D. Stratton Woodruff Papers

Series

Identifier: MSS 423

Scope and Contents

The D. Stratton Woodruff Papers span from the 1930s to 1986. The small collection includes four quarantine signs circa 1930s and a copy of the script of a speech Dr. Woodruff delivered at his Lower Merion Township Board of Health retirement dinner in 1986. The Woodruff Papers are an ideal collection for researchers interested in the evolving policies of the Philadelphia area’s Board of Health circa 1930s to 1980s.

Dates

1930 - 1986

Biographical / Historical

D. Stratton Woodruff M.D. (1924-2006) specialized in family medicine in the Bryn Mawr area of Pennsylvania. In 1975, he co-founded the Bryn Mawr Family Practice Residency program with Dr. Ian Ballard. As of now (2019), the program continues to train doctors in family medicine practice.

As a child, Dr. Woodruff contracted scarlet fever and was quarantined for three weeks in his home. This experience, cemented by his memory of the quarantine sign posted on his front door, inspired him to later serve on the Board of Health for Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, PA.

Extent

1 folder : 5 items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

D. Stratton Woodruff M.D. (1924-2006) specialized in family medicine in the Bryn Mawr area of Pennsylvania. In 1975, he co-founded the Bryn Mawr Family Practice Residency program with Dr. Ian Ballard. As of now (2019), the program continues to train doctors in family medicine practice.

The D. Stratton Woodruff Papers span from the 1930s to 1986. The small collection includes four quarantine signs circa 1930s and a copy of the script of a speech Dr. Woodruff delivered at his Lower Merion Township Board of Health retirement dinner in 1986.

Physical Location

Small collections

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: D. Stratton Woodruff Papers
Author: Bonnie Small
Date: 30 May 2019
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin
Language of description note: English
Sponsor: The collection-level EAD record is a product of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Consortial Survey Initiative, which was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Edition statement: A brief description of the collection was written as part of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Consortial Survey Initiative. The description was expanded upon in May 2019 by archives intern Bonnie Small.