Guide to the Alfred Blalock papers, 1921 - 1985
Collection Information
Abstract:
Surgeon-in-chief of the hospital and professor and director of the surgery department at the medical school of Johns Hopkins University (1941-1964); developed blue baby operation and treatments for surgical shock. Collection contains correspondence, memorabilia, photographs, scrapbooks, tributes, committee materials, biographical materials, and reprints. Major subjects include Johns Hopkins Hospital, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, medical education, tetralogy of fallot surgery, and surgery.
- Contact Information:
- Duke University Medical Center
Archives and Memorabilia
DUMC 3702
Durham, North Carolina
27710 USA
Phone: (919) 383-2653
Fax: (919) 383-1649
Email: dumc.archives@mc.duke.edu
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- Duke University Medical Center Archives
- Creator
- Blalock, Alfred, 1889-1964.
- Title
- Alfred Blalock papers, 1921 - 1985
- Extent
-
- 12,000 items,
- 39 linear feet
- 27 boxes
- Call Number
- MC0093
- Location
- Archives Stacks: 19d
Administrative Information
- Access Restrictions
- This collection may contain personal health information. Contact the Archivist for information about access.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], Alfred Blalock papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.
Biographical Note
Alfred Blalock was born in Culloden, Georgia on April 5, 1899. He graduated with an A.B. degree in 1918 and entered Johns Hopkins Medical School the same year (M.D., 1923). From 1923 to 1925, he was hospital physician and assistant resident surgeon at Hopkins, completing an internship in urology, and then an Assistant Residency on the General Surgical Service, followed by a Fellowship in Otolaryngology.
In 1925 he went to the newly constructed Vanderbilt University Hospital to become a Resident Surgeon. There he worked with Barney Brooks, professor of surgery and chief of the surgical service. While at Vanderbilt he did pioneering work on the nature and treatment of hemorrhagic and traumatic shock, demonstrating that surgical shock resulted primarily from the loss of blood. He advocated for the plasma or whole-blood transfusions as treatment following the onset of shock. His early work on shock is credited with saving the lives of many casualties during World War II. Blalock served as a professor at Vanderbilt from 1938 to 1941.
In 1941, Blalock returned to his alma mater to take on the joint positions of surgeon-in-chief of the hospital and professor and director of the surgery department at the medical school. While at Johns Hopkins, Blalock worked with his colleague Helen Taussig and assistant Vivien Thomas on a shunt technique to cure the Blue baby syndrome. Blalock had developed great expertise in vascular anastomosis. On November 29, 1944, Blalock, Taussig, and Thomas performed the first Blalock-Taussig operation on a patient with Fallot's tetralogy. The child survived the operation and word of their successful treatment quickly spread throughout the world.
Blalock was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and American Philosophical Society and awarded numerous honors including the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. In his last year Blalock devoted much of his time to the establishment of a centre for child medicine and child surgery in Baltimore. He retired from the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins in 1964. Dr. Blalock died in 1964. The Alfred Blalock Surgical Resident Award is given in Dr. Blalock's honor at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center each year.
Collection Overview
Organized into the following series: Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1931-1985 Personal Materials, circa 1921-1964; Johns Hopkins University, circa 1944-1964; Scrapbooks, circa 1899-1965.
Collection Arrangement
Many materials were assembled and arranged by Frances Grebel, assistant to Dr. Blalock.
Online Catalog Headings
- Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964.
- Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Tetralogy of Fallot surgery
- Vanderbilt University. Medical Center
- Surgery
- Education, Medical.
Collection Series
Container List
Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1931-1985
Contains personal correspondence between Blalock and family members. Contains professional correspondence between Blalock and colleagues from Vanderbilt University and The Johns Hopkins University; professional societies and associations; honorary societies; and publications or educational boards.
