Medical Heritage Center Health Sciences Library The Ohio State University 376 W. 10th Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 Robert L. Folk, MD Collection Spec.201128.Folk 4.5 linear feet, 1958-1994 INTRODUCTION Access The collection is open to the public and is available for viewing in the Medical Heritage Center. Materials do not circulate and must be used in the supervised reading room. Restrictions, including copyright, may exist and some materials may be too fragile to photocopy or digitize. The MHC charges for duplication services, which must be performed by staff. Citation [Identification of item], Robert L. Folk, MD Collection, Spec.201128.Folk, Medical Heritage Center, Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University. Processing Notes This collection was processed September 30-October 26, 2011 by Bryce Hammerberg and Kristin Rodgers. The collection is arranged alphabetically. Property Rights The Ohio State University Medical Heritage Center owns the property rights to this collection. Provenance This collection was donated to the Medical Heritage Center. HISTORICAL SKETCH Dr. Robert L. Folk was born on August 22 nd in 1935. Folk began his employment at Ohio State in 1963. Beginning as an assistant, he worked his way up from Assistant Professor, to Clinical Medical Director and Assistant Dean. He resigned in 1976. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The Robert L. Folk, MD Collection (approximately 4.5 linear feet) contains information on the Health Sciences Library in its early years; specifically information on a variety of presidents, deans, and other faculty from a variety of administrations at the Ohio State University. There is also a large focus on Medical Center Expansions programs. 1
CONTAINER LISTING Box File Description Date(s) 1 1 Addendum to the Statement Regarding the OSU n.d. College of Medicine Program in Community Health and Family Medicine 1 2 Airport and Airway Development Act 1970 1 3 American Medical Association House of Delegates on 1968-1971 Foreign Graduates 1 4 Architectural Sculpture for McCampbell Hall 1974 1 5 Booklet: The American Board of Family Practice Inc. 1964 1 6 Booklet: The Ars Medica Center 1969 1 7 Booklet: Book Detection Systems n.d. 1 8 Booklet: To Celebrate the Accession of the Two 1967 Millionth Volume in the Collections of the libraries of the Ohio State University 1 9 Booklet: Donegal Real Hand-Knotted Carpets n.d. 1 10 Booklet: Health Professions Educational Assistance 1963 act of 1963 (H.R. 12) 1 11 Booklet: Honor Code: The Ohio State University 1966 College of Medicine 1 12 Booklet: Independent Study Program Information 1979-1980 Booklet 1 13 Booklet: The Need for Additional Facilities for Medical 1962 Education in the State of Ohio 1 14 Booklet: Ohio GP News 1965-1966 1 15 Booklet: The Ohio State University Health and n.d. Sciences Library Guide 1 16 Booklet: Ohio s Newest Look in Public Higher 1980 Education 1 17 Booklet: The Portraiture of David Philip Wilson 1976 1 18 Booklet: The Role of the Family Practitioner in 1965 Undergraduate Medical Education 1 19 Booklet: Salaries and Economic Welfare in the State 1958 University of Ohio 1 20 Booklet: Special Report on General Practice 1963 Residencies 1 21 Booklet: A Study of the Medical Education Facility 1962 Needs of the State of Ohio 1 22 Booklet: Technical Education in Ohio s State-Assisted 1968 Institutions of Higher Education 1 23 Booklet: Tour of the Health Sciences Library 1974 1 24 Booklet: Two Studies of the Medical Education Facility needs of the State of Ohio 1962 2
1 25 Booklet: The World History of Medicine and the Heritage of Medicine at the Ohio State University Depicted by Stained Glass Murals 1971 2 1 Cancer Center: Committee Memos 1978 2 2 Cancer Center: Letters 1975 2 3 Cancer Center: Memos 1974-1795 2 4 Cancer Center: Minutes 1974 2 5 Cancer Center: Rauscher Letters 1975 2 6 Comprehensive Prepaid Health Plans 1978 2 7 Family Medicine Meeting Minutes 1966 2 8 Health Sciences Library: Advisory Committee 1971-1978 Agendas/Minutes 2 9 Health Sciences Library: Advisory Committee 1976-1977 Correspondence 2 10 Health Sciences Library: Annual Report 1973-1975 2 11 Health Sciences Library: Beer Bust 1974 2 12 Health Sciences Library: Circulation