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Fred W. Rankin, M.D. Scrapbooks, 1930-1954

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Author

Machine-readable finding aid prepared by Linda Cantara Abbott

Title

Fred W. Rankin, M.D. Scrapbooks

Date

1930-1954

Repository

Univeristy of Kentucky Special Collections

Arrangement

As possible, items in each scrapbook have been documented in the order in which they occur. In instances where more than one item appears on a scrapbook page, numeric-alpha characters (e.g., 1a, 1b, 1c, etc.) have been assigned to maintain the original organization of the materials.

Conditions Governing Access note

Collection is open to researchers by appointment.

Preferred Citation Note

FWR-SB : [identificaton of item], Fred W. Rankin, M.D. Scrapbooks, 1930-1954. Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, and Special Collections, University of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky.

Extent

Cubit feet ?

7 boxes

Abstract

This collection comprises six scrapbooks (plus one box of miscellaneous items) of letters, newsclippings, and photographs documenting major milestones in the career of Lexinngton, Kentucky surgeon Fred W. Rankin, M.D.

Biography/History

Scope and Content

This collection comprises six scrapbooks of letters, telegrams, newsclippings, and photographs documenting major milestones in the career of Lexington surgeon Fred W. Rankin, M.D. The collection is arranged by scrapbook. Materials are arranged as found in the scrapbooks, as possible. Loose items are provided as a separate subgroup, following an item-level inventory of the scrapbook contents.

Subjects

Rankin, Fred W. (Fred Wharton), 1886-
Correspondence –– Rankin, Fred W. (Fred Wharton), 1886-
American Medical Association
Military Medicine –– History –– United States
American Surgical Association
American College of Surgeons

Collection Inventory

Collection

Scrapbook: F.W.R –– General, 1930 to 1951

[Box: 1] Scope and Contents note:

This scrapbook includes miscellaneous items grouped together by the scrapbook's creator because they do not share a common topic or event.

"Remarks [about] and introduction [of Dr. Rankin] by Roger I Lee, M.D., Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the A.M.A. [American Medical Association], in presenting the distinguished service medal to the A. M. A.", Undated

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Letter from Mary Breckinridge to Fred W. Rankin, Undated

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Description by Dr. Rankin of a "Candid Photo" of "the patient's kidney, taken at high noon on Jan 2, 1938." The "patient" or recipient of this seemingly tongue-in-cheek description is Mrs. C. K. McDowell., Undated

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Black-and white photograph [mentioned in Item 3a]. Illegible in normal light., January 2, 1938

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Humorous poem entitled "Freddie McRankin and his ...brassie." Author unknown [F. W. Rankin?]., Undated

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Letter from Frank H. Lahey, M.D., Lahey Clinic, Boston Massachusetts, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota., October 27, 1930

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Letter from Willard H. Parsons, M.D., F.A.C.S., Vicksburg Clinic, Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., Lexington, Kentucky., May 11, 1936

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Letter from C. (Charley) A. Vance, M.D., Chairman of the Council of the Kentucky State Medical Association, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., Lexington, Kentucky, congratulating him on his election as President of the Southern Surgical Association., December 23, 1936

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Note from Marietta Entner Shannon to Fred W. Rankin, M.D which accompanied a book by Dr. Joseph M. Mathews., August 1, 1938

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Letter from W. Emmet Milward to Fred W. Rankin, M.D Lexington, Kentucky, on his appointment as Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky., May 27, 1941

[Box: 1, Folder: 9] browse

Letter from Charles B. Porter, St. Joseph's Hospital Lexington, Kentucky, to Col. Fred W. Rankin, M.D., Surgeon General's Office, Washington, District of Columbia., March 4, 1942

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Program for memorial service of George W. Crile, M.D (1864-1943), held at the Amasa Stone Mather Chapel, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio., January 24, 1943

[Box: 1, Folder: 11a] browse

Note from A. D. Ruedemann, M.D., Department of Ophthalmology Cleveland, Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., thanking him for the talk he gave at the memorial service for George W. Crile, M.D., January 25, 1943

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Note from Arthur M. Shipley, M.D., University Hospital Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., Office of the Surgeon General, United States Army, Washington, District of Columbia., January 29, 1943

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Note from William E. Lower, M.D., Cleveland, Ohio, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., Chief Surgical Consultant, United States Army, Washington, District of Columbia, thanking Dr. Rankin for the address he delivered at the memorial service of George W. Crile, M.D., January 25, 1943

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Note from Mildred P. Dielaff, Cleveland, Ohio, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., Washington, District of Columbia, complimenting him on the address he delivered at the memorial service of George W. Crile, M.D., January 26, 1943

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Letter from Louis (Gus) A. Buie, M.D., Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., December 18, 1942

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Letter from W. R. Bell, President, American Cyanamid Company New York, New York, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., Washington, District of Columbia., January 8, 1943

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Note from Bob [?] to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., thanking him for the address he delivered at the memorial service of George W. Crile, M.D., January 30, [1943]

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Note from John Alexander, M.D., Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., complimenting him on the address he delivered at the memorial service for George W. Crile, M.D., which was published in the Cleveland Clinic Quarterly., May 5, 1943

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Letter from Colonel Lloyd (Larry) Lehrbas, General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D. Not included are the snapshot and clipping which apparently accompanied the letter which the writer "thought might be interesting for [Rankin's] scrapbook.", September 17, 1943

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Letter from [?]. P. Breckinridge, Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., October 11, 1943

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Letter from William [?], Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., November 4, 1943

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V-Mail [Victory Mail] from Major H.C. Lodge Jr., to Brig Gen. Fred W. Rankin, Surgeon General's Office, Washington, District of Columbia., July 10, 1944

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V-Mail [Victory Mail] from Lt-Col. H. C. Lodge, Jr. 6th Army Group, New York, New York, to Brigadier General Fred W. Rankin, Office of the Surgeon General, War Department, Washington, District of Columbia., April 25, 1945

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V-Mail [Victory Mail] from Lt-Col. H. C. Lodge, Jr., Sixth Army Group, New York, New York, to Brig. Gen. Fred W. Rankin, Office of the Surgeon General, War Department, Washington, District of Columbia, December 4, [1945]

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Letter from Harold S. Diehl, Dean of the Medical Sciences University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., May 26, 1945

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Letter from Fred Schwartz, Army Service Forces, Office of the Surgeon General, Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., June 1, 1945

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Letter from Colonel Claude S. Beck, M.D., Surgical Consultant, Army Services Force, Ft. Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., July 20, 1945

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Letter from Major B. Gordon Halcomb[?], Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., October 8, 1945

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Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Michael E. DeBakey, Assistant Director, Surgical Consultants Division, Army Service Forces, Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., October 11, 1945

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Letter from William Jason Mixer, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., October 13, 1945

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Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Richard Chute, Chief, Section of Urology, Fitzsimmons General Hospital, United States Army, Denver, Colorado, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., October 15, 1945

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Letter from Brigadier General William C. Menninger, Army Service Forces, Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., October 17, 1945

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Letter from Donald C. Balfour, M.D., Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., October 18, 1945

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Letter from Evarts A. Graham, Department of Surgery, Barnes Hospital, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., October 19, 1945

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Letter from Lieutenant Colonel William J. Carrington, Chief Surgical Service, Army Services Forces, Schick General Hospital, Clinton, Iowa, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., October 10, 1945

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Letter from Brigadier General George B. Foster, Jr., to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., October 25, 1945

[Box: 1, Folder: 33] browse

Letter from Floyd W. McRae, M.D., Atlanta, Georgia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., November 19, 1945

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Writer unknown. Incomplete letter to Fred W. Rankin M.D., December 18, 1945

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Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Beverly, Massachusetts to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., November 12, 1945

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Envelope with cancelled postmark Danville, Kentucky. "Postage due 3 cents." From Boyle Publishing Company, Inc., Danville, Kentucky, to "The Renowned (Justly) Fred W. Rankin, Lexington, Ky.", December 13, 1946

