Florence Rena Sabin Papers 1907-1940

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Florence Rena Sabin Papers 1907-1940

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Correspondence, reports, etc., relating principally to medical research (tuberculosis, cancer, lymphatic system, pernicious anemia), writings and publications. There is material of note on the following organizations: American Assoc. of Anatomists, American Assoc. of University Women, American Woman's Assoc., Henry Strong Denison Medical Foundation, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (re. fellowships), Hall of Fame for Great Americans, Institute for Advanced Study, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Medical Aid to China, Medical Aid to Spain, Naples Table Association (this existed to promote laboratory research by women: there are folders of correspondence, 1919-1931; applications; General Committee minutes, 1915-1932), National Academy of Sciences, National Tuberculosis Assoc., Peking Union Medical College, Rockefeller Institute, Ellen Richards Prize (awarded by the Assoc. to Aid Scientific Research by Women), Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, University in Exile (i.e. New School for Social Research), White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, and the World Center for Women's Archives. There are abstracts and notes of unpublished scientific papers, and also materials for her biography of Franklin Paine Mall, 1934.

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