Hugh Jackson Morgan Papers

Collection

Identifier: EBL-0051

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Personal papers of Hugh Jackson Morgan (1893-1961), Vanderbilt professor and chairman of the Department of Medicine, and Brigadier General in the Surgeon General's office during World War II. Materials include: personal papers (including letters written home during WWI), photographs, World War II army records, newspaper clippings, speeches, reprints, memoranda, and correspondence. Correspondents include: George Baehr, E. A. Park, Morris Fishbein, Thomas M. Rivers, George K. Strode, Arden Freer, and John S. Hunt. Collection also contains several audio tapes.

Dates

1921 - 1961

Creator

Morgan, Hugh Jackson (Person)

Notes about Access to this Collection

All collections are subject to applicable Vanderbilt University privacy and confidentiality policies. Collection specific restrictions: No Restrictions.

Reproduction Rights

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.

Historical or Biographical Note

Dr. Hugh Jackson Morgan (1893-1961) was a professor and chairman of the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt. He was also a Brigadier General in the Surgeon General's office during World War II.

Born and raised in Nashville, Hugh Jackson Morgan graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1914. He entered Vanderbilt Medical School in 1914. After two years, he transferred to Johns Hopkins where he graduated in 1918.

As a fourth year medical student Hugh Morgan served with the Hopkins unit in France during World War I. After the war, Dr. Morgan taught at Hopkins and at the Rockefeller Institute. In 1924, he returned to Vanderbilt as an Associate Professor of Medicine and later became Professor, Chairman, and Physician-in-Chief of the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt Hospital from 1928-1958. During World War II, Dr. Morgan was Chief Medical Consultant to the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army. In this position he planned and directed medical officer personnel throughout the war. He also served on the Meharry Medical College board of Trustees from 1946-1956. He was president of the American College of Physicians from 1947-1948. Also he received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Southern California in 1953. He died in Nashville on December 24, 1961.

Extent

6.60 Cubic Feet (15 Hollinger boxes, 2 Half Hollinger Boxes, , 1 oversize flat storage box (17"x21"x3"))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Physical Location

EBL Vault

Acquisition Information

A portion (Five Linear Feet) of the collection was donated through the agency of Dr. Rudolph Kampmeier in 1978 as reported in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Library Annual Report 1977-1978. A second group was acquired on 07/30/2002