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Collection Summary | |
Creator: | Thorup, Oscar A. (Oscar Andreas), 1922- |
Collection Name: | Oscar Andreas Thorup, Jr. Papers, |
Inclusive Dates: | 1965-1979 |
Physical Description: | 3.2 linear feet (7 boxes) |
Abstract: | Dr. Thorup was at the UA College of Medicine from 1966 to 1974 where he served as a founding faculty member and established the college’s Department of Internal Medicine. The collection contains correspondence, annual reviews, reports, plans, and proposals relating to the early years of University of Arizona College of Medicine. Topics range from facilities planning and construction, curriculum, faculty promotion and tenure, clinical issues and hospital administrative matters. |
Collection Number: | MS 690 |
Language: | Materials in English |
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 |
Oscar A. Thorup Jr., MD, was one of the founders of the University of Arizona College of Medicine. In 1966, Dr. Thorup joined the UA’s future medical school as professor and chairman of the Department of Medicine. Working with Merlin K. “Monte” DuVal, MD, and Philip Krutsch, MD, they formed a three-man planning team to develop the UA College of Medicine. Over the next four years, they worked closely with architects while concurrently developing the curriculum for the incoming medical students.
Recalling his first meeting with Dr. Thorup, Dr. DuVal notes, “Starting a medical school from scratch didn’t seem like a big deal when I said I’d do it, but once I had accepted the invitation - and actually arrived on the scene I knew I was over my head. That is, until I met Oscar Thorup. It was almost 40 years ago. I was looking for a really good internist, broadly oriented, and ready to set a tone for the institution we were developing. My list of candidates was strong but they all paled once I had met Oscar. My problem was how to persuade him to leave his beloved Charlottesville. Fortunately, he rose to the challenge and moved to Arizona.”
During his tenure at the UA College of Medicine, Dr. Thorup spent a second sabbatical in Oxford, England in 1972, with Dr. Alan Sharp, again focusing on the problems of blood coagulation. Upon his return to Arizona, he resumed his post as chairman of the Department of Medicine. In 1974, Dr. Thorup was invited to initiate a new program in continuing education at the University of Virginia. He was made director of the Program of Human Biology and Society, and together with Dr. James Childress began a new medical ethics program. Dr. Thorup also headed the Medical Center Hour, the medical school's weekly public conference on current cultural and ethical issues related to health care. Many of these programs were subsequently published as articles in PHAROS. Dr. Thorup retired in 1989, as Professor Emeritus of Medicine.
During his nine years in Tucson, Dr. Thorup served on many civic committees, including the Hospital Planning Council for Greater Tucson, the Arizona Heart Association, the Southern Arizona Heart Association, and the Pima County Medical Society. He served on the board of directors of the local chapter of the American Red Cross and as chairman of the Planning and Allocation Committee of the Tucson Community Council (United Way). Additionally, Dr. Thorup held several leadership positions on the Tucson Health Planning Council (board member, executive committee, and president). Dr. Thorup co-authored five editions of Fundamentals of Clinical Hematology with Dr. Byrd S. Leavell and authored numerous articles published in a variety of medical and scientific journals. Dr. Thorup was particularly interested in Thomas Jefferson and spent many years researching and writing about his life and interest in medicine. Dr. Thorup died after a long illness and courageous battle, Oct. 21, 2002 at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Va.
Collection contains correspondence, annual reviews, reports, plans, and proposals relating to the early years of University of Arizona College of Medicine. Topics range from facilities planning and construction, curriculum, faculty promotion and tenure, clinical issues and hospital administrative matters. This collection was formerly HT 0017.
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Carey RM. Memorial. Oscar A. Thorup, Jr. 1922-2002. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc. 2003;114:lxv-lxvii.
Thorup, Oscar Andreas, Jr. Oscar Andreas Thorup, Jr. Papers, 1965-1978 (bulk 1966-1976). AHSL MS 690, Special Collections, Arizona Health Sciences Library, Tucson, AZ.
2010 gift from Barbara Turnball Thorup (Dr. Thorup’s widow) via the University of Virginia Claude Moore Health Sciences Library. (Accession no: 2010-05).
No further accruals are expected.