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News clipping. "DANVILLE MAN UNDERGOES A NEW OPERATION; BY FRED RANKIN –– IT IS CALLED 'VAGOTOMY'.", Undated

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Letter from James T. Priestley, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., April 2, 1947

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Letter from Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of War, Washington District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., July 28, 1947

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Letter from William [?], Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., September 10, 1947

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Letter from Bill Townsend, Trenton, Missouri, to Fred W. Rankin M.D., congratulating him on being awarded an honorary degree by the University of Louisville., September 26, 1947

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Western Union telegram from Joe Donald, Birmingham, Alabama to Joe G. Moore, M.D., St. Joseph's Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky., November 14, 1947

[Box: 1, Folder: 42a] browse

Note from Sister Mary Benigna, St. Joseph Infirmary Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., thanking him for the address he gave at a ceremony in honor of Dr. Abell., October 31, 1948

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Annotated pamphlet about Perino's Restaurant, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. Annotator unknown., Date unknown

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Menu from Perino's Restaurant, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. Signed with personal greetings to Fred W. Rankin, M.D. from multiple individuals., June 24, 1950

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Letter from C.F. Dixon, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., March 8, 1949

[Box: 1, Folder: 45] browse

Western Union telegram from Marmorstein Paxton Cohn and Kenny, Key West, Florida, to Dr. and Mrs. Frank [sic] Rankin., January 31, 1951

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Note from Dorothy [?] to Fred W. Rankin, M.D, Thanksgiving Day. Year unknown

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Scrapbook: F.W.R. –– A.M.A. –– I, June 6, 1941 –– July 1941

[box: 2] Scope and Contents note:

This scrapbook is the first of two which include correspondence received by Dr. Rankin in relation to his election as President-elect of the American Medical Association (AMA).

Letter from Lewis [?], Fort Knox, Kentucky, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President[-elect] of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Letter from Verne Carlton Hunt to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his election as President-elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

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Letter from Arthur M. Shipley, University Hospital Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President[-elect] of the American Medical Association., June 11, 1941

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Letter from Lawrence Kolb, Assistant Surgeon General Division of Mental Hygiene, Federal Security Agency, United States Public Health Service, Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

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Letter from Mary Breckinridge, Director, Frontier Nursing Service, Wendover, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 13, 1941

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Letter from Gilbert J. Thomas, M.D., Nicollect Clinic Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 13, 1941

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News clipping. Fred W. Rankin, M.D. President-Elect, and Frank Lahey, M.D., President, of the American Medical Association., Undated

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News clipping. Source Unknown. Photograph of Mrs. William Schaefer and daughter, Evelyn, of Barnesboro, Pennsylvania; Frank Lahey, President of the American Medical Association, and Mrs. Frank Lahey, of Boston; and Fred W. Rankin, President-Elect of the American Medical Association, of Lexington, Kentucky., July 1941

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News clipping. "Editorials: Kentucky Honored through Dr Rankin." Kentucky Medical Journal, p. 232., July 1941

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News clipping. "Address of President-Elect Fred W. Rankin." Journal of the American Medical Association. Page unknown., June 21, 1941

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News clipping. Source unknown. "Banquet to Honor Dr. Rankin Tonight.", June 30, 1941

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News clipping. "Dr. Fred Wharton Rankin –– President-Elect of the American Medical Association." Bulletin of the School of Medicine, University of Maryland, pp. 51-52., [1941]

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News clipping. Source unknown. "Dr. Fred W. Rankin Named to Head A.M.A.: Former Clinic Surgeon to Take Office in 1942.", [1941]

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News clipping. Source unknown. "National Body of Physicians Honors Rankin.", June 6, [1941]

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News clipping. Source unknown. "Dr. Frederic Rankin Named President-Elect of A.M.A.", June 6, [1941]

[Box: 2, Folder: 9c]

News clipping. "Dr. F. H. [sic] Rankin Chosen as Next Leader of A.M.A.: Kentucky Surgeon Talks Over Next Year." By George Morgenstern, Chicago Tribune Press Service. Partially duplicated by Item 11d., [June 1941]

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News clipping. "Kentucky Surgeon Talks Over Next Year." By George Morgenstern, Chicago Tribune Press Service., [June 1941]

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News clipping. Source unknown. "Frederic Wharton Rankin –– President-Elect." Handwritten note on clipping: "Dear Fred: That's you we are talking about! A.W.", June 9, 1941

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News clipping. Source unknown. "Rankin Elected A.M.A President: Teaches At U. of L.", June 6, [1941]

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News clipping. Source unknown. "Doctors Ask U.S. Assignment Aid: Would Establish Authority to Better Service." By Josephine Robertson., [June 1941]

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News clipping. Source unknown. "Dr. Frederic Rankin Named President-Elect of A.M.A.", June 6, [1941]

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News clipping. "Kentucky's Medical Men Are Nationally Known." Courier Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, pp. unknown., June 7, 1941

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Journal article. "Fred Wharton Rankin –– President-Elect." Current Comment. Jour. A.M.A. 16 (24): 2696., June 14, 1941

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Letter from Guy A. Huguelet, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Letter from Edwin J. Grace, M.D., Grace Clinic, Brooklyn, New York, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 16, 1941

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Letter from John Staige Davis, M.D., Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President[-elect] of the American Medical Association., June 17, 1941

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Letter from James (Jim) M. Hayes, M.D., to Fred W. Rankin M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Letter from Charles C. Green, M.D., Houston, Texas, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

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Note from [Lee Naughman], Richmond, Virginia, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association, and sending an update on his health., June 17, 1941

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Letter from J. Stewart Rodman, M.D., Secretary and Treasurer American Board of Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Letter from John Roberts (Bob) Phillips, M.D., Houston Texas, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

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Western Union telegram from Virgil Kinnard, Lancaster Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

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Letter from (Mrs. George A.) Jessie P. Herndon, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association, as well as on his faculty appointment at the University of Louisville. She informs him that her husband, Dr. Herndon, "has been incapacitated for more than a year and a half" but that he would be pleased if Dr. Rankin could stop by to see him when in Louisville., June 7, 1941

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Western Union telegram from United States Senator Albert B Chandler, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President[-Elect] of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

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Western Union telegram From Ben Souster, M.D., St. Paul Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

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Letter from William (Mac) Carpenter MacCarty, Sr., M.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

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Letter from R. Julian Estill, M.D., Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 8, 1941

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News clipping. "Dr. Fred W. Rankin." Detroit Evening Times, June 6, 1941

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News clipping. "Doctors Elect a Kentuckian." Detroit Free Press, June 7, 1941

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Letter from John B. Hartzell, M.D., Detroit, Michigan, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association, and askng "for an autographed photograph of yourself.", June 7, 1941

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Letter from M. Clinton Foshee, M.D., Grand Rapids, Michigan to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as Presdient-Elect of the American Medical Association, and asking for information about purchasing "some fine five-gaited saddle horses, or mares" in Lexington, Kentucky., June 17, 1941

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Letter from Charles (Charley) A. Vance, M.D., Lexington Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., contratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Letter from D. M. Griffith, M.D., Owensboro, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association, June 6, 1941

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Letter from William (Bill) F. Rienhoff, Jr., to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Letter from Arthur G. Sullivan, M.D., Madison, Wisconsin, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 8, 1941

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Note from Edmund R. Brush, M.D., Zanesville, Ohio, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 8, 1941

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Letter from Norman T. Kirk, Walter Reed General Hospital Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Note from J. M. Mason, M.D., Birmingham, Alabama, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

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Letter from Fredrick (Fred) A. Willius, M.D., Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

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Letter from C. W. Mussett, Procter & Gamble Distributing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Note from Edward J. Murray, M.D., Julius Marks Sanatorium Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his elecction as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

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Letter from Ernest Bradley, Lexington Clinic, Lexington Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Note from C. C. Howard, M.D., Glasgow, Kentucky, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Letter from Jesse E. Adams, Director, Summer Session University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., [1941]

