2024-05-13 Finding aid for the Charles F. Wooley, MD and Barbara Van Brimmer Papers Finding aid prepared by Lisa Wood Medical Heritage Center

376 West 10th Ave, 5th floor Columbus, Ohio 43210

May 13, 2024 Finding aid encoded by Lisa Wood in 2024 Finding aid written in English Overview of the Collection Medical Heritage Center Wooley, Charles F. Van Brimmer, Barbara Charles F. Wooley, MD and Barbara Van Brimmer Papers 3.0 linear feet The Charles F. Wooley, MD and Barbara Van Brimmer Papers (3 linear feet) contains materials compiled while researching the medical history of Columbus and Ohio for publications. SPEC.202418.WOOLEYVANBRIMMER The records are in English English 1818-2007 Biography

Charles F. Wooley, MD (1929-2008) graduated from Providence College in 1950 and received his M.D. from New York Medical College in 1954. His internship and residency in Internal Medicine, as well a fellowship in cardiology, were at the University Hospitals at The Ohio State University. Wooley was a faculty member in the Department of Internal Medicine from 1960-2008. Though he retired from medical practice in 1992, he remained active in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and served as president of the Osler Society, an international medical history association. As his interest in medical history grew in the 1990’s, he was involved in developing the Medical Heritage Center. Wooley’s specialty in cardiology and his interest in medical history overlapped. While studying Civil War era literature about the care of disabled soldiers he realized that mitral valve prolapse (MVP) was not a new disease. Wooley wrote nearly twenty papers on this story and compiled them in his book, “The Irritable Heart of Soldiers and the Origins of Angelo-American Cardiology” published in 2002. Barbara Van Brimmer (1947-2003) was the founding curator of the Medical Heritage Center. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in botany at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) in 1969 and her Master of Library Science at the University of Mississippi in 1984. Van Brimmer joined the Ohio State University Health Sciences Library staff in 1985. She wrote numerous journal articles, books, and book chapters. Her scholarship and professional interest focused on medical history and preservation.

Scope and Content

The Charles F. Wooley, MD and Barbara Van Brimmer Papers (3 linear feet) contains materials compiled while researching the medical history of Columbus and Ohio for publications, including, but not limited to, The Second Blessing: Columbus Medicine and Health The Early Years and John Howell Janeway Upham, M.D., 1871-1960 – The Survival Years.

Statement of Arrangement

This collection is arranged in two series: Series I: Media Series II: Research Files

Series I: Media (2 boxes) contains photographs and photographic reproductions of images obtained and used by Charles F. Wooley, MD, and Barbara Van Brimmer to illustrate articles and books they authored. The photographs are both black and white and color; some have accompanying negatives. Many photographs in Box 1 are related to topics discussed in The Second Blessing, while many photographs in Box 2 were used to illustrate The Survival Years. Photographs and portraits were found in numerous repositories and published sources, including but not limited to, the Ohio History Connection Archives and Library (formerly the Ohio Historical Society Archives and Library), The Ohio State University Archives, and the National Library of Medicine Historical Collections. Materials in each box are arranged in alphabetical order.

Series II: Research Files (2 boxes) contains materials compiled by authors Charles F. Wooley, MD and Barbara Van Brimmer during the course of research. A significant portion of the research materials are photocopies from primary and secondary sources. Dates recorded in the container listing reflect the dates of the content of materials. There is also correspondence, grant applications, drafts of articles by Wooley and Van Brimmer, and permissions related to their writing projects. This series is arranged in alphabetical order by file title.

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], Charles F. Wooley, MD and Barbara Van Brimmer Papers, SPEC.202418.WOOLEYVANBRIMMER, Medical Heritage Center, Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University.

