Roy Crowdy Avery Collection
Scope and Contents
This .21 linear feet collection contains four reel-to-reel tapes, a transcript of the tapes, transcript from a diary kept by Roy Crowdy Avery during World War I, newspaper clippings, and a manuscript titled, “The Background on the Discovery of Histoplasmosis”.
Dates
- Creation: 1918 - 1971
Conditions Governing Access
The physical materials from this collection may be viewed only in the reading room of Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives. Materials should be requested two to three days in advance to facilitate easier access. Contact specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu to schedule an appointment.
Biographical Note - Roy Crowdy Avery
Roy Crowdy Avery (1885-1971), son of Rev. Joseph Francis and Elizabeth Crowdy Avery, was born on 17 December 1885 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He received an A.B. Degree from the University of Connecticut, a B.S. degree from the University of Massachusetts, and a PhD. degree from Vanderbilt in 1928. Avery became a Naturalized Citizen in 1917 and immediately joined the United States Army. He was later commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant, and served with the Sanitary Corps from 1917-1919, spending time in France, Germany, and England. After the war he studied at Manchester University in Manchester, England. He later was a Professor of Bacteriology and Immunology at Vanderbilt University from 1926-1953. He became Professor Emeritus in 1953. Avery died in Nashville, Tennessee on 22, July 1971.
Full Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 letter half-Hollinger)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Roy Crowdy Avery Collection, 1918-1971, contains reel-to-reel tapes, WWI diary entries, newspaper clippings, and a manuscript of medical professor Roy Crowdy Avery, 1885-1971.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Roy Crowdy Avery Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
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