
Descriptive Summary
	Collection Number:	MS C 236
	Creator:	Darley, Ward, 1903-1979
	Title:	Ward Darley Papers
	Dates:	1905-1968
	Quantity:	20 MS boxes and ca. 240 volumes
	Abstract:	Dr. Darley was Professor of Medicine, 1946-1956, and Dean, 1945-1948, at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Many items in the collection relate to the Association of American Medical Colleges (1958-67), the American Medical Association (1964-66), the American Academy of General Practice (1960-67), EDUCOM (1964-68), and the White House Conference on Health (1965-66).

Biographical Note

Ward Darley (1903-1979) was born and educated in Colorado, receiving his A.B. degree in 1926 and his M.D. in 1929, both from the University of Colorado. Upon completion of his medical degree he worked for thirteen years in private practice in Denver, at the same time developing a close relationship with the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He conducted much of his research there, as well as earning respect as an outstanding bedside teacher. He was appointed Dean of the school in 1945, as well as being Professor of Medicine (1946-1956). He was Vice President in charge of Health Sciences in 1949. Under his leadership the school made great strides, and a general medical clinic established at Denver General Hospital became a widely recognized educational experiment in comprehensive medical care, a special focus of Darley's career. He then became President of the University from 1953-1956.

Darley maintained a career-long interest in the Association of American Medical Colleges. He was elected to its Executive Council in 1945 and became President in 1952. His interest and work towards expanding and strengthening the AAMC led to his appointment as its first full-time Executive Director. Darley was responsible for, or contributed significantly to, the development of several programs such as the Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, and the National Intern Matching Program.

He was awarded honorary degrees from over twelve universities. In 1964 he received the AAMC's Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education, its highest honor, among others.

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Collection Summary

Biographical data, correspondence, reprints, reports, clippings, photographs, and publications. Many items in the collection relate to the Association of American Medical Colleges (1958-67), the American Medical Association (1964-66), the American Academy of General Practice (1960-67), EDUCOM (1964-68), and the White House Conference on Health (1965-66).

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Restrictions

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For online customer service, please visit custserv@nlm.nih.gov.

Copyright

Copyright to the collection was transferred to the public domain. Contact the Reference Staff for details regarding rights. For online customer service, please visit custserv@nlm.nih.gov.

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	MeSH Subjects
		Copyright
		Education, Medical
		Medical Informatics
	Personal Names
		Miller, James Grier
	Corporate Names
		American Academy of General Practice
		Association of American Medical Colleges
		Family Health Foundation of America
		University of Colorado Medical Center
		White House Conference on Health (1965 : Washington, D. C.)

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Darley, Ward. Ward Darley papers. 1905-1968. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.; MS C 236.

Provenance

Gift from Ward Darley, 1969.

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Series Descriptions



Personal and Biographical, 1905-1979
Box	Folder
1	1	Obituary, 1979
1	2	Geanological data
			WD1-J
1	3	Guide to the Darley Family Papers, University of Colorado
1	4	"Association of descendants of Andrew Ward", Dec. 1905
			WD1-B
1	5	"Unveiling of the Andrew Ward monument"
			WD1-C
1	6	"Second triennial reunion of the descendants of Andrew Ward"
			WD1-D
1	7	"Assocaition of descendants of Andrew Ward"
			WD1-E
1	8	Pioneering in the San Juan
			WD1-F
1	9	"People of the book"
			WD1-G
1	10	"Sugar: the tariff, the trust and the truth", 1913
			WD1-H
1	11	"History of the San Louis Valley Beet Sugar Company"
			WD1-I
1	3	Genalogical data, clippings
			WD1-J
1	4-11	Photos
			WD1-K
1	5	Misc. art work, 1909
			WD1-L
1	6	Misc. art work, 1910
			WD1-M
1	7	Misc. art work, [n.d.]
			WD1-N
1	8	Diary, 1918 Feb-May
			WD1-O
1	9	"Magazine"
1	10	English compositions
			WD1-P
2		North Side High School year book, 1921
			WD1-Q
2		North Side HIgh School year book, 1922
			WD1-R
2	1	High school reunion, 1953
			WD1-S
2	2	Commonplace book
			WD1-T
2	3	Speeches
			WD1-U
		Honors and Awards
3	19		General
				WD1-II
3	20		Honors, clippings
				WD1-II
			Correspondence
			WD1-JJ
3	21			A-F
3	22			G-L
3	23			M-R
3	24			S-Y
3	25			Gen. Rose Memorial Hospital citation
					WD1-KK
12	16-18			Correspondence, photographs, 1954-1966
					WD4-B
17	24			Correspondence, 1979
12	14	Photographs
			WD4-A
12	15	Curriculum vitae
			WD4-A
13	1-5	Citations and diplomas, 1921-1968
			WD4-C

