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Mary de Garmo Bryan Papers

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Identifier: EBL-0011
Abstract

Personal papers of editor, dietitian, and nutrition advisor Mary de Garmo Bryan. She served as an Army dietitian in France during WWI and was a pioneer in the development of the school lunch program in the United States. Materials include: manuscripts, reprints, correspondence, pamphlets, and notes. Two copies of Dr. Bryan's dissertation are contained in the collection.

Dates: 1865 - 1974
Found in: Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection

Flexner Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0024
Abstract Photos, letters, and publications about Abraham Flexner and other members of the Flexner Family including Morris Flexner, Marion Flexner, Jacob Flexner. and Simon Flexner. Dr. Flexner is best known for the highly influential Flexner Report on the state of medical education in the United States. The collection includes photographs, biographical material, correspondence, reprints, manuscripts, and a copy of the privately printed book: ...
Dates: 1898-2011; Majority of material found within 1908 - 1965
Found in: Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection

Elizabeth Neige Todhunter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0083
Abstract Personal papers of nutritionist and Vanderbilt professor E. Neige Todhunter (1901-1991). Materials include: correspondence; biographical material; writings and publications (ENT); student notebooks; class and lecture material; brochures; writings and publications (others); dietary studies; miscellaneous. subject files; photos and slides; reel-to-reel tapes; postcard collection; menu Collection; cookbook collection; RDA reprints; AIN material; and biographical files of prominent...
Dates: 1874 - 1990
Found in: Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection

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