Statistics 1968-1974 2 13 Health Sciences Library: Collection Funding 1973-1976 2 14 Health Sciences Library: Construction Conferences 1967-1970 2 15 Health Sciences Library: Correspondence, 1/2 1966-1978 2 16 Health Sciences Library: Correspondence, 2/2 1978-1981 2 17 Health Sciences Library: Customer Survey 1974 2 18 Health Sciences Library: Energy Conservation 1974 3 1 Health Sciences Library: Floor Plans 1967 3 2 Health Sciences Library: Head Count/Library Usage 1975 3 3 Health Sciences Library: Journal Funding and 1979 Selected New Titles 3 4 Health Sciences Library: Kentucky-Ohio-Michigan 1973-1975 Regional Medical Library 3 5 Health Sciences Library: The Lantern 1978 3 6 Health Sciences Library: Library Statistics and 1964-1980 Funding 3 7 Health Sciences Library: Medline 1973-1975 3 8 Health Sciences Library: National Library of Medicine 1972 HEW: Melvin Day 3 9 Health Sciences Library: Operational Difficulties 1970-1975 3 10 Health Sciences Library: Questionnaire 1979 3 11 Health Sciences Library: Randriever Automatic Book 1975 Retrieval System Contract 3 12 Health Sciences Library: Randriever Billing Disputes 1969-1975 and Funding 1/2 3 13 Health Sciences Library: Randriever Billing Disputes and Funding 2/2 1976-1981 3
3 14 Health Sciences Library: Randriever Book Retrieval Efficiency Tests 3 15 Health Sciences Library: Randriever Book Retrieval Safety Concerns 3 16 Health Sciences Library: Randriever Chronology of Events 3 17 Health Sciences Library: Randriever Legal Dispute/Correspondence, 1/2 3 18 Health Sciences Library: Randriever Legal Dispute/Correspondence, 2/2 1975 1978-1981 1967-1975 1971-1975 1975-1977 4 1 Health Sciences Library: Randtriever Mutual Release 1975-1976 4 2 Health Sciences Library: Randtriever Status Report 1972-1974 4 3 Health Sciences Library: Regional Medical Library 1979-1980 Network Agreement 4 4 Health Sciences Library: Security Concerns 1972-1975 4 5 Health Sciences Library: Service Bulletin 1979-1980 4 6 Health Sciences Library: Sharon Carros Employee 1975 Evaluation RETRICTED 4 7 Health Sciences Library: Space Utilization 1973-1976 4 8 Health Sciences Library: Staffing 1973-1975 4 9 Health Sciences Library: Stamp Donation 1972 4 10 Health Sciences Library: Tunnel System 1972 4 11 Health Professions Educational Assistance Act: 1963-1965 Correspondence 4 12 Health Professions Educational Assistance Act: Memo 1964 4 13 Health Professions Educational Assistance Act: 1963 Statistics 4 14 Lister Hill 1968 4 15 House Bill 200 1965 4 16 House Bill 244 1961 4 17 House Bill 474 1973 4 18 Journal: The Bulletin The American College of 1966 Physicians Vol. 7 No. 6 4 19 Journal: Congress on Medical Education JAMA Vol. 1966 197 No. 12 4 20 Journal: A Faculty View of the Curriculum n.d. 4 21 Journal: Medical Economics, The Deans Meet the 1965 Practitioners 4 22 Journal: Medical Library Association News No. 58 1974 4 23 Journal: The New Physician, Family Practice: An 1963 Emerging Specialty with an Exciting Future 4 24 Journal: Stained Glass Vol. 65 No. 4 1970-1971 4 25 Journal: Stained Glass Vol. 66 No. 1 1971 4 26 Karl P. Klassen, M.D. 1977-1978 4 27 Little Hoover Commission Recommendations 1971 4
5 1 Magazine: AH/Spring, Father of Space Medicine 1970 5 2 Magazine: Architectural & Engineering News 1969 5 3 Magazine: The Art Gallery Magazine 1968 5 4 Magazine: The Commentator 1965 5 5 Magazine: Medical Opinion & Review: The Waning of 1966 General Practice 5 6 Magazine: Medical World News 1966 5 7 Magazine: The Ohio State Monthly 1971 5 8 Magazine: The Philadelphia Magazine 1967 5 9 Magazine: U.S. News and World Report 1993 5 10 Charles Meckstroth, M.D. Letter 1994 5 11 Meetings with Medical Students 1970 5 12 Richard L. Meiling, M.D. Letters 1966-1971 5 13 Richard L. Meiling, M.D. on General Practice 1962-1967 5 14 News Article: Sharon Carros n.d. 5 15 News Article: Children s Hospital Children s Book 1977 5 16 News Article: Importance of Family Physicians 1965-1978 5 17 News Article: Dr. Meiling M.D. Q. and A. n.d. 5 18 News Article: OSU Administration 1964-1979 5 19 News Article: OSU Med Center Funding and 1967-1980 Development 5 20 News Article: OSU Murals 1970-1971 5 21 News Article: Racial Issues 1979 5 22 News Article: Michael Swango n.d. 5 23 News Article: Dr. Tetalman 1979 