Scope and Contents note File contains RDC abstract of BOT minutes, 1939-1951. June 10, 1940 minutes indicate budgetary crisis in hospital and medical school. July 12 minutes show request to establish a military general hospital. Board of Trust volume 24 notes summer term was instituted, notes that 247 student pilots had been trained under civilian pilot training program, notes that the draft age has been lowered to 20. BOT volume (February 2, 1942) pages 173-195, noted that Vanderbilt had no officer training...

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RDC's summary of the university budgets, University/Med School budgets 1910-51, including endowment, income, expenditures, and reserves.

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Budgets of the Department of Medicine 1939-51

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Historical record of campus construction from 1875-2005; RDC's compliation of expenditures for VU construction as of 2000

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Listing of Faculty members in the School of Medicine 1940-50

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Enrollment Data Vanderbilt University 1940-50

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The leadership of Vanderbilt University during the Second World War with an article by Carmichael, titled "Adventures in Education" BOT minutes 8/2/1946 announcing the appointment of Harvey Branscomb as the fourth chancellor of the university.

Scope and Contents note Executive Faculty Minutes, School of Medicine 1940-50, as excerpted by RDC; notable meetings included 8/16/1940 in which Chancellor Carmichael discussed the funding of the hospital, the resignation fo Tinsley Harrison 2/14/1941, the resignation of Alfred Blalock 4/10/1941, the admission of British students to the School of Medicine 1/15/1942, the establishment of accelerated program of instruction 3/12/1942, the death of Horton Casparis 12/10/1942 with the appointment Katie Dodd as the...

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RDC summary of publications by the various department in the School of Medicine from 1940-1950.

Scope and Contents note Details of Rudolph Kampmeier's tenure in the Department of Medicine during the Second World War Several articles about and by Dr. Kampmeier; Dr. Kampmeier made repeated efforts from 1943-45 to become a comissioned officer in either Navy/Army; he wrote of his ability to read and write German fluently and of his knowledge about sexually acquired infections as justification for his being in the military (the basic reason he wanted to join was to prove "good Germans"). The following letters were...