American-Soviet Medical Society records, 1942-1987 (bulk 1943-1948).

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American-Soviet Medical Society records, 1942-1987 (bulk 1943-1948).

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The records consist of the files of Robert L. Leslie, the Society's business manager, and an incomplete copy of the FBI's file on Leslie and the Society. Included are files on the Society's collection of Soviet medical films (some of which contain typed transcripts); extensive and important correspondence with Henry E. Sigerist, the first editor of the society's journal; and information on the publication and distribution of Sigerist's Medicine and health in the Soviet Union. Also included are accounts of Leslie's trip with Stuart and Emily Mudd to the Soviet Union in 1947 and some material belonging to Sarah Greenberg, M.D., Leslie's wife.

2.1 linear ft. (5 boxes)

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American-Soviet Medical Society.

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The Society was founded in New York City in 1943 to keep American physicians informed of Soviet medical advances and to improve relations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; published the American-Soviet Medical Review; disbanded in 1949. From the description of American-Soviet Medical Society records, 1942-1987 (bulk 1943-1948). (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 50124790 The society was founded in New York City in 1943. I...

Sigerist, Henry E. (Henry Ernest), 1891-1957

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Henry E. Sigerist was born in Paris, France in 1891. He studied in Europe, served in the Swiss Army Corps, and received his M.D. from the University of Zurich in 1917. He was lecturer and professor of history of medicine at Zurich (1921-1924) and the University of Leipzig (1925-1932). He then served as professor and director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University (1932-1947), before becoming a research associate at Yale University (1947-1957). Sigerist published ...

Leslie, Robert L., 1885-1987

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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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The FBI established this classification when it assumed responsibility for ascertaining the protection capabilities and weaknesses of defense plants. Each plant survey was a separate case file, with the survey, supplemental surveys, and all communications dealing with a plant insofar as plant protection was concerned, filed together. On June 1, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the Navy and Army, respectively, assumed responsibility for surveying defense plants in which they had interests. Thereafter, ...