William Gardner Rhea, Jr. Collection
Content Description
The resource consists of a variety of personal papers and memorabilia from both William Gardner Rhea Sr. and Jr including patient cards, ledger book contaning a surgery log 1966-1988, medical notes, issues of the Vanderbilt student magazine "The Chase" from the 1950s, and surgical caps.
Related accessions including miscellaneous medical instruments and framed materials and are described as part of the artifact collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1927-1988
Conditions Governing Access
All collections are subject to applicable Vanderbilt University privacy and confidentiality policies. Collection specific restrictions: No Restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by History of Medicine Collections, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University or is retained by the authors of specific published items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
William Gardner Rhea, Jr. was born December 24, 1933 to Marian Travis Green and William Gardner Rhea, Sr., M.D., who delivered him at Nobles Memorial Hospital in Paris, TN. He received both his undergraduate degree and M.D. degree from Vanderbilt, receiving the latter in 1958. A general surgeon, Dr. Rhea served as Director of the Surgical Residency Training Program at Greenville Hospital System from 1978 - 1990. He died at his home in Easley, SC on November 24, 2016, the result of pulmonary fibrosis.
His father, William Gardner Rhea, Sr. also graduated from Vanderbilt School of Medicine, receiving his M.D. in 1926. Following post graduate training in New York, he practiced surgery in Paris, TN for his entire career, and was appointed the Chief of Staff of the Henry County General Hospital in 1953. He died in Paris October 22, 1988.
Full Extent
1.28 Cubic Feet (1 Paige box) ; 16.25" x 13" x 10.5"
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
EBL Vault.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Dr. William G. Rhea in 2016.
Processing Information
Porcessed partially in 2016, with additional processing taking place in 2021.
- Title
- William Gardner Rhea, Jr. Collection
- Status
- Partially Processed
- Author
- History of Medicine Collections Staff
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the History of Medicine Manuscripts Collection Repository
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232
historyofmedicine@vanderbilt.edu
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