Series 1: Oscar Thorup's early years at the University of Arizona, circa 1965-1969 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
1 | 1 | Recruitment of Thorup: DuVal-Thorup correspondence, 1965 July-1969 October | |||||||||
1 | 2 | Congratulatory Letters on UA Appointment, 1965 November-1966 June | |||||||||
1 | 3 | Board of Medical Examiners of Arizona; medical licensure, 1966-1970 | |||||||||
1 | 4 | Oscar Thorup's Appointment Book, 1967 | |||||||||
1 | 5 | Thorup salary, retirement, tax & donation information | |||||||||
1 | 6 | Texas Technological College visit (regarding deanship of new medical school), 1969 August |
Series 2: Clinical Sciences Building and Teaching Hospital: planning and design, 1966-1976 (bulk 1966-1968) | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
1 | 7 | Friedman & Jobusch (construction of the Clinical Sciences Building and Teaching Hospital) | |||||||||
1 | 8 | Outpatient Clinics: planning considerations, 1966 June 23 | |||||||||
1 | 9 | Clinical Sciences Building and Teaching Hospital: revised award (July 1968) & original grant application, 1966 June 23 | |||||||||
1 | 10 | Clinical Sciences Building and Teaching Hospital: Nyematic Dictating System | |||||||||
1 | 11 | Clinical Sciences Building: Emergency Room design planning | |||||||||
1 | 12 | Clinical Sciences Building: Expansion (grant application: March 6, 1967), circa 1965-1967 | |||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
2 | 1 | Clinical Sciences Building and Teaching Hospital- Department of Radiology equipment | |||||||||
2 | 2 | Clinical Sciences Building and Teaching Hospital- Bid list, 1968 March 14 | |||||||||
2 | 3 | Bluprints: "Sub-basement-Eight Floor, Clinical Sciences "C" & Teaching Hospital "D" | |||||||||
SEE ALSO: bluprint collection item: UID 151 | |||||||||||
2 | 4 | "Historical sketch of the UA College of Medicine" [guest editorial] by Merlin K. DuVal, 1970 May |
Series 3: UA College of Medicine: library and faculty growth; site visits; dean search, 1966-1973 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
2 | 5 | Charts and graphs relating to COM and library growth, 1966-1971 | |||||||||
2 | 6 | Charts and graphs relating to COM growth: number of faculty, 1964-1971 | |||||||||
2 | 7 | "Clinical Infectious Diseases" training grant site visit, 1971 March 9 | |||||||||
2 | 8 | National Heart and Lung Institute site visit, 1971 March 29 | |||||||||
2 | 9 | University of Kuopio, Finland Group site visit, 1971 October 22 | |||||||||
2 | 10 | College of Medicine Dean's Search Committee, 1972 June |
Series 4: Department of Internal Medicine department head correspondence, 1971-1974 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
2 | 11 | Department of Internal Medicine: Saturday office hours, 1971 July 10 | |||||||||
2 | 12 | Correspondence & memos (during Thorup sabbatical), 1972 | |||||||||
2 | 13 | Correspondence & memos, 1973 January-April | |||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
3 | 1 | Correspondence & memos, 1973 May-June | |||||||||
3 | 2 | Correspondence & memos and medical in-patient service ward structure, 1973 | |||||||||
3 | 3 | Correspondence & memos, 1973 August-September | |||||||||
3 | 4 | Correspondence & memos, 1973 October-December | |||||||||
3 | 5 | Correspondence & memos, 1973 January-June | |||||||||
3 | 6 | Correspondence & memos, 1974 July-December |
Series 5: Curricula, course objectives, exams and evaluations (graduate and postgraduate), 1965-1976 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
4 | 1 | First Aid course for students; "Immediate care for the sick and injured: Training manual", 1965 | |||||||||
4 | 2 | Student Practical Examination | |||||||||
4 | 3 | Division of Social Perspectives in Medicine (1966, 1968); Leukemia Project (1969) | |||||||||
4 | 4 | Fever Colloquium, 1968 September 13 | |||||||||
4 | 5 | Cardiology-related training programs & site visits; other cariology miscellany, 1968-1970 | |||||||||
4 | 6 | Preparation for Clinical Medicine, 1972-1973 | |||||||||
4 | 7 | Preparation for Clinical Medicine, 1973-1974 | |||||||||
4 | 8 | Dermatology teaching objectives (1973-9-14) and Minimal neurological examination (undated) | |||||||||
4 | 9 | Dermatology Teaching Objectibes for Internal Medicine Residents, 1973 September 13 | |||||||||
4 | 10 | Department of Internal Medicine: Third Year Clinical Clerkship, circa 1974 | |||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
5 | 1 | college of Medicine Academic Policies, 1974 | |||||||||
5 | 2 | "Physical diagnosis: First year medicine" and "Experimental Curriculum Report, Final Report", 1975 September | |||||||||
5 | 3 | Course Evaluation: Physical Diagnosis- Part II; Tentative Schedule for Physical Diagnosis, 1976 March-June |
Series 6: Faculty affairs including promotion and tenure, 1966-1974 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
5 | 4 | Department of Medicine: Academic Activities, 1966-1967 | |||||||||
