Record Group 5 Detail - Members' Collections


Collections of personal papers donated to the College by the members, their families, and their colleagues are found in this record group.

    Subgroup 5.1: Edward Brecher Collection
    This collection mainly contains files associated with Mr. and Mrs. Brecher's work on a book, The History of Radiology in the United States and Canada. Subject files related to the Coolridge x-ray tube and the growth and standardization of radiology, a partial edited manuscript, notes regarding diagnosis and research, a few miscellaneous news releases, and an invitation to a dinner at the Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic are included in this collection. The collection dates mainly from 1965.

    Subgroup 5.2: John C. Bugher Collection
    The John C. Bugher Collection was donated to the ACR archives by Dr. Juan del Regato. The collection contains files related to Dr. Bugher's work with the Atomic Energy Commission at Nevada. A series of files from a notebook he titled Interviews and Diary, notes from lectures and labs, a manuscript, maps, calculators for measuring radiation, a certificate and some group photographs are also included in this collection. Dates range from 1923 to the late 1950s, with the bulk from the 1950s.

    Subgroup 5.3: Lloyd Bryan Collection
    Dr. Lloyd Bryan was a well-known radiologist in California from 1917 until his death in 1945. He was a former president of RSNA. His collection contains an obituary, certificates, an artifact, photographs and glass plate x-ray slides. Dr. Bryan donated the collection to the College in 1986.

    Subgroup 5.4: Arthur C. Christie Collection
    Ralph M. Caulk donated the Arthur C. Christie Collection to the College. The collection documents his efforts at standardization of radiology. He served in the Army Medical Corps from 1906 and continued his work in the field of radiology for forty-seven years. The collection includes correspondence, articles, speeches, programs, publications, clippings, audio cassettes, and certificates. Dates span from 1920 to 1981, with the bulk from the 1950s.

    Subgroup 5.5: Lewis Gregory Cole Collection
    The Lewis Gregory Cole Collection documents his work as a radiologist in New York City in the 1910s to the 1930s. His collection contains correspondence, subject files, manuscripts, radiographic reports, photographs and a large collection of x-ray radiographs.

    Subgroup 5.6: Robert L. Egan Collection
    The Robert L. Egan Collection contains material related to his pioneering efforts in mammography. Included in the collection are articles, lecture files, and transparencies, slides and audio cassettes used in those lectures. Dates are circa the 1960s.

    Subgroup 5.7: Major Lewis E. Etter Collection
    In 1946, Major Etter made a trip to Wurzburg, Germany to research Roentgen's discovery of the x-ray. His collection contains files related to that trip and eventual donation of the files to the College (ca. 1970). The collection includes correspondence, articles, manuscripts, publications, and photographs. The collection dates from 1938 to 1970, with the bulk of the material from the mid-1940s.

    Subgroup 5.8: Gioacchino Failla Collection
    The work of Dr. Failla is both varied and exhaustive. However, his eventual professional preoccupation with radiation protection is the focus of the files in the Gioacchino Failla Collection. Subject files reflect the vast amount of work he accomplished while working with the Atomic Energy Commission and particularly the Advisory Committee for Biology and Medicine within the AEC. Other series include correspondence, publications, notes, notebooks, patents, monographs, manuscripts, reprints, reports, instructions, clippings and photographs. Dr. Failla's files range in date from the 1930s to the 1960s. The majority of files date from the 1940s and 1950s.

    Subgroup 5.9: E. R. N. Grigg Collection
    The majority of the E. R. N. Grigg Collection contains the files from Dr. Griggs efforts to preserve radiology history through two extensive publications, a new edition of Percy Brown's collection of biographies, American Roentgen Martyrs, and his own effort, The Trail of Invisible Light. Dr. Grigg's collection also contains files he collected from other radiologists, including, most extensively, the professional files from Dr. Raymond Sweeney. Dr. Grigg's collection contains the following series: correspondence, subject files, research files, notebooks, manuscripts, reports, vignettes, notes, clippings, transparencies, photographs/slides, and scrapbooks. The dates of the collection range from the 1950s to the late 1970s.

    Subgroup 5.10: Emil H. Grubbe Collection
    Dr. Emil Grubbe had an extremely long and successful career in the field of radiology, known as the first person to use x-rays as a method of therapy (January 1896). He is renowned as an early pioneer in the field of radiology. However, he may best be known for the price he paid for his work in the field. Before his death in 1960, Dr. Grubbe underwent 93 surgeries to remove and treat leasons caused by radiation exposure. The collection documents his professional efforts and much of his personal struggle. Included in the collection are correspondence, subject files, articles, speeches, interviews, notes, biographical/education files, advertisements, clippings, certificates/awards, and photographs. Material ranges in date from the 1875 to 1961. A majority of the collection is from the 1930s to the 1950s.

