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300th General Hospital Unit Collection
Photographs, scrapbooks, unpublished reports, awards, and reunion material relating to the 300th General Hospital Unit, Vanderbilt's Medical Unit in World War II that served in Italy and North Africa. The collection also includes personal items such as scrapbooks from a few members of the unit. In addition, a few items found in the collection, primarily souvenirs, have no direct relation to the unit, but have some connection to Vanderbilt.
Benton Adkins Biographical File
Many photographs, newspaper clippings, faculty information form, CV, news releases from Vanderbilt University Office of Public Information, reprints of articles on surgery authored by Dr. Adkins.
William C. Alford, Jr. Biographical File
File contains a typescript of Dr. Alford's presidential Address entitled "A Brief History of the H. William Scott, Jr. Society, 1972-1994: Twenty-Three Years and Counting" delivered April 16, 1994. Also contains a reprint of Vol.81, no. 5 May 1988 Southern Medical Journal article entitled "Great Men Among Us" in which Dr. Alford recounts the history of the Nashville Surgical Society.
William Lewis Alsobrook Biographical File
Obituary newspaper clippings for Dr. Alsobrook.
Sara Katherine Layton Archer Biographical File
This file includes several newspaper clippings about Dr. Archer's time at Vanderbilt, especially focusing on her position as Dean of the Vanderbilt School of Nursing.
Mary Ann Thompson Arildsen Biographical File
File contains article from the VUMC Reporter on the nerve reseach growth factor and the photograph of Dr. Arildsen used in the article
Josiah J. Ashby Biographical File
One photographic negative.
Thomas Atchison Biographical File
Two photographs, one negative, and his obituary.
Edward H. Barksdale Biographical File
Biographical file contains a photograph.
Allan D. Bass papers
Personal papers of Vanderbilt alum and Professor Allan D. Bass, who was chair of the Department of Pharmacology for two decades. This collection includes correspondence, Department of Pharmacology related materials, personal memorabilia, and photographs.
David Scott Bayer Biographical File
Unpublished paper entitled "The Development of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Vanderbilt Medical School 1925-1985," dated November 1986.
Harvey W. Bender Biographical File
Biographical file includes a curriculum vitae from 1999. This file also includes many photographs of Dr. Bender and other prominent surgeons. Included are reprints and several newspaper clippings about Dr. Bender, and a program from a Symposium Weekend held in his honor at Vanderbilt in September 1996.
M. Lawrence Berman Biographical File
Biographical file includes curriculum vitae, correspondence, and one newspaper article.
Robert C. Berson Biographical File
One newspaper article, biographical information.
Fred H. Bess Biographical File
Three photographs with corresponding negatives.
Isaac Alexander Bigger Biographical File
This file includes an original photograph and an article from the Virginia Medical Monthly.
Otto Billig Biographical File
This file includes several obituaries of Dr. Billig and his wife, photographs, reprints, a biographical article used with an exhibit of his photos held at Vanderbilt's Medical Library in 1985, a review of his book "Flying Saucers: Magic in the Skies", several newspaper clippings, a collection of photos of drawings created by psychotic patients in New Guinea, used in Dr. Billig's book entitled: " Psychotic Art in New Guinea a Cross-Cultural Study."
F. Tremaine Billings Biographical File
Biographical data, reprints, newspaper clippings, articles and photographs, CV, obituaries, copy of Dr. Billing's thesis written at Oxford University in 1936.
Frederic T. (Josh) Billings, Jr. Papers
Personal papers of long-time Vanderbilt Department of Medicine faculty member Frederic Tremaine "Josh" Billings. Materials include: correspondence; reports and dissertation; tapes; committee and administrative work; and material relating to the Center for Health Services; Student Health Coalition; the Vanderbilt medical library; and geriatrics.
R. Wallace Billington Biographical File
Biographical file includes an signed photograph, two obituary clippings, and a copy of a academic surgical test.
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