Box 1
American College of Surgeons, 1953
American College of Surgeons, Letters of Congratulations on being elected President-Elect, 1953
American College of Surgeons, 1951-952
Conference Committee on Graduate Training in Surgery
American Heart Journal
American College of Surgeons, 1948-1950
American College of Surgeons, 1941-1947
American Heart Association
AMA Distinguished Service Award, 1953, Letters of Congratulations
American Medical Association, 1957
American Medical Association, 1941-1956
American Medical Association Committee for the Protection of Medical Research, 1944-1952
American Philosophical Society
American Red Cross Advisory Board on Health Services
American Society for Clinical Investigation
American Surgical Association, 1956
American Surgical Association, Letters of Congratulations on Presidency
American Surgical Association Presidents Dinner, 1955
American Surgical Association, 1934-1955
Andrus, E.C.
Anesthesia
Annual Reviews
Antivivisection, 1951-1963
Antivivisection, 1949-1950
Antivivisection, 1946-1947
Box 2
Correspondence, An
Correspondence, A
Academie Des Sciences de l'Insititut de France
Abbott, Osler A.
Adams, William E.
Agnew Lecture, 1959
Alexander, John
Allen, J. Garrott
Allison, Philip R.
Alpha Omega Alpha Lectures
American College Surgeons, 1962
American Cancer Society
Correspondence, Am
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Advisory Board of the Medical Faculty
American College of Surgeons, Nashville, 1955
American College of Surgeons, Maryland Chapter
American College of Physicians, Symposium on Cardiac Surgery, 1953
American College of Surgeons, Cleveland
American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Cardiology
American College of Surgeons, 1954
American College of Surgeons, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1954
American Assoc. for thoracic Surgery, 1931
American College of Surgeons, Lima, Peru, 1955
American College of Surgeons, 1956-1957
American College of Surgeons, 1958-1961
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Advertising Club
American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress Nov. 15-19, 1954, Atlantic City
American College of Surgeons, 1955
American Board of Surgery
American College of Surgeons, England, 1954
American College of Surgeons, Lancaster, PA, 1954
Box 3
Correspondence, Ba
Taub Visiting Professor of Surgery, Baylor University, 1957
Bailey, Charles P.
Baker, Benjamin M.
Balfour, Donald C.
Donald C. Balfour Lecture, Toronto, May 22, 1942
Donald C. Balfour, Visiting Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, October, 1962
Baltimore City Hospitals
Baltimore City Medical Society
Bancroft, Frederic W., chapter for Book
Banzet, Paul
Correspondence, Baer
Bard, Philip
Bay District Surgical Society, Los Angeles, 1950
Beard, Joseph W.
Correspondence, Be
Beaumont Lectures
Beattie, John
Beck, Claude S.
Beecher, Henry K.
Bennett, George E.
Correspondence, Ben
Benson, Donald W.
Bergen County Heart Association, Paramus, NJ, Oct. 10, 1957
Bernheim, Bertram M.
Correspondence, Bi
Bigelow, W.G.
Bigelow Medal
Bing, Richard J.
Bjork, Viking Olov
Correspondence, Bl
Blackford, Chester M.
Blades, Brian
Blain, Alexander, III
Blakemore, Arthur H.
Blalock Award
Blalock, Dandy
Blalock, Dan
Blalock, D.B.
Blalock, Edgar
Blalock, Mrs. G.Z.
Box 4
Blalock, Georgia
Blalock, Mary Elizabeth
Mary O'Brian Blalock Memorial Fund
Blalock, William Rice
Board of Thoracic Surgery
Boise, Margaret
Bordley, John E.
Bowman, President Isaiah
Brockman, Stanley K.
Correspondence, Bo
Correspondence, Br
Correspondence, Bro
Brock, Russell C.
Brooks, Barney
Brodel, Max
Bronk, Detlev W.
Barney Brooks
George E. Brown Memorial Lecture, Rochester, Minnesota, 1947
George E. Brown Memorial Lecture, Cleveland, Ohio, May 31, 1941
Brown, James Barrett
Brown, Merril W.
Broyles, Edwin N.
