Leo Eloesser papers, 1906-1984 [mixed material].

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Leo Eloesser papers, 1906-1984 [mixed material].

Includes papers relating to his work for the United Nations and the development of a course for rural midwives in Mexico during his retirement there in 1950-1976. Also numerous obituaries. Principal correspondents include: Arthur Eloesser, Alice Eloesser, Helen La Plant, Helen Campbell, Dr. Leonard Larson, Dr. Harris B. Shumacher and Dr. Roy Cohn. Correspondence, reprints, clippings and photographs from professional life and retirement (ca. 1906-1976), chiefly related to his travel and clinical work in Germany 1906-1917; Russia 1935-1936; Spain 1937-1938, under the auspices of the Medical Bureau to Aid Spanish Democracy; Argentina 1943, in a teacher exchange program with Stanford University; China 1946-1949 as a participant in the bare foot doctor program.

7 boxes (3 lin. ft.) ; 26 x 31 cm.

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Shumacker, Harris B., 1908-

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United Nations

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

Cohn, Roy B. (Roy Barnett), 1909-1999.

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Eloesser, Leo

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American physician. From the description of Leo Eloesser papers, 1888-2007. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872744 Thoracic surgeon and innovator in rural and wartime healthcare. Born in San Francisco, 1881, died in Tacamburo, Michoacon, Mexico, 1976. From the description of Leo Eloesser papers, 1906-1984 [mixed material]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 678870789 Biographical Note ...

Medical Bureau to Aid Spanish Democracy

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Eloesser, Alice.

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LaPlant, Helen.

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Campbell, Joyce H.

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Larsen, Leonard H.

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Eloesser, Arthur.

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