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BINKLEY, GEORGE W.
(1904-1974)
Papers,
1930-1974
Biographical
George Webster Binkley, dermatologist and Professor of Dermatology,
was born in Canton, Ohio, on 24 January 1904. He was the son
of Emmaus Arthur and Della Baker Binkley. In 1930, he married
Kathryn Sensenig. Binkley died in Hendersonville, North Carolina,
on 2 April 1974.
George W. Binkley graduated from the Western Reserve University
School of Medicine in 1930. He interned at St. Luke's Hospital
in Cleveland and at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California,
from 1931 to 1932. In 1933, Binkley began a residency in dermatology
at University Hospitals in Cleveland and at Cleveland City Hospital.
In 1937, after completing his residency, Binkley began a private
practice and became an instructor in Dermatology at Western
Reserve University School of Medicine. Eventually, Binkley
became Professor of Dermatology and Syphilology and in 1970
became Professor Emeritus of Dermatology. In addition, Binkley served
as a consultant at several hospitals in Cleveland, including
University Hospitals, Rainbow Hospital, and Benjamin Rose Hospital.
Binkley, who specialized in skin diseases associated with diabetes,
published numerous articles and contributed a chapter to Diabetes
Mellitus: Theory and Practice (1970). He was a member of numerous
medical and dermatological societies, including the American
Dermatological Association, the American Academy of Dermatology,
and the American Society of Dermatopathology. Binkley also
was a member of the Cleveland Dermatological Society and at
one time served as president of this organization.
Scope and contents
The papers of George W. Binkley, spanning 1930 to 1974, document
his career as a dermatologist, professor, and frequent contributor
to dermatological publications; the collection also provides
evidence of Binkley's special interest in skin diseases associated
with diabetes. Included in the collection are personal papers, correspondence,
records of Binkley's involvement in various professional organizations,
his research materials on diabetes, and samples of his essays
and speeches.
Series 1 contains Binkley's personal papers; present
are records of his military service, certifications by various medical
boards, and faculty and hospital appointments. Also present
is Binkley's curriculum vitae, his bibliography, biographical
information, and miscellaneous certificates.
Binkley's correspondence is contained in Series 2. Present are
incoming letters and autograph drafts or carbon copies of Binkley's
outgoing letters. Included are requests for reprints, permissions
to use photographs, and correspondence with various medical
journals. Binkley corresponded with other dermatologists and
often made queries about their research findings and theories;
correspondents include dermatologists Alfred W. Kopf, Raul Fleischmajer,
J. E. Jelinek, and Beno Michel.
Series 3 contains materials pertaining to Binkley's membership
in various professional organizations. Included are records
of Binkley's involvement in the Division of Education and Communication
(DECOM) of the American Academy of Dermatology's National Program
for Dermatology. Present are meeting agendas, summaries of
projects, memoranda, correspondence, and a roster of task forces.
Also welldocumented is Binkley's participation in four annual meetings
(1970-1973) of the American Society of Dermatopathology; present
are programs, registration information, membership rosters,
by laws, correspondence, abstracts of papers, and notes taken
by Binkley at presentations.
Included in Series 4 are research materials on diabetes and skin
diseases associated with diabetes, including Degos' Disease,
necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum, scleredema, and idiopathic
hemochromatosis. Present are clippings, essays, and reprints
of articles, all of which are heavily annotated by Binkley.
Also present are Binkley's notes, correspondence, bibliographies,
case studies, and photographs. Binkley might have assembled
these materials while researching and preparing to write his
chapter on "Skin in Diabetes" in Diabetes Mellitus: Theory
and Practice.
Works on dermatology, by Binkley and Herbert Z. Lund, are contained
in Series 5. Present are essays by Binkley and materials relating
to "Skin in Diabetes", his contribution to Diabetes Mellitus:
Theory and Practice, edited by Max Ellenberg and Harold Rifkin.
Included is correspondence with Ellenberg and Rifkin about
the publication of the book, and drafts and page proofs of Binkley's
chapter. Also present are two printed works by Lund: Tumors
of the Skin (1957) and Melanotic Tumors of the Skin (1961).
Binkley has annotated both works.
Provenance
The papers of George W. Binkley were donated to the Historical
Collections of the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
by his wife, Kathryn S. Binkley, on 8 August 1974.
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1992.
1930-1974
3 boxes and 1 oversize folder
(1.25 linear ft.)
4/27/1992
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BINKLEY, GEORGE W.
(1904-1974)
Papers,
1930-1974
Box Ser.
1 1 PERSONAL PAPERS, 1930-1974.
