A Guide to the Charles Bruce Morton II Photographs Collection MS-57
A Collection in Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
Collection Number MS-57
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Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use
There are no restrictions.
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Preferred Citation
Charles Bruce Morton II Photographs Collection, Accession #MS-57, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, Historical Collections and Services, University of Virginia.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Bruce Morton II, M.D. (1900-1985) served as a professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine for more than forty years and published a history of the Department of Surgery after his retirement in 1970. He won the University's first John Horsley Memorial Prize and the Sigma Xi Award for his work on peptic ulcers. Dr. Morton is remembered for his innovative approach to surgical techniques; before he joined the University of Virginia, he was a fellow at the Mayo Clinic.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 9 folders containing mostly photographs, some letters, a DVD, and a few clippings pertaining to the work of Dr. Charles Bruce Morton II at the University of Virginia circa 1950-1973.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged in folders chronologically by date and theme or event.