#9010 Rowan-Davie Medical Auxiliary Collection
Rowan-Davie Medical Auxiliary Collection
MSS #9010
September 1995
Abstract: Scrapbooks and miscellaneous materials relating to the Rowan-Davie Medical Auxiliary. Also biographical information regarding Rowan-Davie medical doctors gathered by the auxiliary for Rowan and Davie Counties: Story of Medicine, 1753-1976.
Online catalog terms:
Medical Doctors--biographical information
Medicine--North Carolina--Davie County
Medicine--North Carolina--Rowan County
Rowan Davie Medical Auxiliary
Size: Approximately one linear foot.
Provenance: Mrs. Irene Field. A portion was given before 1995; the biographical information was received in the Spring of 1995.
Access: Scrapbooks may be used with staff permission only.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Introduction
The Rowan Davie Medical Auxiliary was organized on November 4, 1948. Mrs. B. Lewis (Irene) Field was the first president. Composed of the wives of medical doctors in Rowan and Davie Counties, North Carolina, the Auxiliary met nine times a year in its early days (the second Thursday of each month from September until May). The object of the organization (circa 1967) was "to interpret the aims of the medical profession to other organizations interested in the promotion of health education; to assist in the entertainment at the meetings of the Medical Society of Rowan-Davie County; to promote friendliness among the families of the medical profession; and to do such work as may be approved from time to time by the advisory committee appointed by the Medical Society of Rowan-Davie County." The Auxiliary kept its calendar filled with various charitable and social projects. For example, the annual projects recorded by the organization in 1949-1950 were "to fight against Socialized Medicine and yet not jeopardize our husbands' ethical standing," to contribute to the state tuberculosis beds, to hold a Christmas party for their husbands, and a dinner for their husbands and non-member doctors' wives and their husbands. The Auxiliary also planned to hold a pie and cake sale to raise money for other projects. Over the years, this group of women served as hostesses for Rowan Hospital's Nursing School capping exercises, raised funds for educational scholarships to aid the children of physicians, sponsored Doctors' Day observances in the area hospitals, helped with the establishment and support of the Whitehead-McKenzie Medical Library at Rowan Memorial Hospital, and supported anti-child abuse and drug prevention programs. The Auxiliary also held various social events for the members and their husbands. In 1976, the Auxiliary published a history of medicine in Davie and Rowan Counties, Rowan and Davie Counties: Story Medicine, 1753-1976. As a part of this work, the Auxiliary collected biographical information on the area doctors. These biographical information sheets are included in this collection.
Series I. Biographical Information 1960-1976
Arrangement: Alphabetical Biographical information concerning physicians in Rowan and Davie Counties including birthplace, high school and college attended, parents, spouse, honors, type of medical practice, church affiliation, sports and hobbies, etc. Most of the information sheets concern medical doctors who were in practice in Rowan and Davie Counties in the 1970s. Included are some newspaper clippings about area doctors.
Folder List:
Box 1.
Folder 1. Abella-Austin
Folder 2. Bachl-Bertram
Folder 3. Bingham-Brooks
Folder 4. Brown-Byerly
Folder 5. Cain-Chenault
Folder 6. Christian-Coleman
Folder 7. Connaughton-Cunningham
Folder 8. Dameron-Dreher
Folder 9. Eagle-Ezell
Folder 10. Farrington-Fitzgerald
Folder 11. Fleming-Fritz
Folder 12. Gainor-Griffith
Folder 13. Hackeriede-Hart
Folder 14. Hartness
Folder 15. Hinson-Hughes
Folder 16. Jackson-Justin
Box 2.
Folder 17. Kalberlahn-Kesler
Folder 18. Ketchie-Kluttz
Folder 19. Koontz-Krider
Folder 20. Lafferty-Lombard
Folder 21. Long-Lynn
Folder 22. Maddux-Maxwell
Folder 23. McAfee-Minwalla
Folder 24. Mock-Murphy
Folder 25. Namery-Nye
Folder 26. Oglethorpe-Overton
Folder 27. Parada-Pruett
Folder 28. Ramsair-Reynolds
Folder 29.Rice-Rozelle
Folder 30. Satterwhite-Shimpock
Folder 31. Shingleton-Sifford
Folder 32. Smith-Spicer
Folder 33. Steele-Summerell
Folder 34. Tannehill-Trent
Box 3
Folder 35. Van Poole-Veltman
Folder 36. Walsh-West
Folder 37. Wheeler-Williams
Folder 38. Wilson-Wright
Folder 39. Young
Series III. Subject and Miscellaneous Files 1970s
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject. Primarily newspaper articles, these few, scattered materials represent a variety of subjects. Among these subjects are African American doctors, medicare, the medical lottery proposed by Dr. Ed McKenzie, and Rowan Memorial Hospital.
Folder List
Folder 40. African American Doctors
Folder 41. Davie County
Folder 42. Doctors General
Folder 43. Malpractice Suit (Pegram Vs, Dr.s Busby and Agner)
Folder 44. Medical Auxiliary Functions
Folder 45. Medical Auxiliary Presidents' Reports
Folder 46. Medical History
Folder 47. Medical Lottery Materials
Folder 48. Medicare
Folder 49. Mental Health
Folder 50. New Physicians
Folder 51. Rowan County Clinics
Folder 52. Rowan County Medical Society
Folder 53. Rowan Memorial Hospital--Annual Reports
Folder 54. Rowan Memorial Hospital #1
Folder 55. Rowan Memorial Hospital #2
Folder 56. Miscellaneous
Series I. Scrapbooks: approximately 1948-1986
Arrangement: Chronological. Scrapbooks created and maintained by the Rowan-Davie Medical Auxiliary. These eight scrapbooks contain the list of officers, projects carried out during each year, and newsclippings of club activities as well as activities of individual members and their families in the community. Some projects that receive a good bit of notice in the scrapbooks include annual Doctors' Day Observances, the dedication of the Whitehead McKenzie Memorial Library at Rowan Memorial Hospital (1959), the luring of the National Sportswriters and Sportscaster's Banquet to Salisbury, NC by Physician Ed McKenzie (1960-61), and the opening of the Area Health Education Center in Salisbury (1976-78). Most of the scrapbooks are divided into four parts: "Auxiliary Activities," "Auxiliary Members in the Community," "Our Doctor-Husbands as Good Citizens," and "Our Progeny Do Their Part."
Folder List:
Box 4.
Scrapbook 1. 1949-1959
Scrapbook 2. 1960-1961
Box 5.
Scrapbook 3. 1961-1962
Box 6.
Scrapbook 3. 1966-1968
Box 7.
Scrapbook 4. 1963-1966; 1969-1970
Box 8.
Scrapbook 5. 1976-1980
Scrapbook 6. 1979-1980
Box 9.
Scrapbook 7. 1984-1985
Box 10.
Scrapbook 8. 1985-1986