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Papers of the University of Minnesota Department of Surgery, 1927-1968

Title: Papers of the University of Minnesota Department of Surgery, 1927-1968

The collections of primarily correspondence files were compiled during the period when Owen Harding Wangensteen was head of the Department of Surgery, 1941-1967. During Wangensteen's administration, advances were made in cancer treatment, open heart surgery, and treatment of stomach ulcers. The collection also documents Wangensteen's fund raising efforts for support of Base Hospital 26 during World War II, construction of Diehl Hall, building the book and journal collections for the Bio-Medical Library, History of Medicine Professorship, and providing funding to build the Wangensteen Library of the History of Medicine.

ArchivalResource: 36 record boxes

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University of Minnesota. Dept. of Surgery. Papers of the University of Minnesota Department of Surgery, 1927-1968.

Title: Papers of the University of Minnesota Department of Surgery, 1927-1968.

The collections of primarily correspondence files were compiled during the period when Owen Harding Wangensteen was head of the Department of Surgery, 1941-1967. During Wangensteen's administration, advances were made in cancer treatment, open heart surgery, and treatment of stomach ulcers. The collection also documents Wangensteen's fund raising efforts for support of Base Hospital 26 during World War II, construction of Diehl Hall, building the book and journal collections for the Bio-Medical Library, History of Medicine Professorship, and providing funding to build the Wangensteen Library of the History of Medicine.

ArchivalResource: 36 record boxes (1041 folders)

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