Charles Drew House Family Albums 1986-2010

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Charles Drew House Family Albums 1986-2010

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The Charles Drew Memorial Cultural House is an Amherst College residential theme house founded (1984) to celebrate the achievements of black people and to explore the cultures of Africa and the Diaspora at large. Collection includes photographs and miscellaneous material documenting the members of Drew House and House special events from 1986-2010.

1 records storage box; (1 linear ft.)

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Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Drew, Charles, 1904-1950

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African American surgeon, author, and pioneer in the storage of human blood. From the description of Papers, ca. 1900-ca. 1980. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941117 Charles Richard Drew (b. June 3, 1904, Washington, D.C.-d. Apr. 1, 1950, Burlington, N.C.), African American physician and medical researcher, worked with the American Red Cross blood service. From the description of Drew, Charles, 1904-1950 (U.S. National Archives and Rec...

Amherst College. Class of 1926. Drew.

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Charles Drew House

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The Charles Drew Memorial Cultural House, located at 56 College Street (formerly the Phi Alpha Psi fraternity house), is an Amherst College residential theme house that was founded in 1984. It was named in honor of Charles R. Drew (AC 1926). Dr. Drew was an outstanding surgeon who discovered the chemical method for preserving blood, and later became the director of the first American Blood Bank. Dr. Drew suffered an untimely death in 1950 as the result of a car accident. The constit...