Object List

Timeline:

Panel 1:

15. Scanned reproduction of Dr. Travell as a baby with her mother holding her (from Office Hours)
16. Photo reproduction of the Travell family, includes Dr. Travell, husband, daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren
17. Scanned reproduction of Dr. Travell's father, Willard Travell, c. 1909
18. Photo reproduction of John Powell on JFK's Inauguration Day, 1961
19. Original photo of Dr. Travell and her grandson, Gordon
20. Scanned reproduction of Dr. Travell holding her baby daughter

21. Scanned reproduction of Dr. Travell and husband driving in car
22. Original Christmas card of daughters, Virginia and Janet holding bunnies

Flat Case 1:

23. Dr. Travell's baby book and scanned reproduction of one page, January 16, 1902
24. Original letter from Janet Davidson Travell to husband, Willard, 1903
25. Original Brearley School poem
26. Original test problem titled "St. Francis and the Tumbler"
27. Original letter from Dr. Travell to parents at Wellesley College, March 23, 1919

28. Original letter and envelope from Dr. Travell to family from Wellesley College, November 3, 1921
29. Original Brearley School Commencement dinner placard, 1918
30. Photocopy of page from Dr. Travell's report card for month of February, c. 1916-1918
31. Original report card from Brearley High School, c. 1916-1918
32. Original letter from Dr. Travell to her father, August 29, 1911
33. Original postcard from Dr. Travell to father, May 31, 1910
34. Original invitation to a recital, March 1, 1902

Panel 2:

35. Photo reproduction of New York Hospital, c. 1927-1928
36. Photo reproduction of Dr. Travell, ambulance surgeon, 1927
37. Scanned reproduction of Dr. Travell and sister at Wellesley College-Tennis Doubles Champions
38. Photocopy of tennis list with Dr. Travell's name
39. Field day booklet from Wellesley College, October 29, 1921
40. Photo reproduction of Dr. Travell coming across a cable line, 1923
41. Photo reproduction of Dr. Travell sitting on a high perch, 1923
42. Photo reproduction of Dr. Travell as a student at Brearley High School, c. 1918

Flat Case 2:

43. Original class notes on poisons, 1921
44. Dr. Travell's passport
45. Photo reproduction of Dr. Travell holding her daughters, July 1936
46. Original letter to the editor, "Are the Children of Women Doctor's Neglected?" and corresponding label, September 13, 1949
47. Original letter from Virginia Powell to her father with circus drawings, April 12, 1942
48. Original letter from John Powell to daughters
49. Photo reproduction of young Dr. Travell rowing a boat
50. Original student research project "Excretion of Morphine," Spring 1924

Flat Case 3:

51. Photocopy of temporalis
52. Original case study of "Early Relief of Chest Pain by Ethyl Chloride Spray…," January 1951
53. Photo reproduction of Dr. Travell demonstrating ethyl chloride spray on a patient
54-56. Photo copies of slides used in Dr. Travell's lecture on chest and arm pain at Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas, 1950
57. Original paper "Rapid Relief of Acute 'Stiff Neck' by Ethyl Chloride Spray," March 3, 1949
58. Original letter from Dr. Travell to Clarence Mange, March 28, 1962
59. Original "Spray Pain Away" advertisement
60. Original patients daily pain logs, March 22-29, 1951
61. Artifact-Ethyl Chloride spray bottle and carton
62. Paper by Dr. Willard Travell and Dr. Travell "Technic for Reduction…," April 1942

Flat Case 4:

63. Original-"How to Give Painless Injections," June 1957
64. Photocopy of "How to Give Painless Injections" abstract, June 1957
65. Photo reproduction of Dr. Travell drawing the body
66. Original arm drawings of pain zone, June 28, 1975
67. Original skin temperature studies, May 2, 1951
68. Original anthropometric measurements of female figure, March 16, 1953
69. Scanned reproduction of skin, muscle, and bone graphs of the leg
70. Original request for article "Pain and Disability of the Shoulder and Arm" October 10, 1942
71. Original Doctor on medical call card
72. Photocopy of the contents of "The Doctor's Bag," March 1952
73. Original Medical Digest about "The Doctor's Bag," March 1952

