Olcott, Arthur W. Wellesley

Middle name Wellsley or Wellesley or ??
Arrived in Tucson in 1896. ArMA president: 1908. Dates: 1865-1921. 1925 Pima County state representative.
Pima County Medical Society (Tucson, Arizona). Sombrero, October 1984.
Kennedy, John W. Arizona Medical Association : the first hundred years, 1892-1991. Flagstaff, Ariz. : Heritage Publishers, 1993, page 143.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, pages 263, 362” “Wellsley”
See also: Portrait and biographical record of Arizona. Commemorating the achievements of citizens who have contributed to the progress of Arizona and the development of its resources. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1901, pages 410, 413: Arthur W. Olcott, M.D.

J Am Med Assoc, Jun 1902; XXXVIII: 1664: Arizona Medical Association. -- The tenth annual meeting of this Association was held in Tucson, May 28 and 29, under the presidency of Dr. Hiram W. Fenner of that city. The following officers were elected: Dr. William Duffield, Phoenix, president; Drs. William V. Whitmore, Tucson, Arthur W. Olcott, Tucson, and Logan D. Dameron, Phoenix, vice-presidents; Dr. Charles H. Jones, Tempe, secretary, and Dr. William N. Bell, Wickenburg, treasurer. The Association will meet next year in Phoenix. It has adopted the rules and by-laws of the American Medical Association, making eligible to membership all regular physicians who do not classify themselves under creeds. The tendency in this Association is to unify the practice of medicine.
J Am Med Assoc, Aug 1905; XLV: 486: List of new members of the American Medical Association during the month of July, 1905: ... ARIZONA -- Cassady, D., Bisbee.; Hughes, H.A., Phoenix; Olcott, A.W., Tucson.
J Am Med Assoc, May 1908; L: 1802: The seventeenth annual meeting of the Arizona Medical Association was held in Tucson, April 27-28. A surgical clinic was given by Dr. Mark A. Rogers at the Whitwell Hospital, and a banquet was given by the local profession in honor of the visiting delegates. The following officers were elected: President, Dr. Arthur W. Olcot [sic], Tucson; vice-presidents, Drs. John W. Foss, Phoenix, Clarence E. Yount, Prescott, and Albert L. Gustetter, Nogales; secretary, Dr. John W. Flinn, Prescott; treasurer, Dr. Enoch B. Ketcherside, Yuma; and councilor, Dr. John E. Bacon, Tombstone. The next meeting will be held in Prescott in May, 1909.
J Am Med Assoc, May 1921; 76: 1362: Arthur W. Wellesley Olcott; Tucson, Ariz. ; St. Louis Medical College, 1887 ; aged 55 ; at one time health officer of Tucson; died, April 19, from injuries received in an automobile accident.

See also: Arizona Daily Star obituary Dr. Arthur Wellesley Olcott, d 4/20/1921.
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History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]
volume 5, page(s) 105-107,362-363
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