Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Streeten, Barbara W.
- Abstract:
- This collection contains the papers of Barbara W. Streeten, who was a Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. The collection has four series: Writings, Subject Files, Photographs, and Posters.
- Extent:
- 2.92 linear feet
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
The Barbara W. Streeten MD Papers, Archives and Special Collections in the Health Sciences Library, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Background
- Scope and Content:
This collection contains the personal papers of Barbara W. Streeten that relate to her research and career as a Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology at SUNY Upstate Medical University. There are four series in this collection.
Writings: these papers contain Dr. Streeten's publications, research materials for publications, and corresponding materials for publications, including notes, forms, correspondence, and photographs from the late 1970s to 2000s.
Subject Files: these records contain Dr. Streeten's research materials from the late 1970s to 1990s. These were primarily for publications, but there are also materials for unpublished papers, such as manuscript drafts and notes, correspondence, and photographs.
Photographs: these materials consist of research photographs from the 1980s and 1990s, including ones reproduced in publications, and print photographs of Dr. Streeten from 1976.
Posters: this series consists of digital photographs of Dr. Streeten's scientific posters that primarily were displayed at conferences before the research information was published.
- Biographical / Historical:
Barbara Anne Wiard Streeten (1925-2015) was an American ophthalmologist known for her research contributions on pseudoexfoliative disease of the lens, the protein composition of the zonule, and ocular finding in many genetic disorders. She was born in Derry, New Hampshire in 1925 and raised in Revere, Massachusetts, where she was valedictorian of Revere High School at the age of 16. In 1945, she received her A.B. (magna cum laude) at the age of 20 from Tufts University followed by her M.D. (cum laude) in 1950 from Tufts University Medical School. Tufts University awarded her the medical Alumni Association Prize in Physiology in 1947 and the Medical Alumni Association Prize in Pathology, Bacteriology, and Parasitology in 1948. She completed residencies in pathology at Boston City Hospital and in Ophthalmology at Wayne County Hospital and the University of Michigan followed by a fellowship in Ophthalmic Pathology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
Dr. Streeten was an ophthalmology faculty member at the University of Michigan from 1956 to 1960, but moved to Syracuse in 1960 with her husband Dr. David H.P. Streeten, who was a prominent endocrinologist and faculty member at SUNY Upstate Medical University for 50 years. Dr. Streeten joined Upstate as an Ophthalmology and Pathology faculty member in 1964 and was Director of the Eye Pathology Laboratory from 1967 to 2008. She received her first NIH grant in 1975 for research on the structure of the ocular zonule entitled “The Fiber-Gel Structure of the Ocular Zonule” and was continuously funded for 27 years. She retired at the age of 83 after having authored more than 120 journal articles and book chapters, with 68 published abstracts. Her honors include the SUNY President’s Award for Excellence and Leadership in Research in 2000, the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities in 2005. She was also awarded the Zimmerman Medal in 1997, the highest honor in Ophthalmic Pathology.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the Department of Ophthalmology in 2017.
- Arrangement:
The Barbara W. Streeten MD Papers have been arranged into four series.
Online content
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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There are no access restrictions on this material.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Written permission must be obtained from the Archives and Special Collections of the SUNY Upstate Health Sciences Library and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
The Barbara W. Streeten MD Papers, Archives and Special Collections in the Health Sciences Library, SUNY Upstate Medical University
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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history@upstate.edu