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)....

Content Description

Collection of about 40 letters addressed to Mr. Judson V. Teague from 1926- 1950. Most of the letters are dated from 1926 to 1928, from his wife Josephine while she was in South Carolina and he worked at the Portsmouth Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. A few of the letters are from Judson to Josephine. Included with the letters are Christmas, Easter, and Valentine's cards and two cloths; one of which was hand embroidered.