MEDICAL EXAMINERS BOARD:

An Inventory of Its Registers of Medical Practitioners at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners.
Title:Registers of Medical Practitioners.
Dates:1883-1989.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Registers of physicians, midwives, and physical therapists. They give license number, name, age, residence, diploma school and date, and Minnesota registration date. Also included are medical doctor rosters.
Quantity:5.3 cubic feet (13 volumes in 7 boxes and 2 partial boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Includes separate indexes to registers of physicians (2 volumes). Registers of midwives and physical therapists are self-indexed.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners. Registers of Medical Practitioners. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 986-119; 2021-43

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017148800104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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128.E.5.3BIndex to Registers of Physicians, 1883-1974. 1 volume.
In rough alphabetical order by licensed physician's name. Information includes license number, name, and date the license was issued. Useful to locate physicians in Register of Physicians A, which is not indexed, as well as the other Registers of Physicians. In fragile condition: crumbling paper, and some information on edges of paper is missing.
Index to Registers of Physicians, 1883-1887. 1 volume.
In rough alphabetical order by licensed physician's name. Information includes license number, name, residence, school from which medical diploma was awarded, and date awarded. Much of this information is duplicated in the above index, but is in better physical condition. Useful to backup the above index, especially for Register of Physician A.
Registers of Physicians, 1883-1981. 7 volumes:
All volumes include indexes, except A. Information includes medical license number, name and age, residence, school from which medical diploma or certificate was awarded and date awarded, date Minnesota medical certificate was awarded, date Minnesota medical certificate was recorded at local level.
Volume A, License Nos. 1-1503, 1883-1887.
Volume B, License Nos. 1-2882, 1887-1912.
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126.F.11.2F-1Volume C, License Nos. 2883-6615, 1912-1930.
Nos. 3100-3999 omitted.
Volume D, License Nos. 6616-11,384, 1930-1949.
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126.F.11.2F-2Volume E, License Nos. 11,385-16,248, 1949-1963.
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126.F.11.3B-1Volume F, License Nos. 16,249-21,338, 1963-1974.
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126.F.11.3B-2Volume G, License Nos. 21,339-26,084, 1974-1981.
After No. 21,810, gives only name and license number.
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126.F.11.4F-1Register of Midwives, 1891-1969. 2 volumes:
Information includes date licensed, name, residence, by whom licensed, renewal dates. Indexed.
Volume A, 1891-1922.
Volume B, 1922-1969.
After 1938 the entries appear to be only renewals.
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126.F.11.4F-2Register of Physical Therapists A, 1952-1971. 1 volume.
Physical therapists were first registered in 1952, under the law of 1951, and placed under the jurisdiction of the Medical Examiner Board. Information includes certificate number, name, residence, name of institution awarding physical therapy diploma, date of birth, preliminary education, physical therapy education, date of certificate of registration. Indexed.
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126.F.11.5B-1Register of Physicians by School, approximately 1883-1945. 1 volume.
In alphabetical order by state university or medical school, with licensed physician's name, year of diploma, and examination dates.
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114.D.1.10FMedical Doctor Rosters, approximately 1880s-1980, 1988-1989. 6 folders.

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Minnesota Department of Health. Directories of licensed practitioners (cataloged separately). The Medical Examiners Board's license application records (cataloged separately) contain more detailed information regarding examination grades and education.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Health occupations licensing boards -- Minnesota.
Midwives -- Minnesota -- Registers.
Physical therapists -- Minnesota -- Registers.
Physicians -- Minnesota -- Registers.

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