North Carolina Medical College. Collection, 1889-1912

Collection

Identifier: DC090

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of enrollment cards for students, published catalogs, and the 1914 commencement program. The enrollment cards include names, home addresses, parent information, place and date of birth, religion, educational history, classes taken at the medical college, and updates on the passing of medical boards. The catalogs includes lists of faculty and students, photographs of facilites and descriptions of classes. The oversize items include a set of mounted photographs of the class of 1907 and a diploma. William A. Johnson is the bottom right photograph and the diploma is his.There is additional information on the history of the college in DC0199s, Robert H. Lafferty Collection, 1906-1943.

Dates

Creation: 1889

Biographical / Historical

Incorporated in 1893, the North Carolina Medical College was the first chartered medical college in North Carolina and had its roots in Davidson's pre-medical program. Dr. Paul Barringer was hired in 1886 as the physician for Davidson College. He began teaching preparatory medical classes. After his departure in 1889, Dr. John Peter Munroe, a Davidson College physician and professor took over and expanded the classes. In 1896, Dr. Munroe bought a lot from Davidson College and built on it a three-story brick building for his college. In 1902, however, the clinical section of the college moved to the old Presbyterian Hospital on West Trade Street in Charlotte, North Carolina. Five years later, the rest of the medical college followed, setting up quarters at the corner of Church and 6th Street. The school prospered in Charlotte for six years before moving, once again, to Richmond to become a part of the Medical College of Virginia. The original Medical College building in Davidson was demolished in 1970.