Overview of the Collection
Medical Heritage Center
Paulson, George W. 1930-
Paulson, Ruth B.
George W. Paulson, MD Papers
12.0 linear feet
The George W. Paulson, MD Papers (12 linear feet) contains materials related to his professional career as a neurologist as well as material from his time as a scholar of the Medical Heritage Center at The Ohio State University. Materials relating to his wife, Ruth B. Paulson, DDS, are also included as a separate series.
SPEC.202301.PAULSON
The records are in English
English
1973-2019
Biography
George W. Paulson, MD, was born July 27, 1930, in Raleigh, NC, son of Jehu DeWitt Paulson and Grayce Caudell. On a Pepsi Cola scholarship he went north to Yale University, where he graduated with a BS in Zoology in 1952. He completed his MD at Duke University in 1956 (elected AOA), interned at Bellevue Hospital in NYC and completed his residency in Neurology at Duke. Following residency he served for two years as Chief Neurologist at Womack Army Hospital in Fayetteville, NC and returned to Duke as instructor and Chief of Neurology at VA hospital. After a year as Kennedy Professor of Mental Retardation at Peabody College and Vanderbilt University, George came to Columbus to join the OSU College of Medicine, Division of Neurology faculty in 1967. He became full professor and was elected Teacher of the Year in 1971. That same year he became Program Director of Neurology at Riverside Methodist Hospital, where he enjoyed a decade of private practice and was chosen as 1975 Teacher of the Year.
In 1983 George returned to OSU as Kurtz Professor and Chairman of Neurology (1983-91). He was founder and first chair of OSU's newly created Department of Neurology. His academic focus was in movement disorders, Parkinson's disease, in particular, and he established a Parkinson's Center of Excellence and participated in numerous Parkinson's study groups. He played a key role in developing therapies for Parkinson's disease and related movement disorders, which had been mysterious and untreatable. He also organized the first international Huntington's disease conference in Columbus, which mobilized the field to discover the disease gene. His interests, though, were wide-ranging and included Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and mental retardation. He published over 300 articles and eight books, including a history of the OSU College of Medicine (1998). He was a Fellow in the American Academy of Neurology (first vice-president 1985) and the American Neurological Association. He was Chief of Staff at OSU 1991-93. He served as a leader on numerous national foundations and boards reflecting his varied interests. He received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Duke Medical Center, Distinguished Service Award from OSU, and a Teaching award from the Alumni of OSU Medical Center. He received the Distinguished Faculty Award from OSU in 2009 and the Harry LeFever Award for Neuroscience in 2006.
Scope and Content
The George W. Paulson, MD Papers (12 linear feet) contains materials related to his professional career as a neurologist as well as material from his time as a scholar of the Medical Heritage Center at The Ohio State University. Materials relating to his wife, Ruth B. Paulson, DDS, are also included as a separate series.
Statement of Arrangement
This collection is arranged in five series:
- Series I: Media
- Series II: Professional
- Series III: Research
- Series IV: Ruth B. Paulson, DDS
- Series V: Oversized
Series I: Media (4 boxes) contains CD, floppy discs, photographs, negatives, and VHS tapes. This series is arranged by item.
Series II: Professional (2 boxes) contains documents related to Paulson’s academic and professional career. This series is arranged alphabetically.
Series III: Research (3 boxes) contains articles and research materials related to Paulson’s time as a scholar in residence at the Medical Heritage Center at The Ohio State University.
Series IV: Ruth B. Paulson, DDS (1 box) contains materials related to Ruth B. Paulson, DDS, and her academic career.
Series V: Oversized (2 boxes) contains awards, certificates, plaques, and white lab coats. This series is arranged by item.
Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to the public and is available for viewing in the Medical
Heritage Center. Materials do not circulate and must be used in the supervised
reading room. Restrictions, including copyright, may exist and some materials may be
too fragile to photocopy or digitize. The MHC charges for duplication services,
which must be performed by staff.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], George W. Paulson, MD Papers,
SPEC.202301.PAULSON, Medical Heritage Center, Health Sciences Library,
The Ohio State University.
