Register of the Esther Bridgman Clark Papers

1900-1991

MSS 29

 

Lane Medical Archives

Stanford University Medical Center

 

 

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Lane Medical Archives

Stanford University Medical Center

Stanford, California 94305

Phone: (650) 725-8045

 


 

Table of Contents for Clark (Esther B.) Papers

 

 

  Descriptive Summary

 

  Series Description

  

  Container List

 

 


 

Descriptive Summary

 

Title:  Esther Bridgman Clark

Accession Number:  MSS 29

Linear feet occupied:  6

Extent:  11 boxes, arranged by series

 

 


 

Series Description

 

Clark (Esther B.) Papers

 

 

            Series I             Childhood Accidents

 

            Series II           Palo Alto Medical Clinic (PAMC)

 

            Series III          Subject files

 

            Series IV          Reprints - see also subject files

 

            Series V           Photographs

 

            Series VI          Oversize

 

            Series VII         Children's Health Council

 

 

 


 

Container List

 

Clark (Esther B.) 1900-1991

Esther Bridgman Clark papers, 1947-1973

 

Note:   numbers after the decimal point refer to folder numbers, for example:

1.2 refers to box 1, folder 2.

 

                                                            Series I, Box 1: Childhood Accidents
Box no.           Contents
1.1                   "The Role of the Pediatrician in Accident Prevention" by Clark, with notes.

 

1.2                   "Accidents, Champion Killer of our Children" by Clark and John French Allen.

 

1.3                   "The Prevention of Childhood's Greatest Killer" by Clark, with notes.

 

1.4                   "Parents Can Prevent Child Accidents" , "Child Accident Prevention" by Clark.
                        With essay or letter on baby show problems.

 

1.5                   "Leading Causes of Childhood Death" by Clark; :"Public Education for Safety"
                        by J. W. Johnston.  Includes charts and statistic on leading causes of death.

 

1.6                   California Medical Association : Accident prevention exhibit correspondence,
                        1950-1951.

 

1.7                   Accident prevention exhibit charts

 

1.8                   Accident prevention exhibit charts

 

1.9                   Accident prevention exhibit charts

 

1.10                 "The Practcicing Physician and Accident Prevenetion" by George Wheatley (AAP).

 

1.11                 Child Safety Publicity Kits: includes radio, newspaper, speaker and literature folders
                        for the 1953 Child Safety Crusade.

 

1.12                 Child accident newspaper report binder.

 

1.13                 Accident pamphlets: See Also Subject Files and Reprints.



                                                            Series I, Box 2: Childhood Accidents

Box no.           Contents
2.1                   California Safety Council
                        Correspondence 1949-1951.

2.2                   National Safety Council
                        Correspondence 1950-1952.

2.3                   American Academy of Pediatrics
                        Correspondence 1950-1954.  Frequent correspondence with George Wheatley.

2.4                   American Academy of Pediatrics
                        Newsletters, handouts, committee minutes etc.

2.5                   Poison Control Committee
                        Correspondence, committee minutes [1952-1957].

2.6                   Insectiside Poisoning
                        Correspondence, reprints 1953-1955.

2.7                   Crayon  Poisoning
                        Correspondence, case report, reprints, newsclippings 1947-1954.

2.8                   Case History: Infant with possible hyperparathyroidism.

2.9                   Stanford Popular Medical Lecture, 1952.

 

2.10                 Stanford, miscellaneous
                        Childrens Hospital @ Stanford, 1971.  Includes memos, correspondence.

2.11                 Reprint requests.

 

2.12                 Suggested readings on accident prevention.

 

2.13                 Harry Bennett Advertising and Public Relations
                        Correspondence, 1950-1954.

2.14                 Personal and general correspondence, 1947-1964
                        Includes correspondence from Herbert Hoover, Philip Lee.


                                                            Series I, Box 3: Childhood Accidents
                                                            Accident Report Forms

Box no.           Contents
3.1                   1950-1951

 

3.2                   June - August 1952

 

3.3                   September - November 1952

 

3.4                   December 1952 - February 1953

 

3.5                   March - April 1953

 

3.6                   May - June 1953

 

3.7                   July - August 1953

 

3.8                   September - October 1953

 

3.9                   November - December 1953



                                                            Series II, Box 4: Palo Alto Medical Clinic (PAMC)
Box no.           Contents
4.1                   Pediatric Dept. [1953]

 

4.2                   Pediatricians
                        Correspondence 1952-1955

4.3                   Pediatricians 1955-1965

 

4.4                   Personnel  1959-1963

 

4.5                   Interviews
                        Clinic member reviews 1964-1965

4.6                   Psychiatry 1952-1953

 

4.7                   Statistics

 

4.8                   Bookings

 

4.9                   Comprehensive Health Care

 

4.10                 Reprint requests

 

4.11                 "Preface to Life"
                        Questionnaire and responses to film


                                                            Series II, Box 5: Palo Alto Medical Clinic (PAMC)
Box no.           Contents
5.1                   PAMC Minutes 1958

 

5.2                   PAMC Minutes 1958

 

