Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1945-2000 (Creation)
Extent
28 cubic feet (26 boxes)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Vernie Albert Stembridge was born in El Paso, Texas on June 7, 1924. He earned his medical degree in 1948 from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Dr. Stembidge completed his internship at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, and residency training in pathology at both UT Medical Branch at Galveston and the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In 1952 Dr. Stembridge joined the faculty of the UT Medical Branch at Galveston as assistant professor of pathology.
Dr. Stembridge entered the U.S. Air Force in 1956 as a senior pathologist at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C. He later received the Legion of Merit, the nation's second highest peacetime award, for his contribution to military aircraft safety. After discharge as a major in 1959, Dr. Stembridge began his affiliation with UT Southwestern and Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. From 1960 to 1976 he served as director of the Tumor Clinic at Parkland Memorial Hospital and in 1962 was appointed professor of pathology at UT Southwestern.
In 1966 Dr. Stembridge was named acting chairman of pathology and in 1967 became chairman of pathology and director of the clinical pathology laboratories at Parkland, Dallas. After he stepped down as chairman of pathology in 1988, he served as acting dean of the Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School for two years.
Dr. Stembridge was a leader in the field of pathology. He was the recipient of many awards and honors and over the years has been a consultant to many agencies. UT Southwestern friends and colleagues have honored him by establishing the Stembridge Scholarship Award, presented annually to an outstanding senior medical student in pathology at Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Stembridge died on December 1, 2000 at the age of 76.
Reference source: "The Stembridge Festschrift. Honoring the Retirement of Vernie A. Stembridge, M.D." Reprint, MS# 143, box 5 folder 20.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Vernie A. Stembridge, MD papers contains professional papers, military records, reprints, administrative records, correspondence, awards, photographs, realia, oversized materials, personal papers, artifacts, yearbooks, textbooks, monographs, printed materials, memorabilia, ceritifactes, artwork, and audiovisual materials. The collection documents the life and career of Dr. Vernie Stembridge who was a leader in the field of pathology. The collection chronicles his medical education and training at University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, Oak Ridge, Tennessee as well as his leadership positions and consulting work at Parkland Memorial Hospital of Dallas, Southwestern Medical School, Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School, the Dallas Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Notable personal materials within the collection include Dr. Stembridge’s projector, plague, gavel, and Tiffany sterling silver bowl. The collection equals of 28 cubic feet and contains 26 boxes, including 3 oversized boxes. The materials date from 1945 to 2000. The materials are in good condition.
System of arrangement
This collection is arranged into the following series.
Series I. Scholarly Works and Reprints
Series II. Organizations and Professional Interests
Series III. Administrative Papers and Correspondence
Series IV. Photos and Awards
Series V. Realia
Series VI. Oversized Objects
Series VII. 2019 Addendum
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
The collection is open for research.
Physical access
The materials are in good condition.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Yes.
Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Deed-1
Immediate source of acquisition
The Stembridge family donated the Vernie A. Stembridge, MD, papers and realia to the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library in February 2011. Additional materials donated on June 10, 2019 by Ann Connell, daughter, equaling 6 boxes (6 cubic feet) and one framed object.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Accrual of 6 cubic feet added to collection in June 2019. More accruals may occur for this collection.
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Notes element
Specialized notes
- Citation: Vernie A. Stembridge, MD, papers, MS 143; John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.
Alternative identifier(s)
TARO
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).
Sources used
Archivist's note
The finding aid prepared by Marina Huguley, April 2011.
Archivist's note
Finding aid revised by Sandra Yates, adding accrual, December 2019.
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- U.S. Public Health Service Hospital (Subject)
- Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies (Subject)
- Southwestern Medical School (University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas) (Subject)
- Southwestern Allied Health Science School (Subject)
- U.S. Air Force (Subject)
- United States. Federal Aviation Agency (Subject)
- Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas (Subject)
- American Board of Pathology (Subject)
- Stembridge, Vernie A. (Subject)
- Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas (Subject)