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Finding aid created by: Erin Carter
Date: 2014
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| Nov 2024 | Materials rehoused, stylistic changes made (HL). |
Summary |
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| Creator: | Menzies, Percival K. |
| Title: | Percival K. Menzies Papers |
| Dates: | 1903-1965 |
| Size: | 2.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Diplomas, certificates, awards, and photographs related to surgeon and Syracuse University Professor Emeritus Percival K. Menzies |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
Percival Keith Menzies (1886-1971) was a Canadian-born surgeon and taught at the Syracuse University College of Medicine.
Menzies was born in Ailsa Craig, Ontario, Canada on June 16, 1886. He received an undergraduate degree from Woodstock College, where he captained the rugby team, in 1904. Menzies then moved on to the University of Toronto, where he received a B.A. in Liberal Arts in 1908 and a B.A. in Medicine in 1910. After getting his Ontario medical license in 1910, Menzies made his way to the United States. While working toward his doctorate, Menzies worked in institutions like the Hospital of the New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled and the Saint Mary's campus of the Mayo Clinic Hospital, where he served as a surgical resident under Dr. William J. Mayo. In 1914, as World War I got underway, Menzies was appointed to the Royal Army Medical Corps, for which he would serve until the end of the war in 1918.
After his military service, Menzies went back to work in New York. In 1920, after obtaining his New York medical license, Menzies became a partner at the Syracuse Clinic. In 1928 he received his doctorate from the University of Toronto and went on to be chief of surgery at Syracuse Memorial Hospital, Syracuse General Hospital, and the then City Hospitals. Upon his retirement in 1952, after over 40 years in the medical field, the University awarded him the title of professor emeritus.
Menzies did not hang up his coat after his retirement but continued to practice medicine outside of the hospital. He worked as medical director of L.C. Smith & Corona Typewriters Incorporated, plant surgeon of The Prosperity Company, and surgical consultant for the Syracuse Regional Office of the New York State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. Menzies was an enthusiastic member of the Freemasons and was also active in various boards and organizations, including the Syracuse Ostomy Club, the American Cancer Society, and the Nu Sigma Nu Medical Fraternity.
The Percival K. Menzies Papers contain materials dating from 1903 to 1965. Included in the collection are his diplomas from Woodstock College and the University of Toronto, medical licenses, certificates from hospitals by which he was employed, and a certificate of his appointment to the Royal Army Medical Corps. The collection also contains documents concerning his time as a Freemason, a personal letter, awards, and photographs. Also included are two certificates awarded to a Margaret McDonald.
Access Restrictions:
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Additional information on Percival K. Menzies can be found in the Syracuse University Clipping Files and the Syracuse University Portrait Collection.
Names
Menzies, Percival K.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Syracuse University. -- College of Medicine.
Subjects
Medicine -- Study and teaching.
College teachers.
Higher education.
Surgeons.
Types of Material
Certificates.
Diplomas.
Photographs.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Percival K. Menzies Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Original source of acquisition unknown.
Processing Information
The materials have been placed in an acid-free folder and box.
The items are arranged in alphabetical order.
Papers
| Papers | |||||||||||
| Diplomas | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | University of Toronto, bachelor of arts in liberal arts 1908 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | University of Toronto, bachelor of arts in medicine 1910 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | University of Toronto, doctorate in medicine 1928 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Woodstock College 1904 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Letter to Percival K. Menzies undated | ||||||||||
| Masonic materials | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine certificate 1929 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada/Ontario certificate 1911 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Northern Masonic Jurisdiction certificate 1927 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Royal Order of Jesters certificate 1946, 1965, | ||||||||||
| Military service | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Notice of appointment to the Royal Army Medical Corps 1914 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Selective service medal certificate circa 1945-1953 | ||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 19th annual dinner of the alumni of the Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled 1930 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | University of Toronto faculty of Medicine graduating class 1910 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Woodstock College graduating class 1904 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Woodstock College rugby team 1903 | ||||||||||
| Professional certificates | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | American Society of Abdominal Surgeons certificate of membership 1960 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Canadian National Exhibition 1921 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Central New York Surgical Society certificate of membership 1951 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario medical license 1910 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Department of Soldiers civil reestablishment 1921 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Hospital of the New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled resident house staff appointment 1912 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | International Cross and Crown certificate of attendance for scholars 1932 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | St. Mary's Hospital resident 1914 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | University of the State of New York medical license 1920 | ||||||||||