This collection contains materials which represent different
facets of Dr. Palmer’s long and illustrious career in Phoenix, Arizona. This
collection consists primarily of correspondence, speeches, writings and
publications, and newspaper clippings.
Collection Number:
MS 688
Language:
Materials are predominantly in English. Materials in Spanish and
French are indicated at the folder level.
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu
Biographical Note
Dr. Palmer was born in Mississippi where he passed the Mississippi Pharmacy Board at
the age of seventeen and became a duly licensed pharmacist. Soon thereafter he moved
to St. Louis, passed the Missouri State Pharmacy Board, and earned his way through
medical school to graduate from what is now the Washington University School of
Medicine in 1895. After graduation, he began practice in St. Louis.
In 1900, he had a severe bout of pneumonia and influenza and was advised to seek a
better climate He arrived in Phoenix, Arizona on April 1, 1900 where he ultimately
situated himself, his family, and his practice. His Arizona medical license was no.
102. In the early 1920s Dr. Palmer organized the Southwest Clinic and during the
next decade he was associated in this practice with several physicians, among them
Dr. Frank Milloy, gastroenterologist, the first specially trained specialist in this
field in Arizona; Dr. Charles Vivian, urology; Doctor Spencer Whiting, chest
disease; Dr. Elton R. Charvoz, obstetrics; and Dr. Charles N. Ploussard,
surgery.
Dr. Palmer was a firm supporter of organized medicine and served as president of the
Maricopa County Medical Society, the Southwestern Medical Association, and the
Arizona Medical Association. Moreover, Dr. Palmer was a charter member of the
American College of Surgery and was governor of the college for twenty years for the
state of Arizona. He is known to have played a seminal role in standardizing
hospital practices across Arizona.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains materials which span Palmer’s career in Phoenix, Arizona.
This collection documents his contributions to Arizona medicine in its early days,
his extensive involvement in professional societies, his high standing and
recognition in the profession and his numerous contributions to the body of medical
scholarship. It also documents his key role in the formation of Arizona Blue Cross
& Blue Shield and his lifelong interest in educating the general public on any
number of important public health issues through speeches and radio broadcasts. This
collection consists primarily of correspondence, speeches, writings and publications
of Dr. Palmer. It also includes newspaper clippings highlighting his professional
activities and recognitions he received. It is especially rich in materials relating
to his professional activities in the various medical societies he contributed to.
Other materials include ephemera, honors and certificates, and miscellanea. Formerly collection number HT 004.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner
of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its
officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person
asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Series includes correspondence Dr. Palmer had with professional colleagues,
associates, and in matters pertaining to personal affairs. Correspondence
with professional organizations and medical socieities are not included
(See: "Series 2: Professional Organizations").
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General, 1907 January 9-1958 October 13
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Genealogical research, 1950 October 3-1952 July 31
Series includes materials which correlate to the specified professional
organizations and medical socieities that Dr. Palmer was affiliated with.
Materials include: correspondence, publications, reports, by-laws, and
ephemera.
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American Association for Surgery of Trauma, 1952
Twelfth Annual Session program, 1952 September 18-20
Thirteenth Annual Session program, 1953 October 1-3
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American Cancer Society, 1946-1947
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American College of Surgeons, 1934-1959
38th Annual Clinical Congress Program Guide, 1952 September 22-26
Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons, 1959 January-February
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8
American College of Surgeons--6th Inter-American
Congress, 1949 October
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American Medical Association, 1936, 1939, 1941-1942
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Arizona Medical Association, 1936, 1948-1950, 1953
Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Arizona Medical
Association, Inc., 1953
"Toward Better Health-Arizona Blue Shield" by Dr. E. Payne
Palmer Sr. in Health Activities
Bulletin, 1949 January
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Blue Cross Blue Shielf of Arizona, 1950, 1955-1956
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12
Blue Shield of Arizona--Annual Meeting of Board of
Regents, 1949
Transcript of Dr. Palmer's speech, 1949
Annual Report to the Board of Directors, 1949 May 8
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folder
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Inter-American Congress of Surgery, 1948 October, 1949 October
Note: Some materials are in Spanish.
Photograph. Passport of Dr. Palmer
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International College of Surgeons, 1936 January 2-1936 December 31, 1937, 1941
Note: Some materials are in French.
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"Our Society" by Dr. Errol P. Palmer, Sr., probably 1936
Roundup newsletter, 1955
"Service men of the Maricopa County Medical Association" by
E. Payne Palmer, Sr., undated
Contains Dr. Palmer’s patient diagnostics, business cards, business trip
records, some professional development coursework, honor and certificates,
bequests, as well as some newspaper clippings pertaining to his mining
company. Also, included are some of Paul Palmer and Edward Palmer’s patient
records.
