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Collection MorRH : Russell H. Morgan Collection

Description

Key

103956

Reference Code Element

MorRH

Dates

1946-1986, inclusive

Extent

24 cubic feet (24 boxes)

Creator

Personal name, Morgan, Russell H. (Russell Hedley), 1911-1986

Administrative/Biographical History

Russell H. Morgan was born in London, Ontario. He entered a seven-year medical program at the University of Western Ontario, receiving his B.A. in 1934 and his M.D. in 1937. Morgan came to Johns Hopkins in 1946 as professor and chairman of the newly created department of radiology in the school of medicine and the first radiologist-in-chief of the hospital. In 1960, he was also appointed professor of radiological science in the school of hygiene and public health. He had developed an automatic X-ray timer while at the University of Chicago in the early 1940s, and with his colleagues at Johns Hopkins, perfected a method of screen intensification that reduced radiation exposure and improved fluoroscopic vision. Morgan left his position of radiologist-in-chief in 1971 to become dean and vice president for health divisions of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a position he held until 1975.

Chronology

Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1946-1971

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1946-1986

Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1960-1986

Scope and Content

The Russel H. Morgan Collection spans his entire career at Johns Hopkins. It consists of correspondence, photographs, subject files, films, laboratory research data, reprints, contract files, equipment files, and slides. The bulk of the material is from his years as chairman of radiology and documents the growth of that department, as well as the development of new radiological techniques.

Language

English

Administration

Date(s) of Descriptions

2022

Processing Information

The Russell H. Morgan Collection was inventoried by Lukas Dean in 2021 under the direction of Phoebe Evans Letocha. Tim Wisniewski processed the photographs and audio visual materials.

Accession

1988-005

Composed Of

Found 23 record(s)

Reference Code and Titlesort by Reference Code and Title ascending	Key (Collection)sort by Key (Collection) ascending	Record Levelsort by Record Level ascending	Hierarchysort by Hierarchy ascending
Contract and equipment files	305234	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Data binders and photos	305235	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Lab data	305239	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Lab data	305238	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Lab data and contract files	305237	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Oversized papers	305241	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Personal files	305242	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Photographs	305245	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Photographs	305243	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Printed material	305246	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Reprints by Morgan	305247	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Scientific data printouts	305250	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Slides, negatives, audio cassettes	305233	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Subject files	305258	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Subject files and people files	305253	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Subject files and people files, E-G	305255	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Subject files and people files, G-M	305257	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Subject files and people files, P-R	305252	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Subject files and slides	305254	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Subject files, papers and printed material	305256	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Subject files, people files, and printed material	305251	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Subject files, printed materials, scientific papers	305259	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection
Whole Body Radiation binders	305260	Box	CollectionMorRH- Russell H. Morgan Collection

Related Artifacts

Found 1 record(s)

Available Actions	Artifact Numbersort by Artifact Number ascending	Titlesort by Title ascending
	4397A	X-Ray ruler

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