Container: Box 2 -
Description: Bettman, Adalbert G.
Portland Academy of Medicine (lso); University of Oregon. Medical School (lso); M.D., UOMS, 29 April 1907; Oregon license, Medicine and Surgery, 9 January 1908; One year as House Physician and Anesthetist, including six months as First Surgical Assistant 5 June 1908; Fellow, Portland Academy of Medicine, 10 March 1921; Benefactor & citation, Portland Academy of Medicine, 6 December 1956
Dates: 1907-1956Container: Box 1 -
Description: Bettman, M. Montefiore
Portland High School (Portland, OR) (lso)
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1 -
Description: Bisaillon, Marr
New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital (lso); Alpha Omega Alpha (lso)
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1 -
Description: Brooke, Lloyd Wesley
University of Oregon. Medical School (lso); Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Upsilon Chapter (lso); Multnomah County Hospital (lso)
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1 -
Description: Caldwell, Matthew
M.D., Ohio Medical College, 1 March 1848; (attached is a letter of certification with note: "Diploma and letter of certification of Dr. Matthew Caldwell presented by Dr. Earl Canfield, June 1942")
Dates: 1848, 1942Container: Box 1 -
Description: Carpenter, Horace
Certificate and card of withdrawal, Pathological Society of the Cities of Davenport and Rock Island [Iowa], 22 September 1860; Certificate of honorable dismissal, Scott County Medical Society of Iowa, 25 September 1860; [Asst.?] Surgeon of the First Regiment Cavalry, Oregon Volunteers, "now in the service of the United States", State of Oregon, 13 April 1863; Surgeon of the First Regiment Infantry [the word "Cavalry" is crossed out and replaced with "Infantry"], 5 December 1864; Surgeon First Regiment Oregon Infantry, 3 March 1865; Membership, Medical Society of the Third Judicial District of Oregon, ["organized October 14 1870"]; Member, The Medical Society of the State of Oregon, elected member on 1 September 1874, certificate sealed 5 July 1876
Dates: 1860-1876Container: Box 1 -
Description: Corkins, Philip G.
M.D., Rush Medical College
Dates: 1853 February 16Container: Box 1 -
Description: Fenton, Ralph A.
Doctor of Science, University of Oregon, 30 May 1943; Award of Merit, American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (with velvet pouch), 12 October 1943; Member, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, 1 August 1957
Dates: 1943, 1957Container: Box 2 -
Description: Josephi, Simeon E.
Doctor of Laws, Univeristy of Oregon
Dates: 1924 June 16Container: Box 1 -
Description: Lawrence, Harriet J.
Fellow, American Society of Clinical Pathologists
Dates: 1927Container: Box 1 -
Description: McPherson, John Leslie
Doctor of Dental Medicine, The Directors of North Pacific College
Dates: 1919 June 23Container: Box 1 -
Description: Miles, Robert Herbert
M.D., University of Oregon
Dates: 1929 June 10Container: Box 1 -
Description: Miscellaneous, Military Citations & Certificates
The Secretary of the Navy – Presidential Unit Citation to Task Unit Twenty-One Point Fourteen, Consisting of the U.S.S. Card, U.S.S. Barry, U.S.S. Borie, U.S.S. Goff and VC Squadrons One and Nine, [Name in bottom left corner (appears to be a signature – of original owner?) is David E. Sullivan, M.D., Flight Surgeon, U.S.S. Card]
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 2 -
Description: Portland Academy of Medicine and Multnomah County Medical Society, Certificates – Fraternities & Societies
From UOMS to members of Portland Academy of Medicine and Multnomah County Medical Society – acknowledgment of gifts for development of library
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 2 -
Description: Rice, David B.
Major, Illinois Volunteers, 102nd Regiment, commissioned 30 September 1862, certificate sealed 6 December 1862; Member, The Medical Society of the State of Oregon, elected member 14 September 1875, certificate sealed 13 June 1876
Dates: 1862-1876Container: Box 1 -
Description: Sanders, I. Newton
M.D., Willamette University, 3 April 1900 (Label attached says, "Presented by Mrs. Marjorie Huff Nace (granddaughter) June 1, 1959")
Dates: 1900, 1959Container: Box 1 -
Description: Sears, Charles E.
Oregon license, Medicine and Surgery, 15 August 1913; Fellow, Portland Academy of Medicine, 8 October 1914
Dates: 1913-1914Container: Box 1 -
Description: Smith, Andrew C.
