Frank Luton Papers
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Dates
- 1925 - 1979
Creator
- Luton, Frank Harper (Person)
Notes about Access to this Collection
Reproduction Rights
Historical or Biographical Note
He received his MD from Vanderbilt University in 1927. He worked as staff at the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 1927-1931. He also was an instructor in Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins from 1930-1931. Then he returned to Vanderbilt, first as an Assistant Professor then as a Professor of Psychiatry from 1930-1964. He also served as a Neurologist and Psychiatrist-in-Chief at the Vanderbilt Hospital from 1942-1956. Dr. Luton also served as a Consulting Psychiatrist (1944-1960), and Clinical Director (1960-1979) for the Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute. From 1969-1974 he served as Commissioner of Mental Health for the State of Tennessee. In 1969, he was the President of the American College of Psychiatrists.
Extent
9.46 Cubic Feet : 24 Hollinger boxes, 3 Half Hollinger box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Physical Location
Acquisition Information
Processing History
Creator
- Luton, Frank Harper (Person)
- Title
- Frank Luton Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- History of Medicine Collections Staff
- Date
- 2004-10-29
- 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
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232
historyofmedicine@vanderbilt.edu