Flat Case 5:

74. Original article from Scope Weekly titled "Medical Distaff," May 1, 1957
75. Original photo of switchboard operator's chair for Bell Telephone Laboratories
76. Photo reproduction of skeleton sitting on chair
77. Original article "Chairs are a Personal Thing," October 1955
78. Photocopy of a drawn female figure sitting on a chair
79. Scanned reproduction of a man on a John Deere Tractor, April 15, 1954
80. Original report by Dr. Travell on tractor seat design, April 15, 1954
81. Original photo of a man sitting on a bench
82. Original Reader's Digest article "Ladies and Gentlemen, be Seated Properly, May 1961

Panel 3:

83. Photo reproduction of Dr. Travell attending the Foundation for Orthodontic Research Symposium in Palm Springs, Ca. April 14, 1978
84. Photo reproduction of Dr. Travell speaking at a conference
85. Doer's Profile, Washington Times, July 4, 1996
86. Photocopy of Dr. Travell riding her horse at summer home in Sheffield, Mass., January 27, 1961
87. Photo reproduction of Dr. Travell speaking at a conference
88. Original blue ribbon given to Dr. Travell by the Faculty of the Uniformed Services Academy of Family physicians
89. Long quote label, "Her intellect has also been so clear and broad…" spoken by Dr. James R. Friction at Dr. Travell's Memorial Service
90. Original Western Union telegram, April 25, 1961
91. Original newspaper clipping of 80 year old Anna Weichhold doing chin ups, July 1, 1962
92. Photocopy of Dr. Travell's cartoon in Today's Family Doctor, May 1953
93. Original small photo in thank you card from WRC Radio 980, January 3, 1969

Flat Case 6:

94. Original pamphlet "Fitness in Sickness,” May 29, 1974
95. Original The Reader's Digest interview with Dr. Travell "Why we have aches and pains-and what we do about them,” May 1961
96. Original article, "Jump rope in the Office? Sure, Even at White House,” The Courier Reprints, 1966-1967
97. Artifact-jump rope
98. Text label "Life is Like A Bicycle…"
99. Original article, "Don't Argue When He Wants to Exercise,” Today’s Woman, September 1950
100. Original letter from Swim for Health Association, January 27, 1961
101. Original article "Fit to be President" from Sports Illustrated Magazine, April 3, 1961
102. Original letter from Paul Goodley to Dr. Travell on her Today Show appearance, January 8, 1969

Panel 4:

103. Photocopy "The Woman Physician of Yesterday and Today," keynote address, March 6, 1983
104. Original pamphlet of "Celebration of Women in Medicine," March 6-11, 1983
105. Original speaker badge for the 40th Anniversary of the Federated Democratic Women of Ohio, 1971
106. Original Cornell University Medical College Alumni Bulletin"Presenting Cornell Women in Medicine," June 1962
107. Photocopy of the speech "The Progress of Women in Medicine" by Elise S. L'Esperance, MD, May 1, 1946
108. Text label "Many women in the beginning of the 20th century had very few opportunities in the medical field…"
109. Photocopy of scholarly report "Housework and the Physician-Mother: Report from U.S.A," Journal of the American Medical

Women’s Association, February, 1963
110. Original Directory for the Women's Board of GWU Hospital, 1965-1966
111. Photocopy of letter for Woman of the Year, 1996.
112. Original article "Dr. Janet Travell Joins the National Board of WMC," Viewpoint, November 25, 1996
113. Original invitation to the presentation of the Federal Women's Awards at the Astor Hilton Hotel, May 2, 1963
114. Text label with quote from Robert Ruffalo asking Dr. Travell if she was feminist or pioneer in medicine?
115. Text label with quote from Kennedy telling Dr. Travell to "stick with me, and I'll make you notorious."

