Vanderbilt University. Medical Center (VUMC) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/n85276468

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Olin West

 Digital Record
Identifier: 86
Dates: 1898 - 1922
Found in: Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection

Olin West Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0086
Abstract

Personal papers of Vanderbilt alum and epidemiologist Olin West, a primary figure in the development of the Tennessee State Department of Public Health. The collection contains manuscripts on public health and one photograph.

Dates: 1898 - 1922
Found in: Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection / Olin West Papers

Olin West, Sr. (1874-1952) biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0940
Abstract

File contains letters written to Olin West during the years of 1922,1924, 1947, photographs (including two anatomy lab pictures from when he was as student at Vanderbilt in the late 1800s) , newspaper clippings, and published article and obituary from JAMA.

Dates: 18900 - 1992
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies / Olin West, Sr. (1874-1952) biographical file

 

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