Detailed Description of The Collection
Series I: Media
Varies
1
1
Research Slides and Photographs
Varies
2
1
Research Slides
Varies
3
1
Neurology Lantern Slides
Varies
4
1
1 Audio Cassette Tape
Varies
4
2
8 Compact Discs
Varies
4
3
3 Floppy Discs
Varies
4
4
ID: State of Ohio State Library Board
Varies
4
5
4 VHS Tapes
Varies
Series II: Professional
1973-2019
5
1
1992 Research Report: The Ohio State University
1992
5
2
1995 Research Report: The Ohio State University
1995
5
3
1996 Research Report: The Ohio State University
1996
5
4
1997 Research Report: The Ohio State University
1997
5
5
Academy of Medicine of Columbus and Franklin County
1993-1994
5
6
Agreement for DMF of Ohio
1995
5
7
American Neurological Association Interview with George Paulson
5
8
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1975
5
9
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1976
5
10
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1977
5
11
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1978
5
12
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1979
5
13
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1980
5
14
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1981
5
15
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1982
5
16
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1983
5
17
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1984
5
18
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1985
5
19
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1986
5
20
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1987
5
21
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1988
5
22
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1989
5
23
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1990
5
24
The Annual Report of the Department of Family Medicine
1995
5
25
Biannual Medical Staff Organization Meeting Minutes
1994
5
26
Clinic Executive Committee
1989-1993
5
27
Clinical Teaching Task Force
1992-1993
5
28
College of Dentistry Annual Report
1996
5
29
College of Medicine Library Committee
1987-1995
5
30
College of Pharmacy: The Ohio State University Annual Report
1998
5
31
Columbus Medical Forum Holiday Dinner
1998
5
32
Commencement Address
2000
5
33
Correspondence: A
1997-2008
5
34
Correspondence: B
1992-2012
5
35
Correspondence: C
1994-2008
5
36
Correspondence: D
1997-2003
5
37
Correspondence: E
1998-2008
5
38
Correspondence: F
1994-2000
5
39
Correspondence: G
1994-2008
5
40
Correspondence: H
1993-2008
5
41
Correspondence: I
1998
5
42
Correspondence: J
1995-2008
5
43
Correspondence: K
1993-2010
5
44
Correspondence: L
1995-2008
5
45
Correspondence: M
1993-2017
5
46
Correspondence: N
1994-1999
5
47
Correspondence: O
1999
5
48
Correspondence: P
1994-2008
5
49
Correspondence: R
1994-2015
5
50
Correspondence: S
1995-2011
5
51
Correspondence: T
1994-2008
5
52
Correspondence: V
1997-1998
5
53
Correspondence: W
1995-2008
5
54
Correspondence: Y
1995-2008
5
55
Correspondence: Z
1999-2000
5
56
County Hospital Commission of Franklin County, Ohio
2016-2017
5
57
Curriculum Vitae and Research History
2000, 2010
5
58
Department Budgets
1999-2000
5
59
Department of Neurology, Academic Enrichment Budget
1994-1995
5
60
Duke Medical Alumni Awards Luncheon and Annual Business Meeting
1997
5
61
Emeriti Faculty Lunch
1999
5
62
Ethics Committee Meeting
1998
5
63
Grant Application for A Hundred Years of Medicine in Central Ohio
1996
5
64
HIV Subcommittee
1993
5
65
HIV/AIDS Operating Manual
1992
5
66
Hunt-Yashon
1973-1984
5
67
"It's Time to Give Thanks" Reception
1997
5
68
Loan Agreement
2000
5
69
Medical Grand Rounds: Allen Lecture
1999
5
70
National Parkinson Foundation Highlights of Accomplishments
1995-1996
5
71
Newspaper Clippings about George Paulson
1999-2003
5
72
Parkinson's Disease Full Steam Ahead Recognition Gala
1998
5
73
Paulson's Plan at MHC
2001
5
74
Professional Affairs/Education Research Committee
1993-1995
5
75
Obituary and Funeral Program for George Paulson
2019
5
76
The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health Department of Surgery Annual Report
1998
6
1
The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health Independent Study Program
1995-1999
6
2
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Strategic Plan
1990
6
3
The OSU Geriatric Medicine Course
1999
6
4
Ohio State University Hospitals Board
1993-1994
6
5
Ohio State University Hospitals Medical Staff Rules and Regulations
1992-1993
6
6
Ohio State University Hospitals Medical Staff Rules and Regulations
1994
6
7
Ohio State University Hospitals Medical Staff Rules and Regulations
undated
6
8
Parkinson Association of Santa Barbara Certificate of Appreciation
1995
6
9
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Executive Committee
1992
6
10
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Executive Committee
1993-1994
6
11
Physician Extender Program
1993
6
12
Radiation Overdose at Riverside
1998-2004
6
13
Report of the Task Force on University Hospitals Clinic
1988
6
14
Status of the Department of Family Medicine 1985-1986 Academic Year
1986
6
15
Tenure and Promotion
1998
Series III: Research
1982-2012
7
1
100 People Book
2008-2010
7
2
Arthur G. James Research Materials
2008
7
3
Article: Addiction to Nicotine is Due to High Intrinsic Levels of Dopamine
1991
7
4
Article: Botox and PD
2002
7
5
Article: Clark Gable: The Life Behind the Legend
2002
7
6
Article: Cortical vs. Subcortical Dementia Neuropsychological Differences
1986
7
7
Article: Death of a President and his Assassin - Errors in their Diagnosis and Autopsies
2006
7
8
Article: Degenerative and Hereditary Disorders
1982
7
9
Article: Dr. Paulson's Notes
2011-2012
7
10
Article: Dr. William Thorton's Views on Sleep, Dreams, and Resuscitation
2009
7
11
Article: Does Infarction of the Medullary Pyramid Lead to Spasticity?
