Overview of the Collection
SUNY Upstate Medical University766 Irving AvenueSyracuse, NY 13210
Gibson, Leo
The Leo E. Gibson MD Papers
1920-1966
.79 linear feet
This collection contains the papers of
Leo E. Gibson, who graduated from Syracuse University College of Medicine in 1920 and
was a urologist. The collection has four series: Printed Materials, Subject Files, Memorabilia, and Photographs.
FIC2017.0010
Collection materials are in English.
Biographical Note
Leo Eaton Gibson (1894-1966) was born in the town of Willet and attended Whitney Point
High School before receiving his B.S. in 1917 and M.D. in 1920 from Syracuse University.
His internship was at St. Josephs on Staten Island from 1919 to 1922, and his residency
in urology was at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. During World War II, he
served in the military as a surgeon for the US Public Health Service and completed
postgraduate education at the Brady Urological Institute at John Hopkins. He married
Pauline Remington, and they had two sons, Eaton and Peter. He was president of the
Medical Society of the State of New York and Onondaga County Medical Society, a member
of Alpha Kappa Kappa, and a consulting urologist at the Upstate Medical Center, St.
Joseph's Hospital and Syracuse Memorial Hospital. From 1927 to 1954, he was a member of
the Syracuse University College of Medicine faculty and a clinical professor emeritus
until his death in 1966.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Leo E. Gibson, who graduated from Syracuse
University College of Medicine in 1920 and was a urologist. There are four series in
this collection.
Printed Materials: these documents were accumulated by Dr. Gibson on a variety of
medical subjects primarily in the 1950s.
Subject Files: these materials include papers on the Medical Society of the State of New
York, the Urologists Correspondence Club, and Dr. Gibson’s urology clippings and drafts
of publications.
Memorabilia: Dr. Gibson's certificates, licenses, and diploma are in this series.
Photographs: this series contains glass lantern slides that relate to Dr. Gibson’s
urology studies.
Arrangement of the Collection
The Leo E. Gibson MD Papers have been arranged into four series.
Separated Material
Dr. Gibson’s medicine kit has been removed to the objects collection.
Subject and Genre Headings
Gibson, Leo E., 1894-1966
Medical education
Medical Society of the State of New York (1807- )
Syracuse University, College of Medicine
Urology
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on this material.
Use Restrictions
Written permission must be obtained from the Archives and Special Collections of the SUNY Upstate
Health Sciences Library and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations,
excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
The Leo E. Gibson MD Papers, Archives and Special Collections in the Health Sciences Library,
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Acquisition Information
Unknown.
Inventory
Printed Materials
Free choice and freedom, medical education, insurance, socialism and
socialized medicine, welfare and social security, aging, and public health
clippings, reports, publications, press releases, pamphlets, and speeches and
addresses, including Health Services in Norway.
1937
1946-1962
Box 1
3 folders
Business and medicine clippings, publications, pamphlets, and speeches
and addresses.
1953-1959
Box 1
Peace and war publications, clippings, pamphlets, poems, and speeches
and addresses.
1951
1954
1956
1959
Box 1
Granular urethritis publications and clippings.
1951
1958
1959
Box 1
Miscellaneous and history clippings, publications, pamphlets, and
speeches and addresses.
1957
undated
Box 1
Subject Files
Urology medical publications, clippings, and drafts of writings for
publications.
1929
1942
1948
undated
Box 1
Urologists Correspondence Club newsletters.
1963-1966
Box 1
Medical Society of the State of New York reports, clippings,
newsletters, and speeches and addresses.
1953
1955-1957
1960
Box 1
Memorabilia
Certificate of residence at Staten Island Hospital in Richmond County,
New York.
1920
Box 1
Certificate of membership for the Association of Reserve
Officers.
1945
Box 1
Certificate of Appreciation for service as member of Selective Service
System.
1958
Oversize Case 8, Shelf 2
Certificate of Appreciation for service as member of Selective Service
System.
1963
Oversize Case 8, Shelf 2
Certificate of appointment as examining physician to local
board.
1942
Oversize Case 8, Shelf 2
Certificate of appointment as intern at St. Joseph’s
Hospital.
1920
Oversize Case 8, Shelf 2
New York license to practice medicine and surgery.
1920
Oversize Case 8, Shelf 2
Appointment as Major in Army Medical Corps.
1941
Box 1
American Board of Urology certification.
1937
Oversize Case 8, Shelf 2
Certification for term as house surgeon at the Staten Island Hospital, New York City.
1921
Oversize Case 8, Shelf 2
Certificate of commendation from the bureau of medicine and surgery,
United States Navy for education of Navy V-12 students in medical corps during
World War II.
1945
Box 1
Certification as founder member of the US committee in support of the scientific and educational objectives of the World Medical Association.
1957
Box 1
Election as fellow to the Academy International of Medicine certificate.
1944
Box 1
American Urological Association membership certificate.
1929
Box 1
American College of Surgeons Fellow certificate.
1929
Box 1
Board of Ambulance Service certification for ambulance surgeon duties at Staten Island Hospital, New York City.
1921
Oversize Case 8, Shelf 2
Medical advisor local board no. 58 appointment certificate.
1948
Oversize Case 8, Shelf 2
Resident surgeon on urological service at Massachusetts General Hospital certification.
1926
Oversize Case 8, Shelf 2
Certificate of appointment as surgeon for the reserve of the United States public health service.
1943
Oversize Case 8, Shelf 2
Syracuse University College of Medicine diploma for Leo E. Gibson.
1920
Oversize Case 8, Shelf 2
Photographs
Portrait prints and negatives of Leo Gibson.
undated
Box 1
Glass lantern slides of x-rays, drawings, and photographs of internal
organs.
undated
Box 2
Glass lantern slides of prostate pathology x-rays and
drawings.
undated
Box 2
Glass lantern slides of prostatic resection cast study text, tables,
x-rays, photographs, and drawings.
undated
Box 2