The glass plate negatives were transferred from the PNW Archives and accessioned into the Historical Collections & Archives in 2006.
Otis B. Wight, M.D., was born on May 28, 1877, in Cleveland, Ohio. He received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1898 and graduated from Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1902. Otis married Clara L. Martin in 1904 and raised 2 daughters, Mary Louis and Jean and 1 son, Otis.
Wight was commissioned as Captain during WWI on December 2, 1917. His first assignment in 1918 was to mobilize enlisted men to staff Base Hospital 46. Base Hospital 46 was the University of Oregon Medical School's organized contingent of the volunteer medical personnel. He went first to Camp Lewis, Washington where he was promoted to Major. He also accepted a commission as Chief of Medical Service at the Base Hospital. In January of that same year, Wight became Adjutant and Registrar.
Wight served over 40 years as a Portland physician, surgeon, and civic leader. He also specialized in the treatment of cancer using raidum. In 1955, at the age of 77, Dr. Wight died from a stroke. From the time that he suffered his first stroke until his death in 1955, he resided in Good Samaritan Hospital, becoming, at that time, the hospital's longest-term patient.
Private practice – Portland, Oregon
Medical director – Old Oregon Mutual Life Insurance Company (Standard Insurance Company)
Commissioned Captain, Medical Corps – WWI
Board of Trustees – Portland Art Museum
Arlington Club
Waverly Country Club
Oregon State Medical Society
American College of Surgeons
Theta Xi social fraternity
Freemasons – Willamette Lodge AF & AM
The collection consists of two sets of glass plate silver bromide negatives, totaling 28 negatives. The images are of Base Hospital 46 and staff. The photographs were taken in Bazoil-les-sur-Meuse, France during World War I and were predominately used for publication. The negatives arrived housed in their original printed cardboard boxes which measure 13 cm x 18 cm. The boxes identify the plate manufacturer as J. Jougla of Lumiere & Jougla. The photographic method is identified as "plaques a mode bromure d'argent", or silver bromide plates. One plate is broken, and the solution on many are cracking and flaking around the edges.
The plates are not labeled, but were identified in the publication:
Page numbers listed correspond with pages of the publication where these images were printed.
The publication was previously held by the PNW Archives.
[Collection title], Collection Number [####-###], Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives.
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Herbert Merton Greene Papers, Accession Number 2006-005