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Letter from A. Stephens (Steve) Graham, M.D., Stuart Circle Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Western Union telegram from Bill Henderson ("a very grateful patient"), Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 5, 1941

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Western Union telegram from Frank K. Boland, Atlanta Georgia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Western Union telegram from Watt, Charlotte, North Carolina to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Western Union telegram from Steve [?], Richmond, Virginia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Postal Telegraph from George L. Secord, Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Call Memo from Wallace Frank, M.D., to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 5, 1941

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Western Union telegram from John Nell Crenshaw, Rochester Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 40a] browse

Western Union telegram from Arthur W. Allen, Boston Massachusetts, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6. 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 40b] browse

Western Union telegram from Alton Ochsner, to Fred W. Rankin M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 41a] browse

Western Union telegram from Wolshin, New York, New York, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 41b] browse

Postal Telegram from Fred Besley, Waukegan, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 42a] browse

Note from Howard M. Clute, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D. congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 42b] browse

Letter from Clifford J. Barborka, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association, June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 43] browse

Letter from May C. (Mrs. John Lewis) Underwood, Birmingham Alabama, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 14, [1941]

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Letter from Thomas (Tom) G. Orr, M.D., Department of Surgery School of Medicine, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 45] browse

Letter from H. Gilbert Reynolds, M.D., Paducah, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 46] browse

Letter from Charles (Charlie) M. Edelen, Louisville Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 47] browse

Letter from S. William Harrington, M.D., Rochester Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratuating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association and on his appointment as Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Louisville School of Medicine., June 7, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 48] browse

Letter from Sister Mary William, St. Mary's Hospital Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

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Letter from C. P. Loranz, Secretary-Manager, Southern Medical Association, Birmingham, Alabama, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

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Letter from J. B. Lukins, Councilor, Kentucky State Medical Association, Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

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Letter from Charles D. Enfield, M.D. Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 52] browse

Western Union telegram from W. C. Dixon, Nashville Tennessee, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 53a] browse

Letter from Albert G. Love, Brigadier General, Medical Department, United States Army, War Department, Office of the Surgeon General, Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 53b] browse

Western Union telegram from Henry W. Cave, M.D., New York New York, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 54a] browse

Western Union telegram from Leo and Celia Butler, Brookville Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 54b] browse

Letter from George [W. Headley III], La Belle Farm Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 55] browse

Letter from Gershom J. Thompson, M.D., Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 19, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 56] browse

Letter from C. F. Strosnider, M.D., Goldsboro, North Carolina, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 57] browse

Letter from J. (Joe) M. Donald, M.D., Birmingham, Alabama, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 58] browse

Letter from J. Owsley Manier, M.D., Nashville, Tennnessee, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 59] browse

Letter from Ryland W. Greene, Haverford Pennsylvania, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 60] browse

Letter from J. M. H. Rowland, The Baltimore Life Insurance Company, Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 61] browse

Note from Arnold S. Jackson, M.D., Jackson Clinic, Madison Wisconsin, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 62a] browse

Note from Alma de Waal, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., Undated

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Note from Jesse Boulton, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., Undated

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Note from J. D. and E. W. Northcutt, Covington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

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Letter from A. M. (Moco) Edwards, Jr., Pineville, Kentucky to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 64] browse

Letter from O. T. Koppius, Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 65] browse

Letter from Carl R. Steinke, M.D., Akron, Ohio, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association and informing him of the recent death of Dr. Arthur Stall., June 6, 1941

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Letter from J. Garland Sherrill, Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 67] browse

Letter from Donald (Don) Guthrie, M.D., Guthrie Clinic Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 68] browse

Letter from Adolph O. Pfingst, M.D., Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 69] browse

Letter from Hugh H. Trout, M.D., Surgical Department Jefferson Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 70a] browse

Note from Herman L. Kretschmer, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D. congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

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Letter from J. A. (Tony) Malerich, M.D., Shakopee, Minnesota to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 71] browse

Western Union telegram from Glen Spurling, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 72a] browse

Western Union telegram from Sister M. Domitilla and Sisters Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

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Western Union telegram from mother-in-law, Edith Graham Mayo Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin,, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 73a] browse

Western Union telegram From Barbara and John W. Price Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 73b] browse

Western Union telegram from Lucille and Warren [??], Denver Colorado, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 74a] browse

Note from F. M. Tinder [??], Findlay, Ohio, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7. 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 74b] browse

News clipping. Announcement of Fred W. Rankin, M.D.'s election as American Medical Association President-Elect from a Findlay, Ohio newspaper., June 7, 1941

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Letter from W. J. Tucker, M.D., Ashland, Wisconsin, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 75] browse

Letter from R. Arnold Griswold, M.D., Louisville City Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

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Letter from Paul A. O'Leary, M.D., Section on Dermatology and Syphilology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 11, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 77] browse

Letter from Rose W. Winslow [Jane Burr], Woodstock, New York to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 78] browse

Letter from R. S. Stewart, Attorney, Lancaster, South Carolina, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 11, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 79] browse

Letter from Harry J. Harwick, Secretary and Treasurer, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 80] browse

Letter from Oliver C. Melson, M.D., Little Rock, Arkansas, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 11, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 81] browse

Letter from Melvin S. Henderson, M.D., Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

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Letter from J. P. Wall, M.D., Jackson, Mississippi, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 11, 1941

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Letter from Urban Maes, M.D., Department of Surgey, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

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Note from Malcom Thompson, M.D., Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 85] browse

Letter from Frederick A. Coller, M.D., Ann Arbor, Michigan to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 11, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 86] browse

Letter from Glenn I. Jones, M.D., Chief Surgeon, Southern Railway System, Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association and thanking him for his "contribution to the success of our Surgeons' Association at Louisville.", June 11, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 87] browse

Letter from Frederick Christopher, M.D., Surgeon-in-Chief Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 88] browse

Letter from Charles A. Bundsen, M.D., Medical Director, The Swedish National Sanatorium, Englewood (Denver), Colorado, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 89] browse

Letter from Edmund Horgan, M.D., Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 90] browse

Letter from Hugh J. Morgan, M.D., School of Medicine Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 19, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 91] browse

Letter from E. H. (Ned) Weld, M.D., President-Elect, Illinois State Medical Society, Rockford, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 92] browse

Letter from Willard C. Rappleye, M.D., Commissioner Department of Hospitals, City of New York, Manhattan, New York, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 93] browse

Letter from Misch Casper, M.D., Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 94] browse

Letter from George Crile, M.D., Cleveland, Ohio, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 11, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 95] browse

Letter from Raymond Lyman Wilbur, M.D., President, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 96] browse

Letter from Henry W. Woltman, M.D., Section on Neurology Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 11, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 97] browse

Letter from Porter Paisley Vinson, M.D., Medical College of Virginia Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 11, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 98] browse

Letter from H. Smith Richardson, New York, New York, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 11, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 99a] browse

Inter-departmental memo, from Daniel Rochford to Mr. H. S Richardson. Subject: Davidson man [Fred W. Rankin] to be President of American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 99b] browse

Letter from Gunnar Gundersen, M.D., Gundersen Clinic, La Crosse, Wisconsin, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

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Letter from Robert (Bob) Whitfield Miles, D.D., Minister First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 12, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 101] browse

Letter from C. Frank Buck [?], Animal Industry Group, College of Agriculture and Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 6, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 102] browse

Note from Charles W. Maxson, M.D., Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 12, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 103] browse

Letter from John P. Bowler, M.D., Dartmouth Medical School Hanover, New Hampshire, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 104] browse

Letter from Charles W. Hibbitt, M.D., Louisville, Kentucky to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 12, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 105] browse

Letter from Louree Pottinger, President, Kentucky League of Nursing Education, Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his elecction as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 11, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 106] browse

Letter from Winchell McKendree Craig, M.D., Rochester Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 13, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 107] browse

Letter from Zelotus S. Rice, Attorney, Sparta, Wisconsin, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 108] browse

Letter from M. G. Peterman, M.D., Milwaulkee, Wisconsin, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 13, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 109] browse

