Reminiscences of Lottie Chaikin Plaut: oral history, 1985.

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Reminiscences of Lottie Chaikin Plaut: oral history, 1985.

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Childhood and education in Philadelphia; work as nurse in Washington, D.C. with United States Public Health Service during World War II; joined Institute of Inter-American Affairs in 1943; discussion of work in Brazil as a nursing coordinator; evaluation of success of program in Brazil and cultural difficulties.

Transcript: 43 leaves.Tape: 2 cassettes.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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