Records of the Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine I

This collection of records of the Office of the Director of the Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine spans 1879 to 1987. Included are the records of Ronald F. Kotrc, Director of the Institute from 1977 to 1982, and Diana E, Long, Director from 1983 to 1989.

The papers of Ronald F. Kotrc span 1879 to 1982. Series 1 contains records of the F. C. Wood Institute, including plans for its establishment, agendas, minutes, and reports. Also present is correspondence pertaining to research grants, the publication of Transactions and Studies, and holdings of the museum and library, Notable correspondents include Whitfield J. Bell, Francis C. Wood, William H. Helfand, Carleton B, Chapman, Jonathan E, Rhoads, and Saul Jarcho.

Included among Kotrc's papers are records of the Historical Collections of the Library and the Mutter Museum, Reports and minutes of the Library Committee are in Series 2, as well as material pertaining to water damage that occurred in the stacks in 1978. Also documented in Series 2 is the preparation of a guide to the archives of the College and a guide to psychiatric archives in the Mid-Atlantic states. Included are plans, proposals, and grant applications for these projects.

Records of the Mutter Museum, such as correspondence, reports, proposals, information on funding and finances, and statements of goals and objectives are contained in Series 3. Also present are pamphlets and catalogues from various museum organizations.

The papers in Series 4 concern the administration of the College. Included are memoranda, many of which are from Executive Director William F. Chaveas, and financial information, such as reports from the Third Century Program, a program devised to raise funds for various College expenses. Series 5 contains minutes and reports from the Council, whose meetings Kotrc occasionally attended.

Present in Series 6 is material from the Section on Medical History, such as minutes of the Executive Committee; and lecture and program announcements. Also included is correspondence from Russell Charles Maulitz, Chairman of the Committee, and clerk Dorothy I. Lansing. Kotrc, as the Director of the F. C. Wood Institute, was an ex-officio member of this Section. Series 7 contains information on the College's Continuing Education Program, including correspondence, the typescript of an address given by John P. Hubbard in 1977, and pamphlets announcing Continuing Education Programs.

Materials pertaining to the "Mitchell Project" are contained in Series 8. Present is correspondence between Kotrc, Bruce Fye, and Lawrence C. McHenry concerning their plans for a book on S. Weir Mitchell. Also included are three articles written and signed by McHenry, and photocopies of three Mitchell bibliographies.

Series 9 documents the activities of the Institute on Human Values in Medicine, a project of the Society for Health and Human Values. Much of this material relates to Kotrc's role in planning and organizing the Institute's "Conference on the Humanities in the Clinical Setting", which was held at the College of Physicians in March 1978. Included is correspondence, a list of participants, proposals, and agendas.

The records of Diana E, Long span 1974 to 1987. Included in Series 1 are records of the F. C. Wood Institute, including correspondence with President Brooke Roberts, financial information, and issues of Fellows' Forum. Series 2 contains material from the Historical Collections of the Library, such as a proposal for cataloging the Lawrence F. Flick Pamphlet Collection and a copy of the Collection Development Policy for 1985.

Information about the finances of the College are contained in Series 3. Present is an operating budget for 1984, project objectives of the New Century Fund (1985), and the results of a Campaign Planning Study (1985). Series 4 contains various drafts of a Strategy Formulation Survey prepared for the College in 1984.