    Subgroup 5.11: Joe V. Hopkins Collection
    The Joe V. Hopkins Collection documents the research completed by Dr. Hopkins and Dr. Leon J. Menville. The files include their findings regarding vitamin deficiencies and cancers, especially in rats. The collection ranges in date from the 1920s to 1952, with the majority from 1920 to 1935. Series included in the collection are exhibit material, articles, notes, certificates/receipts/invitations, reports, and x-rays (mainly results of rat experiments).

    Subgroup 5.12: Lang-L. Reynolds, Association Collection
    Materials from a number of pioneers in the field of radiology are included in this subgroup. The majority of the files relate to Dr. Eugene W. Caldwell and his work as a radiologist and inventor, and the leasons he suffered on his hands from radiation exposure. Other pioneers include Dr. Arthur Christie, Dr. Adrian Lambert, Dr. H. M. Imoden, and Dr. Preston M. Hickey. The collection contains correspondence between these doctors and others, but also includes some subject files, speeches/lectures, programs, biographical files, articles, clippings and photographs. The files mainly date from 1903 to the late 1930s, but are concentrated in the 1910s and 1920s.

    Subgroup 5.13: Robert R. Newell Collection
    The files of Dr. R. R. Newell document his work in radiology and nuclear physics. The collection mainly records his work with measurement and protection against radiation exposure. Dates range from 1938 to the mid-1960s, with the bulk from 1950 to 1965. Series include correspondence, subject files, articles, manuscripts, writings and photographs.

    Subgroup 5.14: Benjamin H. Orndoff Collection
    Dr., Benjamin Orndoff spent nearly sixty years in the field of radiology. He may be best known as a great organizer, founding the Radiology Department at Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University and helping found the American College of Radiology, and an early supporter of the Western Roentgen Society (later RSNA). The Benjamin H. Orndoff Collection reflects his focus on organization.

      Subdivision 5.14.1: International Congress of Radiology (ICR)
      This subdivision documents Dr. Orndoff's work as the Secretary of the 5th International Congress of Radiology in 1937. The files include correspondence, subject files, country files (correspondence and other files related to the foreign delegates to the Congress), rosters, itinerary, financial material, and notebooks related to the organization of the ICR. Also included are files relating to technical and scientific exhibits, programs, speeches, membership files, and lists of the activities during the ICR. Dates range from 1928 to 1937, with the bulk from 1937.

      Subdivision 5.14.2: American Congress of Radiology
      As with the 5th ICR, Dr. Orndoff was the Secretary for the 1933 American Congress of Radiology. The files in this subdivision document his work in organizing the Congress. The files date from 1927 to 1938, but the majority is from 1932 to 1933. Included in the subdivision are correspondence, subject files, meeting files, lists, announcements, constitution, monographs, financial material, brochures, and programs.

      Subdivision 5.14.3: Professional Files
      Dr. Orndoff's associations with the major radiology societies, especially the organization of the College, are documented in this subdivision. Also included are files from his work as a radiologist. The series in Professional Files include, correspondence, subject files, lists, programs, clippings, resolutions and photographs. The Professional Files date from 1920 to 1938, with the bulk from 1932 to 1937.

    Subgroup 5.15: Juan A. del Regato Collection
    Dr. Juan del Regato's interest in the field of radiation therapy may only be surpassed by his interest in preserving the history of the field of radiology. He is equally renown for both, and this collection documents his interests in both of these areas.

      Subdivision 5.15.1: Biographies
      This subdivision includes files related to the extensive collection of biographies he wrote of the pioneers of radiology, radiation therapy, and nuclear medicine. Along with the published biographies, are his research files related to them. Biographies in this subdivision are:

      • Antione Beclere
      • Niels Bohr
      • Sr. William Bragg
      • Arthur Compton
      • Henri Coutard
      • Marie Sklodouska Curie
      • Friedrich Dessauer
      • William Duane
      • James Ewing
      • Gioacchino Failla
      • Hermann Heineke
      • Hermann Holthusen
      • Guido Holzknecht
      • Frederic Joliot Antione Lacassagne
      • Isadore Lampe
      • Ralston Paterson
      • Max Planck
      • Claudius Regaud
      • Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
      • Gustave Roussy
      • Ernest Rutherford
      • Albert Soiland
      • Arthur Purdy Stout
      • Magnus Strandquist
      • Francis Henry Williams
      • Sr. Brian Windeyer

      Subdivision 5.15.2: Professional Files
      Dr. del Regato's Professional Files document his later work and accomplishments in preserving the history of radiology. Included are correspondence, articles, publications, oral histories, and clippings relating to his work on written histories. The series of testimony and honors and awards record his accomplishments in the profession. Dates range from the 1970s to 1995.

