J. Curtis Lamp Papers
name: label: Donor
content: Lamp, Robert A.
label: Creator
content: Lamp, J. Curtis
topic: label: Occupation
content: Medicine
label: Occupation
content: Physicians
label: Occupation
content: Surgeons
label: Topic
content: Face -- Surgery
label: Topic
content: Surgery, Plastic
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives Center by Robert A. Lamp, Dr. Lamp's son, 2016.
creator: label: Donor
content: Lamp, Robert A.
label: Creator
content: Lamp, J. Curtis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dr. Lamp was educated at Princeton University, Jefferson Medical College and interned at Bryn Mawr. He founded and was Chief of Plastic Surgery at Bryn Mawr Hospital and Chief of Maxillofacial Service at Delaware County Memorial Hospital. He also served at Temple University, Montgomery, University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Alfred I. DuPont Institute Hospitals. He was a veteran of the United States Army Medical Corps. He died in 2015.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1412
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Journals (periodicals)
label: Type
content: Medical notes
label: Type
content: Reports
label: Type
content: Writings
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection was processed by Zoe Adams, intern, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Journals (periodicals) -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Medical notes -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Reports -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Writings -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1940-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers document the life and career of surgeon J. Curtis Lamp, a plastic surgeon who specialized in reconstructive facial surgery for soldiers with traumatic combat injuries. The collection includes case studies, statistics, photographs of patients (some are close-ups of their injuries), journal articles by Dr. Lamp and by others, letters between Lamp and his wife during Lamp's military service, Lamp's and his wife's wedding album, a resume, writings about medical subjects, medical illustrations (including photographic copies of illustrations), papers relating to Lamp's military and veteran's status, notes on surgical procedures, and miscellaneous reports on medical subjects.