MsC 397

  Manuscript Register

PAPERS OF DONOVAN F. WARD

Collection Dates: 1929 -- 1980
(Bulk Dates: 1960s)
3 linear ft.

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Posted to Internet: March 2000

Acquisition Note: Dr. Ward gave his papers to the University of Iowa Libraries in 1980.

Access and Restrictions: This collection is open for research.

Photographs: Box 2

Film/Video: After the scrapbooks

Audio Material: Casette tape box 1, phonograph record box 2

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Table of Contents

Biographical note

Scope and contents

Box 1 Articles about Dr. Ward -- Correspondence, July 9, 1964

Box 2 Correspondence, July 10, 1964 -- Photographs

Box 3 Speeches by Dr. Ward, Index - February 19, 1965

Box 4 Speeches by Dr. Ward, February 21, 1965 -- November 17, 1965

Box 5 Speeches by Dr. Ward, 1965 -- May 17, 1975

Box 6 Speeches by Dr. Ward, June 13, 1975 -- Undated -- Testimonial
Dinner

Scrapbooks, 1963 --1965

Videotapes/Films

Chronological index of speeches given by Dr. Donovan F. Ward

  Biographical Note

A native of Dubuque, Iowa, Donovan Frederick Ward was born in 1904. He was a student at the University of Dubuque from 1923 to 1925, and he graduated with his medical degree from the University of Iowa in 1930. After his internship at St. Mary's Hospital in Detroit was completed in 1931, Dr. Ward returned to Dubuque. There he began his career in medicine, specializing in surgery. Dr. Ward was very active in his professional organizations at both the state and national levels. He was president of the Dubuque County Medical Society as well as the Iowa Clinical Surgeons Society. Dr. Ward was also president of the American Medical Association from 1963 through 1964. He was also involved in community affairs, local businesses, and the University of Iowa Alumni Association. Dr. Ward died in 1998.

 Scope and Contents

The papers of Donovan F. Ward consist of more than three linear feet of manuscripts dating from 1929 to 1980. There are six boxes of articles by and about Dr. Ward, subject files, correspondence, and speeches. The subject files include topics ranging from class reunions to the Medical Speakers Bureau. Correspondence files date from 1944 to 1964 and include letters from Henry O. Talle, Guy M. Gillette, and Bourke B. Hickenlooper. There are nearly four boxes of speeches given by Dr. Ward, spanning a period of some thirty-five years. There are also scrapbooks, videotapes, and audiotapes included in the papers. Much of the material in this collection relates to his presidency of the American Medical Association.

 Box 1

Articles

About Dr. Ward:

"Congratulations to Dr. Ward," Aug. 1964.

"AMA's Donovan Ward: New Man in a Tough Job," Dec. 4, 1964.


"Honor for Dubuque Doctor, " Sept. 3, 1984.

By Dr. Ward:

"Penicillin in the Treatment of Osteomyelitis of the Mandible," 1944.

"Benign Lesions of the Colon," Nov. 1963.

"Four Horsemen of Quackery: Fear, Gullibility, Deceit, and Deadliness," Jan. 1965.

"More Doctors Needed?" June 12, 1965.

"Professionalism: What It Is - And How to Achieve It," July-Aug. 1965.

"Presentation Remarks," Nov. 15, 1965.

"Letters to the Editor," Oct. 7, 1966.

"Appendicitis-appendiceal Lesions," 1966.

"Why Drug Names Concern the Doctor," May 5, 1967.

"The Eagle and the Arrow," Feb. 1, 1972. (Includes typescript, galley proofs, and published journal.)

Audio Tape, Nov. 1964. "Mobilizing Mental Health Resources at the Community Level."

Biographical Material -- Donovan F. Ward.

Certificates, 1960-1965.

Class Reunion (1930), 1979 -- 1980.

Correspondence

1944 -- 1963. Including letters from Henry O. Talle, Guy M. Gillette, and Bourke B.Hickenlooper.

January -- May 1964.

June 1964.

July 1 -- 9, 1964.

  Box 2

Correspondence (cont.)

July 10 -- 31, 1964. Including a letter from Harold E. Hughes.

August-December 1964. Including a letter from Harold E. Hughes.

1965 -- 1968. Including a letter from Lyndon B. Johnson.

Undated.

Greeting cards, 1964.

Inaugural Newsfilm and Tape Usage, 1964.

Introduction to Clinical Medicine, 1964 -- 1965.

Lists of Hospitalized Cases and Major Surgery Cases, 1944 -- 1947.

