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George W. Binkley papers

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George Webster Binkley, dermatologist and Professor of Dermatology, was born in Canton, Ohio, on 24 January 1904. He was the son of Emmaus Arthur and Della Baker Binkley. In 1930, he married Kathryn Sensenig. Binkley died in Hendersonville, North Carolina, on 2 April 1974.

George W. Binkley graduated from the Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1930. He interned at St. Luke's Hospital in Cleveland and at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California, from 1931 to 1932. In 1933, Binkley began a residency in dermatology at University Hospitals in Cleveland and at Cleveland City Hospital. In 1937, after completing his residency, Binkley began a private practice and became an instructor in Dermatology at Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Eventually, Binkley became Professor of Dermatology and Syphilology and in 1970 became Professor Emeritus of Dermatology. In addition, Binkley served as a consultant at several hospitals in Cleveland, including University Hospitals, Rainbow Hospital, and Benjamin Rose Hospital.

Binkley, who specialized in skin diseases associated with diabetes, published numerous articles and contributed a chapter to Diabetes Mellitus: Theory and Practice (1970). He was a member of numerous medical and dermatological societies, including the American Dermatological Association, the American Academy of Dermatology, and the American Society of Dermatopathology. Binkley also was a member of the Cleveland Dermatological Society and at one time served as president of this organization.

The papers of George W. Binkley, spanning 1930 to 1974, document his career as a dermatologist, professor, and frequent contributor to dermatological publications; the collection also provides evidence of Binkley's special interest in skin diseases associated with diabetes. Included in the collection are personal papers, correspondence, records of Binkley's involvement in various professional organizations, his research materials on diabetes, and samples of his essays and speeches.

Series 1 contains Binkley's personal papers; present are records of his military service, certifications by various medical boards, and faculty and hospital appointments. Also present is Binkley's curriculum vitae, his bibliography, biographical information, and miscellaneous certificates.

Binkley's correspondence is contained in Series 2. Present are incoming letters and autograph drafts or carbon copies of Binkley's outgoing letters. Included are requests for reprints, permissions to use photographs, and correspondence with various medical journals. Binkley corresponded with other dermatologists and often made queries about their research findings and theories; correspondents include dermatologists Alfred W. Kopf, Raul Fleischmajer, J. E. Jelinek, and Beno Michel.

Series 3 contains materials pertaining to Binkley's membership in various professional organizations. Included are records of Binkley's involvement in the Division of Education and Communication (DECOM) of the American Academy of Dermatology's National Program for Dermatology. Present are meeting agendas, summaries of projects, memoranda, correspondence, and a roster of task forces. Also welldocumented is Binkley's participation in four annual meetings (1970-1973) of the American Society of Dermatopathology; present are programs, registration information, membership rosters, by laws, correspondence, abstracts of papers, and notes taken by Binkley at presentations.

Included in Series 4 are research materials on diabetes and skin diseases associated with diabetes, including Degos' Disease, necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum, scleredema, and idiopathic hemochromatosis. Present are clippings, essays, and reprints of articles, all of which are heavily annotated by Binkley. Also present are Binkley's notes, correspondence, bibliographies, case studies, and photographs. Binkley might have assembled these materials while researching and preparing to write his chapter on "Skin in Diabetes" in Diabetes Mellitus: Theory and Practice.

Works on dermatology, by Binkley and Herbert Z. Lund, are contained in Series 5. Present are essays by Binkley and materials relating to "Skin in Diabetes", his contribution to Diabetes Mellitus: Theory and Practice, edited by Max Ellenberg and Harold Rifkin. Included is correspondence with Ellenberg and Rifkin about the publication of the book, and drafts and page proofs of Binkley's chapter. Also present are two printed works by Lund: Tumors of the Skin (1957) and Melanotic Tumors of the Skin (1961). Binkley has annotated both works.

The papers of George W. Binkley were donated to the Historical Collections of the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by his wife, Kathryn S. Binkley, on 8 August 1974.

The collection was processed and catalogued in 1992.

