Forest Grunigen files on the California Osteopathic Association 1901-1990, bulk 1941-1963

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Forest Grunigen files on the California Osteopathic Association 1901-1990, bulk 1941-1963

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This collection comprises files on the California Osteopathic Association (COA) that were accumulated by Forest Grunigen, a California osteopath who was an active member of the organization and served as its president in the 1940s. Materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, news clippings and reports. The bulk of the material covers the COA/California Medical Association (CMA) merger, in which Grunigen was a key figure. Also in the collection are the files of Dain Tasker, who served as the Historian of COA in the 1950s. His files include an unpublished manuscript of his history of the osteopathic profession in California.

3.7 linear feet; (5 boxes)

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University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6654940

University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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