Alice Drew Chenoweth Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0013

  • Staff Only
Alice Drew Chenoweth

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Personal papers of Alice Drew Chenoweth, pediatrician and public health professional who graduated from Vanderbilt Medical School in 1932. Materials include: curriculum vita, correspondence, awards, reprints; programs/proceedings, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Most of materials deal with her career in pediatrics and public health, but there are some items in the collection that relate to her education and personal life. Collection primarily covers the 1960s and 1970s.

Dates

  • 1942 - 1977

Creator

Notes about Access to this Collection

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Reproduction Rights

Copyright is retained by History of Medicine Collections, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University

Historical or Biographical Note

Alice Drew Chenoweth (1903-1998) was a pediatrician and public health professional. Dr. Chenoweth was born in Albany, MO in 1903. In 1924 she graduated from Northwestern University with a BS in chemistry. She stayed at Northwestern to complete a master's degree in history in 1926, and then she taught at a Huntington College in Montgomery, AL from 1926-1928. She obtained her MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1932. After graduating, Dr. Chenoweth interned at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY (1932-1933) and completed additional training at Johns Hopkins (1933-1934). Dr. Chenoweth then became the Assistant Chief Resident at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia from 1934-1936, and later she was a research fellow for the Philadelphia Pediatrics Society at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine from 1936-1937. Dr. Chenoweth then went into private practice in Rosemont, PA from 1938-1942.

During World War II, Dr. Chenoweth joined the State Department of Health of Kentucky as Director of Maternal and Child Health, a position she held from 1942-1949. She then went on to serve as Chief of the Children's Bureau/Maternal and Child Health Services for the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare from 1949-1968. After a career with the government she worked as an associate editor for the "Journal of School Health" from 1969-73, and she was president of the American Medical Women's Association in 1968.

Dr. Chenoweth received many awards during her career, including the Superior Service Award from the Children's Bureau in 1967 and the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal from the American Medical Women's Association in 1973. She also established a scholarship for medical students at her alma mater, Vanderbilt University.

Extent

2.94 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Personal papers of Alice Drew Chenoweth, pediatrician and public health professional who graduated from Vanderbilt Medical School in 1932. Materials include: curriculum vita, correspondence, awards, reprints; programs/proceedings, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

Physical Location

EBL Vault

Acquisition Information

Accession record indicates that collection was acquired in separate donations in 1986 and 1989

Processing History

processed on Unknown Date

Title
Alice Drew Chenoweth Papers
Status
Partially Processed
Author
History of Medicine Collections Staff
Date
2004-10-28
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Description is in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection Repository

Contact:
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232


 

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