Detailed Description of The Collection

Series I: Media 1897-2003 1 1 Asa Gray undated 1 2 Bruce K. Wiseman undated 1 3 Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery undated 1 4 Cemetery Views undated 1 5 Charles A. Doan undated 1 6 Charles A. Doan and Bruce K. Wiseman undated 1 7 Charles F. Wooley, MD 2003, undated 1 8 Doctors 1960-1977, undated 1 9 Edward King undated 1 10 Emil Bolzer 1987 1 10 Grant Hospital 1904 1 11 John Delameter undated 1 12 John A. Prior 1965, undated 1 13 Lyne Starling Tomb undated 1 14 Lyne Starling Tomb undated 1 15 Miscellaneous Photographs undated 1 16 Ohio State University Medical Center Postcards undated 1 17 Richard Meiling undated 1 18 Sarah Worthington King Peter undated 1 19 Starling Loving Tomb undated 1 20 Sullivant Family undated 1 21 Unidentified Groups undated 1 22 William Peter undated 1 23 William Starling Sullivant undated 2 1 Abraham Flexner undated 2 2 Chairs of Medicine, The Ohio State University 1952 2 3 Deans of the College of Medicine, The Ohio State University undated 2 4 Hospital Buildings 1948-1962 2 5 Iron Lung undated 2 6 John Howell Janeway Upham 1931-1937, undated 2 7 John Howell Janeway Upham and Family Burial Plot in Greenlawn Cemetery Spring 1993 2 8 Johns Hopkins Hospital Staff 1897-1898 2 9 Presidents of The Ohio State University undated Series I: Research Files 1818-2007 3 1 A Century of Sanitary Fairs and Health Expositions in Ohio, 1864-1964 1964 3 2 A History and Chronology of Ohio’s Medical Schools, Colleges, and Universities by Emil R. Pinta, MD undated 3 3 Academic Heritage of The Ohio State University College of Medicine undated 3 4 Annals of St. Francis Hospital 1996 3 5 Asa Gray 1857-1997 3 6 Barbara Van Brimmer Academic Award September 4, 2007 3 7 Barbara Van Brimmer Curriculum Vitae undated 3 8 Botanical Movements 1988-2001 3 9 Camp Chase 1865-2002 3 10 Certificate: Purchase of “The People’s Home Library” August 24, 1912 3 11 Charles F. Wooley, MD, Biographical Information and Curriculum Vitae 1966-2002 3 12 Charles F. Wooley, MD, Writings 1988-2006 3 13 Cholera 1848-1998 3 14 Civil War 2003, undated 3 15 College of Medicine Operating Budget, History 1935-1936, undated 3 16 Columbus Academy of Medicine 1915-1992 3 17 Columbus Gazette 1818-1822 3 18 Columbus History 1847-1922 3 19 Columbus Medical Association Foundation Grant 2001-2005 3 20 Columbus Medical Association Foundation Grant 2002-2003 3 21 Columbus Medical Association Foundation Grant Reapplication 2002 3 22 Columbus Medical College undated 3 23 Columbus Medical Journal 1888-1907 3 24 Columbus Public Library Medical Library 1941-1998 3 25 Columbus's Pioneer Doctor John M. Edmiston undated 3 26 Construction Plans for The Ohio State University Medical Center 1932-1937 3 27 Cornerstone, The Magazine of the Columbus Landmarks Foundation April/May 1987 3 28 Correspondence 1989-2003 3 29 David Tod Gilliam 1914 3 30 Diocese of Ohio and Franciscan Sisters of the Poor 1994-2003 3 31 Early Medicine and Physicians in Ohio and Columbus 1898-1996, undated 3 32 Eclectic Medical Institute 1870-1942 3 33 Elliott Carr Cutler 1929-1973 3 34 Eugene Franklin McCampbell 1914-1926 3 35 First Botanists of Columbus: A Sullivant Family Scrapbook August 8, 1987 3 36 Five Botanists of Columbus June 2001 3 37 Francis Carter Wood 1914, 1951 3 38 Franciscan Sisters of the Poor 1945-1983 3 39 George M. Curtis 1934-1984 3 40 Governor Edward Tiffin: Pioneer Doctor undated 