West Virginia Medical Society Collection Span Dates: 1922-1981 Bulk Dates: 1932-1980 ID No: Ms83-4 Creator: Extent: 4 boxes Language: English Repository: West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV Abstract: Arranged chronological with a time span of 1922-1981, this collection comprises the business and legal papers of the Society. Also contained in this collection are biographical materials regarding many of the organization’s members. Several governors’ letters are also contained therein.
Administrative Information
Donor: Transfers: Preferred Citation: [item, collection number], West Virginia Medical Society Collection, West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV. Processors: Historical Note:
The West Virginia Medical Society composed of Black Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists was organized in 1905. Certificate of Incorporation was received on July 28, 1949.
The objects and purposes of the Society shall be to extend medical, dental and pharmaceutical knowledge and advance to the allied education, to secure the enforcement of just medical laws; to promote friendly intercourse among physicians, dentists, and pharmacists; to guard and foster the material interests of its members, and to protect them against opposition; to assist in the preservation of the public health; and to enlighten and direct public opinion in regard to problems of these allied sciences.
West Virginia Medical Society, Inc.
Contents List:
Box 1
Folder 1 Charter: Certificate of Incorporation, Correspondence to members regarding Incorporation, Circular regarding charter
Folder 2 New & Revised Constitution: Printed copy of Constitution & By-Laws, 1952 – New & Revised Constitution, 1954 – New & Revised Constitution, Revised Constitution & By-Laws
Folder 3 Constitution Amendments and Proposed Amendments: 1948 re: Officers & Committees, 1952 re: Officers & Committees, Proposed Amendment to Constitution regarding officers, Name title of Society be changed
Folder 4 Minutes of Board of Directors
1932, June 18 Minutes
1937 Meeting
1940, October 20 Executive Board and Program and Censor Committee Report
1941, February 2 Executive Board Meeting
1945, March 4 Executive Board Meeting
1948 Business Meeting
1949 Notes to Society members from Dr. A.D. Belton
1949, May 15 Executive Committee Meeting
1950, November 5 Board of Directors Meeting
1951, February 1 Minutes of Board of Directors
1951, November 11 Minutes of Board of Directors
1954, November 21 Board of Directors Meeting
1954, June 16 See 47th Annual Session
1955 Executive Board Meeting
1958 Executive Board Meeting
1958 Business Meeting
1958, November 23 Executive Board Meeting
1959, April 19 Executive Board & Program Committee Meeting
1959, November 23 Executive Board Meeting
1959, November Executive Board Meeting
1959, December 6 Executive Board Meeting
1960, March 16 Executive Board Meeting
1960, June 15 Business Session Report
1961, June 21 Business Session Report
1961, November 12 Executive Board Meeting
1961, December 3 Executive Board Meeting
1962, June 20 Business Session
1963, April 14 Executive Board Meeting
1963, June 20 See 56th Annual Session Report
1963, November 4 Executive Board Meeting
1963, December 15 Executive Board Meeting
1964, April 12 Executive Board Meeting
1965, February 7 Joint Meeting of Executive Committee
and Auxiliary Meeting
1967, May 21 Joint Meeting of Executive Committee
and Auxiliary Meeting
1967, June 21 Business Meeting
1968, February 4 Executive Board Meeting
1969, March 30 Executive Board Meeting
1970, November 1 Executive Board Meeting
1972, January 9 Executive Board Meeting
1972, April 9 Executive Board Meeting
1972, November 12 Executive Board Meeting
1973, June 20 Executive Board Meeting
1973, June 23 Executive Board Meeting
1974, October Executive Board Meeting
1975, May 18 Executive Board Meeting
1975, November 19 Executive Board Meeting
1976, April 11 Executive Board Meeting
1976, June 3 Executive Board Meeting
Folder 5 Resolution Committee Reports
1931 (?) Report made at 25th Session
1932 Report
1936 Report
1936 Report
1940 Report
1942 Report
1943-44 Report
1946 Resolution requesting an auxiliary sanitarium
for the early treatment of Negro tubercular
patients (2 copies)
Folder 6 Budget Requests & Proposals: Lakin State Hospital Budget Request for the Biennium
1951-52 and 1952-53, Budget Study: Proposal and Problems Involved
Folder 7 Annual Session Reports
June 16, 1954
June 15-16, 1955 (2 copies)
June 20-21, 1956 (2 copies)
June 19-20, 1957 (2 copies)
June 18, 1958
June 17, 1959 – 52nd Meeting
June 15, 1960 (2 copies)
June 21, 1961 (2 copies)
June 20, 1962 (2 copies)
June 20, 1963 (2 copies)
June 20, 1964 (2 copies)
June 25, 1965
June 20, 1968 (2 copies)
June 19, 1969
June 11, 1970
June 17, 1971
June 18, 1972
June 21, 1973
June 19, 1975
June 3, 1976
June 16, 1977
Folder 8 Committee Reports
1940 Finance Committee
1946 Publication Committee
1947 Executive Committee
1948 Time & Place Committee
1954 Resolution Committee
1954 Publicity Committee
1954 Board of Censors Committee
1958 Auditing Committee
1960 Public Health Economic & Public Relations Committee
1960 Publicity
Folder 9 Legislature Committee Reports
Report June, 1943
Report 1950
Report June, 1961
Report 1963
Report June, 1965
Report 1967
Report 1972
Report June, 1973
Resolution submitted to Legislature Committee regarding establishment of another
Institution for treatment of tuberculosis of the Negro in the State of WV
Folder 10 Miscellaneous Reports
1922 Report to WV State Board of Control regarding selection of a site for WV State
Colored Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Report of WV Medical Society Committee to State Board of Control regarding
Examination and recommendations of WV State Colored Tuberculosis Sanitarium.
