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hudsonellis Inventory of the Ellis H. Hudson Photographs and Papers, 1920s-1950s and undated Processed by: Duke University Medical Center Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Willeke Sandler David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: April 2012Processed by Duke University Medical Center Library staff; finding aid encoded by Willeke Sandler, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, April 2012 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Ellis H. Hudson Photographs and Papers, 1920s-1950s and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Hudson, Ellis Herndon, b. 1890. Ellis H. Hudson Photographs and Papers, 1920s-1950s and undated Material in English 1.4 Linear Feet Approx. 390 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Physician and syphilis researcher. The Ellis H. Hudson Photographs and Papers date from the 1920s to late 1950s, and consist of black-and-white photographs and negatives relating to Hudson's research on non-venereal syphilis in Syria in the early twentieth century, as well as galley proofs of maps, charts, graphs, and tables from his book Non-Venereal Syphilis: A Sociological and Medical Study of Bejel (1958). Many of the photographs also appear in this book. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Ellis H. Hudson Photographs and Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The Ellis H. Hudson Photographs and Papers were transferred to the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library from the Medical Center Library in 2011.

Processing Information

Processed by Duke University Medical Center Library staff

Encoded by Willeke Sandler, April 2012

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

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Biographical Note

Ellis Hudson was born in 1890 in Osaka, Japan, to American missionary parents, and was educated at Milliken University and the University of Pennsylvania. He founded a Presbyterian mission hospital in Deir-es-Zor, Syria, where he studied cases of non-venereal syphilis (also known by its Arabic name bejel) among the local Christian, Muslim, and Bedouin population.

Collection Overview

The Ellis H. Hudson Photographs and Papers date from the 1920s to the late 1950s, and consist of black-and-white photographs and negatives relating to Hudson's research on non-venereal syphilis in Syria in the early twentieth century, as well as galley proofs of maps, charts, graphs, and tables from his book Non-Venereal Syphilis: A Sociological and Medical Study of Bejel (1958). Many of the photographs also appear in this book. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.

Subject Headings

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Hudson, Ellis Herndon, b. 1890. Syphilis--Case Studies--Syria. Syphilis--Pictorial Works. Syphilis--Research. Bejel. Dayr al-Zawr (Syria) Black-and-white photographs. Negatives. History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) Related Material Letter from Ellis Hudson, 1969, Apr. 25, California, to Dr. Goldwater. Trent Manuscripts Collection. Duke University, Rubenstein Library, History of Medicine Collections Various published titles and reprints by Ellis Hudson, chiefly on syphilis and associated infectious diseases, are also held by the Rubenstein library. Please consult with a reference archivist or search in the online Duke Libraries catalog. Duke University, Rubenstein Library, History of Medicine Collections Contents of Collection Prints and Negatives Series, circa 1920s-1930s (1 box)

The black-and-white prints and negatives depicting cases of syphilis in various stages in Syrian men, children, and a few women, are housed in 132 envelopes measuring 7.5 x 5.5. The majority of the envelopes contain both prints and negatives, but a fraction of the envelopes contain only either a print or a negative. The galley proofs include maps of Syria, and charts and tables documenting cases according to religion, sex, age, and place of residence. They were most likely taken during the 1920s and 1930s when Hudson was conducting his principal research in Syria.

1Galley proofs(2 folders) 1Prints and negatives(5 folders) Volumes Series, 1926-1950s (2 boxes) 2Journal, 1926-1935(500 pp.)

Bound ledger written in holograph script containing Hudson's notes regarding a quantified study of persons afflicted with syphilis, including numerical figures based on age, marital status, and symptoms and stages of the disease. Includes several one-page loose manuscripts laid in.

2-3Non-venereal syphilis: A Sociological and Medical Study of Bejel, notes, circa late 1950s(3 vols.)

Bound typescript notes with holograph notes.

3Non-Venereal Syphilis: A Sociological and Medical Study of Bejel, draft, circa late 1950s(2 vols.)

Bound typescript draft with holograph notes.