Ellis Island physicians oral history collection / interviewed by Elizabeth Yew, 1977-1978.

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Ellis Island physicians oral history collection / interviewed by Elizabeth Yew, 1977-1978.

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Interviews with physicians stationed at Ellis Island in the 1910s and 1920s. Interviewees are T.B.H. Anderson, John R. Heller, Grover A. Kempf, Bernard Notes, and John O. Thill. Includes interview with Pearl Libow, a patient on Ellis Island in 1920.

6 transcripts + 7 audio tapes.

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