Note from Grover C. Penberthy, M.D., Detroit, Michigan, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 13, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 110a] browse

Note from Sydney and Ann [??] to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., Undated

[Box: 2, Folder: 110b] browse

Letter from Casper F. Hegner, M.D., Denver, Colorado, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 12, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 111] browse

Note from Baxter Brown, M.D., Buffalo, New York, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 14, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 112] browse

Letter from Henry H. M. Lyle, M.D., New York, New York, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 12, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 113] browse

Letter from Harold P. McDonald, M.D., Atlanta, Georgia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 12, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 114] browse

Letter from J. K. Hall, M.D., President, American Psychiatric Association, Westbrook Sanatorium, Richmond, Virginia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 115] browse

Letter from E. Eric Larson, M.D., Los Angeles, California, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 13, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 116] browse

Letter from Horace R. Lyons, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 14, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 117] browse

Letter from James R. Bloss, M.D., Trustee, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 13, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 118] browse

Letter from Howard F. Dugan, Vice President, Hotels Statler Company, Inc., New York, New York, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 119] browse

Letter from James R. McVay, M.D., Kansas City, Missouri, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 13, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 120] browse

Letter from Thomas (Tom) M. Joyce, M.D., Portland, Oregon, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 121] browse

Letter from R. A. Kent, President, University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 10, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 122] browse

Letter from W. E. Gardner, M.D., Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 7, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 123] browse

Letter from Alfred Blalock, M.D., Department of Surgery School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 11, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 124] browse

Letter from C. C. (Charles) Higgins, M.D., Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 9, 1941

[Box: 2, Folder: 125] browse

Scrapbook: F.W.R. –– A.M.A. –– II, June 12, 1941 to August 25 1941

[Box: 3] Scope and Contents note:

This scrapbook is the second of two which include correspondence received by Dr. Rankin regarding his election as President-elect of the American Medical Association (AMA).

Western Union telegram from Ross Magee, New York, New York to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 14, 1941

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Western Union telegram from R. Matas, New Orleans, Louisiana to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 14, 1941

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Letter from Patti R. Hart (Mrs. John T. Hart), Columbia Tennessee, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 14, 1941

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Western Union telegram from Martha and Oscar Johnston, Scott Mississippi, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 15, 1941

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Letter from John (Jack) T. O'Mara, M.D., Baltimore, Maryland to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 15, 1941

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Letter from Ruth Lee Briscoe, Librarian, The Library, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 16, 1941

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Letter from Fred W. Bailey, M.D., St. Louis, Missouri, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 16, 1941

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Letter from Norman W. Crisp, M.D., Nashua, New Hampshire, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 12, 1941

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Letter from Alton [Ochsner], Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 16, 1941

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Letter from William B. Peck, M.D., Managing Director Inter-state Post Graduate Medical Association of North America, Freeport, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 16, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 8] browse

Letter from Henry H. Hill, Office of the Superintendent of Instruction, Board of Education, St. Louis, Missouri, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 16, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 9] browse

Letter from James (Jimmie) E. Paullin, M.D., Atlanta Georgia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 16, 1941

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Letter from W. H. (Bill) Owen, Veterans' Facility, St. Cloud Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 16, 1941

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Letter from Hamilton W. McKay, M.D., Charlotte, North Carolina, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 18, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 12] browse

Letter from Ethan Flagg Butler, M.D., Biggs Memorial Hospital, Ithaca, New York, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 16, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 13] browse

Letter from Oscar Gottfried, Secretary, Association of Private Hospitals, Inc., New York, New York, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 16, 1941

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Letter from Thomas B. Aycock, Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 16, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 15] browse

Letter from Harry C. Hull, M.D., Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 16, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 16] browse

Note from Loyal Davis, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 16, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 17a] browse

Note from Hubert A. Royster, M.D., Raleigh, North Carolina to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 19, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 17b] browse

Letter from Holman Taylor, M.D., Secretary-Editor, Texas State Journal of Medicine, State Medical Association of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas., July 2, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 18] browse

Letter from W. C. (Bill) Carroll, M.D., The Saint Paul Clinic, St. Paul, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 17, 1941

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Letter from (Carl) Bill Beck, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 17, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 20] browse

Letter from Curtice Rosser, M.D., Dallas, Texas, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 17, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 21] browse

Letter from Daniel (Dan) C. Elkin, M.D., Atlanta, Georgia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 21, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 22] browse

Letter from Henry (Hank) E. Dahleen, M.D., Superintendent and Medical Director, County of Santa Clara Hospital, San Jose, California, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 17, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 23] browse

Letter from Roscoe D. McMillan, M.D., Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, Red Springs, North Carolina, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 16, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 24] browse

Letter from Carrington Williams, M.D., Richmond, Virginia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 17, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 25] browse

Letter from Emmett B. Frazer ("alias Deacon"), M.D. F.A.C.S President, Mobile County Medical Society, Mobile, Alabama, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 18, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 26] browse

Letter from C. W. Roberts, M.D., Council on Industrial Health, American Medical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 18, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 27] browse

Letter from W. Houston (Pete) Toulson, M.D., Baltimore Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 16, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 28] browse

Letter from J. H. J. Upham, M.D., Dean, College of Medicine The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 18, 1941

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Letter from Albert McCown, M.D., Assistant Medical Director American Red Cross, National Headquarters, Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 15, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 30] browse

Letter from R. L. Hane, M.D., and William C. Wright, M.D Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 21, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 31] browse

Letter from George A. Dowling, M.D., Department of Medicine Mason Clinic, Seattle, Washington, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 18, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 32] browse

Letter from Edward N. Roberts, M.D., F.A.C.S., Pocatello Idaho, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 15, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 34] browse

Letter from M. A. (Jack) White, Agency Manager, Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company, Greensboro, North Carolina, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 18, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 35] browse

Letter from L. Richardson, Chairman of the Board, Vick Chemical Company, Greensboro, North Carolina, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 13, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 36] browse

Letter from G. V. Brindley, M.D., Department of Surgery Scott and White Clinic, Temple, Texas, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 19, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 37] browse

Note from Samuel (Sam) Amberg, M.D., Section on Pediatrics Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 17, 1941

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Note from William Arnold Hanger, New York, New York, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 20, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 39a] browse

Note from Walter E. Dandy, M.D., Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 17, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 39b] browse

Letter from William (Bill) R. Meeker, M.D., Mobile, Alabama to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 17, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 40] browse

Letter from W. S. Leathers, Office of the Dean, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 20, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 41] browse

Letter from Charles (Charlie) B. Puestow, M.D., Chicago Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 19, 1941

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Letter from Russell [??], Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 20, 1941

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Letter from E. (Ed) W. Rucher, Jr., M.D., Birmingham Alabama, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 17, 1941

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Letter from Robert Hobday, Vice-president, Ridpath Historical Society, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 21, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 45] browse

Letter from Frank B. Settle, M.D., F.A.C.S., Long Beach California, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 17, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 46] browse

Letter from Donald C. Collins, Major, Medical Corps, Chief of Surgical Service, Station Hospital, Ft. MacArthur, San Pedro California, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 21, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 47] browse

Letter from William C. (Cal) Chaney, M.D., Memphis Tennesssee, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 23, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 48] browse

Letter from Paul Morton, Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (M. Am. Soc. C.E.), Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 23, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 49] browse

Letter from Robert (Bob) D. Mussey, M.D., Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 21, 1941

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Letter from Robert (Bob) Lee Payne, M.D., Norfolk, Virginia to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 23, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 51] browse

Letter from J. R. Gaines, M.D., Las Animas, Colorado, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 23, 1941

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Letter from Willis P. Butler, M.D., Shreveport, Louisiana, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 23, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 53] browse

Letter from Everett L. Bishop, M.D., Pathologists, Atlanta Georgia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 28, 1941

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Letter from Charles R. Bird, M.D., Indianapolis, Indiana, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 26, 1941

