Waddell, W. H. (1995). Some Bastardly People. McClain Printing Company
Dr. William Waddell was a pioneer and leader in the field of veterinary medicine. He was also one of the oldest surviving Buffalo Soldiers, which was an all black regiment of the U. S. Army.
Dr. Waddell received his doctorate in 1935, becoming one of the first African Americans to practice veterinary medicine in the United States. He was the first African American veterinarian to practice in the State of West Virginia, and the first African American member of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
As a veterinarian, he was employed at Tuskegee Institute where he worked with George Washington Carver on peanut oil therapy.