William H. Witt Papers

Collection

Identifier: EBL-0088

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Personal papers of Vanderbilt alum, professor, and military physician William H. Witt. Materials include:correspondence; diary (WWI); manuscripts; speeches; clippings, memorial material.

Dates

1898 - 1952

Creator

Witt, W. H. (William Henry) (Person)

Notes about Access to this Collection

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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

William H. Witt (1866-1954) was a physician, teacher, and writer. He received his M.D. from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1894. He then was an Intern at the Poly Clinic in New York City in 1895. He then returned to Vanderbilt, first as an Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy then as a Lecturer in Anatomy from 1895 -1903. He then was a Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics (1903-1911), a Professor of Medicine and Clinical Medicine (1911-1925), and a Clinical Professor of Medicine (1925-1938) Dr. Witt was also a Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1917-1918, and he organized Hospital No. 18 for the Vanderbilt Unit in Nevers, France. He died in Nashville on September 1, 1954.

Extent

0.37 Cubic Feet (1 Hollinger box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Personal papers of Vanderbilt alum, professor, and military physician William H. Witt. Materials include:correspondence; diary (WWI); manuscripts; speeches; clippings, memorial material.