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Letter from Harrison Simrall to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 24, 1941

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Letter from Cousin Fairie, Charlotte, North Carolina, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 26, 1941

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Letter from Clark W. Finnerud, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 18, 1941

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Letter from Harold S. Diehl, Dean of the Medical Sciences University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 27, 1941

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Note from Vernon C. David, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 30, 1941

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Letter from Mather Pfeiffenberger, M.D., Alton, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 28, 1941

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Letter from Albert O. Singleton, M.D., Galveston, Texas, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 28, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 62] browse

Letter from Max Thorek, M.D., Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the International College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association, and requesting that Dr. Rankin write the foreword for the next edition of his book, Surgical Errors and Safeguards., June 29, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 63] browse

Letter from Edgar L. Gilcreest, San Francisco, California, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 21, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 64] browse

Letter from Donnell B. Cobb, M.D., President-Elect, Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 2, 1941

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Letter from Henry J. Walton, M.D., Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 1, 1947

[Box: 3, Folder: 66] browse

Letter from Thomas Cooper, Dean and Director, College of Agriculture and Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 5, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 67] browse

Letter from John and Letitia Gardner, Shangri-la, Bowman's Mill Road, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 29, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 68] browse

Letter from Virgil Chapman, Congressman, 6th District of Kentucky, House of Representatives, Congress of the United States, Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 7, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 69] browse

Letter from [Sox?], Tracadie Camp, Cascapedia Club, Grand Cascapedia, Quebec, Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 7, 1941

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Letter from Charles B. Sweatt, Locust Hills Farm, Wayzata Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association, and seeking his assistance in finding a horse, "a good hunter prospect.", July 8, 19491

[Box: 3, Folder: 71] browse

Letter from Herman L. Donovan, President, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 7, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 72] browse

Letter from R. L. Sanders, M.D., Sanders Clinic, Memphis Tennessee, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 2, 1941

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Note from Floyd Hardin Smith, Germantown, Tennessee, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 16, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 74a] browse

Letter from Lloyd E. Deddens, Captain, Medical Corps, 138th Field Artillery, 38th Division, Camp Shelby, Gulfport, Mississipppi, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 31, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 74b] browse

Letter from Robert (Bob) Duvall Jones, Jr., M.D., Norfolk Virginia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 17, 1941

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Note from David Silberman, M.D., Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., June 18, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 76] browse

Note from Willard H. Parsons, M.D., Vicksburg Clinic Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 22, 1941

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Note from Ed Wilder, Secretary, Lexington Board of Commerce Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 11, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 78] browse

Letter from Daniel L. Borden, M.D., Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 24, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 79] browse

Letter from W. A. Hanson, M.D., Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 22, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 80] browse

Letter from H. Z. Giffin, M.D., Minnesota State Medical Association, St. Paul, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association, and inviting him to present a paper and an address at the 1942 Minnesota State Medical Association annual meeting., July 7, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 81] browse

Letter from H. D. Junkin, M.D., The Paris Clinic, Paris Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 19, 1941

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Letter from Hughes Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 25, 1941

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Letter from Joseph W. Ricketts, M.D., Indianapolis, Indiana to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 24, 1941

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Note from Benjamin Franklin Eager, M.D., San Diego California, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 29, 1941

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Letter from Frank S. Schoonover, Jr., M.D. F.A.C.S, Fort Worth, Texas, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., July 24, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 86] browse

Letter from Robert B. Hill, Colonel, Medical Corps, United States Army, Fitzsimmons General Hospital, Denver, Colorado, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., August 7, 1941

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Page 2 of a letter from P. (Phil) S. Hench, M.D., [Rochester Minnesota], to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., August 16, 1941

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Letter from May Owen, M.D., Fort Worth, Texas, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association, and inviting him to breakfast when he serves as guest speaker for a one-day Clinic Meeting in Fort Worth in October., August 21, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 89] browse

Note from Ernesto R. de Aragón, M.D., Havana, Cuba, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., August 25, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 90] browse

Letter from D. C. Patterson, M.D., Bridgeport, Connecticut to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., August 25, 1941

[Box: 3, Folder: 91] browse

Letter from Margaret Johnston (Mrs. W. P.), Mooresville North Carolina, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association, and bringing him up to date on family news., Undated

[Box: 3, Folder: 92] browse

Letter from Helen Judd to Fred W. and Edith Rankin congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association and bringing them up to date on her family., Undated

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Note from Florence Lawless to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association., Undated

[Box: 3, Folder: 93b] browse

Letter from Clara Neville McCarthy (Mrs. J. C.), Belleville Ontario, Canada, to Edith Rankin, sending congratulations to Fred W. Rankin, M.D. on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association, and updating Edith on events in her life since the Mayo Clinic days., Undated

[Box: 3, Folder: 94] browse

Letter from Bob [??], Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, to to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President-Elect of the American Medical Association, and talking about baseball., Undated

[Box: 3, Folder: 95] browse

Scrapbook: F.W.R –– Army, December 14, 1942 to July 15 1943

[Box: 4] Scope and Contents note:

This scrapbook includes correspondence received by Dr. Rankin regarding his promotion to Brigadier General in the Office of the Surgeon General

Letter from Charles W. Milner, Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 14, 1942

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Letter from James H. Forsee, Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, to Fred W. Rankin, congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 14, 1942

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Western Union telegram from Shelby Carr, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 14, 1942

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Letter from Diddie [??], Alexandria, Virginia, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 14, 1942

[Box: 4, Folder: 3b] browse

Letter from Albert G. Love, Colonel, United States Army Retired, War Department, Office of the Surgeon General, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 14, 1942

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Letter from John J. Curley (Dr. J. J. Curley), Leominster Massachusetts, Major, Medical Corps, Camp Patrick Henry, Newport News, Virginia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 15, 1942

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Letter from Mike Kavanaugh, Lexington Clinic, Lexington Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 15, 1942

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Letter from J. E. Bastion, Colonel, Medical Corps Headquarters Sixth Service Command, Medical Branch, Chicago, Illinois, to to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 12, 1942

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Letter from C. G. (Bill) Toland, M.D., Los Angeles California, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General and extending Christmas wishes., December 15, 1942

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Western Union telegram from John C. Burch, Houston, Texas, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 12, 1942

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Western Union telegram from [??] Beach, Ft. Sam Houston Texas, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 16, 1942

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Letter from Frank H. Lahey, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General and extending Christmas wishes., December 16, 1942

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Letter from Claude S. Beck, Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, Station Hospital, Ft. Thomas, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 16, 1942

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Letter from C. H. Danielson, Colonel, Adjutant General's Department (AGD), Director, War Department, Services of Supply, Officer Procurement Service, Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 16, 1942

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Letter from Guy A. Huguelet, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 16, 1942

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Letter from G. Davis (Buck) Buckner, Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture and Home Economics, University of Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General, sending birthday greetings, and extending Christmas wishes., December 16, 1942

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Western Union telegram from Margaret and Theodore Kirk Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 17, 1942

[Box: 4, Folder: 15a] browse

Note from Charles (Charley) A. Vance, M.D., Lexington Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 17, 1942

[Box: 4, Folder: 15b] browse

Letter from Curtis L. Willmott, Lewis School of Aeronautics Lockport, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 17, 1942

[Box: 4, Folder: 16] browse

Letter from W. L. Sheep, Brigadier General, Medical Department, United States Army, Headquarters Lawson General Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 17, 1942

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Letter from Herman L. Kretschmer, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 18, 1942

[Box: 4, Folder: 18] browse

Letter from Norman T. Kirk, Colonel, Medical Corps, Percy Jones General Hospital, Battle Creek, Michigan, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 18, 1942

[Box: 4, Folder: 19] browse

Letter from William R. Arnold, Chief of Chaplains, War Department, Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 18, 1942

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Letter from Bradley L. Coley, Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, Surgical Consultant, 8th Service Command, Dallas, Texas, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 18, 1942