Medical Speakers Bureau, 1964.

Medicate Controversy, 1964 -- 1965.

Miscellaneous, 1957 -- 1965.

Notebooks

Dermatology (from the lectures of Dr. Kessler), 1929 -- 1930.

Medicine (from the lectures of Dr. E.P. Scarlett), 1930.

Pathology (from the lectures of Dr. G.H. Hansman), 1927.

Phonograph Record, Nov. 30, 1964.

Photographs, 1945 -- 1958.

  Box 3

Speeches by Dr. Ward

Index.

1946 -- Feb. 19, 1965.

  Box 4

Speeches by Dr. Ward (cont.)

February 21, 1965 -- November 17, 1965.

  Box 5

Speeches by Dr. Ward (cont.)

1965 -- May 17, 1975.

  Box 6

Speeches by Dr. Ward (cont.)

June 13, 1975 -- June 7, 1980.

Undated.

Telegrams, 1964 -- 1965.

Testimonial Dinner, April 14, 1965. Program and Tape.

  Scrapbooks

1963 -- 1965. (4 volumes)

  Videotapes/Films

"Are 200,000 Doctors Wrong?" 1964 -- 1965. (2 tapes)

"Community Health Services" 1965.

"Health Care at the Crossroads" 1965.

Chronological Index of Speeches Given by Dr. Donovan F. Ward

"The General Treatment of a Patient with a Severe Burn" 1946

"Cancer Education" April 1, 1952

"Mason's-Miners Lodge #273 Centennial Address" November 21, 1958

"The Eleventh Hour" June 13, 1960

"Medicare" July 16, 1962

"Fifty Years with Finley Alumni Address" August 3, 1963

"The Four Horsemen of Quackery" March 12, 1964

Voluntary vs. Compulsory Health Insurance" April 24, 1964

"Memorial Day - 1964 - Platteville, Wisconsin" May 30, 1964

"Something Worth Keeping-The American Way" June 9, 1964

"Address to Junior Class, Wartburg Theological Seminary" September 9, 1964

"A Look at Some AMA Activities" September 13, 1964

"What to Do About Aging" September 15, 1964

"Vital Interprofessional Relations" October 6, 1964

"Panel Presentation" October 14, 1964

"What the AMA Is-And Isn't" October 16, 1964

"A Great New Story to Sell" October 16, 1964

"We Need Your Help to Help Our Patients" October 17, 1964

"Four Goals for Medicine" October 20, 1964

"The Bright Road of Modern Medicine" October 21, 1964

"We Can Lose Only Once" October 22, 1964

"Medicine Looks at Religion" October 26, 1964

"Keynote Address" October 30, 1964

"Why This Forum" November 1, 1964

"The AMA Looks at '65" November 4, 1964

"Address of Welcome" November 6, 1964

"Disaster Medical Care-A Team Effort" November 8, 1964

"Remarks Before the House of Delegates" November 30, 1964

"The Role of the Physician in Physical Fitness and Its Allied Area" December 4, 1964

"1965-A Year for Medical Unity" December 10, 1964

"AMA Educational Campaign Conference" December 13, 1964

"President's Address to the House of Delegates" December 14, 1964

"Diverticulitis and Diverticulosis" 1964

"Teamwork" January 4, 1965

"Welcome Remarks" January 9, 1965

"Medical Science in This Country" January 12, 1965

"What's Best for Our Elderly" January 26, 1965

"Draft-Strand" January 1965

"Presentation Remarks" February 7, 1965

"Statement of the AMA Re: H.R. 1, 89th Congress-Hospital Isurance, Social Security,and Public Assistance Amendments of 1965" February 8, 1965

"American Medicine's Stake in Expanded Mental Health Services" February 19, 1965

"The Will to Win" February 21, 1965

"The AMA-What, Why and How" February 25, 1965

"Let's Be Fair About It" March 2, 1965

"The AMA" March 8, 1965

"Symposium on Medical Education" March 10, 1965

"You Deserve the Best: Get It" March 15, 1965

"United We Can Do the Job" March 20, 1965

"Success-Motion Plus Direction" March 24, 1965

"James S. McLester Memorial Lecture" March 29, 1965

"A New Environment for American Medicine" March 1965

"A Help to Few-Unfair to Many" April 5, 1965

"How Can the Medical Profession Best Meet the Needs of the American Public for Comprehensive Medical Care?" April 9, 1965