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University of Colorado, ca. 1942-1965
Box	Folder
2	4	U.C. school of medicine
			WD1-V
2	5-6	Re: U.C. school of medicine
			WD1-W
2	7-8	U.C. Medical Center planning, Mettler correspondence, 1942-1947, 1966
			WD1-X
2	9-11	Reprints of U.C. Medical Center colleagues, ca. 1952-1962
			WD1-Z
2	12-13	C.U. Presidency
			WD1-AA
		C.U. Presidency congratulatory letters, 1953
				WD1-BB
2	14		A-B
2	15		C-E
2	16		F-K
2	17		K-M
2	18		N-R
2	19		S-T
2	20		V-Y
3	1-2	Notes for speeches
			WD1-CC
3	3-4	Notes for speeches
			WD1-DD
3	5-6	Printed material
			WD1-FF
3	7	Resignation letter, 1956 June 15
			WD1-GG
3	8	U.C. resignation, clippings
			WD1-GG
		Resignation correspondence, 1956
				WD1-HH
3	9		A-B
3	10		C-D
3	11		E-G
3	12		H-I
3	13		J-L
3	14		M-O
3	15		P
3	16		R
3	17		S-T
3	18		U-Y
4	1-2	University vs. Medical School rift, 1961
			WD1-LL
4	3	Clippings
			WD1-MM
4	4	Photographs
			WD1-MM
4	5	E. Roosevelt correspondence, 1954-1956
			WD1-MM
4	6	Medical center photographs
			WD1-NN
4	7-9	Return to C.U. -- Clippings, misc. correspondence, 1963-1965
			WD1-NN
		Other [microfilm rolls]
Box	Roll
17	1		City of Denver -- University of Colorado, Amalgamation of hospital and other services
17	1		University of Colorado Medical Center reports, 1947-1950
17	2		University of Colorado Medical Center reports [curriculum committee], 1 July 1949 (cont'd.); 1949-1953
17	3		University of Colorado Medical Center reports, 1949-1953
17	4		Miscellaneous papers [correspondence, reports, talks], 1953-1955
17	4		Miscellaneous papers [statements, talks, reports, speeches], 1954-1955
17	4		Miscellaneous papers [speeches, talks, proposals], 1956

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Medical Education Programs and Lobbying, ca. 1949-1968





Box	Folder
4	10	Regional education programs, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education 1949-1955
			WD2-A
4	11	"Medical education: a proposal for interstateplanning and programming, 1968
			WD2-A
4	12	Reports
			WD2-A
4	13	Colby Chester award ceremony, 1956
			WD2-B

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Association of American Medical Colleges, ca. 1957-1968





