Correspondence about speeches, 1929 - 2002
Scope and Contents note
Canby Robinson to EWG about Harvey Lecture in 1929 with EWG replies and Robinson to Sarah afterwards; program Southern Medical 1930 with EWG as Chair, Path section; EWG to Forbus about lecture at Duke, 1932; Arthur Wright to EWG in 1932 about upcoming lecture in Albany; Graves to EWG in 1933 about Gorgas Lecture; citation of Gorgas biography; UAB Archives about Gorgas; EWG to Burwell in 1939 about trip to New Haven to receive honorary degree; EWG to McKinleyn describing trip to Kansas City and Wichita; Forbus to EWG in 1935 about symposium on viruses at Southern Med with follow up from EWG; Miller to EWG in 1937 about giving AOA lecture in Louisville with response, other correspondence about Centennial Observance U.of Louisville; EWG to Hood in Lexington about visit there for talk; McCordock to EWG in 1937 about Loeb lecture with response; Bowman, Longcope, and Park at Hopkins to EWG about Thayer Lecture in 1938 with response; Cullen to EWG in 1939 about Rachford Lecture with response; Whipple to EWG in 1939 about giving Eastman Lecture in Rochester with responses; Portland Academy of Med announcement of EWG lectures in 1938; Correspondence about lectures at VU on polio in 1941, including Simon Flexner, O'Connor of National Foundation, Paul Clark, Tom Rivers, President Roosevelt; Moore to EWG in 1941 about lecture in Boston; Morgan to EWG in 1944 about "Spirit of Inquiry"; Correspondence about Humanities Conference at VU chaired by Philip Davidson with list of participants(EWG apparently spoke but not listed in available written materials; Vanderbilt Alumnus 1945 with article titled "Lifesaver" about EWG (written by JD Ratcliff and taken from This Week magazine); Martin to EWG in 1958 about talk to DC Society of Med Technologists.
Dates
- Creation: 1929 - 2002
Creator
- From the Collection: Collins, Robert D., M.D. (Person)
Notes about Access to this Collection
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Full Extent
From the Collection: 12.94 Cubic Feet (24 Hollinger boxes, 1 half Hollinger box, and 3 Paige boxes.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Location:
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Repository Details
Part of the History of Medicine Manuscripts Collection Repository
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232
historyofmedicine@vanderbilt.edu
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