"Why the AMA Speaks Out on the Health Care Issue" April 10, 1965

"What Doctors Prescribe" April 12, 1965

"The AMA" April 20, 1965

"Proposed Medical Legislation" April 21, 1965

"Welcome Remarks" April 26, 1965

"What's Inside the Medicake?" April 27, 1965

"Dynamic Years Ahead for Medicine" May 9, 1965

"Statement of the AMA Re: H.R. 6675, Social Security Amendments of 1965. Before

the Committee on Finance U.S. Senate" May 11, 1965

"The Relationships Between Religion and Medical Practice" May 15, 1965

"Charge!" May 22, 1965

"A Tribute to Excellence" May 22, 1965

"Any Questions that the Committee May Have" May 24, 1965

"Why, What, and How?" May 25, 1965

"Professionalism: What Is It and How Do You Achieve It?" June 1, 1965

"How to Build Your Family's Health" June 2, 1965

"Be Wisely Selfish" June 3, 1965

"Address of Welcome" June 20, 1965

"Every Caesar Has His Brutus" June 22, 1965

"Remarks of the President" June 1965

"Executive Health" July 27, 1965

"Truth or Myths" September 12, 1965

"Medicine, Government-and the Future" October 23, 1965

"How Do They Read You" October 24, 1965

"The Executive Syndrome" November 4, 1965

"Tomorrow --The Great Illusion" November 11, 1965

"You and Your Practice Under Medicare" November 17, 1965

"Why a Dues Increase is Necessary" 1965

"Commencement Address" 1965

"The AMA" 1965?

"Today Is Yesterday's Tomorrow" January 17, 1966

"Dues Increase" February 1966

"Be Wisely Selfish" April 12, 1966

"Welcome Address" April 14, 1966

"Medicare" April 17, 1966

"A Doctor's Doctor" April 23, 1966

"You and the Practicing M.D." April 1966

"The Effect of Medicare on Physicians" May 25, 1966

"You Deserve the Best: Get It!" July 11, 1966

"Do It Now" September 10, 1966

"The AMA in the USA" September 17, 1966

"Happenings on the Hill" November 15, 1966

"Denver Medical Society Address" March 7, 1967

"The Diagnosis and Treatment of Medicare" March 7, 1967

"How the AMA Views Governmental Medical Care" April 14, 1967

"Governmental Medical Care" May 9, 1967

"Dyersville Community Hospital Ground Breaking Ceremony" August 20, 1967

"Physical Education in the Eyes of the Physician" October 20, 1967

"Medicare Bill" 1967

"A Look at the Cost of Health Care" January 16, 1968

"Medicine and the Free Enterprise System" March 6, 1968

"Your Hospital and Its Dedication" July 26, 1969

"Medicine and Religion" February 1970

"Dr. Burtis E. Montgomery Night" September 19, 1970

"National Health Insurance" January 27, 1971

"Tell Him Now" December 8, 1971

"Should Peer Review Be Structured by Legislation?" 1971

"Physical Therapists" April 1972

"Finley X-ray Technicians" May 9, 1972

"Medicredit as an Alteration to National Health Policy" April 17, 1974

"The Sick and the Bedfast" July 31, 1974

"University of Iowa Health Sciences Library Dedication Ceremony" September 27, 1974

"Armed Forces Day" May 17, 1975

"Graduation Address-Finley Hospital School of Radiologic Technology" June 13, 1975

"Masonic Temple Installation" January 7, 1978

"People Caring for People" April 30, 1978

"What If There Were No AMA?" August 2, 1978

"Accentuate the Positive" January 1979

"The National AMA Scene" June 7, 1980

"America and Medicine"

"Cancer of the Distal Colon"

"Cancer of the Proximal Colon"

"Cancer of the Rectosigmoid and Rectum"

"Control of Cancer"

"Diagnosis and Treatment of Intestinal Obstructions"

"The Diagnosis and Treatment of Medicare"

"Dubuque County" Rural Forum"

"Fellow Nebraskans"

"General Considerations of Maxillofacial Surgery"

"Governmental Medical Care"

"How Do They Read You?"

"Indications for Splenectomy"

"Infections of the Kidney-Non-Tuberculous"

"Is It Too Late?"

"Legislative Issues Facing Medicine in the Congress"

"Plastic Surgery"

"Public Medical Education"

"Remarks of the President"

"Renal Infections"

"Socialized America"

"Steps Necessary to Develop Press-Radio-Medical Relations"

"Tell the Story"

"What to Do About the Elderly"

"What's In It For You?"

"Why Executives Drop Dead"

 

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