Dr. Morris Flexner,Typescripts and Notes , 1920-1958

File — Container: Flexner Family Collection Box 1, Folder: 1.19

Identifier: 01

Collection Scope and Content Summary

From the Collection:

Photos, letters, and publications about Abraham Flexner and other members of the Flexner Family. Dr. Flexner is best known for the highly influential Flexner Report on the state of medical education in the United States. The collection includes photographs, biographical material, correspondence, reprints, manuscripts, and a copy of the privately printed book: A Family Memoir 1899-1989 by Jean Atherton Flexner Lewinson. There is a sizeable section grouping of correspondence and photographs created by Dr. Morris Flexner during his student days at the University of Michigan and Johns Hopkins University, as well as a collection of photographs taken during his service as a ,medical officer during World War I. The collection also contains a group of notebooks compiled by noted culinary author Marion K. Flexner.

Dates

Creation: 1920-1958

Creator

From the Collection: Flexner, Marion Kahn Weil (Person)
From the Collection: Flexner, Morris (Person)
From the Collection: Flexner, Abraham (Person)
From the Collection: Flexner, Jean Atherton (Person)

Notes about Access to this Collection

All collections are subject to applicable Vanderbilt University privacy and confidentiality policies. Collection specific restrictions: No Restrictions.

Full Extent

From the Collection: 6.85 Cubic Feet (Five Paige Boxes and 1 oversized flat storage box (13.5"x18.5"x3"), )

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Typescripts and Notes prepared by Dr. Morris Flexner, including an address given to the Louisville Medical Society; poem entitled “Dirty Linen;” poem entitled “Penguin Trouble;” and case report titled “The Patient did Have Pain”