Correspondence, Bu
Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital
Burch, John C.
Burdette, Walter J.
Burwell, C. Sidney
Correspondence, Bus
Box 5
Correspondence, Ca
Campbell, Eldridge H.
Campbell, Leon G.
Campbell, W.A.
Correspondence, Cam
Cannon, Walter B.
Cantrell, James R.
Correspondence, Car
Carter, B.N.
Cave, Henry W.
Correspondence, Ce
Central Surgical Association
Correspondence, Ch
Chambers, Robert G.
Chesney, Alan M.
Chicago Medical Society, 1949
Chicago Surgical Society
University of Chicago Honorary Degree, June 15, 1951
Christopher, Frederick
Edward D. Churchill Lecture, 1946
Churchill, Edward D.
Correspondence, Cl
Clark, Sam L.
Clay, Richard C.
Clinics
Correspondence, Co
Correspondence, Col
Coller, Frederick A.
Colston, J.A. Campbell
Columbia University
Committee of Consultants on Medical Research
Correspondence, Con
Connell, Clarence P.
Cooke, Robert E.
Cooley, Denton A.
Correspondence, Cor
Correspondence, Cr
Craig, R. Glenn
Cressman, Ralph D.
Crosby, Edwin L.
Crowe, Samuel J.
Correspondence, Cu
Cullen, Thomas S.
Cutler, Elliott C.
Cutler, Max
Box 6
Bryan-Brown, Christopher
Curriculum Vitae, Surgical House Staff, 1941-1962
[9 folders]
Advisory Committee of the Department of Surgery
Committee on Resident Training
Committee on Organization and Policy
Committee on Radiology
Committee on Children's Hospital
Children's Hospital, Robert Garrett Fund
Pulmonic Stenosis (Patient Referral to Surgeons in Europe)
Pulmonic Stenosis, Strode, Starr
Surgical Advisory Committee
Notes on Staff Committee on Professional Services (Medical Planning and Development Committee)
Medical Planning and Development Committee
Box 7
Correspondence, Da
D'Allaines, Professor
Dallas B. Phemister Lecture, 1952
Dallas Southern Clinical Society, 1946
Dandy, Walter E.
Daniel, Rollin A., Jr.
Davis, Edgar W.
Davis, John Staige
Davis, Loyal
Davis, Ralph
Davis and Geck, Inc.
Davison, Wilburt C.
Dennis, Clarence
Correspondence, De
DeBakey, Michael E.
Deknatel, J.A. and Son, Inc.
Dr. Blalock's Dinner
Correspondence, Di
Correspondence, Do
Dock, William
Dogliotti, A. Mamo
Drogstedt, Lester R.
Correspondence, Dr
Duckett, J. Warner
Duncan, Geo. W.
Dunphy, J. Englebert
Ebert, Paul A.
Correspondence, E
Edgerton, Milton T.
Edwards, Leonard W.
Eloesser, Leo
Correspondence, El
Book on Heart Surgery - See Correspondence with Dr. Elkin, 1940
Elkin, Daniel C.
Elman, Robert
Correspondence, Er
Eisenhower, Milton S.
Estes, W.L., Jr.
Evans, Everett I.
Experimental Studies
Box 8
Correspondence, Fa
George E. Fahr Lecture and Talk for Postgraduate Course in Surgery
Feltrinelli Prize
Correspondence, Fi
Finney, George G.
Firor, Warfield W.
Correspondence, Fl
Correspondence, Fo
Foss, Harold L.
Correspondence, Fr
Freeman, Norman E.
Futcher, Palmer H.
Correspondence, Ga
Gaertner, Rob't. A.
Gantt, W. Horsley
Gairdner Foundation Award, 1959
Gairdner Foundation
Correspondence, Ge
Georgia, University of
Georgia, Medical College of, Visiting Professor, 1962
Georgia, Medical College of, Commencement Address
Gerwig, Walter, Jr.
Gey, George O.