1986
7
12
Article: From Cushing, to Courville, to Contemporary Currents
undated
7
13
Article: George S. Huntington, MD
2004
7
14
Article: Headaches in Women, Including Women Who are Pregnant
1995
7
15
Article: Health
undated
7
16
Article: House Call
1998-1999
7
17
Article: Idopathic Parkinson's Disease(s) May Follow Subclinical Episodes of Perivenous Demyelination
2002
7
18
Article: Influenza: The Pandemic of 1918-19
2003
7
19
Article: Is There a Premorbid Personality Typical for Parkinson's Disease?
1991
7
20
Article: Issues Related to DNA Testing for Huntington's Disease in Symptomatic Patients
1997
7
21
Article: Local Group Plays Key Role in Alzheimer's Care Team
1993
7
22
Article: A Long and Lonely Dying President: James A. Garfield
2005
7
23
Article: Management of Behavioral Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease
1990
7
24
Article: Neurologic Complications of Gastric Partitioning
1985
7
25
Article: Neuropsychological Similarities in Lateralized Parkinsonism
1989
7
26
Article: Neurosurgery's Pioneer Harvey Cushing
2002
7
27
Article: A New Look: American Heritage...
1993
7
28
Article: A Painter, A Gentleman: Ralph Fanning
2000
7
29
Article: Pseudo-Multiple Sclerosis
1996
7
30
Article: Physical Therapy in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
1995
7
31
Article: Relationship of Oral Microflora with Oral Health Status in Parkinson's Disease
1994
7
32
Article: Restless Legs Syndrome How to Provide Symptom Relief with Drug and Nondrug Therapies
2000
7
33
Article: The Resurrectionists
2001
7
34
Article: Rita Levi-Montaleini, MD
1994
7
35
Article: The Sky
2001
7
36
Article: St. Francis Hospital - Was It Truly
1997
7
37
Article: Taste Preferences in Parkinson's Disease Patients
1993
7
38
Article: Three Titans
undated
7
39
Article: To Teach and to Heal St. Francis Hospital
1999
7
40
Article: Two Lives, Medical Failures, and Two Autopsies
undated
7
41
Baldwin Monograph Draft
undated
7
42
Baldwin Research Materials
undated
7
43
Baldwin Research Materials
undated
7
44
Baldwin Research Materials
undated
7
45
Baldwin Research Materials
undated
7
46
Baldwin Research Materials
undated
7
47
Baldwin Research Materials
undated
7
48
Baldwin Research Materials
undated
7
49
Baldwin Research Materials
undated
7
50
Baldwin Research Materials
undated
7
51
Baldwin Research Materials
undated
7
52
Book Review: History of Women in Medicine
1993
7
53
Charles Doan Videotape Project
1998-1999
7
54
College of Medicine History Book: Book Cover Text, Title Pages, Copyright, Intro, Forewords, Table of Contents, Section Headings
1998
7
55
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 1: Where We Came From
1998
7
56
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Departments
1998
7
57
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Anesthesiology
1998
7
58
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Cell Biology/Neuroanatomy
1998
7
59
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Emergency Medicine
1998
7
60
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Family Medicine
1998
7
61
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Internal Medicine
1998
8
1
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Medical Biochemistry (P. Chem)
1998
8
2
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Medical Microbiology/Immunology
1998
8
3
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Neurology
1998
8
4
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
1998
8
5
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Ophthalmology
1998
8
6
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Otolaryngology
1998
8
7
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Pathology
1998
8
8
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Pediatrics
1998
8
9
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Pediatrics Annual Report
1998
8
10
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Pharmacology
1998
8
11
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1998
8
12
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Physiology
1998
8
13
