Records. International Blue Book-International College of Tropical Medicine (inclusive), 1929-1968.

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Records. International Blue Book-International College of Tropical Medicine (inclusive), 1929-1968.

Correspondence, articles, clippings, and promotional materials concerning International Blue Book, a fake biographical-directory scam operated by Hyacinthe Ringrose, 1929, 1940; International Cancer Research Committee, about which little is known, 1932; International College of Angiology, apparently a bona fide organization, 1962-1968; and International College of Tropical Medicine, evidently a marginally legitimate enterprise run by Geoffrey Myers, 1968.

4 folders.

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