Correspondence, Gi
Gibbon, John H., Jr.
Correspondence, Go
Goldberg, Herman K.
Goodpasture, Earnest W.
Goodwin, Willard E.
Gordon-Taylor, Gordon
Grose, William E.
Correspondence, Gri
Gross, Robert. E.
Box 9
Haight, Cameron
Correspondence, Ha
William David Haggard Memorial Lecture, 1944
Haggart, Harry H.
Haller, J. Alex, Jr.
Correspondence, Ham
Handelsmon, Jacob C.
Hanrahan, Edward M.
William S. Halsted Centennial Celebration (Program and Correspondence)
William S. Halsted Centennial Celebration - Letters from those not attending the meeting
William S. Halsted Centennial Celebration - Letters from those who attended the meeting
William S. Halsted Centennial Celebration (Invitation)
Hanlon, C. Rollins
Harken, Dwight E.
Holman, Emile
William S. Halsted Society, 1939
Correspondence, Har
Hardy, James D.
Harvey, A.M.
Correspondence, Hos
Huer, George J.
Humphreys, George H., II
Hufnagel, Charles A.
Howard, John Eager
Houston Trip, 1948
Horning, E. Douglas
Honolulu Trip, 1950
Higgins, R. Paul, Jr.
Heuer Memorial Lecture, 1957
Honolulu Trip-1957, Pan-Pacific Surgical Association
Correspondence, Hol
House Staff, 1955-1956
Correspondence, Hom
Correspondence, Ho
Correspondence, Hu
Hill, Rogers Lee
Hibbitts, J.B. Jr.
Correspondence, Hi
Huggins, Charles B.
Box 10
Heart Association of Maryland
Harkins, Henry N.
Hart, Deryl
Hat
Hatcher, Charles Ross, Jr.
Harvey, Samuel C.
Harvey, John C.
William Harvey Lecture, New York Academy of Medicine, November 15, 1945
Harrold, Thomas
Harrison, Timothy S.
Harper, W. Henry
Hen
Heimbecker, Raymond O.
Correspondence, He
House Staff, 1955-1956
Correspondence, I
Correspondence, Int
International Society of Surgery, 1950
International Society of Surgery, 1938-1949
International Medical Assembly of Southwest Texas
Correspondence, Ir
Isaacs, James P.
Italy, 1951
Correspondence, Ja
Jaeger, Helmut W.
Correspondence, Jo
James IV Association of Surgeons, Inc.
Edwin A. Jarecki Memorial Lecture
Johns, Frank S.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital Budget Control, 1940-1951
The Johns Hopkins University (Letters of congratulation on professorship)
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins Fund
The Johns Hopkins Annual Roll Call
The Johns Hopkins University
Box 11
The Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association, 1938
The Johns Hopkins Medical Society
Johnson, Hollis E.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital 75th Anniversary and Dedication of Children's Medical and Surgical Center
Johns, Thomas N.P.
Johnson, Robert W., Jr.
Johnston, Robert A.
Correspondence, Jon
Jones, W. Alton
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
E. Starr Judd Lecture, Minneapolis, 1943
Jude, James R.
Correspondence, Ka
Kay, Jerome Harold
Correspondence, Ke
Keiffer, Richard F., Jr.
Kirkley, James A., Jr.
Correspondence, Ki
Correspondence, Kl
Koontz, Amos R.
Kouwnhoven, William B.
Correspondence, Kr
Kirklin, John
Kredel, Frederick E.
Correspondence, La
Lahay, Frank H.
Lam, Conrad R.
Lamont, Austin
Correspondence, Lar
Albert Lasker Award
Correspondence, Le
Lectures
Leathers, W.S.
Correspondence, Leh
Leeds, Sanford
Box 12
Lemmer, Richard A.
Lehman, Edwin P.
Leo Leob Lecture, 1945
Leriche, Rene
Lewis' Practice of Surgery
Lewison, Edward F.
Life Insurance Medical Research Fund
Light, Rudolph A.
