Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Staff of Whittacker Memorial Hospital (Newport News, Va.) Bylaws and Meeting Minutes, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 08/27/2009.

Processing Information

Accessioned and described in August 2009 by Ute Schechter.

Historical Note

Organization of medical doctors on staff at the Whittacker Memorial Hospital in Newport News, Virginia. The Hospital was founded in 1908 to service the city's African American population. For more information see: The Journal of the National Medical Association, March, 1964, Vol. 56, No. 2. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Staff of Whittacker Memorial Hospital (Newport News, Va.)">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Staff of Whittacker Memorial Hospital (Newport News, Va.)</a>.

Scope and Contents

Bylaws, 1930 and meeting minutes, 1943-1948 of the medical staff of Whittacker Memorial Hospital, Newport News, Virginia. The bylaws define medical staff as medical doctors and the meetings cover all aspects of the hospital's medical services, general administration and day to day business. The meeting minutes cover a variety of business including matters related to staff and patient care. At least one reference to abortion was found by a researcher (during a class demonstration in 2/2010). Addtional coverage is possible.

Index Terms

Corporate Name:

• Whittacker Memorial Hospital (Newport News, Va.)

Genre/Form of Material:

• Bylaws
• Minutes

Topical Term:

• African Americans--Hospitals--Virginia--History--20th century.
• African Americans--Medical care--Virginia.
• Newport News (Va.)--History.
• Public hospitals--Medical staff
• Public hospitals--United States--History.
• Public hospitals--Virginia--History.

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