Theodore Wiprud papers, 1937-1979.

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Theodore Wiprud papers, 1937-1979.

Includes correspondence, memoranda, diaries, "profiles" of physicians, and draft titled Inside organized medicine. Materials relate to the economics of medical care, national health insurance, and the development of a national health program. Correspondents include Michael M. Davis, Oscar Ewing, Morris Fishbein, Paul R. Hawley, Ross McIntire, Paul V. McNutt, James C. Magee, William J. Mallory, Joseph W. Martin, Jr., James E. Murray, Howard A. Rusk, Howard Schriver, Frank C. Watters, and Olin West. Letters from Howard McC. Snyder pertain to the illness of President Eisenhower in 1955. Subjects of profiles are Raymond G. Arveson, Daniel LeRay Borden, Ralph M. Caulk, Arthur C. Christie, Frank D. Costenbader, W. Montague Cobb, Coursen Baxter Conklin, Edward Young Davidson, Morris Fishbein, Walter Freeman, Robert H. Groh, Clifton R. Gruver, William P. Herbst, Raymond T. Holden, R. Arthur Hooe, Oscar B. Hunter, Hugh H. Hussey, Joseph S. Lawrence, Francis Xavier McGovern, William Johnston Mallory, Thomas E. Mattingly, W. Cabell Moore, Thomas A. Neill, John Benjamin Nichols, Thomas Parran, Herbert P. Ramsey, Donald Harrison Stubbs, Olin West, and Wallace M. Yater.

1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes; ca. 80 items)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6825334

National Library of Medicine

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