Albert M. Meads papers
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the presumably post retirement activities of Dr. Meads in the 1960s, when he opened a free clinic with Berkeley Baptist Divinity School (BBDS). Includes BBDS clinic correspondence files, Board of Trustees meeting and correspondence files and BBDS-related news clippings. Clinic patient files are restricted, please contact archivist for access.
Dates
- Creation: 1917-1968 (Bulk 1960-1968)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. The UCSF Archives and Special Collections policy places access restrictions on material with privacy issues for a specific time period from the date of creation. Access to records that contain personal and confidential information about an individual or individuals is restricted for 75 years from date of creation or until the death of the individual mentioned in the records, whichever is longer. Access to medical records is restricted for 100 years from the latest date of the materials in those files. Restrictions are noted at the series level. This collection will be reviewed for sensitive content upon request. Contact the UCSF Archivist for information on access to these files.
Conditions Governing Use
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of the University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing, and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Albert M. Meads (1881-1978) one of the first urologists to practice in the Eastbay.
A native of Oakland, Dr. Meads graduated from the University of California in 1905, attended U.C. Medical School in San Francisco and interned at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. His career then took him to Hawaii, where he worked as a plantation doctor, then returned as physician for male students at the UC Infirmary in Berkeley. During his many years of active medical practice, Dr. Meads was on staff at Peralta, Merritt,.Alta Bates, and UC-Cowell Memorial hospitals, and the Children's Hospital Medical Center. He also served as president of the Western Urological Association the Alameda Surgeons.
After his retirement from active medical work at the age of 80, Dr. Meads, long time member of the Berkeley Baptist Divinity School Board of Trustees and friend of the School, conducted weekly consultation clinics in order to provide free medical advice for students and their families.
Extent
.816 Linear Feet (2 document boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Papers of Dr. Mason Meads, UC Medical School alumni, and urologist
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This is a legacy collection, provenance is unknown, presumably gifted to the Archives in 1991.
Geographic
Topical
Uniform Title
- Title
- Guide to the Albert M. Meads Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Date
- 2026
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the UCSF Archives and Special Collections Repository
UCSF Kalmanovitz Library
530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco CA 94143-0840 USA
https://www.library.ucsf.edu/archives/ask-an-archivist/