Freddy Homburger Papers 1926-1990 (bulk 1941-1989)

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Freddy Homburger Papers 1926-1990 (bulk 1941-1989)

Physician, scientist, and artist. Correspondence, reports, speeches, writings, academic records, printed matter, and photographs documenting Homburger's career as a physician involved in cancer research, his interest in art as a collector and a painter, and his service as honorary Swiss consul in Boston, Mass.

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