Correspondence, Li
J.B. Lippincott Company
Correspondence, Lo
London Trip, 1947
London Trip, 1952
Long, Crawford W. Address
Long, Perrin H.
Longcope, Warfield
William P. Longmire
Lord, Jere W., Jr.
Correspondence, Lu
Correspondence, Man
Correspondence, Ma
Manuscripts
Maloney, James V.
Manuscripts
Martin, J.D.
Mason, James M., III
Medical and Chirugical Faculty Survey Committee on Corporate Practice of Medicine
Medical and Chirugical Faculty of the State of Maryland
Medical Faculty Club
Meleney, Frank L.
Box 13
Memoranda
Medico
Medical Staff Meetings
Meade, Richard H.
Modern Medicine Award for Distinguished Achievement, 1960
Correspondence, McL
Lewis Linn McArchur Lecture, 1948
Correspondence, McA
Correspondence, McG
McClure, Roy D.
Correspondence, Me
Correspondence, Men
Correspondence, McK
McKusick, Victor A.
McLanahan, Samuel, Jr.
Stuart McGuire Lecture, 1941
Maryland Society for Medical Research
Mason, Karl E.
Correspondence, Mas
Mason, Morton F.
Matas Medal In Vascular Surgery, 1950
Matos, Rudolph
Matos Lecture, 1948
Maumenee, A. Edward
Correspondence, May
Correspondence, Mi
Manuscripts
Marshall, E.K.
Correspondence, Mar
Moynihan Lecture, Royal College of Surgeons, London, Sept. 26, 1947
Mercer, Walter
Merrill, Duane L.
Mitchell, James F.
Miller, Joseph M.
Correspondence, Mo
Moore, Francis D.
Correspondence, Mor
Moore, J. Earle
Morgan, Hugh J.
Morgan, Russell H.
Morrow, Andrew Glenn
Box 14
C. V. Mosby Company, Principles of Surgical Care, Shock and Other Problems
Moynihan Lecture, Leeds, England, 1954
Correspondence, Mu
Muller, William H., Jr.
Myasthenia Gravis, Hill, Jettie
Myasthenia Gravis Studies
Operative Notes, Mediastinal Tumors (Thymonal)
Naffziger, Howard C.
Correspondence, Na
Naef, A.P.
Nanson, Eric M.
National Academy of Sciences, 1945
National Health Council
National Research Council
National Research Council, Medical Fellowship Board
National Research Council, Committee on Medical Research
National Research Council, Subcommittee on Shock
Subcommittee on Blood substitutes Correspondence - DeGowin
National Research Council, Committee on Surgery
National Research Council, Division of Medical Sciences, Committee on Anesthesia in Shock
National Society for Medical Research
Correspondence, Ne
Nelson, Arthur R.
Nelson, Russell A.
Dedication of New Surgical Wing, The Clinical Center, National Institute of Health, 1963
Nystrom, Gunnar
New York Academy of Medicine, 1943
Correspondence, Ni
Correspondence, No
Nu Sigma Nu Lecture, 1941
Nu Sigma Nu
Box 15
Nursing Service
Alumnae Association of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Correspondence, O
O'Bryan, Mesa Rose
Ochsner, Alton
Olgivie, Heneage
Ogden Surgical Society, April, 1950
Central Ohio Heart Association, Columbus, Ohio
Otto, Thomas O.
Correspondence, Ol
Old Hands Club
Otis, Arthur B.
Owings, James C.
Correspondence, Pa
Paris Trip, 1947
Park, Edwards A.
Passaro Award, 1948
Passaro Foundation
Paty, David H.
Correspondence, Pe
Correspondence, Pec
Peirce, E. Converse, III
Pennsylvania Railroad
Perkins, Walter E.
Paullin, James E.
Correspondence, Ph
Phemister, Dallas B.
Phi Beta Pi Lecture, 1946
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Chi Lecture, 1944
Phi Delta Epsilon Lecture, 1947
Pilcher, Cobb
Pickrell, Kenneth L.