Report: Community, non-profit Hospital. A Probable Solution To The Negro
Medicos and Their Patients For Hospital Facilities In Southern WV
1948 Program Of The Federal Hospital Survey and Construction Act
1955 Report on the Current Status of Denmar Sanitarium
Report: Lakin State Hospital and Its Future
Report on Status of Denmar Sanitarium
Folder 11 Addresses – Speeches
President’s Address to 62 Annual Session
Address by President C. B. Payne made at the 37th Annual Meeting
Dr. J. H. Boulwane Address to Society
President J. E. Brown’s Address to Society
President Martins Address 1963
President J. E. Martin Address
President Elect Dr. D. T. Murray address to members of Flat Top Medical Society
Dr. T. Manual Smith address to Society 1948
Speech “Trends in Modern Drugs” by R. B. Alphram at 41st Annual Session
Speech by Dr. Joseph Horsham
Address by Dr. J. P. Wade to Society, Auxiliary & Guest Clinicians
Introduction of President Nelson
Folder 12 List of Officers & Committees, Committee Reports re: Membership
1915-1952 List of Officers of WV Medical Society
1960-1961
Committee Appointments
Board of Censors
Legislative Committee
Public Health, Economics and Public Relations
Program Committee
Liaison Committee
Social Committee
Budget Committee
Publicity Committee
Report of Executive Committee regarding applicants for membership
List of Committees and Members Board of Censor
Legislative Committee
Public Health & Economics and Public Relations
Program Committee
Social Time and Place
Budget Committee
Publicity
1963-1964
Committee Appointments
Board of Censors
Legislative Committee
Public Health, Economics & Public Relations
Programs Committee
Liaison Committee
Social, Time and Place Committee
Budget Committee
1972
Committees
Board of Censors
Legislative Committee
Publicity Committee
Budget Committee
Social, Time and Place Committee
List of Committees
Board of Censors Committee
Legislative Committee
Public Health Committee
Program Committee
Liaison Committee
Social – Time and Place Committee
Budget Committee
Publicity Committee
Financial Members of WV Medical Society
1958 Members Paying Dues
Folder 13 Membership Applications – List of Physicians and Surgeons
H. B. Anderson
J. S. Bacoats
G. G. Becks
James M. Bell
A. David Belton
Alexander V. Boston
Milton Butts
V. Allen Christian
Fred Crawford, Jr.
B. F. Davis, Sr.
DuPont Evans
W. M. Hall
H.C. Hargrove (?)
P. R. Higginbottham
Harold Harvey
C. A. Jackson/Johnson
Max E. Johnson
Simon O. Johnson
R. C. Jones
Royal Keene
J. C. Kingslow
Thomas T. Lewis
Charles H. Laws
Townsend G. Lowe
Caesas L. Marshall
J. Ernest Martin
James H. Nelson, Jr.
