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William D. Frazier papers

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Call Number:
MSS 2/288
Repository:
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Extent:
22 items (4 boxes and 18 oversize items)
Language:
English
Date:
1874-1984 (inclusive) and 1913-1963 (bulk)
Creator:
Frazier, William D. (William Doane)
Form:
Awards, Certificates, Correspondence, Diplomas, and Lecture notes
Abstract:

William Doane Frazier, surgeon and specialist in occupational medicine, was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1908. Frazier was the son of neurosurgeon Charles Harrison Frazier and Mary Spring Gardiner Frazier. William D. Frazier died in 1984 from Parkinsonism and Alzheimer's disease.

Frazier received his B.S. degree from Haverford College in 1930 and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1934. He served his residency at Geisinger Memorial Hospital in Danville, Pennsylvania, from 1934 to 1935. During World War II, Frazier was a major in the Medical Corps of the United States Army, serving in the China/Burma/India theater. In 1947, Frazier became an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, a position he held until his retirement in 1978. Frazier, who was especially interested in occupational medicine, served as medical director for several major corporations, including the Baldwin Lima Hamilton Corporation (formerly the Baldwin Locomotive Works) from 1940 to 1972, Oscar Mayer from 1947 to 1977, and Tastey Bakery from 1973 to 1978. Frazier was a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the American College of Surgeons. He was also a member of the American Medical Association, the Pennsylvania State Medical Association, the American Board of General Surgery, and the American Occupational Medicine Association.

The William D. Frazier Papers, spanning 1874 to 1984, contain professional papers relating to Frazier's career as a surgeon and specialist in occupational medicine; personal papers; papers of his father, neurosurgeon Charles H. Frazier; and numerous photographs.

Included among William D. Frazier's professional papers is correspondence, reports of operative experience, and other items concerning his work at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Also present are papers relating to hisjservice in the Medical Corps of the United States Army during World War II. Series 1.3 contains material on occupational medicine from Frazier's tenure as medical director at the Baldwin Lima Hamilton Corporation. Frazier's medical writings are in Series 1.5; included are several drafts of his essays on hyperthyroidism.

Frazier's personal papers are in Series 2. Included are numerous letters from his father, Charles H. Frazier, written to Frazier when he was a young man. Also present are letters of sympathy from friends and colleagues on the death of Charles H. Frazier in 1936. Series 2.2 contains miscellaneous items, including lecture notes from Frazier's third year in medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, papers concerning the establishment of the Charles H. Frazier Professorship in Neurosurgery, and numerous awards, certificates, and diplomas.

A collection of Charles H. Frazier's papers are in Series 3. Included is correspondence, a transcript of a series of letters written while he was visiting Japan in 1926, his notebook on tumors, and miscellaneous notes and speeches.

Series 4 contains numerous portraits and photographs of Charles H. Frazier, William D. Frazier, and the Frazier family. Of special interest are photographs of Charles H. Frazier in the surgical amphitheater at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and a photograph of the Reserve Corps Officers who attended his course in neurological surgery during World War I. Also present is a 1917 photograph of the medical staff and personnel from Base Hospital No. 34 (Episcopal Hospital) at Camp Crane in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

The William D. Frazier Papers were donated to the Historical Collections of the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by William D. Frazier's widow, Grace Frazier, on 5 December 1991. Several reprints in the collection were removed for integration with the printed collections of the College Library and several redundant photographs were deaccessioned and presented to the University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center. Acidic leaves and clippings were photocopied and discarded.

The William D. Frazier Papers were processed and cataloged in 1993.