Correspondence, Po
Poth, Edgar J.
Pollock, Allan V.
Potts, Willis J.
Powers, John H.
Powers, Samuel R., Jr.
Pressman, Joel J.
Correspondence, Pr
Price, Phillip B.
Proctor, Donald F.
Provident Hospital
Box 16
Publicity I
Publicity II
Public Relations
Puerto Rico, San Juan Medical Association, 1951
Quotations
Correspondence, Q
Quarterly Review of Surgery
Quattlebaum, Julian K.
Quattlebaum, Julian K., Jr.
Correspondence, Ra
Ragan, James J.
Ragan, James J., Jr.
Rankin, Fred W.
Ravdin, I.S.
Ravitch, Mark M.
Correspondence, Re
Reed, Lowell J.
Reid, Mont R.
Riemhoff, William F., Jr.
Ri
Rice, Mrs. William E.
Rich, Arnold R.
Riemhoff, William F., III
Rigau, Alberto
Correspondence, Ro
Robb, Douglas
Robinson, G. Canby
Robinson, Robert A.
University of Rochester, Honorary Degree, June 12, 1951
Roswell Park Lecture and Medal, 1955
Correspondence, Rol
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Royal Society of Medicine
Correspondence, Ru
Russia, 1961
Correspondence, Sa
Sabiston, David C., Jr.
Box 17
Sanford, Marshall C.
Honorary Degree, University of Saskatchewan Convocation Address, 1963
W.B. Saunders Co., 1969-1985 [4 folders]
Correspondence, Sc
Correspondence, Sche
Correspondence, Sci
Schlossberg, Leon
Correspondence, Schm
Schwentker, Francis F.
Scotland Trip, 1965
Scott, H. William, Jr.
Correspondence, Se
Selignam, Arnold M.
Servelle, Marceau
Correspondence, Sh
Shakelford, Richard T.
Shackman, Ralph
Shands, Alfred R., Jr.
Sharp, Edward H.
Shattuck Lecture, 1944
Sherwood, Elizabeth
Shipley, Arthur M.
Sinai Hospital
Sinai Hospital Talks
Correspondence, Sl
Sloan, Herbert E., Jr.
Correspondence, Sm
Reginald Knight Smith Lecture, 1950
Smith, George
Smith, Kline, and French
Smithy, Horace G.
Smith, Winford H., 1941-1943
Smith, Winford H, 1944-1950
Correspondence, Sn
Society of Clinical Surgery, 1951
Correspondence, So
Society of University Surgeons
Society of Clinical Surgery, 1939-1950
Society of Thoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Society for Vascular Surgery, 1947Society of University Surgeons,
Box 18
Correspondence, Te
Correspondence, Th
Correspondence, Thal, Alan P.
Thomas, Charles E.
Thomas, Edward P.
Thorn, George W.
Correspondence, Ti
Correspondence, To
Topics of Clinical Surgery
Touroff, Arthur S.W.
Correspondence, Tr
Trimble, I. Ricgeway
Tuberculosis - Chest Surgery, Tuberculosis Advisory Committee
Correspondence, Tu
Tumulty, Philip A.
Turner, Thomas B.
Correspondence, U
Under the Dome
U.S. Public Health Service
Correspondence, Va
Correspondence, Ve
Correspondence, Wa
Walters, Waltman
Correspondence, Wan
Wangensteen, Owen H.
Ward, Grant E.
W. Dean Warren
Correspondence, Was
Correspondence, We
Correspondence, Wei
Correspondence, Wei
Correspondence, Wel
Correspondence, Wel
Welch, Claude E.
Wesolowski, Sigmund A.
Correspondence, Wh
Whipple, Allen O.
Allen O. Whipple Surgical Society
White, Paul D.
Whitehorn, John C.
