Papers, (1960-1979).

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Papers, (1960-1979).

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The collection includes personal and professional correspondence, office files, manuscripts, scrapbooks, clippings, tapes, films, printed material, and memorabilia reflecting Knowles' tenures at Massachusetts General Hospital and The Rockefeller Foundation. Subjects include his trips to Vietnam in 1967 and China in 1975; his post as lecturer at Harvard Medical School; the 1969 controversy over his proposed nomination for the position of assistant secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; speeches, articles, and books, including "Doing Better and Feeling Worse," "China Diary," "Principles of Internal Medicine," and the unpublished typescript "Dr. Knowles' Journal." There is little material relating to his work at The Rockefeller Foundation. There is a corresponding Rockefeller Archive Center photograph collection #1049.

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John H. Knowles was a physician, general director of the Massachusetts General Hospital (1962-1971), and president of The Rockefeller Foundation (1972-1979). From the description of Papers, (1960-1979). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154270281 ...