5.3                   PAMC Minutes 1959

 

5.4                   PAMC Minutes 1959

 

5.5                   PAMC Minutes 1960

 

5.6                   PAMC Minutes 1960

 

5.7                   PAMC Minutes 1961

 

5.8                   PAMC Minutes 1961



                                                            Series II, Box 6: Palo Alto Medical Clinic (PAMC)

Box no.           Contents
6.1                   PAMC Minutes 1963

 

6.2                   PAMC Minutes 1963

 

6.3                   PAMC Minutes 1964

 

6.4                   PAMC Minutes 1964

 

6.5                   PAMC Minutes 1965

 

6.6                   PAMC Minutes 1966

 

6.7                   PAMC Minutes 1966

 

6.8                   PAMC Clinical Meetings [1947-1948]

 

                                                            Series III, Box 7: Subject Files
                                                            See also Series IV:  Reprints

Box no.           Contents
7.1                   Abuse

7.2                   Adolescents

 

7.3                   Behavior

 

7.4                   Blackwell

 

7.5                   Children's Centers

 

7.6                   Congenital Defects

 

7.7                   Convalescent Home

 

7.8                   Cutter Papers

 

7.9                   Drug Abuse

 

7.10                 Erythroblastosis

 

7.11                 Grand Rounds 1966-1969

 

7.12                 Grand Rounds 1970-1973

 

7.13                 Head Murmurs

 

7.14                 Histoplasmosis

 

7.15                 History of Pediatrics

 

7.16                 Intracranial Tumors

 

7.17                 Iran Tribal Schools

 

7.18                 Kidney



                                                            Series III, Box 8: Subject Files
                                                            See also Series IV:  Reprints
Box no.           Contents
8.1                   Meat

8.2                   Medical Staff Meeting

 

8.2a                 Mental Retardation

 

8.3                   Met. Life Insurance

 

8.4                   Multiple Sclerosis

 

8.5                   New Yorker

 

8.6                   Orchids

 

8.7                   Parenthood

 

8.8                   Palo Alto Clinic Stock

 

8.9                   Palo Alto Medical Research Foundation

 

8.10                 Pediatric "Vagaries"

 

8.11                 Photography

 

8.12                 Poems

 

8.13                 Pregnancy

 

8.14                 Prudential Life Insurance

 

8.15                 Queen Bee

 

8.16                 Reading

 

8.17                 Rheumatoid Arthritis

 

8.18                 Scleraderma

 

8.19                 Sex

 

8.20                 Smallpox

 

8.21                 Tick Paralysis

 

8.22                 Toxoplasmosis

 

8.23                 Tuberculosis

 

8.24                 Well-Child Care

 

8.25                 Women

 

8.26                 Testing Material

 


                                                            Series IV, Box 9: Reprints
Box no.           Contents
9.1                   Accidents

 

9.2                   Anorexia

 

9.3                   BCG

 

9.4                   Behavior

 

9.5                   Blood

 

9.6                   Brain and Spine Disorders

 

9.7                   Breast Feeding

 

9.8                   Circadian Rhythm

 

9.9                   Circumcision

 

9.10                 Dental

 

9.11                 Death, Leading Causes of

 

9.12                 Divorce

 

9.13                 Doctors

 

9.14                 Dyslexia

 

9.15                 Enuresis

 

9.16                 Faber Pediatric Library

 

9.17                 Farm Safety

 

9.18                 Federal Acts

 

9.19                 Hemophilia

 

9.20                 Milk of Mammals

 

9.21                 Pediatrics

 

9.22                 Population Growth

 

9.23                 Rabies

 

9.24                 Safety

 

9.25                 Sex Education

 

9.26                 Statistics

 

9.27                 Statistics

 

9.28                 Wilmer, Harry

 

9.29                 Reprints (Esther Clark papers)

 

9.30                 Reprints (Esther Clark papers)

 

 

                                                            Series V, Box 10: Photographs
Box no.           Contents
10.1                 Babies

 

10.2                 Surgery scenes, photos of x-rays

 

10.3                 Safety display

 

10.4                 Negatives to safety display

 

10.5                 Iran

 

10.6                 Phyllis Johnson

 

10.7                 Winery Tour album

 

10.8                 Miscellaneous personal photos

 

10.9                 Photos of historical book plates

 

10.10               [Misc.] Personal notebook, [1974?].  Notes on whale watching,
                        other travel notes.

 

 

                                                            Series VI, Box 11, Oversize
                                                            Childhood Accide
nts

                        Contains 1 oversize photo of surgery, 24 photos of historical figures in medicine
                        (1 framed).

 

                                                            Series VII Box 12: Children's Health Council
Box no.           Contents
12.1                 Children's Health Council (CHC) 1963-1964

 

12.2                 Children's Health Council (CHC) 1965

 

12.3                 Children's Health Council (CHC) 1965

 

12.4                 Children's Health Council (CHC) 1966

 

12.5                 Children's Health Council (CHC) 1978

 

12.6                 Children's Health Council (CHC) 1979


 

Last updated:

August 2, 2000