5 | 5 | College of Medicine General Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1968-1970 | |||||||||
5 | 6 | Woods, Alexander H. & O'Bar Paul Rupert: several publications | |||||||||
5 | 7 | Faculty Retreat-(Tubac III), 1970 July 9 | |||||||||
5 | 8 | Diener, Carl F.: Promotion and Tenure, 1972-1974 | |||||||||
5 | 9 | Ogden, David A.: Promotion and Tenure, 1973 | |||||||||
5 | 10 | Faculty Personnel Policies, 1972 April-1974 May | |||||||||
5 | 11 | Department of Internal Medicine: Promotion and Tenure, 1973-1974 | |||||||||
5 | 12 | Teaching (letter regarding "attitude toward teaching responsibilities") | |||||||||
5 | 13 | Coorigan, James J., Jr.: Promotion and Tenure, 1973 | |||||||||
5 | 14 | DuVal correspondence regarding promotion appeals, 1973-1974 | |||||||||
Note: Dates are in fiscal years. | |||||||||||
Series 7: Hospital affairs including house staff orientations and schedules; medical service plan; DuVal address, 1971-1975 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
6 | 1 | "The University Hospital, Arizona Medical Center" by Merlin K. DuVal, undated | |||||||||
6 | 2 | Medical Services Plan of the University of Arizona Hospital, 1971 November 16 | |||||||||
6 | 3 | Internal Medicine house staff orientation materials, 1971-1974 (bulk 1972) | |||||||||
6 | 4 | Schedule for interns & residents, 1973-1974 | |||||||||
6 | 5 | House Staff-related policy documents, 1972-1974 1974 | |||||||||
6 | 6 | Diagnostic radiology (problems), 1974 June, 1975 February |
Series 8: Oscar Thorup's morning report notes, 1973-1974 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
6 | 7 | Morning Report, 1973 January-1974 February | |||||||||
6 | 8 | Morning Report, 1974 March | |||||||||
6 | 9 | Morning Report, 1974 April-May | |||||||||
6 | 10 | Morning Report, 1974 June |
Series 9: Tucson Veterans' Administration Hospital and Davis-Monthan AFB Hospital affiliations, 1968-1969, 1974 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
6 | 11 | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Hospital physicians: recommendations for UA clinical faculty appointment, 1968-1969 | |||||||||
6 | 12 | Tucson VA Hospital affiliation with UA, 1967 | |||||||||
6 | 13 | Congressional Record (October 9,1969): House H 9381: "Improprieties at Veterans' Admnistration Medical Facilities", 1969 October | |||||||||
6 | 14 | Tucson VA Hospital & UA physician half-time obligation, 1974 May 16 |
Series 10: Department of Internal Medicine annual reports, 1971-1974 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
6 | 15 | Department of Internal Medicine: Annual Report, 1968-1969 | |||||||||
6 | 16 | Department of Internal Medicine: Annual reports of sections & other units, 1969-1970 | |||||||||
Note: Dates are in Fiscal Years. | |||||||||||
6 | 17 | Department of Internal Medicine: Annual Report, 1970-1971 | |||||||||
6 | 18 | Department of Internal Medicine: Annual Report, 1971-1972 | |||||||||
6 | 19 | Department of Internal Medicine: Annual Report, 1972-1973 | |||||||||
6 | 20 | Department of Internal Medicine: Annual Report, 1973-1974 | |||||||||
6 | 21 | Department of Internal Medicine: Faculty directory, probably 1974 |
Series 11: Erle E. Peacock, Jr., 1973-1974 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
7 | 1 | Erle E. Peacock, Jr., | |||||||||
CAPT Report, 1974 August 20 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
7 | 2 | Erle E. Peacock, Jr. (various documents) |
Series 12: Indian Health programs, 1966-1968 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
7 | 3 | Indian health programs |
Series 13: Miscellaneous publications-including InforMed, 1975-1979 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
7 | 4 | Our Cultural Heritage and Arizona Highways [brochure], 1966 | |||||||||
7 | 5 | Pima County Directory of Medical Specialists, 1968-1969 | |||||||||
7 | 6 | InforMed [newsletter], 1975-1979 |
Series 14: Oscar Thorup's communty services (Rotary Club, Graduate Club of Tucson, Health Planning Council, United Way, etc.), 1967-1975 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
7 | 7 | Rotary Club Tucsotarian issue highlighting Dr. Thorup, 1967 January 25 | |||||||||
7 | 8 | Florence Nightingale (National Hospital Week Presentation), 1967 May 12 | |||||||||
7 | 9 | Thorup's University of Virginia School of Medicine sound annual Annie G. Lipscomb Lecture, 1970 October 23 | |||||||||
7 | 10 | Graduate Club of Tucson | |||||||||
7 | 11 | Tucson Committee on Foreign Relations, 1971-1974 | |||||||||
7 | 12 | Health Planning Council [serving Pima County, Arizona], 1974 | |||||||||
7 | 13 | United Way |
Series 15: Miscellany (doodle, maps, New Hampshire Medical Society), 1967-1976 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
7 | 14 | Maps (Tucson, Arizona & UA campus), undated | |||||||||
7 | 15 | Laboratory equipment & supplies: purchase information, 1967-1968 | |||||||||
7 | 16 | New Hampshire Medical Society Bicentennial Meeting, 1976 June |