Dr. William R. Love Papers
Scope and Contents
Dr. William R. Love was a practicing Dermatologist in the Dayton-area from 1942 until his retirement in 1977. His collection of papers includes 26 photographs of skin disease and two articles he either authored or co-authored with Dr. George W. Binkley in 1938 and 1943. Researchers should be aware that the photographs of the skin diseases are very graphic.
Dates
- Creation: 1934-1943
Creator
- Love, William R., 1906- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Dr. William R. Love was born in 1906 in Bronson, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas Medical School in 1936. He completed his internship at Charity Hospital St.Vincent’s and his residency in dermatology Cleveland Metropolitan Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio from 1935 to 1938. In October 1938, he received a fellowship to the Mayo Clinic where he stayed untiol December 1942. He then moved to Dayton, Ohio and established a dermatology practice. He was a consultant at several Dayton-area hospitals including Good Samaritan Hospital, Kettering Memorial Hospital, the Dayton State Mental Hospital, and the Veterans Administration Hospital. He was also a clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology for the Ohio State University School of Medicine and an Instructor in Dermatology at the Miami Valley Hospital School of Nursing. He was a member of the American Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Association, and the Montgomery County Medical Society. He retired in March 1977.
Extent
0.25 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Latin
Abstract
Dr. William R. Love was born in Bronson, Kansas and graduated from the University of Kansas Medical School in 1936. He did his internship and residency in dermatology in Cleveland, Ohio from 1935 to 1938, after which he received a fellowship to the Mayo Clinic. He moved to Dayton, Ohio and established a dermatology practice. He was a consultant for several Dayton-area hospitals and was a clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology for the Ohio State University School of Medicine and an Instructor in Dermatology at the Miami Valley Hospital School of Nursing. The collection consists of 26 photographs of skin diseases and two articles he either authored or co-authored on skin diseases that appeared in the Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in chronological order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to the Wright State School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Fordham Health Sciences Library, by Dr. Love in March 1977.
Separated Materials
Books included with the donation were cataloged and added to the Fordham Health Sciences Library book collection (now part of the Dunbar Library).
Medical instruments received with the collection were inventoried and added to the Special Collections and Archives medical instruments collection.
donor
- Love, William R., 1906- (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Dr. William R. Love Papers (FSC-10)
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
