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Collection KouW : William B. Kouwenhoven Collection

Description

Key

99173

Reference Code Element

KouW

Dates

1950-1970, bulk

1900-1977, inclusive

Extent

35.25 cubic feet (34 boxes)

Creator

Personal name, Kouwenhoven, W. B. (William Bennett), 1886-1975

Administrative/Biographical History

William B. Kouwenhoven
13 Jan 1886-10 Nov 1975
William B. Kouwenhoven was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received his E.E. in 1906 and his M.E. in 1907, both from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, and his doctoral degree in electrical engineering from Karlsruhe Technische Hochscule in Baden, Germany. He joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Engineering in 1914, serving as dean of the school from 1938 until 1954. His research in electric shock and his study of the effects of electricity on the heart led to development of the closed chest electrical defibrillator and the technique of external cardiac massage. After his retirement from the school of engineering, Kouwenhoven was a lecturer at the school of medicine. In 1969, he received the first honorary degree ever conferred by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Chronology

Johns Hopkins University School of Engineering, 1914-1975

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1956-1975

Scope and Content

The William B. Kouwenhoven Collection covers his engineering training and his years as a researcher and administrator at the Johns Hopkins University. Series include student notebooks, correspondence, meeting files, subject files, research notes, records of electric shock experiments, films, and material culture. Much of the collection consists of charts and graphs of research data from animal experiments from 1950 to 1970. A bound edition of Kouwenhoven's collected articles from 1965 to 1972 is also included.

Subjects

Topic, Defibrillators

Related Archival Material

A related group of Kouwenhoven's papers were housed at Special Collections, The Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University. A finding aid to that collection is available at: http://ead.library.jhu.edu/ms095.xml These materials were transferred to the Chesney Medical Archives in April 2013 and have been integrated into its finding aid for the Kouwenhoven Collection.

Language

English

Access and Use

Conditions Governing Access Element

This collection may contain some restricted records. Materials pertaining to patients, students, employees, and human research subjects, as well as unprocessed collections and recent administrative records, carry restrictions on access. For more information about the policies and procedures for access, see the Archives Policy on Access and Use.

Use/Reproduction Restrictions

When citing material from this collection, credit The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. For permission to reproduce images, contact the holder of the copyright.

Administration

Date(s) of Descriptions

1987, 2010-2014

Processing Information

The William Kouwenhoven Collection at the Chesney Medical Archives was inventoried by Chesney Medical Archives volunteer Linda Weisfeldt from 2011-2014 and student employee Anna Chambers in 2010, both under the direction of Phoebe Evans Letocha. The William B. Kouwenhoven Papers Ms. 95 at Special Collections, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, were processed by Cynthia H. Requardt in May 1987. Linda Weisfeldt integrated the Eisenhower Library accrual into the Chesney Medical Archives' collection in 2013.

Accession

2023-080

2021-033

2021-012

2020-022

2017-081

2013-109

2013-036

2013-031

2012-043

1986-002

Custodial History

In 1977, the bulk of the collection was donated by Mrs. William Kouwenhoven, wife of the creator, to the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. A separate accrual of papers was donated to the Milton S. Eisenhower Library in December l983 by William Kouwenhoven, son of the creator of the papers. The Eisenhower Library placed their accrual in Special Collections and cataloged it as the William B. Kouwenhoven Papers Ms. 95. In April 2013, the accrual at Eisenhower Library was transferred to the Chesney Medical Archives and integrated into its William Kouwenhoven Collection. Additional accruals have later been donated by family members.

Composed Of

Found 24 record(s)

Reference Code and Titlesort by Reference Code and Title ascending	Key (Collection)sort by Key (Collection) ascending	Dates	Record Levelsort by Record Level ascending	Hierarchysort by Hierarchy ascending
1- Student Notebooks and Related Educational Records	198558	1902-1914	Series	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
2- Electric Shock Experiments on Animals	195546	1950-1970	Series	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
3- Oversized certificates	303984		Series	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
4- Photographs	217088		Series	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
5- Films	198559		Series	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
6- Material Culture related to Willliam Kouwenhoven	198557		Series	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
93P- KOUWENHOVEN PAPERS	433591656		Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
94P- KOUWENHOVEN PAPERS	433591635		Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
95P- KOUWENHOVEN PAPERS	433591633	1938-1974	Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
96P- KOUWENHOVEN PAPERS	433591655	1950-1970	Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
97P- KOUWENHOVEN PAPERS	433591654	1949-1972	Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
99P- KOUWENHOVEN PAPERS	433591643		Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
100P- KOUWENHOVEN PAPERS	433591649		Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
101P- KOUWENHOVEN PAPERS	433591651		Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
102P- KOUWENHOVEN PAPERS	433591652	1960-1973	Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
103P- KOUWENHOVEN PAPERS	433591645	1961-1962	Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
103P- KOUWENHOVEN PAPERS	433591641		Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
104P- KOUWENHOVEN PAPERS	433591653		Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
105P- KOUWENHOVEN PAPERS	433591647	1948-1960	Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
2013-031-01- Correspondence, Awards, and Certificates	199005	1950-1972	Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
2013-031-05- Research Materials	199006	1921-1940s	Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
2013-031-06- Research Materials: Electro-shock and Defibrillator	199007	1930s-1970s	Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
2013-031-07- Research Materials: Defibrillator	199008	1950s-1970s	Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection
2013-031-08- Lectures	199009	1940s-1960s	Box	CollectionKouW- William B. Kouwenhoven Collection

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