[Pair of Yearbooks Belonging to Pioneering Dr. James L. Hutchinson While a Student at Meharry Medical College, the First Medical School to Train African American Doctors in the South]

Nashville, 1950. Very good.. Two yearbooks: 244; 208pp. The first bound in blue textured cloth, the second in maroon textured cloth, each front cover stamped in gilt with a mounted photograph. Some scuffing to edges. Light thumb-soiling to texts, previous owner's inscription in each volume. A pair of yearbooks once belonging to Dr. James L. Hutchinson of Shreveport, Louisiana while a medical student at Meharry Medical College in Nashville in the mid-20th century. The yearbooks - the Meharrian for 1949 and 1950 - cover Hutchinson's last two years at the school, and are chock full of photographs and information on the administration, faculty, students, student organizations, and campus life at the pioneering college. The last sections in each yearbook are comprised of advertisements from local vendors, mostly medical suppliers. Meharry Medical College opened in 1876 as the first institution in the South designed to train African American doctors. At the time Hutchinson attended the school, Meharry also trained dentists, nurses, dental technicians, and medical technologists, all of whom are represented in the yearbooks. Meharry remains the largest private HBCU dedicated to training healthcare professionals. Dr. James L. Hutchinson established a medical practice in San Mateo, California in the 1950s, becoming one of the very first African American doctors to work in the Golden State. In addition to his family practice, Dr. Hutchinson was one of the founding doctors of both Planned Parenthood and Project 90. Amazingly, he is still practicing medicine today in his early 90s. Editions of the Meharrian from any year are rather rare. OCLC records a smattering of yearbooks at about a dozen institutions.