Box	Folder
4	14	"A history of the Association of American Medical Colleges"
			WD2-C
4	15	AAMC budget and proposal, 1959-1960
			WD2-D
4	16	Research grant proposal, "Medical school opertional research studies", 1958-1959
			WD2-D
4	17	"AAMC: what it is doing. what it should be doing", working paper, 1959
			WD2-E
4	18	Thomas Parran correspondence, 1959-1960
			WD2-E
4	19	AAMC reports, 1960
			WD2-E
4	20-21	AAMC education program proposals, reports, 1959-1961
			WD2-E
5	1-3	Special Planning Committee, 1964
			WD2-F
5	4-5	Special Planning Committee, 1964
			WD2-G
5	6-8	Special Planning Committee, final report correspondence, 1965-1966
			WD2-H
5	9-13	AAMC programs -- strategic reports, future programs, budgets, 1962-1964
			WD2-I
5	14-16	Division/Committee on International Relations in Medical Education, 1965
			WD2-J
5	17-20	Division/Committee on International Relations in Medical Education, 1966
			WD2-K
5	21-23	Division/Committee on International Relations in Medical Education, 1967
			WD2-L
		Correspondence
6	1-2		Berson, Paul, 1965
				WD2-M
6	3-5		Berson, Paul, 1966
				WD2-N
6	7		General, 1967-1968
				WD2-O
6	6		[Attrition], 1966
				WD2-P
6	8		[Attrition], 1965-1966
				WD2-P
6	9		Hubbard, W.N., 1966
				WD2-P
6	10-11		American Medical Association, 1965
				WD2-Q
6	12-14		American Medical Association, 1966
				WD2-R
6	15-17		American Medical Association, 1966
				WD2-S
6	18		Citizens Commission on Graduate Medical Education, 1966
				WD2-T
6	19-20		American Psychiatric Association, 1966
				WD2-U
6	21-22		White House Conference on Health, 1965
				WD2-V
7	1-4		White House Conference on Health, 1966
				WD2-W
7	5-8		White House Conference on Health -- data sets, notes, reports, speech
				WD2-X
7	9	AAMC annual meeting programs, 1962-1965
			WD2-Y
7	10-20	AAMC annual meeting photographs
			WD2-Y1
7	21-30	AAMC annual meeting photographs
			WD2-Y2
7	31-45	AAMC annual meeting photographs
			WD2-Y3
7	46-51	AAMC annual meeting photographs
			WD2-Y4
8	1	AAMC annual meeting proceedings, minutes, reports, 1957-1965
			WD2-Z
17	23	Cooper, John A., 1958-1963
17	1	Index to AAMC archives
			WD5-242
17	2-23	Executive Council meeting minutes, 1957-1967
			WD5-242
		American Academy of General Practice Foundation [AAGP]
				Later changed its name to the Family Health Foundation of America.
8	2-5		American Academy of General Practice-- reports, reprints, ca. 1960-1964
				WD3-A
8	6-8		American Academy of General Practice Foundation, 1964-1965
				WD3-B
8	9-10		AAMC and AAGPF joint conference, 1966
				WD3-C
8	11-12		AAMC and AAGP Philadelphia meeting, 1966
				WD3-D
8	13-15		AAMC and AAGP Denver meeting, 1966
				WD3-E
8	16-18		Family Health Foundation of America [formerly AAGPF], 1966
				WD3-F
9	1-2		Family Health Foundation of America, 1967
				WD3-G
9	3-4		Family Health Foundation of America, 1966-1967
				WD3-H
9	5-6		Bryan, James E., 1966-1967
				WD3-I
17			Index to proceedings, AAGP/Family Health Foundation [notecards]
				WD3-I
		INTERCOM [Interuniversity Communications Council]
9	7		Proposal letters, incorporation articles, publications, 1964
				WD3-J
9	8-10		Correspondence, minutes, etc., 1965
				WD3-J
9	11		Press releases
				WD3-J
9	12		Initial conference solicitation -- replies, 1966
				WD3-K
9	13		Copyright issue; board minutes, 1965
				WD3-K
9	14		General correspondence, 1965
				WD3-K
9	15		Board agenda, minutes, 1965
				WD3-K
9	16-19		Board agenda, minutes, correspondence, 1965
				WD3-L
9	20		"A field study of problems in medical communication" by Tom Coleman, [1962]
				WD3-L
			EDUCOM
				Education Committee. James G. Miller, Executive Director.
10	1			"Design for a university health science information center" by James G. Miller, [ca. 1965]
					WD3-M
10	2-4			Correspondence, reports, etc., 1966
					WD3-M
10	5-7			Conference, correspondence, reports, 1966
					WD3-N
10	8-10			Memoranda, reports, minutes, working papers, 1966
					WD3-O
10	11-13			Correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings, 1966
					WD3-P
10	14-17			Continuing education program proposals, funding requests, 1966
					WD3-Q
11	1-4			Correspondence, minutes, report, budget, membership data, 1965-1966
					WD3-R
11	5-9			Correspondence, minutes, reports re: continuing education, networking, copyright, 1966-1967
					WD3-S
11	10			"Annual report to the Kellog Foundation by the Interuniversity Communications Council, 1967
					WD3-T
11	11-12			Correspondence, memos, minutes, 1967
					WD3-T
11	13-14			"Proposal to the National Science Foundation", 1967
					WD3-T
11	15			"Proposal to the Office of Naval Research", 1967
					WD3-U
11	16			"Biomedical communications project report", 1967
					WD3-U
11	17			"A bill to establish a national commission on use of copyrighted work for education, scholarship and research", 1967
					WD3-U
11	18-19			Subcommittee on health professions -- correspondence, proposals, 1967
					WD3-U
12	1-5			Minutes, proposals, 1967
					WD3-V
12	6-11			Correspondence, minutes, reports, proposals, 1968
					WD3-W
12	12-13			EDUCOM: Bulletin of the Interuniversity Communications Council, 1966-1968
					WD3-X

