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1952 - ca. 2001
4.83 linear feet
Collection Number 12
Prepared by Patricia A. Threatt
November 2004
CITATION: Dr. R. Gordon Holcombe, Jr. Friends
of the Library Collection, Collection No. 12, Box number,
Folder number, Archives and Special Collections Department,
Frazar Memorial Library, McNeese State University.
Archives and Special Collections Department
Frazar Memorial Library
McNeese State University
Historical Sketch
Dr. Richard Gordon Holcombe, Jr. was born
October 28, 1913 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He attended
Vanderbilt University and Tulane University, earning his
B.S. in 1934 and his M.D. in 1937, both from Tulane. In
1936, the Mayo Clinic selected Holcombe and six other
students to attend a summer session on surgical pathology.
Holcombe began his military career in 1942 as a member of
the surgical service of Tulane’s 24th General Hospital,
stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia. In 1943, Holcombe
joined the Surgical Consultants Division of the Office of
the Surgeon General. In 1945, Holcombe returned to private
practice in Lake Charles and married Odette Labadie. The
Holcombes had three children, Ann, Elizabeth, and Richard.
In 1966, Holcombe and Sam Marino, Head librarian for McNeese
at the time, founded the Friends of the Library to perform
volunteer work and donate materials to Frazar Memorial
Library. Dr. Holcombe has received numerous awards,
including and honorary degree from McNeese in 1969, an
affiliate of England’s Royal Society of Medicine in 1971,
and the American College of Surgeons’ Distinguished Service
Award in 1980. In 1990, the Fellows Leadership Society
of the American College of Surgeons named Dr. Holcombe an
honorary lifetime member. Dr. Holcombe died on August 4,
2005.
Scope and Content Note
The Holcombe Collection consists of audio
recordings of news and interviews, personal correspondence
and documents, and documents concerning the formation of the
Frazar Memorial Library Friends of the Library. Additional
materials regarding the reestablishment of the Friends group
in 1981 are located in the Frazar Memorial Library
Collection, Collection Number 58.
Container
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Reel-to reel tape recordings:
1. NBC coverage of the Republican Convention, June
12, 1964
2. McNeese on Broadway, December 14, 1969
3. Father Fenton, September 17, 1964
4. Taylor Caldwell, Convention Address
5. Dr. Holcombe KPLC‑TV appearance, November 1 (no
year)
6. Dr. Holcombe ‑ address on behalf of Jesse
Knowles, December 1963 Address by Knowles Address to
Practical Nurses Annual Dinner, 1964 by Holcombe
7. Address to Lake Charles Office Nurses Society
Annual Banquet, December 1963
Address on KPLC‑TV and Radio on behalf of Jesse
Knowles, December 1963
Introductory remarks at PAVE meeting featuring
Strom Thurmond, 1963
Holcombe speaking in behalf of Eisenhower
Candidacy, 1952
8. Interview with Miss Maude Reid by Holcombe
9. We are Financing our own Destruction
CD's of these 9 reel-to-reel tapes |
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VHS tape "Big Charity is Always There,"
December 7, 1986. Interview with Dr. Holcombe on
Charity Hospital in New Orleans |
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Scrapbooks about Friends of the Library
(2) with newspaper clippings, 1969 and 1970 |
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Friends of the Library information
including copies of letterhead, membership applications,
note cards, press releases, publicity, etc. |
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Diary of the Friends of McNeese State
College library progress by Dr. Holcombe, 1965‑1970 |
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Membership list and contributions list
from the Friends of the Library, 1965‑67 |
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1965‑1984 |
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Invoices and correspondence to book
dealers regarding purchases, 1953, 1965, 1966 |
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Invoices and correspondence to book
dealers regarding purchases, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973,
n.d. |
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Correspondence between Dr. Holcombe and
Mrs. Douglas MacArthur and Major General Courtney
Whitney, 1965‑66 |
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Correspondence between Dr. Holcombe and
Flora Rheta Schreiber and articles by her, 1965 |
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Correspondence between Dr. Holcombe and
library directors Dr. Byrne, Mrs. Reedy, Dr. Marino, and
Mr. Reid, 1966‑84 |
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Information on books donated by Dr.
Holcombe |
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Holcombe’s curriculum vitae, ca. 2004 |
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Reproduction of a photograph of the
Service Command surgical consultants at their meeting
with General Rankin and his staff, October 10-11, 1944.
The group includes Holcombe and Dr. Michael DeBakey. |
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Book containing original Articles of
Incorporation and Charter for the Friends of the Library
issued November 1966. |
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*VHS entitled "80th Birthday Celebration - Dr. R. Gordon
Holcombe, Jr. and Mr. George M. Kreamer, 'Two
Octagenarians' Confessions'" cataloged in Holcombe
CS71.H685 1993 |
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