Leslie A. Falk papers 1926-1995

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Leslie A. Falk papers 1926-1995

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1652

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, and subject files which document Leslie A. Falk's career as area medical administrator for the United Mine Workers Health and Welfare Fund, teacher at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and Meharry Medical College, and medical activist. The papers highlight Falk's interests in community health services, occupational health and safety, the delivery of medical care in other countries, and African-American medical history. These papers form part of the Contemporary Medical Care and Health Policy Collection.

27 linear feet (30 boxes)

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6351534

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Falk, Leslie A.

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Born in 1915, Leslie A. Falk attend Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar and obtained his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. He was a member of the Medical Committee for Human Rights and served as its first field secretary in Mississippi. After a medical career in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Nashville, Tennessee, he studied African-American history in his retirement. From the description of Falk (Leslie A.) African American history research collection, 1842-1999. (Unive...