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Letter from Walles O. Bullock, Lexington Clinic, Lexington Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General. Includes "Memorandum – Abraham Lincoln said he could make a Brigadier in five minutes but a good horse costs $150.00.", December 18, 1942

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Letter from Harold W. Jones, Colonel, United States Army, The Librarian, War Department, Army Medical Library, Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 18, 1942

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Letter from A. M. Edwards, Jr., Law Offices, Davis and Edwards, Pineville, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., Undated

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Typed letter from Rodney J. McKenzie to Dr. Addison G Brenizer, M.D., followed by handwritten letter from Dr. Brenizer to Colonel Hall. Second letter discusses Fred W. Rankin's promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 20, 1942

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Letter from Phil Hench, Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps Station Hospital, Camp Carson, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 21, 1942

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Letter from B. R. (Kirk) Kirklin, M.D., Rochester, Minnesota to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 21, 1942

[Box: 4, Folder: 27] browse

Letter from S. M. Marietta, Walter Reed General Hospital Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 21, 1942

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Note from Robert U. Patterson, Major General, United States Army, Retired, Office of the Dean, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 21, 1942

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Letter from Daniel L. Borden, Colonel, Medical Corps Commanding Station Hosptial, Ft. Eustis, Virginia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 22, 1942

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Letter from A. L. Gorby, Colonel, M.D., Headquarters Armored Force, Ft. Knox, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 23, 1942

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Letter from Harold C. Lueth, Major, Medical Corps, Liaison Officer, United States Army, War Department and American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 23, 1942

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Letter from Allen O. Whipple, M.C., American Board of Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 23, 1942

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Letter from J. M. Mason, M.D., Birmingham, Alabama, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 24, 1942

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Letter from Olin West, M.D., American Medical Association Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., extending Christmas wishes., December 24, 1942

[Box: 4, Folder: 35] browse

Letter from Steve [??], Richmond, Virginia, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General, letting him know he hopes to see him soon in Washington, relating that he and Dr. Michaux "are being sued for $100,000," and that "Dr. Michaux has been confined to bed for a month following what appeared to be a mild coronary attack.", December 26, 1942

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Letter from Larry B. McAfee, Office of the Surgeon General Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General and thanking him for the Kentucky ham., December 25, 1942

[Box: 4, Folder: 37] browse

Letter from Franklin G. Ebaugh, Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, Neuropsychiatric Consultant, Eighth Service Command, Dallas, Texas, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., December 26, 1942

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Letter from R. W. Bliss, Colonel, Medical Corps Headquarters, Eatern Defense Command and First Army, Office of the Surgeon, Governors Island, New York, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General, thanking him for the Kentucky ham, and wishing him a happy new year., December 29, 1942

[Box: 4, Folder: 39] browse

Western Union telegram from Coleman Johnston, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General and wishing him a happy new year., January 8, 1943

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Letter from Donald C. Balfour, M.D., Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General and wishing him a happy new year., January 8, 1943

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Letter from Gilbert J. Thomas, M.D., Secretary, American Board of Urology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General and wishing him a Happy New Year., January 9, 1943

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Letter From Lawrence (Larry) C. Salter, Associate Director Press Relations, The Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., January 13, 1943

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Letter from Charles M. Furtherer, First Lieutenant, Medical Corps, Rome Air Depot, Rome, New York (of Rochester, New York), to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., January 19, 1943

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Letter from Jolin S. Camp, United States Naval Hospital Corona, California, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., January 21, 1943

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Letter from Waltman Walters, Captain, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve, United States Naval Hospital, Corona, California, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., January 21, 1943

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Letter from Susan Offett Edmundson, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Fred W. Rankin, M.D. congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., January 26, 1943

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Letter from William C. (Cal) Chaney, M.D., Memphis Tennessee, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., January 27, 1943

[Box: 4, Folder: 48] browse

Letter from Leo Butler, Brookville, Maryland, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., January 29, 1943

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Letter from E. V. (Vernon) Mastin, M.D., St. Louis, Missouri to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., February 11, 1943

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Western Union telegram from Loyal Davis to Fred W. Rankin M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., February 7, 1943

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Letter from Erwin R. Schmidt, M.D., Surgical Division, State of Wisconsin General Hospital, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., February 13, 1943

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V-mail ("Victory Mail") letter from Maurice N. Noue, Major Medical Corps, England, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., February 15, 1943

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Letter from Arthur W. Allen, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., February 19, 1943

[Box: 4, Folder: 52b] browse

Letter from James (Jim) M. Hayes, M.D., Minneapolis Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., March 2, 1943

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Letter from Eben J. Carey, M.D., Dean, Marquette University School of Medicine, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., March 2, 1943

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Letter from Frederic (Fred) A. Besley, M.D., Waukegan Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., March 22, 1943

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Letter from Carl H. Fulton [?], to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., March 28, 1943

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Letter from Roland S. Clinton, M.D., Gastonia, North Carolina, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., July 15, 1943

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Letter from Glen [??], Walter Reed General Hospital, Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., Undated

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Letter from Katherine Carr Ellison (Mrs. Marvin C. Ellison) Ft. Bliss, Texas, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., Undated

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Letter from Ed Allen, Office of the Surgeon, Headquarters Seventh Corps Area, Omaha, Nebraska, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., Undated

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Letter from Evarts A. Graham, Department of Surgery Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General. Also inquires why someone named Blades has not been promoted. A written postscript states, "Blades got his promotion today 12/30/42.", December 28, 1942

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Letter from W. S. Elkin, M.D., Atlanta, Georgia, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General., Undated

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Scrapbook: F.W.R –– A.S.A, May 29, 1948 to October 12 1948

[Box: 5] Scope and Contents note:

This scrapbook includes correspondence received by Dr. Rankin regarding his election as President of the American Surgical Association (ASA).

Letter from Jack Lansill, Scarlet Gate, Lexington, Kentucky to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on being honored by the American Surgical Association., April 20, 1949

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Western Union telegram from W. F. MacFee, Quebec City Quebec, Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 29, 1948

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Western Union telegram from Vernon C. David, Quebec City Quebec, Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 29, 1948

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Western Union telegram from John B. Flick, Quebec City Quebec, Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 29, 1948

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Western Union telegram from Alton Ochsner, Quebec City Quebec, Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 29, 1948

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Western Union telegram from Jim Priestley, Quebec City Quebec, Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 29, 1948

[Box: 5, Folder: 4a] browse

Western Union telegram from E. T. Donovan, Quebec City Quebec, Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 29, 1948

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Western Union telegram from Irvin Abell, Quebec City, Quebec Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 29, 1948

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Western Union telegram from Jerry Don, Quebec City, Quebec Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 29, 1948

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Western Union telegram from Mike DeBakey, Quebec City Quebec, Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 29, 1948

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Western Union telegram from Helen [??], Quebec City, Quebec Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 29, 1948

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Western Union telegram from Elkins, Keyes, Harrington Carter, Koch, Womack, Christopher Dixon, and David Balfour, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 29, 1948

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Western Union telegram from Steve Oraham, Quebec City Quebec, Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D. congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 29, 1948

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Western Union telegram from Henry Cave, New York, New York to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 30, 1948

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Letter from Nick ??, Chateau Frontenac, Canadian Pacific Hotels, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 30, 1948

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Letter from Edith [??], Chateau Frontenac, Canadian Pacific Hotels, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., Undated

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Letter from Loyal Davis, Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 31, 1948

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Letter from Alfred W. Adson, M.D., Section on Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 31, 1948

[Box: 5, Folder: 12] browse

Letter from Warfield M. Firor, M.D., Secretary, American Surgical Association, Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., officially notifying him that on May 29, 1948 he was elected President of the American Surgical Association for the "ensuing year.", June 1, 1948

[Box: 5, Folder: 13] browse

Western Union telegram from Sister Mary Benigna, Lousiville Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 1, 1948

[Box: 5, Folder: 14a] browse

Western Union telegram from Bill Estes, Bethlehem Pennsylvania, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 1, 1948

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Letter from Howard A. Patterson, M.D., New York, New York, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 2, 1948

