The John L. Heffron MD Papers, 1873-1966

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Summary

Creator:
Heffron, John L. (John Lorenzo), 1851-1924
Abstract:
This collection contains the papers of John L. Heffron, who was a Professor and Dean at Syracuse University College of Medicine. The collection has five series: Photographs, Student Exams and Notebooks, Writings and Notes, Correspondence, and Printed Materials.
Extent:
1.25 linear feet
Language:
Collection materials are in English .
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

The John L. Heffron MD Papers, Archives and Special Collections in the Health Sciences Library, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the papers of John L. Heffron, who was a Professor and Dean at Syracuse University College of Medicine. There are five series in this collection.

Photographs: these materials include portrait print photographs and negatives and glass plate negatives of Fifty Years of the College of Medicine.

Student Exams and Notebooks: these final examination and notebooks document Dr. Heffron’s studies at the Syracuse University College of Medicine from 1878 to 1881.

Writings and Notes: this series has notes, speeches, lectures, and addresses from Dr. Heffron.

Correspondence: this includes administrative, research, and personal correspondence.

Printed Materials: there are publications, reprints, newspaper clippings, and certificates and memberships in this series.

Biographical / historical:

John L. Heffron

John Lorenzo Heffron (1851-1924) was born in New Woodstock, NY and received his bachelor’s degree from Madison University, now known as Colgate University. He began his medical studies at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, but received his degree from the Syracuse University College of Medicine in 1881. He became an Instructor in Histology at the College of Medicine in 1882 and was a full professor of Histology by 1885, a professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in 1887, and a professor of Clinical Medicine in 1895. He served as dean of the College of Medicine from 1907 to 1922. Under his leadership, the school established the Syracuse Free Dispensary in 1897 and acquired the Hospital of the Good Shepherd in 1915, where Dr. Heffron pioneered methods for hospitalization of patients with tuberculosis. Dr. Heffron was the chairman of the public health committee of the New York State Medical Society, vice-president of the American Medical Association, and president of the American Academy of Medicine, Central New York Medical Association, the Onondaga Medical Society, and the Syracuse Academy of Medicine, in addition to many other affiliations and memberships. Dr. Heffron succumbed to injuries sustained after being hit by an automobile and died at the Hospital of the Good Shepherd in 1924. On Dr. Heffron, Herman G. Weiskotten said, “Dean Heffron was the greatest friend the College of Medicine ever had. It was due mainly to his untiring efforts that the college, in the face of almost insurmountable difficulties, was able to maintain its place in the front ranks of medical educational institutions.”

Acquisition information:
Unknown, and Ralph H. Watkins correspondnece gift of Ralph M. Watkins, 1984.
Arrangement:

The John L. Heffron MD Papers have been arranged into five series.

Access and use

Terms of access:

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:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

The John L. Heffron MD Papers, Archives and Special Collections in the Health Sciences Library, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Location of this collection:
766 Irving Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13210, United States
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Contact:
history@upstate.edu