A. B. Payne
Jay Hugh Primus
Luther Robinson
Margaret Louise Thomas
E. B. Thompson
H. J. Trice
Henry Whisker
James M. Whitico
W. M. Wright
Eugene Youngue
Folder 14 Membership Dues Records
Harry Anderson, Mt. Hope, WV
C. B. Anderson, Mt. Hope, WV
A. S. Adams, Huntington, WV
S. J. Baskerfield, Charleston, WV
G. A. Banks, Wheeling, WV
J. Samuel Bacoats, Parkersburg, WV
G. G. Becks, Beckley, WV
A. D. Belton, Beckley, WV
James E. Boozer, Huntington, WV
Alexander V. Boston, Virgie, KY
James Milton Hall, Lakin, WV
Milton A. Butts, Beckley, WV
J. D. Butler, Montgomery, WV
W. A. Brown, Jr., Keystone, WV
W. A. Brown, Sr., Bluefield, WV
J. E. Brown, Keystone, WV
A. H. Brown, Charleston, WV
R. L. Bradford, Charleston, WV
J. H. Boulevare, Zanesville, Ohio
S. J. Bampfield, Denmar, WV
Benjamin F. Clark, Charleston, WV
Fred Crawford, Jr., Williamson, WV
N. L. Collins, Beckley, WV
Walter Lee Colson, Welch, WV
M. M. Conliffee, Fairmont, WV
E. M. Craighead, Kimball, WV
H. D. Clark, Williamson, WV
V. Allen Christian, Lester, WV
R. E. Carter, Beckley, WV
J. S. Carter, Logan, WV
J. S. Caldwell, Gary, WV
B. A. Critchlow, Charleston, WV
R. Lorenzo Carter, Charleston, WV
O. E. Davis, Beckley, WV
J. M. Davis, ---------------------
DeWayne Davis, Charleston, WV
Benjamin F. Davis, Fairmont, WV
_______Dorrell, Fairmont, WV
L. E. Drew, Williamson, WV
DuPont A. Evans, Beckley, WV
W. K. Elliott, Huntington, WV
H. Elliott, Logan, WV
W. R. Franklin, Huntington, WV
T. R. Gravely, Charleston, WV
Robert Gunn, Huntington, WV
J. M. Grandison, Lester, WV
W. W. Goens, Bluefield, WV
L. R. Howe, ---------------------
R. J. Howard, Beckley, WV
P. G. Howard, Keystone, WV
Joseph Horsham, Charleston, WV
J. A. Hopkins, Cedar Grove, WV
C. F. Hobson, Charleston, WV
C. R. Hilton, Charleston, WV
P. R. Higginbotham, Bluefield, WV
J. E. Hereford, Morgantown, WV
C. O. Henry, Huntington, WV
Chester Hedgeman, Lakin, WV
Harold Harvey, Charleston, WV
A. L. Harris, Charleston, WV
H. C. Hargrove, East Beckley, WV
Maceo Hamlin, Wheeling, WV
W. M. Hall, Charleston, WV
E. L. Johnson, Huntington, WV
Maurice Johnson, Lakin, WV
Clinton Jackson, Charleston, WV
J. R. Jones, Charleston, WV
Simon O. Johnson, Lakin, WV
Walter Johnson, Covington, VA
R. L. Jones, Charleston, WV
Max E. Johnson, Denmar, WV
Royal D. Keene, Weirton, WV
C. H. Laws, Hinton, WV
Hughlin Lewis, Charleston, WV
Townsend G. Lowe, Montgomery, WV
W. C. Lawrence, Montgomery, WV
T. T. Lewis, Bluefield, WV
P.A. Lindsay, Charleston, WV
E. A. Meade, Montgomery, WV
J. E. Martin, Bluefield, WV
A. M. Moore, Lakin, WV
W. D. Morris, Charleston, WV
D. T. Murray, Keystone, WV
H. H. Moats, Clarksburg, WV
Caesar L. Marshall, Bluefield, WV
Thomas Mitchell, Charleston, WV
J.H. Nelson, Denmar, WV
R. L. Perkins, ------------------
Jay Hugh Primus, Virgie, KY
C. B. Payne, Charleston, WV
A. G. Rawlins, Denmar, WV
Luther Robinson, Lakin, WV
C. A. Rogers, Bluefield, WV
J. W. Shellcroft, Parkersburg, WV
S. A. Smith, Huntington, WV
D. E. Smith, Charleston, WV
A. A. Staples, Bluefield, WV
A. L. Spaulding, Charleston, WV
Margaret L. Thomas, Welch, WV
E. B. Thompson, Williamson, WV
H. J. Trice, Clarksburg, WV
James P. Wade, Northfork, WV
William Washington, Montgomery, WV
R. G. Warren, Williamson, WV
Henry Whisaker , Bluefield, WV
J. M. Whittico, Williamson, WV
Dr. ________William, Clarksburg, WV
L. Z. Wright, Welch, WV
Thomas B. Wright, Huntington, WV
W. M. Wright, Bluefield, WV
E. L. Youngue, Lakin, WV
Folder 15 Biography-Curriculum Vitae’s
Barrington B. Barnes
Mildred Mitchell Bateman
Annis M. Behnam
Charles R. Byrd
John F. Francis
Perry Futterman
Norman H. C. Griffiths
Rufus Hairston
K. Albert Harden
Judson C. Hickey
Richard E. McCray, Jr.