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Letter from Claude S. Beck, M.D., Lakeside Hospital Cleveland, Ohio, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 2, 1948

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Letter from Ralph F. Bowers, M.D., Veterans Administration Medical Teaching Group, Kennedy Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 2, 1948

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Letter from J. Stewart Rodman, M.D., Secretary and Treasurer American Board of Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 2, 1948

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Letter from Fordyce B. (Johnny) St. John, M.D., Chairman American Board of Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 2, 1948

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Letter from Bob [??], Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 2, 1948

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Letter from Harvey Brinton Stone, Jr., Baltimore, Maryland to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 3, 1948

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Letter from Walter D. Wise, M.D., Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 3, 1948

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Letter from William F. Rienhoff, Jr., M.D., Baltimore Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 3, 1948

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Letter from George G. Finney, M.D., Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 3, 1948

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Letter from Willard H. Parsons, M.D., Vicksburg Clinic Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 4, 1948

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Letter from Mims Gage, M.D., Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans Louisiana, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 5, 1948

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Letter from Alton Ochsner, M.D., Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans Louisiana, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., thanking him for his letter of June 3.., June 5, 1948

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Letter from S. (Stuart) Wm. Harrington, M.D., Rochester Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., contratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 7, 1948

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Letter from Daniel C. Elkin, M.D., Whitehead Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Georgia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 7, 1948

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Letter from Alton Oschner, M.D., Department of Surgery School of Medicine, Tulane University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 7, 1948

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Letter from Norman Kirk, Montauk, Long Island, New York, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association and discussing a couple of patients., June 8, 1948

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Letter from Nathan A. Womack, M.D., Department of Surgery University Hospitals, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 10, 1948

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Letter from Claude F. (Dick) Dixon, M.D., Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 10, 1948

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Note from Herman L. Kretschmer, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 25, 1948

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Letter from Leland S. McKitrick, M.D., Boston, Masachusetts to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association, and sending him an Association-related bill for over $40,00 which "must be okayed by the President and the Secretary.", June 26, 1948

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Letter from Warren Wright, Calumet Farm, Lexington, Kentucky to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 18, 1948

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Letter from Evarts A. Graham, Department of Surgery, Barnes Hospital, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., July 9, 1948

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Letter from T. E. (Tommy) Jones, M.D., Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., July 20, 1948

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Letter from R. Gordon Holcombe, M.D., General Surgery Medical and Surgical Clinic, Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., September 30, 1948

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Letter from John B. Hartzell, M.D., Detroit, Michigan, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., Undated

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Letter from Hugh H. Trout, Sr., M.D., Surgical Department Jefferson Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., October 12, 1948

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Loose item. Western Union telegram from W. Allen on behalf of Henry Cave and Jimmie Allen, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 29, 1948

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Loose item. Western Union telegram from J. M. Mason, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., May 29, 1948

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Loose item. Letter from J. D. Martin, Jr., M.D., Emory University Hospital, Emory University, Georgia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 1, 1948

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Loose item. Letter from Champ Lyons, M.D., Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 1, 1948

[Box: 5, Folder: 45] browse

Loose item. Western Union telegram from Al [??], Washington District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 5, 1948

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Loose item. Western Union telegram form Jack Lansill Washington, District of Columbia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., June 5, 1948

[Box: 5, Folder: 47] browse

Loose item. Letter from Jean Colles Allen, to Fred W. Rankin M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., July 10, 1948

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Note from Alfred Blalock, M.D., Surgeon-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., Undated

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Letter from Frederick A. Coller, M.D., Ann Arbor, Michigan to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American Surgical Association., Undated

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Scrapbook: FRED W. RANKIN, PRESIDENT – 1953 – AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, June 3, 1953 to January 10 1954

[box: 6] Scope and Contents note:

This scrapbook includes correspondence received by Dr. Rankin regarding his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

Letter from Baxter Brown, M.D., Buffalo, New York, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 13, 1953

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Note from Mrs. Samuel Clay Williams, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 11, 1953

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News clipping. "Younger Surgeons Blamed for Abuses Lexington's Dr. Rankin, New Head Of Surgical Group, Makes Charge." The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, p. 2., October 9, 1953

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News clipping. "SURGEONS' NEW PRESIDENT RAPS GREED OF YOUNG." By Roy Gibbons., Undated

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News clippings. "Reforms In Surgeon Ranks Are Demanded By Dr Rankin." Chicago, Illinois. "RANKIN WILL ADDRESS BRITISH, IRISH SURGEONS., October 9, 1953

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Western Union telegram from Sister Margaret Teresa and Sisters, St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 9, 1953

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Western Union telegram from The House Staff, St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 9, 1953

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Newsletter. Daily Bulletin American College of Surgeons, Thirty-ninth Annual Clinical Congress. Page 1. "Annual Meeting Elects Officers." "President Rankin calls for an End To Lack of Ethics." Page 2. "Dr. Rankin Calls For End to Avarice" (continued from page 1)., October 9, 1953

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News clipping. "Lexington's Rankin Tells ACS It Should End 'Fee-Splitting'." Chicago, Illinois., October 10, 1953

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News clipping. "Dr. Rankin Speaks Frankly." The Lexington Herald, Lexington Kentucky., October 13, 1953

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News clipping. "Loose Talk Blamed for Rise in Medical Malpractice Suits." By Arthur J. Snider, Daily News Science Writer. Chicago Daily News, Chicago, Illinois., October 10, 1953

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Western Union telegram from Jerry Don to Fred W. Rankin M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 13, 1953

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Letter from Mary Breckinridge, Frontier Nursing Service Wendover Above Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., September 22, 1953

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News clipping. Associated Press Wirephoto. "GREETS INCOMING PRESIDENT OF SURGEONS' GROUP." "Dr. Harold L. Foss...outgoing president of the American College of Surgeons, congratulated Dr. Fred W. Rankin...who was installed as his successor last night at Chicago." Lexington, Kentucky., October 10, 1953

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Photograph. Fred W. Rankin, M.D., and Harold L. Foss, M.D Same photograph as published in Item 9a., [October 10, 1953]

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Convocation Program, American College of Surgeons, The Medinah Temple, 600 North Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois., October 9, 1953

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Letter from Nick [??], Madeira, Ohio, to Fred W. Rankin M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), and on the speech he delivered at his installation., October 10, 1953

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Note from Alamae Morris [?], Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 12, 1953

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Letter from [??] Peterson Ross c/o Loyal Davis, M.D., to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., thanking the American College of Surgeons (ACS) for making him an Honorary Fellow at the recent ACS meeting., October 10, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 12a] browse

Letter from Mary R. Simms, Mansfield, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., expressing gratitude and admiration for Dr. Rankin's skills as a surgeon., November 17, 1953

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Letter from W. E. Simms, Mansfield, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., telling him about his most recent trip to the hospital., October 14, 1953

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Letter from Charles "Bo" Mayo Rankin, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia, to his parents, Edith and Fred W. Rankin, acknowledgeing receipt of Edith's letter "with the account of Dad's speech" at his inauguration as President of the American College of Surgeons., October 15, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 13a] browse

Note from Margaret [??] to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., telling him about "all the pictures & editorials & news of you" she has received, and expressing how proud she is of him for his recent election as President of the American College of Surgeons., Undated

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Letter from Don Wharton, New York, New York, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 10, 1953

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Postcard from Charles (Charlie) B. Huggins, M.D., on vacation in Ireland, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., letting him know that he is famous in Ireland and that his [most recent] book is "on sale in the windows of all the medical book shops.", Undated

[Box: 6, Folder: 14b] browse

Letter from Charles (Charlie) B. Huggins, M.D., Ben May Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., thanking him for his recent letter and gift, as well as for his recent visit., June 5, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 15a] browse

Letter from Charles (Charlie) Huggins, Ben May Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his "masterly performance in conducting the convocation" [at the ACS meeting], and updating him on the "splendid" results of his recent blood test., October 12, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 15b] browse

