Robert D. Collins Papers

Collection

Identifier: EBL-0017

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Manuscript and research materials gathered by Dr. Robert D. Collins for his book on Ernest W. Goodpasture and his book entitled, Ahmic Lake Connections; the Founding Leadership of Vanderbilt University, which explores the friendship between Abraham Flexner, James Kirkland, and Canby Robinson. Included are copies of original correspondence from the James Kirkland Papers. Materials related to his editing of the memoirs of Dr. Roscoe R. Robinson, and the biography of Dr. Amos Christie written by Dr. Robert Merrill are included in this collection. Copies of publications by Dr. Collins, as well as unpublished papers make up the final series of this collection.

Dates

1920 - 2000

Creator

Collins, Robert D., M.D. (Person)

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 or is retained by the authors of specific published items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Historical or Biographical Note

Dr. Robert D. Collins was a pathologist, teacher, and author. His research interests included diseases of the lymph nodes and bone marrow and the specialty of hematopathology. He is the author of a biography of Ernest W. Goodpasture published by Hillsboro Press, 2002, and a second book on the History of VUMC, entitled Ahmic Lake Connections.

Robert Deaver Collins was born October 28, 1928, in Davidson, Tennessee. He obtained his B.S. (1948) and his M.D. (1951) from Vanderbilt. Then he received a fellowship in microbiology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Collins returned to Vanderbilt as assistant professor of pathology in 1959 and was promoted to professor in 1968. He also served as Assistant Dean of Medical Students from 1964-1967. He is a recipient of the Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Professor Award and the Grant Liddle Award for Excellence in Research. He died in Nashville, November 28, 2013.