William D. Robinson Papers
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Papers of nutritionist William D. Robinson (1911-1988), consisting of materials related to a Nutrition Survey of the American Zone of Occupation in Germany. The collection contains: orders; summary report; reports on various cities, including Berlin; data collection materials; reports on certain population groups.
Dates
- 1945 - 1946
Creator
- Robinson, William 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. William D. Robinson (1911-1988) was a professor and nutritionist who conducted research in Vitamin B complex; nutrition demographics; protein nutrition in disease; arthritis and rheumatism; and purine metabolism and gout. He received his M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1934. Robinson was a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow at Vanderbilt from 1940-1941 and from 1943-1944 served as an instructor and director of the Investigative Section of the TN-Vanderbilt Nutrition Project from 1943-1944. He returned to the University of Michigan as a Professor of Internal Medicine in 1944. From 1944-1953, Robinson was head of the Arthritis Research Unit at the Rackham School of Graduate Studies at Michigan. Robinson served as president of the American Rheumatism Association from 1956-57, and also as Professor of Chemistry at Michigan in 1958. He died in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 11, 1988.
Extent
0.37 Cubic Feet (1 Hollinger box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Papers of nutritionist William D. Robinson (1911-1988), consisting of materials related to a Nutrition Survey of the American Zone of Occupation in Germany. The collection contains: orders; summary report; reports on various cities, including Berlin; data collection materials; reports on certain population groups.
Physical Location
EBL Vault
Acquisition Information
Acquired on March 18, 1980. Unknown Likely through the agency of Dr. Rudolph H. Kampmeier.
Processing History
processed on Unknown Date
- Title
- William D. Robinson 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