Correspondence, Wi
Box 19
Sommer Memorial Lecture, 1956
Southeastern Surgical Congress
Southern society of Clinical Surgeons
Southern Medical Association
Southern Surgical Association, Carrington Williams
Southern Surgical Association, Alton Ochsner
Southern Surgical Assoication, John C. Burch
Southern Surgical Assoication, Charles A. Vance
Southern Surgical Association Council, 1941-1962
Southern Surgical Association Annals of Surgery
Southern Surgical Association, 1943
Correspondence, Sp [2 folders]
Correspondence, Sp
Spencer, Frank C.
Stafford, Edward S.
Correspondence, Sta
Stalfort, H. Alfred
Starr, Albert
Starzl, Thomas E.
Stewart, John D.
Correspondence, Ste
Stout, Merrell L.
Stockton Post Graduate Study Club
Correspondence, Sto
Stone, Harvey B.
Stenstrom, John D.
Alfred A. Strauss Lecture
Strayhorn, David
Students
Correspondence, Su
Sumner, Wilbur C.
Surgery, Alton Ochsner
Surgery, Walter E. Dandy Volume
Surgery, C.V. Mosby Co.
Surgery Gynecology and Obstetrics
Surgery, Owen H. Vangensteen
Swan, Henry
Correspondence, Ta
Talbert, James L.
Tausig, Helen B.
Box 20
Correspondence, Will
Williams, George Rainey
Williams, G. Rainey
Wilson, Harwell
Gordon Wilson Memorial Lecture, Gordon Wilson Medal, 1941
Correspondence, Win
Correspondence, Win
Correspondence, Wo
Womack, Nathan
Wood, George O.
Woods, Alan C., Jr.
Woods, W. Barney
Woods, Alan C.
World Medical Association, 1950
World Medical Association, 1953
Bigger, I.A.
Correspondence, X - Y
Youmans, John B.
Young, Hugh H.
Correspondence, Z
Zollinger, Robert M.
Blalock, Alfred
[Unidentified photographs]
Letters from Blalock Residents, 1972
Blalock's Testimonial Dinner
Biography materials [on Blalock]
Alfred Blalock
Birthday Dinner, April 2, 1960
Blalock Yearly Report
Alfred Blalock Autopsy
Memorabilia (unfoldered)
Meetings, 1955-1964
Collected Papers, Correspondence
Meetings, 1944-1954
Dr. Alfred Blalock, 1963
Dr. Alfred Blalock, 1961-1962
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Personal Materials, circa 1921-1964
Contains letters of congratulation to Dr. Blalock; letters of concern and support to Alice Blalock, widow of Dr. Blalock.
Box 21
Letters of congratulation on appointment to Johns Hopkins University
1940
1941
[3 folders]
Letters of concern, 1964
Letters of condolence to Mrs. Alice Blalock, 1964
Ordered alphabetically.
A-E
F-K
L-Y
A-W
Government and university oficials
Menu for dinner in honor of Alfred Blalock, 1941
Memoranda, letters of appointment and biographical materials, 1921-1962
Letters to the Old Hands Club from Mark Ravitch, 1964
Writings in memoriam, 1964
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Johns Hopkins University, circa 1944-1964
All materials in this series are photocopies, possibly of materials in another archival repository. Also contains one file from Vanderbilt University: Vanderbilt Patients I.
Box 22
Staff Committee on Professional Services
Committee on Gynecology and Obstetrics
Surgical Patient Care Committee
Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistulae
Patient correspondence (pulmonic, mitra, and valvular pulmonic stenosis), 1945-1964
Lists of operations
Box 23
General surgery patients, A-Z
Pulmonic stenosis letters of congratualtions
Operative notes, metastatic tumor of the chest
Coarctation of aorta
Pericarditis
Administration
Surgical Department budget, patient funds
Gifts to be used at Blalock's discretion
Professional and other correspondence, 1955, 1963-1964
Vanderbilt University patients
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Scrapbooks, circa 1899-1965
Contains several scrapbooks, programs and testimonals honoring Dr. Blalock, and other biographical materials.