      Subdivision 5.15.3: Committee for Radiation Therapy Studies
      This subdivision records the activities of the Committee for Radiation Therapy Studies from 1964 until 1973. Correspondence, minutes, and reports are included in this subdivision.

    Subgroup 5.16: Milford D. Schulz Collection
    Dr. Schulz's collection documents his research and interests in radiation therapy, supervoltage radiation and linear accelerators. The files date from the 1950s to the late 1970s and include correspondence, manuscripts, articles, notes, Dictaphone ribbons, clippings, audio cassettes, and photographs/slides.

    Subgroup 5.17: William H. Shehadi Collection
    The William H. Shehadi Collection documents the extensive publications of Dr. Shehadi. The collection includes 14 articles published by him from 1939 to 1960.

    Subgroup 5.18: Albert Soiland Collection
    After becoming only the second surgeon in Hollywood, CA, Dr. Soiland opened the first independent radiology practice in Los Angeles (1903) and the first Department of Radiology at the University of Southern California Medical School (1904). Dr. Soiland quickly became a successful and well-respected practitioner of radiation therapy. In 1924, after successfully lobbying against the California Legislature from certifying lay "radiographer," Dr. Soiland saw the need for standardization in the field. During the annual meeting of the Radiology Society of North America, he met 20 renowned colleagues for dinner and presented to them his proposal for the Constitution and By-Laws for the American College of Radiology.

    The Albert Soiland Collection documents his activities in the California medical community and his activities as a practicing radiologist. Included in the subgroup are correspondence, subject files, articles, manuscripts, biographies, publications, advertisements, scrapbooks, clippings, memorabilia, and photographs. The collection dates from 1895 to 1970. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1900 to 1946 (the year of Dr. Soiland's death).

    Subgroup 5.19: Clyde A. Stevenson Collection
    Throughout his 42-year career as a radiologist, Dr. Stevenson became a prominent figure in the field for his abilities as a clinician, a teacher, and a member of the radiology community. The Clyde A. Stevenson Collection documents his professional accomplishments through articles, biographical files, publications, clippings, and photographs. Most of the collection is article reprints and biographical files, dating from the late 1930s to 1977. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1950s.

    Subgroup 5.20: Colonel William L. Thompson Collection
    Colonel Thompson is best known for his work with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP). The collection documents many of his daily activities as both an instructor and a radiologist at AFIP through his extensive collection of diaries. Included is a complete series of diaries from 1921 to 1967. Also included are correspondence, subject files, clippings, an evaluation book, yearbook, memorabilia, photographs, scrapbooks, and certificates. The collection dates from 1907 (an early school yearbook), to 1975 (the year of his death).

    Subgroup 5.21: E. Dale Trout Collection
    The E. Dale Trout Collection documents both his professional career and personal life through scrapbooks, slides, and glass slides/x-rays. Dr. Trout worked as a physicist and engineer for the General Electric company for 34 years, from 1928 to 1962, and founded and directed the Oregon State University x-ray science and engineering program from 1962 until his death in 1977. The scrapbooks include a miscellany of documents including correspondence, programs, clippings, photographs, and obituaries.

    Subgroup 5.22: Miscellaneous Donated Collections
    This subgroup includes a miscellany of personal collections donated to the ACR archives. Included in the subgroup are the files from Gilbert H. Alexander (1960s to 1970s), a radiologist prominent in roentgenkymography, Eugene W. Caldwell (1890s to 1918), a pioneer in the field of radiology and inventor of improved current interrupters and other devices, and Jesse Johnson (1927-1927, 1975, 1986-1987), a well-known radiologist in Galveston, TX. Also included in the subgroup are Sherwood Moore (1930s to 1940s), the radiation therapist Anna Hamann (1960s, 1980s to 1990s), the past president of ACR, Eugene Pendergrass (1940s and 1969), and Frank E. Simpson (1916, 1949, n.d. ), the author of Radiation Therapy (1922) and prominent radiologist from Chicago.