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Honors & Certificates, 1924-1960
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Ephemera
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Dr. Palmer in pratice, coursework, and business
Photograph. Dr. Palmer with his colleagues and their
spouses, undated
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5
Arizona Lead Company
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Dr. E. Payne Palmer, Paul, and Edward's patient
records, 1938-1956, 1967-1969
Correspondence between Dr. E. Payne Palmer, Jr. and Dr. M.E.
DeBakey regarding case summary of a patient at Texas Medical
Center, 1967 July 11
Contains writings and transcripts by Dr. Palmer that were intended for
publication, were addressed to audiences by way of public forum or radio
broadcast.
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Presentations--Speeches
Index of Articles written by Dr. E. Payne Palmer,
Sr.
"Address to the graduating class, Saint Joseph's School for
Nurses Class of 1933," by Dr. Palmer, 1933
"For whom much is given much also will be demanded," By Dr.
Palmer before St. Mary's High School, 1926 May 31
“Our Association,” President’s address at the annual meeting
of the Medical and Surgical Association of the Southwest, held in El
Paso, Texas. 1930 November 6-8
"The Challenge of the Hospital Standardization Program of the
American College of Surgeons," by Dr. Palmer before the Sectional
Meeting of the American College of Surgeons. Houston,
Texas, 1938 February 2-4
"The Medical Aspect of Birth," By Dr. Palmer before the
Phoenix Catholic Women's Club, undated
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Presentations--Transcripts
"A Surgeon Speaks on Cancer," by Dr. Palmer. Broadcast before
KTAR, Phoenix, 1938 April 15
"First Aid," by Dr. George A., Leland, Jr. and Dr.
Palmer, undated
Radio Transcript. Dr. Palmer's report on the educational
activities of the American Cancer Society, 1948 January 3
Radio Transcript. Dr. Palmer's discussion on detecting cancer
for KPHO, undated
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folder
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9
Essays by Dr. Errol P. Palmer, Sr.
"Abbreviated history of cancer," undated
"Airway and highway first aid stations," probably 1935-1936
"An inventory of your health," undated
"Argentaffin (Carcinoid) Tumors of the Small
Intestine," undated
"Basic Intravenous Anesthesia with Pentothal
Sodium," undated
"Campaign against highway accidents," Radio Broadcast for
Ardmore, Oklahoma, 1938 January 14
"Climate and its relation to cancer (with remarks of anatomic
sites)," undated
"Climate and its relation to different types of
cancer," undated
"Cancer of the alimentary canal," undated
"Cancer problems of today," undated
"...Carcinoma of the Pancreas..." (untitled), undated
"Control of Cancer," undated
"Death," undated
"Discusion with Professor Carter Wood," 1936 September 25
"Evidence of a Satisfactory Family," undated
"Fractures of the spine," undated
"Getting well and keeping well," undated
"Normal saline solution: A review of some of its clinical
uses," undated
"Phoenix, Arizona--A Health Resort," undated
"Red Cross," undated
"Salt River Valley climate," undated
Note: Newspaper clipping attached: Phoenix
Gazette "Guest Editorial" by Dr. Palmer, 1945 July 23
"Shangri-La of the Navajo's," undated
"Shock: Its Prevention and Treatment," undated
"The surgeon's interest in hospital organization, management
and its problems," undated
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Dr. Palmer's Guest Editorials for the Arizona Republic and Phoenix
Gazette newspapers
"Arizona's Pioneer Physicians," undated
"A Crusade Against Cancer," undated
Discussion on Dr. Lucien A. LeDoux's "Some comments on the
harmful effects of birth control practices," by Dr.
Palmer, undated
"Volvoids of the Stomoid," undated
Discussion on Dr. W.O. Johnson's "Polypous Cervical and
Vaginal Hyperplasias in Association with Pregnancy," by Dr.
Palmer, undated
"Early Signs of Cancer," undated
"The incidence of cancer in the United States," undated
Note: Clippings mostly correspond to Dr. Palmer's trip overseas in
1936.
American College of Surgeons Twenty-Sixth Annual Session
program, 1936 October
Photograph. Image of unidentified man of royalty sitting in
chair, undated
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Publications--Featuring or Written by Dr. Palmer, 1930-1937, 1949-1960
"Cancer of the Breast," by E. Payne Palmer, MD., 1930
"The Incidence of Cancer Among the Indians of the United
States and Canada," with specific reference to Arizona by E. Payne
Palmer, MD., F.A.C.S., Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A., 1950