Large Wall Case:

116. Photo reproduction of JFK and Dr. Travell leaving his Georgetown home, November 26, 1960
117. Text label on Dr. Travell's appointment as personal physician to JFK
118. Text label on the rocking chair
119. Photocopy of the rocking chair cartoon "I don't find this relaxing at all"
120. Photocopy of the article "First Lady (MD) in the White House," Medical World News, February 17, 1961
121. Scanned reproduction of Dr. Travell, her daughters and husband in her White House Office, 1961
122. Scanned reproduction of Dr. Travell posing next to a picture of JFK, from Associated Press Photo Archive
123. Scanned reproduction of Dr. Travell and JFK in the Oval Office, 1961
124. Photocopy of Dr. Travell and her husband seeing her daughter and grandson off to Europe, Newspaper Enterprise Associates, January 27, 1961
125. Original program for a memorial service in honor of the late JFK, November 27, 1963
126. Original Inauguration guidebook for President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
127. Photocopy of Dr. Travell and her husband at a British Embassy Garden Party, The Diplomat, c. 1961
128. Photo reproduction of Dr. Travell and Mrs. Samuel M. Burgess II, President of GW Hospital Women's Board, sitting on rocking chair,

The Courier Reprints, 1966-1967
129. Original Inaugural Committee parking permit, 1965
130. Original photo of Dean John Parks and Dr. Travell attending a meeting, March 1961
131. Scanned reproduction of a "Prescription for Happiness," March 25, 1965

132. Original article "Ol' Rocking Chair is Ideal Tonic, Dr. Travell says," The Charlotte Observer, March 3, 1961
133. Original White House press release announcing the appointment of Dr. Travell as White House physician, January 26, 1961
134. Original "Official Inaugural Program," January 20, 1961
135. Original note from Mrs. Kennedy to Dr. Travell about the loan of a book, February 20, 1961
136. Original "Today Show" transcript, February 6, 1961
137. Original news conference with Dr. Travell regarding President Kennedy's virus, June 22, 1961
138. Original appointment book with caption of Dr. Travell going to a reception at Vice-President Johnson's house, June 26, 1963
139. Original "The White House Conference on Health" November 3-4, 1965
140. Original schedule for Mrs. Johnson's visit to Cleveland, Ohio, April 20, 1964

141. Original place card for Dr. Travell at a Young Democratic Activities Committee Private Reception
142. Original application form of Dr. Travell to GWU Medical School, January 1965
143. Text label of Dr. Travell remaining active after coming to the White House
144. Original letter from Dr. Travell to Dr. Clayton B. Ethridge in regards to her appointment as staff person at GW Hospital, March 25, 1965

Small Wall Case:

145. Original medical paper by Dr. Travell "Identification of Myofascial Trigger Point Syndromes: A Case of Atypical Facial Neurolgia,"

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, March 1981
146. Large quote label by Robert Ruffalo "What impressed me most was that she was thoroughly immersed in her world…"
147. Photo reproduction of Dr. Travell in her office, July 1989
148. Original pamphlet of a banquet program honoring Dr. Travell and Lawrence L.Funt, August 31, 1991
149. Text label "The zeal Dr. Travell had for life…"
150. Photocopy of letter from Devin Starlanyl, May 25, 1996
151. Original letter from Harlan P. Hallock, December 5, 1983
152. Original certificate from the "Fifty Year Club of American Medicine," c. 1976

153. Original pamphlet "Academy for Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy"
154. Original certificate given to Dr. Travell from the North American Academy of Manipulative Medicine, c. 1968-1969
155. Myofascial Trigger Point videotapes, 1990
156. Original Pamphlet on "Clinical Aspects and Pain Management of Myofascial Trigger Point Pain and Dysfunction," October 21-22, 1995
157. Photocopy of advertisement on "Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction the Trigger Point Manual"
158. Red medical book Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction
159. Two original manuscripts of Office Hours: Day and Night, c. 1966-1967
160. Book, Office Hours: Day and Night, 1968

The Back of Panel 3:

161. Photocopy of Dr. Travell's curriculum vitae, February 1964
162. Scanned reproduction of Dr. Travell and her husband, 1971

The Back of Panel 4:

Large sign about Dr. Travell exhibit