Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
The William Medway Papers, 1955-2009, is comprised of photographic slides for presentations and research, veterinary clinical reports, administrative documentation from the International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine (IAAAM), and publications by Medway and other veterinary professionals. Materials document Dr. Medway's professional career at the University of Pennsylvania as a clinical educator and as a researcher in aquatic medicine.
William Medway, clinical educator and researcher in aquatic medicine, was born on February 23, 1927, in Manitoba, Canada. He earned his B.S. from the University of Manitoba in 1947, his DVM from Ontario Veterinary College in 1954, and his Ph. D. from Cornell University in 1958 (where he focused on water metabolisms in domestic fowl). In 1959, Medway began teaching clinical laboratory medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and was the director of their veterinary hospital from 1958 to 1960. Medway worked in the Ontario Veterinary College's department of physiological sciences from 1960 to 1962, when he returned to the University of Pennsylvania's veterinary hospital and served as its director of the clinical laboratory until 1979. He retired from the university in 1988, and continued to be active in the veterinary community by serving on the United States Marine Mammal Commission Committee of Scientific Advisors until 1995. Dr. Medway died on March 19, 2006.
The William Medway Papers, 1955-2009, is comprised of photographic slides for presentations and research, veterinary clinical reports, administrative documentation from the International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine (IAAAM), and publications by Medway and other veterinary professionals. Materials document Dr. Medway's professional career at the University of Pennsylvania as a clinical educator and as a researcher in aquatic medicine.
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Photographic slides were originally housed in slide containers, including boxes and carousels/trays. The containers were artificially numbered, the slides were removed, and containers were then described as fully as possible. Some descriptions originated with Medway, including "manatees," "pinnipeds," and "cetaceans," but the remainder were derived from the containers' contents.
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[Identification of item], William Medway Papers, MC 00605, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of Gregory Lewbart, May 2016 (Accession no. 2016.0148).
Processed by: Taylor de Klerk, 2017 March, machine-readable finding aid created by: Taylor de Klerk, 2017 March.
Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
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[Identification of item], William Medway Papers, MC 00605, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
