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Ivan Medhurst Woolley papers, 1877-1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Oregon. Medical School; Woolley, Ivan M.
Title
Ivan Medhurst Woolley papers
Dates
1877-1979 (inclusive)
1924-1968 (bulk)
Quantity
3.29 linear feet
Collection Number
2002-004
Summary
Oregon-born Ivan Medhurst Woolley graduated from the Oregon Medical School (1919) and became a general practitioner for 10 years before transitioning into radiology, which he practiced for another 32 years. The collection contains a variety of papers, correspondence, bound texts, office ledgers, artifacts, and photographs.
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

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Languages
English
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Historical Note

Dr. Ivan Medhurst Woolley was born in Roseburg, Oregon on October 23, 1893. He moved to Portland in 1905. He went to Washington High School and took pre-med classes at Oregon Agriculture College, now Oregon State College. He attended medical school at the old Oregon Medical School across from Good Samaritan Hospital and graduated in 1919. His class was the last to graduate before the school burned down. To earn money while in school, he became the driver of a seven-passenger Pierce Arrow touring car on old Mt. Hood road to Government Camp. He was one of the first drivers to the Mountain. Years later, he wrote, "Off to Mt. Hood: An Auto-Biography of the Old Road," 1959. He also worked as a medical officer at the police station during WWI. He interned at Ancher Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota then returned to Portland. He was licensed in Oregon in 1920.

For ten years he practiced general medicine, then in 1930 he went to the University of Michigan Medical School where he studied radiology. He practiced X-ray medicine the rest of his life, having an office in the Medical Arts Building, becoming Portland's leader in the field until he retired in December of 1962. Dr. Woolley also worked and taught, sometimes, at the "Free Dispensary". In 1923 he joined the Multnomah County Medical Society. At his death he was the Society's historian. Before he retired in 1962, Dr. Woolley had been president and staff member at Emanuel Hospital and Portland Sanitarium, and staff member at Holiday Park Hospital. He was also a faculty member at the University of Oregon Medical School. He was a founder and president of the Oregon Radiological Society and the Pacific Northwest Radiological Society. He became vice-president of the American College of Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America. He also became president of the Oregon Medical Association, Multnomah County Medical Society, and University of Oregon Medical School Alumni Association. He was also busy with civic activities and served on the board of Albertina Homes, the staff of White Shield Home and was a president of Columbia Edgewater Country Club. He held membership in Rotary, Aero Club and the Oregon Historical Society as well as being a founding member of the early KGW radio show "The Hoot Owls." Before his death, he wrote a second book, "Roentgenology in Oregon – The First Fifty Years," 1954.

Dr.Woolley died of a heart attack on Friday December 29, 1967, while visiting in Claremont, California. He was 74.

Medical Practice Staff member at Emanuel Hospital Staff member at Portland Sanitarium Staff member at Holiday Park Hospital Faculty member at the University of Oregon Medical School Board member of Albertina Homes Staff member of White Shield Home 1920 – 1930 general medicine practiced in Portland, Oregon X-Ray Medicine in the Medical Arts Building until 1962

Memberships Multnomah County Medical Society Oregon Radiological Society Pacific Northwest Radiological Society American College of Radiology Radiological Society of North America Oregon Medical Association Multnomah County Medical Society University of Oregon Medical School Alumni Association Columbia Edgewater Country Club Rotary Club Aero Club Oregon Historical Society

Publications "Roentgenology in Oregon – The First Fifty Years," 1954. "Off to Mt. Hood: An Auto-Biography of the Old Road", 1959

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Content Description

Collection includes correspondence, news clippings, ledgers, photographs, plaques, textbooks, and artifacts.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Ivan Medhurst Woolley papers, Collection Number 2002-004, Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives

Restrictions on Use

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Administrative Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Papers and Coorespondence