Flat file no. 1, drawer 2

Contents: 4 certificates, diplomas, photographs

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Collection Inventory

1. Correspondence, 06 January 1935-01 May 1941.
Box 1
2. Monthly reports of operative experience, 23 April 1943.
Box 1
3. Bulletin/Instructional Schedule from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1939-1941.
Box 1
4. House officers' techniques: Ravdin service: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania [mimeograph], 1944.
Box 1
Subseries 1.2 Military service, 08 October 1940-03 February 1946.
Box 1
1. Correspondence and memoranda, 04 May 1942-22 May 1967.
Box 1
2. Reports, policy statements, and company rules, 1940, 1948, undated.
Box 1
3. Clippings of articles on occupational health, 1955-1964.
Box 1
4. Alterations and additions for a dispensary at the Baldwin Locomotive Works [blueprint], 08 November 1939.
Box 2
1. American Board of Surgery Correspondence, 10 June 1940-03 June 1941.
Box 2
2. American College of Surgeons Correspondence and applications, 12 September 1940-15 October 1941.
Box 2
3. American College of Surgeons 31st Annual Clinical Congress programs,abstracts, and daily bulletins, 03-07 November 1941.
Box 2
4. Miscellaneous, 23 September 1938-19 December 1984.
Box 2
1. Carbohydrate metabolism in hyperthyroidism, circa 1933.
Box 2
2. Surgery in the diabetic, circa 1934.
Box 2
3. Reduction of mortality in cases of obstructive jaundice operated: address delivered at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Undergraduate Medical Association of the University of Pennsylvania, 22 April 1937.
Box 2
4. The use of Vitamin B1 in the preoperative preparation of the hyperthyroid patient, 1938.
Box 2
5. [Address on adenoma of the thyroid] : holograph, undated.
Box 2
6. Miscellaneous notes and case summaries, undated.
Box 2

1. Letters from Charles H. Frazier, 15 September 1922-04 December 1935.
Box 2
2. Letters concerning Charles H. Frazier's death, 1936 July Aug.
Box 2
3. Miscellaneous family correspondence, 06 September 1922-01 July 1933.
Box 2
1. Childhood papers, 1913-1923.
Box 2
2. M.S.F. [biography of Mary Spring Gardiner Frazier, circa 1920s.
Box 2
3. Notebook [mimeograph] with third year lecture notes[?] from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1931.
Box 3
4. WDF's lecture notes from Dr. [Leonard Franklin?] Bush's class, "Nursing in Emergencies" at Geisinger Memorial Hospital in Danville, Pa. 5. Prayer book [disbound], circa 1934; 1942.
Box 3
6. Papers concerning the career of Charles H. Frazier and the establishment of the Charles H. Frazier Professorship in Neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 17 March 1950-27 April 1976.
Box 3
7. Materials pertaining to class reunions at Haverford College and University of Pennsylvania, 1970-1975.
Box 3
8. Awards, certificates, and diplomas, 1925-1984.
Boxes 3; 5 (OS)
9. Miscellaneous, 17 June 1929-1977.
Box 3

1. Correspondence, 15 July 1925-07 January 1935.
Box 3
2. Transcript of letters from Japan, 07 August-25 November 1926.
Box 3
3. Notebook on tumors, circa 1928-1933.
Box 3
4. A survey of the Department of Surgery [at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine], circa 1928.
Box 3
5. Speeches and addresses, 1932-1934.
Box 3
6. Miscellaneous notes, circa 1916.
Box 3
7. Certificates, 1913-1925.
Box 3

1. Early photographs, 1874-circa 1900.
Box 4
2. CHF's clinic in the surgical amphitheater at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1907.
Box 4
3. CHF's clinic in the surgical amphitheater at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, undated.
Box 4
4. CHF's clinic at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, undated.
Box 4
5. University of Pennsylvania Medical Department Alumni Reunion, 1916.
Box 4
6. Group gathered in honor of T. Pridgin Teale at Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, England, undated.
Box 4
7. Medical staff and enlisted personnel, Base Hospital No. 34-Episcopal Hospital, at Camp Crane, Allentown, Pa., 1917.
Box 4
8. Three classes of Reserve Corps Officers from the Medical Department of the Army who attended CHF's course in neurological surgery, 22 September 1917-05 April 1918.
Box 4
9. Miscellaneous portraits, 1921; undated.
Box 4
10. Photographs from trip to Japan, 1926.
Box 4
11. Print of oil portrait by Frederick Roscher, undated.
Box 4
12. Print of oil portrait by E. E. Rand, 1932.
Box 4
1. Family/childhood photographs, 1909-1920.
Box 4
2. Faculty and students at St. George's School, Middletown, R.I., circa 1922-1926.
Box 4
3. Miscellaneous portraits, circa 1930-1970.
Box 4
4. Miscellaneous photographs, 1941-1963.
Box 4
1. Mary Spring Gardiner Frazier [print of oil portrait, undated.
Box 4
2. Charles Karsner Mills [print of oil portrait, undated.
Box 4
3. Unidentified wedding portrait, undated.
Box 4
4. Overhead photograph of surgery, undated.
Box 4
5. Unidentified physician's clinic in the amphitheater at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, undated.
Box 4

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