Flat file no. 1, drawer 2

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Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Collection Inventory

Military service, 21 January 1930 - 1 May 1953.
Box 1 Folder 1
Graduation program and alumni certificate, 12 June 1930.
Box 1 Folder 2
Ohio State Medical Board Certificate, 8 July 1930.
Box 1 Folder 3
Certification information.
Box 1 Folder 4
California Board of Medical Examiners, 1932 - 1967.
Box 1 Folder 4
Ohio State Medical Board, 1969 - 1970.
Box 1 Folder 4
North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners, 1970 - 1974.
Box 1 Folder 4
Faculty and hospital appointments.
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence, 30 March 1933 - 1 July 1968.
Box 1 Folder 5
Forms, 29 January 1951 - 1 May 1973.
Box 1 Folder 5
Miscellaneous certificates (3 folders), 1 July 1935 - 30 January 1942.
Box 1 Folder 6
Curriculum vitae and biographical information, 3 April 1940 - April 1973.
Box 1 Folder 7
Proofs from medical directories, 1945 - 1961.
Box 1 Folder 8
Bibliography, January 1955.
Box 1 Folder 9
Clippings and notes on pollution, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 10

16 April 1947 - 25 February 1959, 1947 - 1959.
Box 1 Folder 11
29 April 1960 - 13 May 1970, 1960 - 1970.
Box 1 Folder 12
29 April 1960 - 13 May 1970, 1960 - 1970.
Box 1 Folder 13
1965 January 25 - 1968 May 20, 1965 - 1968.
Box 1 Folder 14
January 1970 - 8 May 1973, 1970 - 1973.
Box 1 Folder 15
January 1970 - 8 May 1973, 1970 - 1973.
Box 1 Folder 16

American Medical Association.
Box 1 Folder 17
Membership cards, 1950; 1970 - 1974.
Box 1 Folder 17
Memorial to H. N. Cole, 11 October 1966.
Box 1 Folder 17
Miscellaneous, 1937 - 1971.
Box 1 Folder 17
American Dermatological Society Membership information, 14 May 1948 - 1970.
Box 1 Folder 18
Academy of Medicine of Cleveland Membership information and constitution and by - laws, 1954 - 1973, 1954 - 1973.
Box 2 Folder 1
American Academy of Dermatology.
Box 2 Folder 2
Correspondence and membership information, 20 June 1969 - 1974.
Box 2 Folder 2
Reports of National Program for Dermatology, Summer 1971 - Spring 1972.
Box 2 Folder 2
Division of Education and Communication (DECOM), 10 December 1971 - 11 September 1973.
Box 2 Folder 2
American Society of Dermatopathology.
Box 2 Folder 3
Annual meeting, 1970, 1 November 1968 - 4 December 1970.
Box 2 Folder 3
Annual meeting, 1971, 8 June - 3 December 1971.
Box 2 Folder 3
Annual meeting, 1972, 28 February - 3 December 1973.
Box 2 Folder 3
Annual meeting, 1973, 19 April - 6 December 1973.
Box 2 Folder 3
Ohio State Medical Association Membership cards and correspondence, 1971 - 1973.
Box 2 Folder 4

Diabetes mellitus, 1939 - 1971.
Box 2 Folder 5
Diabetes mellitus, 1939 - 1971.
Box 2 Folder 6
Diabetes mellitus, 1939 - 1971.
Box 2 Folder 7
Diabetes mellitus, 1939 - 1971.
Box 2 Folder 8
Diabetes mellitus, 1939 - 1971.
Box 2 Folder 9
Diabetes mellitus, 1939 - 1971.
Box 2 Folder 10
Malignant atrophic papulosis (Degos' Disease), 1942 - 1970.
Box 2 Folder 11
Malignant atrophic papulosis (Degos' Disease), 1942 - 1970.
Box 2 Folder 12
Malignant atrophic papulosis (Degos' Disease), 1942 - 1970.
Box 2 Folder 13
Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum (N.L.D.), 1948 - 1966.
Box 2 Folder 14
Scleredema, 1961 - 1969.
Box 3 Folder 1
Scleredema, 1961 - 1969.
Box 3 Folder 2
Scleredema, 1961 - 1969.
Box 3 Folder 3
Idiopathic hemochromatosis, 1967 - 1968.
Box 3 Folder 4
Miscellaneous, 1960 - 1968.
Box 3 Folder 5
Miscellaneous, 1960 - 1968.
Box 3 Folder 6

Works by Binkley.
Box 3 Folder 7
Miscellaneous essays and speeches, 31 October 1938; undated.
Box 3 Folder 7
"Skin in Diabetes" (Binkley's chapter in "Diabetes Mellitus: Theory and Practice").
Box 3 Folder 7
Correspondence, 15 May 1967 - 13 January 1971.
Box 3 Folder 8
Typescript drafts (2 folders), April 1968 - November 1970.
Box 3 Folder 9
Page proofs, circa 1971.
Box 3 Folder 10
Works by Herbert Z. Lund.
Box 3 Folder 11
"Tumors of the Skin" by Herbert Z. Lund, October 1957.
Box 3 Folder 11
"Melanotic Tumors of the Skin" by Herbert Z. Lund and Jane Merrill Kraus (3 folders), November 1961.
Box 3 Folder 11

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