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Preventative Medicine - New School of Public Health
1998
8
14
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Psychiatry
1998
8
15
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Radiology
1998
8
16
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 2: Department of Surgery
1998
8
17
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 3: Hospitals (File 1 of 2)
1998
8
18
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 3: Hospitals (File 2 of 2)
1998
8
19
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 4: Other Units of the Center (File 1 of 2)
1998-1999
8
20
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 4: Other Units of the Center (File 2 of 2)
1998-1999
8
21
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 5: Education and Research
1998
8
22
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 6: Key People #1
1999
8
23
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 6: Key People #2
1999
8
24
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 6: Key People #3
1999
8
25
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 6: Key People #4
1999
8
26
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 6: Key People #5
1999
8
27
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 7: Bricks and Mortar
1998
8
28
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 8: Opportunities
1998
8
29
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 9: Miscellaneous (File 1 of 2)
1998
9
1
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 9: Miscellaneous (File 2 of 2)
1998
9
2
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 10: Conclusions and Predictions
1998
9
3
College of Medicine History Book: Chapter 11: Lists
1998
9
4
College of Medicine History Book: Epilogue, Sources
1998
9
5
College of Medicine History Book: Grant Application and Support Letters, Review Letters
1996
9
6
College of Medicine History Book: Miscellaneous Materials
1998
9
7
College of Medicine History Book: Photo Archives
1998
9
8
College of Medicine History Book: Requests for Funding; Printing Cost Estimates
1998
9
9
College of Medicine History Book: Requests for Information, and Responses
1998
9
10
College of Medicine History Book: Responses to Completed/Published Book
1999-2000
9
11
College of Medicine History Book: Solicitation of Information, Collaboration, and Input
1996-1997
9
12
Grave Robbing
2001-2004
9
13
History College of Medicine 1958-1968 Chapter 10: Department of Ophthalmology
undated
9
14
History College of Medicine 1958-1969 Chapter 20: Department of Radiology
undated
9
15
History of The Ohio State University College of Medicine (Volume III, 1959-1968)
undated
9
16
History of The Ohio State University Medical Center (File 1 of 2)
1998
9
17
History of The Ohio State University Medical Center (File 2 of 2)
1998
9
18
Permission to Publish Receipt
2002
9
19
Ralph Fanning Research Materials
1998-2000
9
20
Ralph Fanning Research Materials
1999
9
21
Ralph Fanning Research Materials
2000
9
22
Richard M. Zollinger Research Materials
1992
9
23
St. Francis Hospital Article
1997-1999
9
24
Talk: Eat Your Heart Out, Christopher Katt
1998
9
25
Videotape Research Project
1997-1998
Series IV: Ruth B. Paulson, DDS
1983-1994
10
1
140th Birthday Celebration
1997
10
2
An Atlas of Sense Organ Development
1983
10
3
OHIOana Library
1998
10
4
Oral Anatomy Manual Dentistry 417
1994
Series V: Oversized
1997-2009
11
1
Certificate: The Presidents Club of The Ohio State University Proudly Recognizes George Paulson M.D. and Ruth Paulson D.D.S. in The Rightmire Society
1997
11
2
Framed Certificate: Columbus Medical Association Recognizes George W. Paulson, M.D.
2003
11
3
Framed Certificate: International Gallery 2009, Silver Award for Superb Craftsmanship in the Production of Arthur G. James - Surgeon With a Dream
2009
11
4
Framed Book Cover: Arthur G. James - Surgeon With a Dream
undated
12
1
White Coat: Twin Valley Psychiatric System: George Paulson, M.D. (3)
undated
12
2
White Coat: Parkinson's Disease Center of Excellence: George Paulson, M.D.
undated
12
3
White Coat: Dr. Ruth Paulson
undated