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Title: Orville Harry Brown Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1886-1940
Collection number: 188
Creator: Brown, Orville Harry
1875-1943
Extent:
0.5 linear ft.
(1 document box)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections
Division
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: Orville Harry Brown was born in Kansas July 18, 1875
and died in So. California on July 25, 1943. In 1905 he received both a Ph.D.
from the University of Chicago and an M.D. from St. Louis University. At various
times Dr. Brown taught at the university level, served as Physician-in-Chief and
then Superintendent of the Missouri State Sanatorium for the Treatment of
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and as Arizona State Superintendent of Public Health and
Secretary of the State Board of Health. He was the editor of "Southwestern
Medicine" for many years, and authored two books. These papers deal exclusively
with Dr. Brown's professional life, consisting mainly of reprints and a few
formal reports. They also contain many (crumbling) newspaper clippings on the
Spanish American War, President McKinley, and considerable material on the
Committee of One Hundred for National Health (an offshoot of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science) and the Committee's supporting
group, the American Health League.
Physical location: History and Special Collections Division,
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, University of California, Los
Angeles
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
The collection is open for research. Contact the History and Special
Collections Division, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA, for
information.
[Identification of item], Orville Harry Brown Papers, 188, Louise M. Darling
Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Gift of the Los Angeles Country Medical Association (LACMA) to the UCLA
Biomedical Library.
Orville Harry Brown was born in Sabetha, Kansas, on July 18, 1875 and died in
Arcadia, California on July 25, 1943. He attended Ottawa (KS) University,
received an AB degree from the University of Kansas in 1901, and in 1905 a Ph.D.
from the University of Chicago and the M.D. degree from St. Louis University. He
did graduate work at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole during two
summers, and post-graduate studies in Vienna and London during 1906.
At various times Dr. Brown taught physiology, pharmacology, and medicine at
the University of Kansas, the University of Chicago, and St. Louis University.
From 1907 to 1909 Dr. Brown served as Physician-in-Chief and then Superintendent
of the Missouri State Sanatorium for the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis,
Mount Vernon, MO. In 1918 he was State Superintendent of Public Health in
Arizona, and Secretary of its State Board of Health. For many years Dr. Brown
was the editor of "Southwestern Medicine". In addition to numerous articles he
wrote two books, "Laboratory Physiology" (1905), and "Asthma" (1916).
Dr. Brown was a Fellow of the American Medical Association, the American
College of Physicians, and the Royal Society of Medicine, London, and he held
memberships in the American College of Chest Physicians and the American
Association of Biological Chemists. He was certified by the American Board of
Internal Medicine. He was married, and had one daughter.
The papers deal exclusively with Dr. Brown's professional life, but cover
that in only very partial fashion. There are reprints of articles and a very few
of the administrative reports he submitted to Missouri and Arizona institutions.
There is nothing about his academic life nor, apart from published case reports,
about his activities as a clinical physician. There is no correspondence or
other documentation of his interactions with colleagues.
The mass of newspaper clippings reveal Dr. Brown's interest in the Spanish
American War, especially focused on the policies of President McKinley. There is
also considerable material dealing with the Committee of One Hundred for
National Health, an offshoot of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, and the Committee's supporting group, the American Health League. It is
not clear what relationship Dr. Brown held with these groups, but he was
possibly a member of the American Health League and was interested in its
goals.
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Writings by OHB, 1904-1940. 3 folders
- Series 2. Miscellaneous Materials, 1886-1908. 16 folders
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
American
Association for the Advancement of Science. Committee of One Hundred on National
Health
American Health
League
Brown, Orville
Harry, 1875-1943
Physicians--United States--Archival
resources.