William Henry Burritt Biographical File
Scope and Contents
digital file contains copies of correspondence, excepts from Vanderbilt catalogs, and a newspaper clipping describing 1890 graduation exercises.
Dates
- 1869 - 1955
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Burritt was an 1890 graduate of the joint medical departments of Vanderbilt University and the University of Nashville. He did post graduate study at the Pulte Medical College in Cincinnati and at the New York Lying-in Hospital. A native of Huntsville, Alabama, he came from a a long line of physicians. At his death in 1955 Dr. Burritt willed his house and the surrounding property to the City of Huntsville for the purpose of establishing a park and museum.
Extent
3.42 Megabytes (8 digital files)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- William Henry Burritt biographical file
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- History of Medicine Collections Staff
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the VUMC Historical Images and Biographies Repository
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232
historyofmedicine@vanderbilt.edu