5 24 News Release from the American Medical Association 1966 5 25 Nisonger Center Memos 1973-1978 5 26 Ohio Conference on Medical Manpower 1967 5 27 The Ohio Mental Health Association, Inc. 1968 5 28 OSU College of Medicine: Correspondence 1962-1973 5 29 OSU College of Medicine: Program in Community Health and Family Medicine 1965-1966 6 1 OSU Employee Screening 1970 6 2 OSU Faculty Hierarchy n.d. 6 3 OSU Libraries Statistics and Funding 1965-1967 6 4 OSU Medical Center: Memos 1965 6 5 OSU Medical Center: Student Statistics 1961-1973 6 6 OSU Medical Center: Union Members 1971 6 7 OSU Medical Center Expansion Program: 1969-1979 Correspondence 6 8 OSU Medical Center Expansion Program: Development Map n.d. 5
6 9 OSU Medical Center Expansion Program: Executive 1959 Committee Minutes 6 10 OSU Medical Center Expansion Program: Finances 1958-1970 1/2 6 11 OSU Medical Center Expansion Program: Finances 1971-1976 2/2 6 12 OSU Medical Center Expansion Program: Memos 1960-1978 6 13 OSU Medical Center Expansion Program: 1958-1973 Proposals/Requests 6 14 OSU President Harold L. Enarson: Biography 1973 6 15 OSU President Harold L. Enarson: College of 1972 Medicine Visit 6 16 OSU President Harold L. Enarson: Commencement 1973 Address 6 17 OSU President Harold L. Enarson: Confessions of a 1973 Sophomore President 6 18 OSU President Harold L. Enarson: Correspondence 1972-1979 6 19 OSU President Harold L. Enarson: Inaugural Address 1972 6 20 OSU President Harold L. Enarson: Management 1977 Improvements Report 6 21 OSU President Harold L. Enarson: Medical Education 1973 in Ohio 6 22 OSU President Harold L. Enarson: Remarks Before 1973 Presidents Club 6 23 OSU President Harold L. Enarson: Restoring the 1976 Partnership 6 24 OSU President Harold L. Enarson: Some Thoughts 1976 About the Health Professions and the Universities 6 25 OSU President Novice G. Fawcett; Correspondence 1961-1972 6 26 OSU President Novice G. Fawcett: Statements 1968-1971 7 1 OSU President Novice G. Fawcett: The University 1970 Mental Retardation Program 7 2 OSU President Selection Process 1971 7 3 OSU Presidents Memos 1963-1975 7 4 OSU Presidents Statements on Funding and 1969-1979 Finances 7 5 Press Day 1972-1979 7 6 Report: The Administration of Education for the Health 1976 Professions: A Time for Reappraisal 7 7 Report: Administrative Relationships between 1976 Academic Health Sciences Centers and University Hospitals, Affiliated Hospitals and Ambulatory Care Centers 7 8 Report: College of Medicine Task Force on Research n.d. 6
7 9 Report: Faculty Research Retreat Mohican State 1978 Lodge 7 10 Report: Feasibility of Separately Incorporating A n.d. University-Owned Hospital 7 11 Report: Focus on the Future Including Revisions 1969-1970 7 12 Report: Issues for State University-Owned Hospitals 1976 7 13 Report: Master Plan for Higher Education in Ohio 1965 Tentative Recommendations Draft 7 14 Report: Medical Center Enrollment 1978 7 15 Report: Meeting Ohio s Needs for MDs through 1970 1980m and beyond 7 16 Report: OSU College of Medicine Program in 1967 Community Health and Family Medicine 7 17 Report: The Reputations of American Medical Schools 1977 Social Forces Volume 55:3 7 18 Report: Survey of University Teaching Hospital s 1978 Governance Structures 7 19 Report: The Teaching Hospital; A Community or a 1975 University Institution? 7 20 Report: Toward a University System of Financing 1977 Care and Education 7 21 Harry J. Sands 1968 7 22 Sphinx Anniversary Gift 1978 8 1 Sponsoring Founders Group for an American Board of 1964 Family Practice 8 2 Willet Studios: Background n.d. 8 3 Willet Studios: Billing 1970-1974 8 4 Willet Studios: Correspondence, 1/3 1969 8 5 Willet Studios: Correspondence, 2/3 1970-1971 8 6 Willet Studios: Correspondence, 3/3 1972-1974 8 7 Willet Studios: Crovatto Mosaics Business Card n.d. 8 8 Willet Studios: Health Sciences Library Mosaic 1974 Description 8 9 Willet Studios: Memos 1970-1974 8 10 Willet Studios: Reception Invitation n.d. 8 11 Willet Studios: Sketches and Notes n.d. 8 12 Willet Studios: Henry Lee Willet s Memorial 1972 8 13 Robert Zollinger 1977 PHOTOS 9 1-7 Medical Center Students and Faculty n.d. 9 8-61 Willet Studios Mosaic Production n.d. 9 62-82 Medical Center n.d. 9 83-87 Slides, Negatives and Misc. n.d. 7