Urodynamics Society records, 1967-1999 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
Urodynamics Society
Abstract:
Collection houses records regarding the history of the Urodynamics Society, currently known as the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine, and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU), whose first president and founder (1978-1979) was Dr. Saul Boyarsky, physician and faculty member at Duke University, and donor of the collection. File contents include correspondence relating to the Society's activities and development, chiefly during the 1980s, and the transfer of the collection to the Duke Medical Center Library; several booklets with the Society's membership lists, constitution and by-laws, from 1978 to 1982 and 1993; printed articles and abstracts concerning the history of urodynamics; a bibliography of literature in the field (1990-1991); Dr. Boyarsky's notes and a long published article on the history of the Society (1999); Dr. Luis Perez's published article on the history of urodynamics (1992), with comments and a draft; and other small items. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.
Extent:
2.0 Linear Feet
Approx. 900 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.01324

Background

Scope and content:

File contents include correspondence relating to the Society's activities and development, chiefly during the 1980s, and the transfer of the collection to the Duke Medical Center Library; several booklets with the Society's membership lists, constitution and by-laws, from 1978 to 1982 and 1993; printed articles and abstracts concerning the history of urodynamics; a bibliography of literature in the field (1990-1991); Dr. Boyarsky's notes and a long published article on the history of the Society (1999); Dr. Luis Perez's published article on the history of urodynamics (1992), with comments and a draft; and other small items. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.

Biographical / historical:

The Urodynamics Society, currently known as the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine, and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU), is an organization concerned with providing research and training in urology and urodynamics. It is currently based in Missouri. Its first president and founder (1978-1979) was Dr. Saul Boyarsky, donor of the collection and former faculty member at Duke University, later at Washington University in Missouri.

Acquisition information:
The Urodynamics Society records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a transfer in 2011.
Processing information:

Processed by Matthew Warren, January 2013.

Encoded by Paula Jeannet, Matthew Warren, January 2013.

Small addition processed and encoded by Paula Jeannet, January 2016.

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Urology -- History
Medicine -- Societies, etc.
Names:
Urodynamics Society
Boyarsky, Saul

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[Identification of item], Urodynamics Society Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.