The Clara H. Gregory MD Papers, 1906-1983
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Summary
- Creator:
- Gregory, Clara H.
- Abstract:
- This collection contains the papers of Clara H. Gregory, who graduated from the Syracuse University College of Medicine in 1912. The collection has two series, Photographs and Printed Materials.
- Extent:
- .21 linear feet
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
The Clara H. Gregory MD Papers, Archives and Special Collections in the Health Sciences Library, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains the papers of Clara H. Gregory, who graduated from the Syracuse University College of Medicine in 1912. There are two series in this collection.
Photographs: these materials contain two photographs of Clara H. Gregory.
Printed Materials: these documents include publications from Dr. Gregory’s studies at Syracuse University, a newspaper article about her life from 1980, and her obituary from 1983.
- Biographical / historical:
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There are few details available for Clara Hale Gregory (1890-1983). She was born on November 17, 1890 in Palmyra, New York and resided in the Fayetteville, New York area for most of her life. After completing one year at Elmira College in 1907, she began her studies at the Syracuse University College of Medicine. She had a summer internship in Philadelphia during medical school and received her M.D. in 1912 at the age of 21. After graduation, Dr. Gregory interned at the Women's and Children's Hospital in Syracuse for one year. She then worked as an assistant police surgeon, where she covered calls to the police surgeon concerning women and children, including domestic violence and abandoned children cases. She married George Gregory in 1915 and left her position as the assistant police surgeon when her husband died shortly after the birth of their fourth child. After singlehandedly raising her children for two decades, she returned to the medical field and worked for 15 years at the Onondaga County Sanatorium tuberculosis treatment center from World War II until it closed in 1959. She died on October 2, 1983 at the age of 92.
- Acquisition information:
- Unknown.
- Arrangement:
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The Clara H. Gregory MD papers have been arranged into two series.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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There are no access restrictions on this material.
- Terms of access:
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Written permission must be obtained from the Archives and Special Collections of the SUNY Upstate Health Sciences Library and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
- Preferred citation:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
The Clara H. Gregory MD Papers, Archives and Special Collections in the Health Sciences Library, SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Location of this collection:
- Contact:
- history@upstate.edu