Mildred M. Sherwood Papers, 1931-1970

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Summary

Creator:
Sherwood, Mildred M.
Abstract:
Mildred M. Sherwood (1898-1966) was the pediatrics supervisor at Duke University Hospital and supervisor of nursing services at the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, which was engaged in a long-term study of the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Contains photographs, clippings, postcards, scrapbooks, correspondence, newsletters, notes, speeches, drafts, certificates, project records, pediatric journals, symposium materials, and travel itineraries related to the personal and professional life of Mildred M. Sherwood. Also included are studies, semi-annual reports, a news bulletin, a pictorial report, and a glossary of medical terms and expressions for the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. Materials range in date from 1931 to 1970.
Extent:
2 Linear Feet (3 manuscript boxes and 1 flat box)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0092

Background

Scope and content:

Contains materials related to the personal and professional life of Mildred M. Sherwood, pediatrics supervisor at Duke University Hospital and supervisor of nursing services at the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) in Japan from 1953 to 1955. Materials covering Sherwood's time as pediatrics supervisor in the Howland Ward at Duke University Hospital include correspondence, clippings from pediatric journals and newspapers, speeches, newsletters, symposia materials, drafts, photographs, scrapbooks, postcards, commemorative gifts, and certificates marking Sherwood's career milestones at Duke University Hospital. Also included are studies, semi-annual reports, a news bulletin, a pictorial report, and a glossary of medical terms and expressions for the ABCC. Materials covering Sherwood's personal life include itineraries and travel notes from two international trips, unlabeled photographs of Sherwood's earlier years, letters of condolence sent to Sherwood's sister following her death, and correspondence regarding a memorial fund. Materials range in date from 1931 to 1970.

Biographical / historical:

Mildred Marguerite Sherwood was born August 26, 1898, in Livingston Manor, New York. In 1923, Sherwood received her Diploma of Nursing from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, New York where she worked under Dr. Bela Schick. In 1926 she took a job at the Harriet Lane Home at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Dean of Duke University School of Medicine Wilburt C. Davison recruited Sherwood to serve as pediatrics supervisor in the Howland Ward at Duke University Hospital when it opened in 1930.
During her tenure at Duke University Hospital, Sherwood served as supervisor of nursing services for the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) in Hiroshima, Japan from July 1953 to August 1955. At the ABCC, she assisted with the organization's research into the long-term effects of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on survivors. Her colleague, Marion Batchelder, supervisor of operating room services at Duke University Hospital, also worked for the ABCC during this period.
Sherwood remained pediatrics supervisor at Duke Hospital for thirty years until her retirement in 1960. She died April 21, 1966.

Acquisition information:
No documented accession number (gift by Elizabeth W. Sherwood, circa 1970)
Processing information:

Processed by Stephanie Barnwell: April 2011; encoded by Stephanie Barnwell: April 2011

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Mildred M. Sherwood Papers, 1931-1970.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Medical Center Library's online catalog.
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This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals or IRB approval may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Duke University assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mildred M. Sherwood Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.