Elizabeth Neige Todhunter Papers
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Dates
- 1874 - 1990
Creator
Notes about Access to this Collection
Reproduction Rights
Historical or Biographical Note
Dr. Todhunter received her M.Sc. from the University of Otago in New Zealand in 1925 her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1933. She was an Associate Professor of Home Economics at the State College of Washington from 1934-1941. In 1941, Dr. Todhunter Director of the Research Laboratory of Human Nutrition at the University of Alabama, and from 1953-1966 she served as Professor and Dean of the Department of Food and Nutrition at that institution. Upon her retirement in 1967 and until her death in 1991, she served as Visiting Professor of Nutrition for the Department of Biochemistry at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. During her time at Vanderbilt, Dr. Todhunter helped found the medical library’s history of nutrition collections, and it was through her generosity, efforts, and connections in the field that many of these collections came together. Dr. Todhunter also served as President of the American Dietetic Association from 1957-1958.
Extent
23.66 Cubic Feet (46 Holllinger boxes, 7 Half Hollinger boxes, 1 Paige box, and 9 oversize flat storage boxes ( 1-21"x25"x3", 6-21"x17"x3" 1-21"x17"x1.5", 1- 15" x 19" x 2") )
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Physical Location
Acquisition Information
Processing History
Creator
- Title
- Elizabeth Neige Todhunter 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