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Continuity File, 1965-1968
	Consists of correspondence sent by Darley while he was with the University of Colorado and the Association of American Medical Colleges.




Box	Folder
18	1-9	1965
18	10-11	Jan.-Feb., 1966
18		Mar. 1966-Jan. 1967
18	28	Feb. 1967-Aug. 1968

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Publications





Box	Folder
13	6	Reprints -- bibliography
			WD4-D/G
13	7-10	Reprints, 1-31
			WD4-D
13	11-14	Reprints, 32-51
			WD4-E
13	15-18	Reprints, 52-90
			WD4-F
13	19-20	Reprints, 91-110
			WD4-G
14	1-4	Reprints, 111-141
			WD4-G
14	5-8	Unpublished papers (with table of contents), 1-21
			WD4-H
14	9	Secondary papers (index)
14	10-14	Secondary papers, 1-18
			WD4-I
14	15-18	Secondary papers, 19-29
			WD4-J
14	19	Miscellaneous papers (index), 1952-1953
			WD4-K
14	20	Miscellaneous papers, 1953-1954
			WD4-K
15	1-3	Miscellaneous papers (with index), 1957
			WD4-O
15	4-6	Miscellaneous papers (with index), 1957-1958
			WD4-P
15	7-14	Miscellaneous papers (with index), 1959-1960
			WD4-Q
16	vol.	Currents in american medicine by Julius Richmond
			WD5-239
16	vol.	Preparation for the study of medicine, Robert G. Page and Mary H. Littlemeyer, eds.
			WD5-240
16	1-2	Currents in American Medicine -- correspondence, edited galleys 1967
			WD5-239
16	3-7	Preparation for the study of medicine -- meeting minutes, correspondence, reports
			WD5-240
16	8-16	Medical school -- teaching hospital relations [background materials, teaching publications], 1965
			WD5-241

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Collected Publications

Consists of 238 individual monographs and other volumes written by other authors. WD1-A; WD1-Y; WD1-EE; WD5-1 thru WD5-238.

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Related Materials

See also OH 52, Darley, Ward. Transcript of interview with Harlan B. Phillips, Denver, April 8-17, 1968. Volume 3 is detailed item calendar of the Darley personal papers collection.

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Restrictions

Restrictions

Copyright

Personal and Biographical, 1905-1979

University of Colorado, ca. 1942-1965

Medical Education Programs and Lobbying, ca. 1949-1968

Association of American Medical Colleges, ca. 1957-1968

Continuity File, 1965-1968

Publications

Collected Publications