Chicago Heart Association. Records 1918-1950

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Chicago Heart Association. Records 1918-1950

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The Chicago Heart Association Records comprise three linear feet of files containing mainly off-prints, typescripts and pamphlets collected by the Association for distribution to the public. Some correspondence is also included. The material essentially deals with the topics of heart disease, convalescence, rheumatic fever, and vivisection. Also contains administrative correspondence of Gertrude Howe Britton, founding member and first Executive Director of the Asociation, to various individuals and organizations; and correspondence of Ruth Pierce McEldowney, Britton's successor. Correspondents include Alice Mary Dickerson, Katherine Hufangel, A.C. Ivy, Alexander Ropchan, and others.

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Hufangel, Katherine

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Chicago Heart Association

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The Chicago Heart Association was founded in 1922 by James B. Herrick who served as its first president. The objectives of the Association were the education of doctors and the general public, the coordination of community organizations dealing with heart disease, and the promotion of research of heart disease, especially as it relates to public health. From the description of Records, 1918-1950 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 40935312 The C...

Ropchan, Alexander

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Britton, Gertrude Howe

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Ivy, A. C. (Andrew Conway), 1893-1978

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Andrew Conway Ivy (1893-1978) was born in Missouri and graduated from the University of Missouri in 1913. He received his M.D. at Rush Medical school in Chicago in 1922 and from 1923-1946 he served as chair of the Physiology and Pharmacology department at Northwestern University. From 1946-1953 Ivy was the vice-president of the University of Illinois in charge of its Chicago colleges. He resigned his vice-presidential position in 1953 amid the controversy over the use of the cancer-fighting drug...

McEldowney, Ruth Pierce

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Dickerson, Alice Cora, 1908-

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