Lendon Snedeker, M.D. papers, 1869-1979 (bulk 1948-1969).

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Lendon Snedeker, M.D. papers, 1869-1979 (bulk 1948-1969).

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The collection is divided into two series. The first series consists of administrative records pertaining to various activities of the hospital and its departments and programs. These records, which include correspondence, memoranda, photographs, and newspaper clippings, were collected in Snedeker's role as Assistant to the General Director. Of particular interest are the records pertaining to polio, the Harvard Infantile Paralysis Commission, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, and the Mary MacArthur Respirator Unit. The second series consists of Snedeker's personal papers and historical research files. Snedeker collected these materials while writing One Hundred Years at Children's (Boston: Children's Hospital, 1969). The records include copies of scientific articles describing various illnesses as well as some of Snedeker's personal writings.

2 manuscript boxes.

Children's Hospital Boston Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8142940

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National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis

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Snedeker, Lendon

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Lendon Snedeker, M.D., was born on 10 Oct. 1904 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was the son of Edwin L. and Louise S. (Atwater) Snedeker. He attended Harvard University where he received an A.B. degree in 1925, M.D. degree in 1929, and M.P.H. (Master's of Public Health) degree in 1934. After leaving Harvard University, he continued his training at the Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital where he served as a Medical House Officer from 1929 until 1930. In 1931, Snedeker went to Children's Hospital as a House Offi...

Harvard Infantile Paralysis Commission.

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Children's Hospital (Boston, Mass.). Mary MacArthur Respirator Unit.

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Children's Hospital (Boston, Mass.)

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