Papers, 1923-1983.

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Papers, 1923-1983.

MC 232, the James Morse Dunning Papers, 1923-1983, documents Dunning's activities at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine through oral history interviews, research data and statistics, studies, correspondence, and subject files.

16 cubic ft. in 16 record cartons.

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Harvard School of Dental Medicine

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The Harvard Dental School was founded in 1867 by the Harvard Corporation. Early deans of the school were Nathan Cooley Keep (1868-1872), Thomas Barnes Hitchcock (1872-1874), Thomas H. Chandler (1874-1895), Eugene H. Smith (1895-1924), and Leroy M. S. Miner (1924-1939). Professorships were created in dental pathology and therapeutics, operative dentistry, and mechanical dentistry. The faculty consisted of three dental professors and three others from the Harvard Medical School (professors of anat...

Dunning, James Morse 1904-

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James Morse Dunning, 1904-1991, AB, 1926, Harvard University; DDS, 1930, Columbia University; MPH, 1947, Harvard University; was dean of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine from 1947 to 1952, and was a founder of Harvard School of Dental Medicine's dental public health program. Dunning was Professor of Ecological Dentistry from 1965 until his retirement in 1972. He expanded dental care at the Harvard University Health Service to create a teaching center for Harvard School of Dental Medicine st...