1. Military service
1930 Jan. 21-1953 May 1 (1 folder) 1930-1953
2. Graduation program and
alumni certificate
1930 June 12 (1 folder) 1930
OV 3. Ohio State Medical Board
Certificate
1930 July 8 (1 folder) 1930
4. Certification information
1. California Board of
Medical Examiners
1932-1967 (1 folder) 1932-1967
2. Ohio State
Medical Board
1969-1970 (1 folder) 1969-1970
3. North Carolina Board of
Medical Examiners
1970-1974 (1 folder) 1970-1974
5. Faculty and hospital appointments
1. Correspondence
1933 Mar. 30-1968 July 1 (1 folder) 1933-1968
2. Forms
1951 Jan. 29-1973 May 1 (1 folder) 1951-1973
6. Miscellaneous certificates
1935 July 1-1942 Jan. 30 (3 folders) 1935-1942
7. Curriculum vitae and
biographical information
1940 Apr. 3-1973 Apr. (1 folder) 1940-1973
8. Proofs from medical directories
1945-1961 (1 folder) 1945-1961
9. Bibliography
1955 Jan. (1 folder) 1955
10. Clippings and notes on pollution
1970 (1 folder) 1970
2 CORRESPONDENCE, 1947-1973.
1. 1947 Apr. 16-1959 Feb. 25 (1 folder) 1947-1959
2. 1960 Apr. 29-1970 May 13 (2 folders) 1960-1970
3. 1965 Jan. 25-1968 May 20 (1 folder) 1965-1968
4. 1970 Jan. 14-1973 May 8 (2 folders) 1970-1973hBox Ser.
1 3 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, 1937-1974.
1. American Medical Association
1. Membership cards
1950, 1970-1974 (1 folder) 1950-1974
2. Memorial to H. N. Cole
1966 Oct. 11 (1 folder) 1966
3. Miscellaneous
1937-1971 (1 folder) 1937-1971
2. American Dermatological Society
Membership information
1948 May 14-1970 (1 folder) 1948-1970
2 3. Academy of Medicine of Cleveland
Membership information and
constitution and by laws
1954-1973 (1 folder) 1954-1973
4. American Academy of Dermatology
1. Correspondence and
membership information
1969 June 20-1974 (1 folder) 1969-1974
2. Reports of National Program
for Dermatology
1971 Summer 1972 Spring (1 folder) 1971-1972
3. Division of Education and
Communication (DECOM)
1971 Dec. 10-1973 Sept. 11 (1 folder) 1971-1973
5. American Society of Dermatopathology
1. Annual meeting, 1970
1968 Nov. 1-1970 Dec. 4 (1 folder) 1968-1970
2. Annual meeting, 1971
1971 June 8-Dec. 3 (1 folder) 1971
3. Annual meeting, 1972
1972 Feb. 28-Dec. 3 (1 folder) 1972
4. Annual meeting, 1973
1973 Apr. 19-Dec. 6 (1 folder) 1973
6. Ohio State Medical Association
Membership cards and
correspondence
1971-1973 (1 folder) 1971-1973
Box Ser.
2 4 DIABETES RESEARCH, 1939-1971.
1. Diabetes mellitus
1939-1971 (6 folders) 1939-1971
2. Malignant atrophic papulosis
(Degos' Disease)
1942-1970 (3 folders) 1942-1970
3. Necrobiosis lipoidica
diabeticorum (N.L.D.)
1948-1966 (1 folder) 1948-1966
3 4. Scleredema
1961-1969 (3 folders) 1961-1969
5. Idiopathic hemochromatosis
1967-1968 (1 folder) 1967-1968
6. Miscellaneous
1960-1968 (2 folders) 1960-1968
5 WORKS ON DERMATOLOGY, 1938-1970.
5.1 Works by Binkley
1. Miscellaneous essays and speeches
1938 Oct. 31 and [n.d.] (1 folder) 1938
2. "Skin in Diabetes" (Binkley's
chapter in Diabetes Mellitus:
Theory and Practice)
1. Correspondence
1967 May 15-1971 Jan. 13 (1 folder) 1967-1971
2. Typescript drafts
1968 Apr. 1970 Nov. (2 folders) 1968-1970
3. Page proofs
[ca. 1971] (1 folder) [ca.1971]
5.2 Works by Herbert Z. Lund
1. Tumors of the Skin by
Herbert Z. Lund
1957 Oct. (1 folder) 1957
2. Melanotic Tumors of the
Skin by Herbert Z. Lund
and Jane Merrill Kraus
1961 Nov. (3 folders) 1961
1930-1974
3 boxes and 1 oversize folder
(1.25 linear ft.)
4/27/1992
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