Karl Mason Papers
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Personal papers of nutritionist, anatomist, and biochemist Karl Mason (1900-1978), who was a professor of anatomy at Vanderbilt from 1926-1940. Materials include: correspondence, reprints, and photographs. Correspondents include: Glenn Cullen, Alfred Blalock, Sam Clark, Robert S. Cunningham, W.S. Leathers, Canby Robinson, Rudolph Kampmeier, and Lafayette B. Mendel.
Dates
- 1911 - 1978
Creator
- Mason, Karl Ernest (Person)
Notes about Access to this Collection
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Reproduction Rights
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Historical or Biographical Note
KaKarl E. Mason (1900-1978) was an investigator and teacher in nutrition. He was a leader in the study of the metabolic role of vitamin E. Other research interests included vitamin deficiencies and reproduction, histopathology of nutrition deficiencies, leprosy, and muscular dystrophy.
He received his Ph.D. in Zoology and Anatomy from Yale in 1925. In 1926 he was appointed Instructor in Anatomy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and rose to the rank of Assistant Professor of Anatomy before his departure for the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1940. He also was an Honorary Research Associate in Biochemistry at the University College in London, England in 1939. At Rochester, he served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Anatomy from 1940 until 1965. He then served as the Nutrition Program Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases from 1965-1975. He also served as an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Anatomy from 1946-1961. He was President of the American Association of Anatomists (1967-1968) and a Fellow at the American Institute of Nutrition. He died in Bethesda, Maryland on December 8,1978.
Extent
12.05 Cubic Feet (27 Hollinger Boxes, 4 Half Hollinger Boxes, and 2 oversize flat storage boxes (16"x20"x3.5"))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Personal papers of nutritionist, anatomist, and biochemist Karl Mason (1900-1978), who was a professor of anatomy at Vanderbilt from 1926-1940. Materials include: correspondence, reprints, and photographs. Correspondents include: Glenn Cullen, Alfred Blalock, Sam Clark, Robert S. Cunningham, W.S. Leathers, Canby Robinson, Rudolph Kampmeier, and Lafayette B. Mendel.
Physical Location
EBL Vault
Acquisition Information
Collection acquired in two separate portions in 1978 and 1980. Donated by Dr. Mason through the agency of Dr. Rudolph H. Kampmeier.
Processing History
Likely processed shortly after acquisition in 1978 and 1980.
- Anatomy
- Biochemistry
- Blalock, Alfred
- Clark, Sam Lillard
- Cullen, Glenn Ernest
- Cunningham, R. S. (Robert Sydney)
- Kampmeier, Rudolph H. (Rudolph Herman)
- Leathers, Waller S. (Waller Smith)
- Mason, Karl E.
- Mendel , Lafayette B. (Lafayette Benedict)
- Muscular Dystrophies
- Nutrition
- Robinson, George Canby
- Vanderbilt University. School of Medicine
- Title
- Karl Mason Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- 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.
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Repository Details
Part of the Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection Repository
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232
historyofmedicine@vanderbilt.edu