This collection consists of two series: I. Personal information and literary production (1920-1969) and II. Printed material and notes from the Medical Advisory Committee of Social Security’s Disability Program (1955-1969).
Contents include:
1. Biography of Dr. J. Duffy Hancock
2. Correspondence, 1955-1960
3. Addresses and Speeches, 1920-1929
4. Addresses and Speeches, 1930-1939
5. Addresses and Speeches, 1940-1949
6. Addresses and Speeches, 1950-1959
7. Addresses and Speeches, 1960-1969
8. Addresses and Speeches, no dates
9. Published Medical Journal Articles, 1920-1929
10. Published Medical Journal Articles, 1930-1935
11. Published Medical Journal Articles, 1936-1939
12. Published Medical Journal Articles, 1940-1944
Series I. Personal information and literary production
1. Published Medical Journal Articles, 1945-1949
2. Published Medical Journal Articles, 1950-1954
3. Published Medical Journal Articles, 1955-1959
4. Published Medical Journal Articles, 1960-1969
5. Published Medical Journal Articles, no dates
6. Miscellaneous Writings and Documents
7. Various Medical Journals, Articles, and Publications by others, 1939-1962
8. A Collection of Papers (Hardbound Copy), 1925-1959
Series II. Medical Advisory Committee – Social Security Disability Program
9. Transcript of Proceedings: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare—Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, February 1955
10. Medical Advisory Committee – Social Security Disability Program
11. Background Materials For Conference of the Medical Advisory Committee on the Disability Freeze—Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, February 1955
12. Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance: Disability Freeze State Manual, May 1955
13. Agenda and Background Materials for Conference of the Medical Advisory Committee on the Disability Freeze—Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, November 1955
14. Transcript of Proceedings: Medical Advisory Committee Meeting on Disability Freeze—Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Social Security Administration—Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, November 1955
15. Agenda and Background Materials for Meeting of the Medical Advisory Committee on the Disability Program—Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, September 1956
16. BOASI Proposed Guide and Standards for Disability Determinations, 1957
17. Task Force on Social Security Hospitalization Benefits, 1957
18. Agenda and Background Materials for Meeting of the Medical Advisory Committee on the Disability Program—Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, February 28-March 1, 1957
19. Agenda and Background Materials for Meeting of the Medical Advisory Committee on the Disability Program—Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, December 1957
20. American Medical Association: Special Task Force on Forland Bill, 1957
21. Social Security Administration-Medical Advisory Committee: Eighth Meeting, November 1958
22. Social Security Administration-Medical Advisory Committee: Tenth Meeting, May 1960
23. Medicare: Medical Doctor Manual, 1965-1969
24. Prepared Statements and Article on Disability Freeze/Standards, no dates
25. Miscellaneous Articles, Journal Publications and Printed Material on Social Security and Disability Program, 1951-1960
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J. Duffy Hancock was a native of Jeffersonville, Indiana. He graduated from the University of Louisville and then its School of Medicine (1921), practicing medicine in Louisville for over 50 years until his retirement in 1974. His offices were in the Medical Arts Building at 1169 Eastern Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky.
Dr. Hancock served as president of the Kentucky and Jefferson County Medical Associations and in 1954 was President of the Southeastern Surgical Congress. During the 1930s, he served briefly as president of the old Louisville Board of Health. He also served on the Medical Advisory Committee of the Social Security’s Disability Program from 1955 to 1959.
He received many awards, including the Distinguished Service Award from the Kentucky Medical Association in 1965, the Distinguished Service Award from the American Cancer Society in 1953, and the E. M. Howard Medal from the Kentucky Medical Association in 1946. In addition, Dr. Hancock was decorated with the Bronze Star and French Croix de Guerre for valor in service during World War II.
He was on the staffs at St. Joseph Infirmary, Kentucky Baptist Hospital, Norton Infirmary and Children’s Hospital, St. Anthony Hospital and Methodist Evangelical Hospital in Louisville. He was an instructor at the UofL School of Medicine and was named chairman of the Bellarmine College Board of Overseers in 1958. He died 22 Nov 1977.
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