Anne J. Sweeney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0081

  • Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Personal papers of medical social worker and Vanderbilt professor Anne J. Sweeney (1914-1984). Materials include: biographical material; biographical files (on others); correspondence; manuscripts; and files of research on hereditary deafness, syphilis/penicillin Study.

Dates

  • 1950 - 1980

Creator

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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

Anne J. Sweeney (1914-1984) was a medical social worker and author. She received her MSSW from Catholic University in 1936. She was a social worker at Vanderbilt University Hospital from 1937-51. She then served as a medical consultant for the Tennessee Department of Health from 1951-1957. She returned to Vanderbilt first as an instructor and later was promoted to Assistant Professor of Preventative Medicine from 1957-1973. She also was an investigator and research coordinator of the NIH project "Experimental Studies in Hereditary Deafness," 1966-1974. A native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, she died in Nashville on December 8, 1984.

Extent

1.11 Cubic Feet (3 Hollinger boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Personal papers of medical social worker and Vanderbilt professor Anne J. Sweeney (1914-1984). Materials include: biographical material; biographical files (on others); correspondence; manuscripts; and files of research on hereditary deafness, syphilis/penicillin Study.

Physical Location

EBL Vault

Acquisition Information

Acquired on Unknown Date

Processing History

processed on Unknown Date

Title
Anne J. Sweeney 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

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


 

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