Harold H. Loucks papers, 1920-1976, bulk 1951-1965, bulk 1951-1965
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Loucks, Harold H., China Medical Board (U.S.), Peking Union Medical College, and Rockefeller Foundation. China Medical Board
- Extent:
- 1.14 Cubic Feet 3 letter document boxes
- Language:
- English .
Background
- Scope and content:
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The papers focus on the years after World War II and the reconstruction of the Peking Union Medical College, and include reports and correspondence by Loucks from China Medical Board, Inc. sponsored trips to the Far East, 1951-1964. The countries surveyed include: Japan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Siam (Thailand), Burma, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Lebanon, Korea, Vietnam, and the Trust Territory. The reports include information not only about the status of medical education, but also about the social and political climate of each country.
- Biographical / historical:
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Harold Loucks was born in 1894, and graduated with an M.D. from Western Reserve University. In 1922 he became an assistant resident in Surgery at the Peking Union Medical College, and in 1930 he became the head of the Surgery department there. While at the PUMC he married Mary Swisher, the nurse-anesthetist for the college. Mr. Loucks was an employee of the China Medical Board from 1948 through 1955, and the China Medical Board of New York 1955-1963, 1965.
- Acquisition information:
- Harold H. Loucks donated his papers to the Rockefeller Archive Center in 1979.
- Arrangement:
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The Harold H. Loucks collection is divided into three series:
Series 1 - Correspondence Series 2 - China Medical Board, Inc. Series 3 - China Medical Board - Peking Union Medical College
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. Brittle or damaged items are available at the discretion of RAC. Researchers interested in accessing digital media (floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, etc.) or audiovisual material (audio cassettes, VHS, etc.) in this collection must use an access surrogate. The original items may not be accessed because of preservation concerns. To request an access surrogate be made, or if you are unsure if there is an access surrogate, please contact an archivist.
- Terms of access:
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Rockefeller Archive Center has title, copyright, and literary rights in the collection, in so far as it holds them, and has authority to grant permission to cite and publish archival material from the collection.
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