3 41 Grant Hospital 2000-2011 3 42 Hawkes Hospital April 7, 1997 3 43 Health Care and Medical Education Comes to Central Ohio 2002-2004 3 44 History of Ohio State University Campus and Medical Center 1914-2001 3 45 History of Ohio State University College of Medicine 1934-1984 3 46 Homeopathy 1912-1986 3 47 In Love with Christ Poor, 1858-1959 undated 3 48 James Frances Conneffe, M.D., 1877-1910 undated 3 49 James U. Barnhill undated 3 50 John Howell Janeway Upham 1927-2001 3 51 John Howell Janeway Upham Publications 1896-1940 4 1 Jonathan Forman, MD 1934-2002 4 2 Last Will and Testament of Alice Lee Upham May 1, 1953 4 3 Last Will and Testament of John H.J. Upham February 2, 1960 4 4 Lloydiana, A Publication of the Lloyd Library and Museum 1996, 2004 4 5 Lucas Sullivant and Sullivant Family 1838-2003 4 6 Lyne Starling Sullivant and His Will 1847-2004 4 7 Medical Botany in the Ohio Valley July 1978 4 8 Medical Heritage Center Scholar in Residence 2001-2003 4 9 Medical History of the Veterans Administration Center, Dayton, Ohio, 1868-1900 1951 4 10 Medical Organizations in Ohio and Columbus 1847-1947 4 11 Memoir of Leo Lesquereaux, 1806-1889 1890 4 12 Myrwood Timberlake Dixon undated 4 13 Ohio Medical and Surgical Journal 1852-1876 4 14 Ohio Medical University 1906-1907 4 15 Ohio State Board of Medical Examiners 1896 4 16 Ohio State University College of Medicine for the American Medical Association 1951 4 17 Ohio State University Building Committee on Medical Center Construction 1944-1945 4 18 Ohio State University Department of Medicine 1941-1960 4 19 Ohio State University Department of Physiology 1940-1960 4 20 Ohio State University Faculty Biographical Information 1958-1960 4 21 Permissions and Acknowledgements 1997-2005 4 22 PE-RU-NA Circa 1890s, 1995 4 23 Richard Meiling 1953-1996 4 24 Robert M. Zollinger, M.D. 1945-2001 4 25 Samuel M. Smith, M.D. 1863-2008 4 26 Sarah Worthington King Peter 1893-2000 4 27 Sarah Worthington King Peter’s Influence on the Foundation and Growth of the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor in America 1965 4 28 Simeon Bishop Bell undated 4 29 Soldier’s Heart from Civil War – 1861 to World War I – 1918 undated 4 30 Speech: Medical Heritage of Central Ohio undated 4 31 St. Francis and St. Anthony Hospital Records undated 4 32 St. Francis Hospital 1873-2000 4 33 St. Francis Hospital Closing 1942-2000 4 34 St. Francis Hospital Project 1998-1999 4 35 Starling Loving 1861-2002 4 36 Starling-Loving Hospital and Starling-Loving University Hospital 1933-1946 4 37 Starling Medical College 1855-2000 4 38 Stoneman Press – “We Too Built Columbus” 1972-2007 4 39 Symposium on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus September 1969 4 40 Thadeus Asbury Reamy undated 4 41 The Ohio Gazetteer 1833, 1839, 1841 4 42 The Second Blessing: Columbus Medicine and Health, The Early Years 2005-2007 4 43 The Survival Years: John Howell Janeway Upham, M.D. 2003-2004 4 44 Thomas Corwin Mendenhall undated 4 45 Thomasonianism 1940-1976 4 46 Timelines undated 4 47 Urinalysis, Instruments of Precision, The Stethoscope, Et Cetera, of the Period 1835-1858 1940 4 48 White Cross Hospital 1945-1947 4 49 William Johnson Scott undated 4 50 William Maclay Awl, M.D. 1880-1999 4 51 William Starling Sullivant 1899-2002 4 52 Willoughby Medical College and Willoughby University 1836-1846, undated 4 53 Worthington College and Ohio Reformed Medical College 1822-1892