Member of the Alumni Association, Cooper Medical College [class of 1877], 16 November 1885; Member, Medical Society of the State of California, 23 April 1886; Fellow, Portland Academy of Medicine, 1 December 1906; Member, State Board of Health, State of Oregon, 12 March 1907; Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 22 June 1914; Member, Oregon Governing Committee of the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine, undated
Dates: 1885-1914Container: Box 1 -
Description: Smith, Andrew C.
M.D. diploma, Cooper Collegium Medicum, 4 November 1882 [Diploma in Latin except small explanatory note: "Cooper issued this diploma after the Medical College of the Pacific, where Smith received his M.D., closed and transferred its faculty to Cooper."]; Polyclinicae in Novo Eboraco, Polyclinica Novi Eboraci Omnibus [Polytechnic Institute of New York University], 1889
Dates: 1882, 1889Container: Box 2 -
Description: Smith, Caryll T.
M.D., Collegium Medicinae Pacificum [Pacific Medical College], 16 May 1918; Washington State license, Medicine & Surgery, 7-9 January 1919
Dates: 1918-1919Container: Box 2 -
Description: Society of Sigma Xi, Certificates – Fraternities & Societies
Establishing University of Oregon - Portland Chapter, naming charter members
Dates: 1952 November 6Container: Box 2 -
Description: Spurrier, Ravena T.
M.D., University of Oregon, 3 May 1909; Oregon license, Medicine and Surgery, 8 July 1909; "has attended the Graduate School of Medicine and Surgery and Laboratory Branches of the University of Oregon Medical School", June-July 1919
Dates: 1909, 1919Container: Box 2 -
Description: University of Oregon Medical School, Military Citations & Certificates
United States Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery – Certificate of Commendation, 27 October 1945; Department of the Army – "For proficiency in the training of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps Unit …", 31 December 1948; Navy Department – Mark of Commendation, undated; U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine & Surgery – Certificate of Achievement, undated; U.S. Office of Civilian Defense & U.S. Public Health Service – certify that Affiliated Hospital Unit 150 has been organized by UOMS, undated
Dates: 1945, 1948, undatedContainer: Box 2 -
Description: University of Oregon, Military Citations & Certificates
War Department, Office of the Surgeon General – Certificate of Appreciation for 46th General Hospital in World War II
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 2 -
Description: Upsilon Chapter, Alpha Kappa Kappa, Certificates – Fraternities & Societies
Designating Upsilon Chapter, naming charter members
Dates: 1903 March 21Container: Box 2 -
Description: Woolley, Ivan Medhurst
M.D., University of Oregon, 5 June 1919; Intern, City & County Hospital, St. Paul MN, 10 June 1919 – 1 July 1920; Oregon license, Medicine and Surgery, 22 July 1920
Dates: 1919-1920Container: Box 2 -
Description: Ziegler, Amelia
M.D., Woman's Medical College, Kansas City, MO
Dates: 1898 May 3Container: Box 2
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Dental School-Assorted licenses, degrees, and certificates
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Description: Bettman, M. Monte
Fellowship certificate in the American College of Dentists, 1936 July 12; American Board of Periodontology certificate, 1941; Congregation Beth Israel - Resolution of Gratitute for service as 1951-1953 President, 1954 March 18; American Academy of Periodontology certificate as Fellow, 1961 October 21
Dates: 1936-1961Container: Box 3 -
Description: Davis, Fred R.
Oregon State Dental Association – lifetime membership
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 3 -
Description: Dulin, Thomas S. Jr.
Title and degree – North Pacific College, 1918 May 9; Doctor of Dental Medicine - North Pacific College, 1918 May 29; Graduate degree – State Board of Dental Examiners, 1918 June 6; Portland Academy of Hypnosis, 1958 November; Association Membership Certification - Pierre Fauchard Academy, undated; Honorary Life Membership - Oregon State Dental Association, undated
Dates: 1918, 1958, undatedContainer: Box 3 -
Description: Fixott, Henry Cline
Doctor of Medicine degree
Dates: 1859Container: Box 3 -
Description: Greseth, Sandra Ann
University of Oregon – certificate of Dental Hygeine
Dates: 1962 June 14Container: Box 3 -
Description: Gulick, Fred Ellis
Portland Academy of Dentistry
Dates: 1933 March 31Container: Box 3 -
Description: Hauge, Asta L.
Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners
Dates: 1915 June 12Container: Box 3 -
Description: Herstel, Edward
Licence to practice Dentistry - Oregon State Board of Examiners
Dates: 1905 May 13Container: Box 3 -
Description: Hunt, Frederick William
Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners - Licence to Practice Dentistry, 1903 May 8; Procuratores Collegi Dentarii - Dentariae Medicinae Doctoris - 1930
Dates: 1903, 1930Container: Box 3 -
Description: Hunt, Joseph R.
Board of Dental Examiners of the State of Oregon - Certificate of registration to Practice Dentistry
Dates: 1894 February 27Container: Box 3 -
Description: Hurd, Everett Marshall
University of Washington - State of Missouri - Degree of Dentariae Medicinae Doctoris, 1892 March 10; Office fo the Register of the City of St. Louis - Certificate of Registration No. 119 of Dental Surgeons, 1892 June 2; University of Washington in the State of Missouri - Doctor of Medicine - 1893 March 14; State Board of Health - State of Missouri - license to practice medicine, 1893 March 4; State of Missouri Board of Pharmacy - Certification of Qualification to Practice Medicine, 1893 April 1; Registration to practice dentistry - Board of Dental Examiners of the State of Oregon, 1893 April 22; License to Practice Medicine and Surgery - Board of Examiners of the Medical Society of the State of California, 1897 September 7; Certification to practice dentistry - Board of Dental Examiners - State of California, 1901 August 17
Dates: 1892-1901Container: Box 3 -
Description: Kuratli, John
American Academy of Crown and Bridge Prosthodontics – certificate
Dates: 1952 February 2Container: Box 3 -
Description: Lowe, Glen Lorraine
State Board of Medical Examiners - Graduate in Dentistry Certificate
Dates: 1931 June 26Container: Box 3 -
Description: Macy, E. C.
Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners – certificate of registration
Dates: 1899 February 20Container: Box 3 -
Description: Miller, Earl Brown
North Pacific College of Oregon - Title and Degree of Doctor of Dental Medicine, 1929 June 10; State of Washington Department of Licences - Licence to Practice Dentistry, 1929 December 15
Dates: 1929Container: Box 3 -
Description: North Pacific College of Oregon
Certificate of Distinction - War Department of the United States of America
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 3 -
Description: Noyes, Harold Judd
State of Illinois registration and education certificate license physician and surgeon
Dates: 1934 August 17Container: Box 3 -
Description: Oregon Dental Association
Sociedad Odontologica de Chile
Dates: 1960 June 30Container: Box 3 -
Description: Patrick, Louis Joseph Fitz
Philadelphia Hospital - Certificate of Attendance to Oral Surgical Clinics, 1902-1903; Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners - Licence to Practice Dentistry - 1903 February 20; Omnibus et fingulis has Litteras lecturis Salutem, 1903 June; City of Portland Oregon - Licence to conduct the business of Dentist, 1908 November 12; Omicron kappa upsilon – North Pacific College of Oregon, 1916 May 25; American Dental Association – Life Membership - undated Oregon State Dental Association – honorary life membership, undated
Dates: 1902-1916Container: Box 3 -
Description: Patterson, Katherine Mary
State of Washington Board of Licenses - Dental Hygienist
Dates: 1942 June 26Container: Box 3 -
Description: Rossman, John Harold
Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners – graduate degree, 1919 July 9; Oregon State Dental Association – Honorary life time membership - undated
Dates: 1919, undatedContainer: Box 3 -
Description: Shearer, Wallace C.
The American Society of Oral Surgeons and Exodontists – membership
Dates: 1926Container: Box 3 -
Description: Spaulding, Frank U.
State Board of Dental Examiners - Graduate in Dentistry Certificate
Dates: 1905 January 21Container: Box 3 -
Description: Underdahl, Leif
State Board of Medical Examiners - Graduate in Dentistry Certificate
Dates: 1918 June 6Container: Box 3 -
Description: Van Hassel, Henry J.
Honorary Director of the alumni association OHSU, 1991 Spring
Dates: 1991Container: Box 3
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Corporate Names
- North Pacific College of Oregon
- Oregon Health & Science University
- Oregon Health & Science University. School of Dentistry
- University of Oregon. Medical School
Form or Genre Terms
- degrees (academic)
