George Washington Crile papers, 1888-1946.

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George Washington Crile papers, 1888-1946.

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Consists of diaries, correspondence, papers, articles, speeches, notes and memoranda, medical records, account books, invoices and receipts, photographs and postcards, scrapbooks, pamphlets, programs and other memorabilia, passports, blueprints, and newspaper clippings. Includes material on modern medical science, Crile's service during World War I with the United States Army Hospital Base No. 4 (Lakeside Unit) in France, the antivivisection controversy, scientific expeditions to regions of North and Central America and Africa, the founding of the Cleveland Clinic in 1921 and the devastating fire there in 1929, and the genealogy of the Crile family. Also included are notes and other material used in the writing of George Crile: An Autobiography, prepared and edited by Grace Crile and published in 1947. Correspondents include Newton D. Baker, Myron T. Herrick, Charles F. Thwing, Harvey Cushing, Charles Mayo, Lord Berkely Moynihan, Nicholas Senn, and Hans Zinsser. The role that Grace Crile played in her husband's life and work is evident, and her own experiences are documented by her diaries, correspondence, and memoranda.

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Executive secretary to Dr. George W. Crile at the U.S. Army Base Hospital No. 4 (Lakeside Unit) in France, 1917-1918. She later headed the editorial department of the Cleveland Clinic (1921-1926) and engaged in biophysical research there in the 1940s. From the description of Papers, 1917-1924. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17463307 click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for Amy Rowland click here to view...

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