Box 24
Dedication of the Children's Medical and Surgical Center and 75th Anniversary Celebration, May 1964
William S. Halsted Centennial Celebration,
1952
Program and Dinner Honoring Doctor Alfred Blalock,
1960
Letters to Alfred Blalock on the Occasion of a dinner in his honor, 1960
Mary O'Bryan Blalock
Box 25
Alfred Blalock, 1899-1941
Alfred Blalock, 1941-1948
Alfred Blalock, 1949-1951
Alfred Blalock, 1952-1959
Alfred Blalock, 1960-
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Collected Biographical Materials
Contains materials assembled by Frances Grebel for the purpose of providing an account of Dr. Blalock's life and career. These files include both photocopies and some original documents.
Box 26
Correspondence between Isaiah Boeman (president of Johns Hopkins University), Winfred Smith, and Blalock, 1941-1958
Early years, correspondence with acquaintances, 1945 and 1960-1962
Early Johns Hopkins years, correspondence with acquaintances, 1921-1957, bulk 1956-1957
Blalock biography materials, 1937-1963 (bulk 1941) [3 folders]
Blalock family ancestry and family history research, 1945-1967
Contains correspondence between Alfred Blalock, Frances Grebel, and members of the Blalock family.
Archives of Surgery correspondence, 1939-1962
Arizona Heart Association Cardiac Symposium, 1962
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, 1957
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, 1955
Honors, 1950-1966
Contains text of the Barney Brooks Memorial Lecture, correspondence regarding naming of wards after Blalock, and presentation of the Violet Hart medal.
Lists of publicatons by Alfred Blalock and coworkers, 1924-1959
Presentation of bas relief and collected papers, 1967
Speeches and addresses; presentation background materials, 1957-1966
Reprints of articles about Blalock, 1964, 1968
Obituary, 1964
Professional and personal correspondence, 1942-1957
Includes letters of reference, responses to inquiries for reprints, congratulatory letters to Blalock's colleagues, and correspondence regarding professional organization conferences.
David C. Sabiston, Jr. and Leslie Grebel correspondence, 1967
Dedication of the Alfred Blalock Research Laboratory (Lexington, Ky.), 1965
Southern Medical Association correspondence, 1941-1955
Correspondence regarding Marshall Sanford, 1946-1957
Correspondence regarding assembling biographical materials, 1965
Abstracts of discussions and presentations on which Blalock participated, 1944-1948
Serendipity and the Future of Surgery, no date
Southern Surgical Association correspondence, 1960-1964
Mary Halsted Terry Savage correspondence, circa 1953
John L. Sawyers and Southern Surgical Association correspondence, 1950-1963
Internship recommendations, 1945-1948
Contains correspondence regarding Mark Ravitch, Paul Sanger, and Thomas Franklin Sanford.
Stanley J. Sarnoff correspondence, 1944-1954
Daniel Elkin correspondence, 1946-1947
Brief professional correspondence, 1941-1963
Includes some letters of recommendation written by Blalock to the National Institutes of Health, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Vanderbilt University, and the Medical College of the State of South Carolina. Includes one letter of reference regarding David C. Sabiston, Jr.
Hedley Atkins correspondence, 1947-1964
G.V. Anrep correspondence, 1930-1954
A correspondence, 1944-1964
Contains correspondence between Blalock and the following associations: Argentine Academy of Surgery, Arkansas State Medical Society, Atlanta Graduate Medical Assembly, and Atoms for Peace. Also includes correspondence with the following colleagues: Fred Archibald, Sinclair H. Armstrong, Jr., Charles H. Ashford, Jr., Samuel P. Asper, Jr., William Atlee, Jopseph C. Aub, L.L. Ault, Herbert D. Axilrod, and Stanley Aylett. Also includes correspondence pertaining to Jay Arena.
Reprints
1927-1941
1941-1947
Box 27
Biographical materials
Reprints
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