Ernest D. Martin
Harold B. Martin
W. C. Moorman
J. H. Nelson
Thomas J. Pinson
Gerald P. Rodman
Folder 16 Memoriums
Marcus F. Wheatland, 1947
H. T. Elliott, 1958
Oscar E. Davis, 1958
T. T. Lewis, 1960
C. H. Laws, 1962
Norman L. Collins, 1963
William D. Morris, 1966
DuPont A. Evans, 1971
J. E. Martin, 1973
J. M. Whittico, 1975
Joseph Horsham, 1979
Aubrey L. Harris, Sr., 1980
J. C. Kingslow, 1980
Charles B. Payne, -----
Dr. William M. Wright, Obituary
Memorial service of Dr. H. T. Elliott
Funeral service of Dr. Joseph Jones
On death of Dr. Joseph Jones
Death of Dr. J. C. Kingslow
Eulogy for Dr. C. A. Rogers
On death of Dr. C. A. Rogers
Obituary of Dr. C. A. Rogers
Obituary of Dr. William M. Wright
Funeral Service of Dr. Eugene Youngue, Sr.
On death of Dr. Eugene Youngue, Sr.
Resolution on death of Dr. Eugene Youngue, Sr.
Box 2
Folder 1 Correspondence, 1933-1939, Letters Received
Folder 2 Correspondence, 1940-1943, Letters Received
Folder 3 Correspondence, 1944-1948, Letters Received
July 12, 1946, Governor Clarence Meadows to Dr. A. D. Belton
July 28, 1945,Governor Clarence Meadows to Dr. A. D. Belton
Folder 4 Correspondence, 1949-1953, Letters Received
March 28, 1950 Governor Okey L. Patteson to Dr. A. D. Belton
December 18, 1953 Governor William C. Marland to A. D. Belton
Folder 5 Correspondence, 1954-1959, Letters Received
June 14, 1954 Governor William C. Marland to Dr. D. T. Murray
May 5, 1959 Governor Cecil Underwood to Dr. A. L. Harris
July 13, 1959 Senator Robert C. Byrd to Dr. J. H. Nelson
August 13, 1959 Senator Robert C. Byrd to Dr. J. H. Nelson
Folder 6 Correspondence, 1960-1966, Letters Received
Folder 7 Correspondence, 1967-1981, Letters Received
Folder 8 Correspondence, 1938-1947, Letters Received
Folder 9 Correspondence, 1942-1944, Letters Received
Folder 10 Correspondence, 1945-1949, Letters Received
Folder 11 Correspondence, 1950-1955, Letters Received
Folder 12 Correspondence, 1956-1962, Letters Received
Folder 13 Correspondence, 1963-1979, Letters Received
Folder 14 Correspondence, Telegrams
Folder 15 Annual Sessions Printed Programmes
1938 June 22-24
1939 June 21-23
1940 June 19-21
1941 June 25-27
1942 June 24-26
1943 June 23-35
1944 June 21-23
1945 --------------
1946 June 26-28
1947 --------------
1949 June 29-July 1
1950 June 21-23
1951 June 20-22
1952 June 18-20
1953 June 17-18
Folder 16 Annual Sessions Printed Programmes
1954 June 16-18
1955 --------------
1956 June 20-21
1957 June 19-20
1958 June 18-19
1959 June 17-18
1960 June 15-16
1961 June 21-22
1962 June 20-21
1963 June 19-20
1964 June 17-18
1965 June 25-26
1966 June 16-18
1967 June 21-23
1968 -------------
1969 June 19-21
1970 June 11-13
1971 Annual Report June 18
Program June 17-19
1972 June 22-24
1973 -------------
1974 -------------
1975
1976
1977 June 16-18
1978 June 1-3
Folder 17 Clippings
Dr. Sines Installation as President at 62nd Annual Meeting
James Whittico Speaks at 62nd Session
Dr. Gerald Rodman Speaks at 58th Session
Editorial – A. M.A.
W.V. Medical Journal
Dr. Douglas Murray commended
Folder 18 Membership Certificates
Box 3 - Financial
Folder 1 Corporation License Tax Return; Statements of Corporation Officers
Folder 2 Disbursements (see: also Black Notebook)
Folder 3 Insurance Premium Receipts
Folder 4 Bank Statements and deposit slips
Folder 5 Canceled Checks (see: also Black Notebook)
Folders 6-8 Receipts
Folder 9 WV Department of Employment Security, Correspondence & Employer’s, Initial Statement
Box 4 - National Medical Association
Folder 1 Constitution & Correspondence, 1932-1968
Folder 2 Correspondence & Miscellaneous Material, 1969-1981
Folder 3 National Pharmaceutical Association Correspondence, 1950-1968
Folder 4 National Dental Association’s Constitution; Mountain State Dental Assistant Society History
Folder 5 National Dental Association Correspondence, 1951-1979
Folder 6 National Dental Association Miscellaneous Material