    • Description: Announcement Dr.Woolley's retirement reception
      Dates: 1962 December 16
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Article on Woolley reception, Portland Oregonian
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: "Dr.I.M. Woolley Named Historian", The Bulletin of the Multnomah County Medical Society
      Dates: 1966 January
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: "Old Time Medicine", Northwest Magazine Sunday Oregonian
      Dates: 1967 January 25
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Obituary, Portland Oregonian
      Dates: 1967 December 30
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Obituary, Bulletin Multnomah County Medical Society
      Dates: 1968 January
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Promotional Christmas postcard sent to customers by Atlantic-Richfield Company with picture of 1915 Brewster Landaulet touring car
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Picture of Pierce-Arrow touring car-a photocopy and original picture cut from newspaper. Date estimated from car sale information on back of picture(sale on 1964 vehicles). Dr. Woolley drove this type of car in 1920s as a student part-time job taking tourists to Mt. Hood.
      Dates: circa 1965
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Promotional postcard from Wentworth and Irwin Inc. showing 1912 Chalmers Model 10 car
      Dates: 1967 September 13
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Letter to the Editor, Portland Oregonian with thoughts on a Russell Baker column about private versus public foster care of children. He came down on the side of the private care providers like Albertina-Kerr and Waverly. Includes mailing list.
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Multnomah Co. Medical Society Surveys with copies of chain letters sent to 25 area health professionals requesting their input on Multnomah Co. Medical Society history project.
      Dates: 1966 March 1,2
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Request for information on Winslow's part in creating the Doctor's Official Telephone Exchange service circa 1933.
      Dates: 1933
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Oregon State Board Medical Examiners final grades before graduation.
      Dates: 1920-1967
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Herman Dickel, Pres. Multco. Medical Society Letter of Appreciation for twenty-five (25) years of service.
      Dates: 1957 December 10
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: I.C. Brill shares reminseces of the early days of the Multnomah County Medical Society.
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Goodrich Shauffler transcript of dictated answer to survey request. Rich in details of Society affairs from 1926 on.
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Dr. Frederick D. Stricker shares Society history 1926-1957.
      Dates: 1966 February 16
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: "Bill" Bilderback-Response to survey requests with feeling that today's generation uninterested in the past. Wants Dr. Woolley to look over a draft of a history of pediatrics he is writing. Another letter from him of March 23 verified that he is Dr. J.B. "Bill" BIlderback of The Children's Clinic.
      Dates: 1966 February 22
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Herman Dickel asks Dr. Woolley's aid in reviewing a history of psychiatry he is writing.
      Dates: 1966 March 7
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Collie Cathey
      Dates: 1966 March 15
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Bertha Hallam bibliography originally prepared for Dr. Woolley Feb. 22 1966.
      Dates: 1966 March 18
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Bill Bilderback
      Dates: 1966 March 23
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Glenn M. Gordon M.D., president of the Oregon Medical Association names him committee member for OMA's Committee on Oregon History
      Dates: 1967 December 21
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: The Bulletin Multnomah County Medical Society, Dr. Woolley chosen 67th Society President
      Dates: 1949-1979
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: The Medical Aspects of the Lewis and Clark Expedition autographed to Dr. Woolley by author Dr. E.G. Chuinard as "Frenchy"
      Dates: 1965 April 28
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: The Bulletin Multnomah County Medical Society, Woolley chosen Society historian
      Dates: 1966 January
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: The Bulletin Multnomah County Medical Society, Dr. Woolley wrote article "In Search of History" p.35
      Dates: 1966 February
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Emanuel Progress vol.8 No.2, Memorial notice p.8
      Dates: 1968 August
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Emanuel Progress vol.8 No. 3, Memorial donations in Dr. Woolley's name given to Emanuel Hospital. His past as head of Emanuel's Radiology Department; Head of Emanuel staff; Co-founder and President of both Oregon Radiological Society and the Pacific Northwest Radiological Society; and President of Multnomah Co. Medical Society noted p.2.
      Dates: 1968 October
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Travel brochure, Mount Rushmore National Monument South Dakota
      Dates: 1949
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Oregon Cool Green Vacationland, Brochure of Oregon State Highway Department. Date ascertained from unsigned picture of Governor of Oregon p. 27. Research shows it to be a picture of Governor Paul Patterson
      Dates: 1952-1956
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Map of Alaska National Geographic
      Dates: 1956 June
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Physician's Handbook 4th Edition
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: Resurrection Hospital Annual Report
      Dates: 1965
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence
    • Description: The New England Journal of Medicine, v300, no.12
      Dates: 1979 March 22
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Papers and Coorespondence

  • Plaques, Artifacts and Photographs

    Container: Box 2

    • Description: Certificate: Fellow, Academy International of Medicine
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Plaques, Artifacts and Photographs
    • Description: Plaque from UOMS Alumni Association presented to Woolley as President Alumni Association
      Dates: 1931-1932
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Plaques, Artifacts and Photographs
    • Description: Leather bound pad with first page denoting an operation from 1929. The rest is financial information
      Dates: 1963-1966
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Plaques, Artifacts and Photographs
    • Description: Appointment book
      Dates: 1924
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Plaques, Artifacts and Photographs
    • Description: Plaque from Multnomah Co.Medical Society, Plaque lists him as 68th President. Note: Society Bulletin of December 1953 listed him as 67th.
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Plaques, Artifacts and Photographs
    • Description: Packet of photographs, Many individual photos of Woolley and fellow graduates 1918.
      Dates: 1918
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Plaques, Artifacts and Photographs

  • Ledgers

    Container: Box 3

    • Description: Office ledger
      Dates: 1920-1921
      Container: Box 3
      Location: Ledgers
    • Description: Office ledger
      Dates: 1922-1923
      Container: Box 3
      Location: Ledgers
    • Description: Office ledger
      Dates: 1925-1926
      Container: Box 3
      Location: Ledgers
    • Description: Office ledger
      Dates: 1926-1927
      Container: Box 3
      Location: Ledgers

  • Bound Volumes

    Container: Box 4

    • Description: Baldy, J.M. An American Text-book of Gynecology Medical and Surgical
      Dates: 1896
      Container: Box 4
      Location: Bound Volumes
    • Description: Dench, Edward Bradford Diseases of the Ear
      Dates: 1898
      Container: Box 4
      Location: Bound Volumes
    • Description: Holt, L.Emmett The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood
      Dates: 1899
      Container: Box 4
      Location: Bound Volumes
    • Description: Piersol, George A. Human Anatomy, 8th edition
      Dates: 1930
      Container: Box 4
      Location: Bound Volumes
    • Description: Piersol, George A. Human Anatomy including Structure and Development and Practical Considerations v1
      Dates: 1906-1907
      Container: Box 4
      Location: Bound Volumes
    • Description: Piersol, George A. Human Anatomy including Structure and Development and Practical Conciderations v.2
      Dates: 1906-1907
      Container: Box 4
      Location: Bound Volumes
    • Description: Tanner, Thomas Hawkes. An index of Diseases and Their Treatment, second edition
      Dates: 1877
      Container: Box 4
      Location: Bound Volumes

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Subject Terms

  • Radiology
  • Societies, Medical

Corporate Names

  • Multnomah County Medical Society

Geographical Names

  • Oregon

Karen Lea Anderson Peterson, Kelly McElroy, and Jeff Colby
2002

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