Letter from Ida Weigel to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 16, [1953]

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Letter from Hubert A. Royster, M.D., Raleigh, North Carolina to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., thanking him for a recent letter and catching him up on recent events in Raleigh., June 3, 1953

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News clipping. "Dr. Alvarez Says – Courageous Words Spoken By College of Surgeons Head.", Undated

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Note from C. W. Sulier, Sulier's Insurance Service Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., stating, "I WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE...AND READ ABOUT YOU!" and including a news clipping about Dr. Rankin's inauguration as President of the American College of Surgeons., Undated

[Box: 6, Folder: 17c] browse

Letter from Garland H. Barr, Jr., Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., Undated

[Box: 6, Folder: 18a] browse

Note from R. K. Gilchrist to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his presidential address to the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., Undated

[Box: 6, Folder: 18b] browse

Letter from Alice Schulte, Covington, Kentucky to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), updating him on the status of her son, and enclosing a news clipping about Dr. Rankin from the Covington Times-Star., October 28, 1953

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News clipping. "Dr. Alvarz Says – Courageous Words Spoken By College of Surgeons Head.", Undated

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Letter from Mr. John Hertz, Stoner Creek Stud, Paris Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 12, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 20a] browse

Western Union telegram from Harry C. Powelson, M.D Zanesville, Ohio, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 14, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 20b] browse

Letter from Guy A. Huguelet, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 9, 1953

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Letter from William (Bill) H. Sprunt, M.D., Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina,to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., extending apologies for not being in Chicago for his inauguration as President of the College of Surgeons., October 23, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 21a] browse

Western Union telegram from Brenda Kelly, New York, New York to Fred Rankin, M.D., Lexington, Kentucky, contratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 14, 1953

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Letter from Joan Crowther, from the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, to Fred Rankin, M.D., in which she has forwarded a letter addressed to him from Australia., October 26, 1953

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Letter from Hetty Finley, North Perth, Western Australia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., c/o American College of Surgeon, commending him on his excellent speech to the ACS and requesting that he send her a copy of his inaugural address., October 12, 1953

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Letter from Grace R. McTicely, [Mooresville, North Carolina?], to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., letting him know she plans to keep a copy of his ACS speech "in the library book of M'ville's famous sons.", Undated

[Box: 6, Folder: 22c] browse

Letter from Nick [Carter? – son of B. Noland Carter, MD?] Maderia, Ohio, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., telling him about the recent hunting trip he and his father took to Wyoming., October 27, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 23a] browse

Letter from Jessie and Frederick (Fred) A. Coller, M.D., Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Edith and Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on "a fine speech" at the ACS meeting, and talking about Michigan football., Undated

[Box: 6, Folder: 23b] browse

Letter from Phil [Harting] to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 12, [1953]

[Box: 6, Folder: 24a] browse

Letter from Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Maney, Defiance College Defiance, Ohio, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., November 9, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 25a] browse

News clipping. "Surgeons Elect Rankin President." Mayovox, Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota., [November 21, 1953]

[Box: 6, Folder: 25b] browse

Note and news clipping from D. C. Cruise, Mutual of New York to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons, Undated

[Box: 6, Folder: 25c] browse

Letter from Mims Gage, M.D., Oschsner Clinic, New Orleans Louisiana, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., expressing pleasure at seeing him well in Chicago., November 6, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 26] browse

Letter from G. V. Brindley, M.D., Scott and White Clinic Temple, Texas, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on "the excellent address which [he] presented" in Chicago., November 2, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 27a] browse

Note from Ellen Garner, [Lexington, Kentucky?], to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 12, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 27b] browse

News clipping. Sunday Herald-Leader,, p. H-10. Photo montage including photograph of Fred W. Rankin and outgoing American College of Surgeons President Harold L. Foss, M.D., January 10, 1954

[Box: 6, Folder: 28] browse

News clipping. "Rankin Inaugurated Today As President of Surgeons.", Undated

[Box: 6, Folder: 29a] browse

Note from Dorothy [??] to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., Undated

[Box: 6, Folder: 29b] browse

Letter from Arthur M. Shipley, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 14, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 29c] browse

Letter from J. Ralph Wood, Minister, Centenary Methodist Church, Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and expressing his appreciation for the content of his inaurgural address., October 13, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 30a] browse

Letter from Marie R. Hillenmeyer to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 14, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 30b] browse

Letter from Isidor Kahn, Law Offices: Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, Evansville, Indiana, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 14, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 31a] browse

Photograph. Fred W. Rankin, M.D., new President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), and Harold Foss, M.D., outgoing President of the ACS., [October 1953]

[Box: 6, Folder: 31b] browse

Letter from H. L. Donovan, President, University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 16, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 32a] browse

Note from Mrs. Frank (Sue M.) Fessey, [Nashville, Tennessee] to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 12, [1953]

[Box: 6, Folder: 32b] browse

Letter from Donald (Don) Guthrie, M.D., Guthrie Clinic Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., updating him on his medical condition and expressing his happiness that Dr. Rankin is over his recent illness., June 9, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 33a] browse

Letter from John A. Bell, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 12, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 33b] browse

Letter from George T. F. Rahilly, M.D., Fort Lauderdale Florida, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., expressing his pleasure on hearing Dr. Rankin's address at the ACS convocation in Chicago., October 14, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 34a] browse

Letter from John Hay Whitney, New York, New York, to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 14, 1953

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Letter from John T. T. Hundley, M.D., Lynchburg, Virginia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on "the honest, courageous, forthright statement made by [him] in [his] address to the American College of Surgeons recently.", October 15, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 35a] browse

Letter from Owen H. Wangensteen, M.D., The Medical School University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his address to the American College of Surgeons, and sending him "copies of the Proposal Relating to the Research Scholarships of the American College of Surgeons.", October 13, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 35b] browse

Note from Thomas Graham, Louisville, Kentucky to Fred W Rankin, M.D., sending him a copy of Dr. Rankin's picture which Mr. Graham saw in a New York newspaper., October 13, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 36a] browse

News clipping. Photograph of Harold L. Foss, M.D., outgoing President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), and Fred W, Rankin, M.D., the newly elected President of the ACS., October 10, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 36b] browse

Letter from Howard A. Rusk, M.D., Hew York, New York, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 14, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 37a] browse

Letter from Ferris Smith, M.D., Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., complimenting him on his address at the recent American College of Surgeons meeting and requesting a copy of the address., October 19, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 37b] browse

Note from Isidore I. Hirschman, M.D., F.A.C.P., Huntington West Virginia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 23, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 38a] browse

Note from Charles (Charley) A. Vance, M.D., Lexington Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 10, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 38b] browse

Letter from R. (Bob) J. Wilkinson, Jr., Wilkinson Surgical Clinic, Huntington, West Virginia, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 10, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 39a] browse

Western Union telegram from George A. Sehlinger, Louisville Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) on behalf of the Second Auxiliary Surgical Group., October 10, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 39b] browse

Letter from Nicholas Z. Kafoglis, "an aspiring medical student," to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 12, [1953]

[Box: 6, Folder: 40a] browse

Letter from Rev. James W. Kennedy, Rector, Christ Church Lexington, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 12, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 40b] browse

Letter from W. W. (Bud) Rankin, D.D.S., Raleigh, North Carolina, brother of Fred W. Rankin, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., Undated

[Box: 6, Folder: 41a] browse

Letter from Mrs. George H. Noland, Richmond, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 12, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 41b] browse

Note from Walter C. Alvarez, M.D., to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 7, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 42a] browse

Letter from Josephine Townsend Nunn, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 12, [1953]

[Box: 6, Folder: 42b] browse

Letter from D. M. Griffith, M.D., Owensboro, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 12, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 43a] browse

Letter from Fred W. Shappert, Hotel Faust, Rockford Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his address to the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 11, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 43b] browse

News clippings. Sent by Clinton M. Harbison, Lexington Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D. "GREETS INCOMING PRESIDENT OF SURGEONS' GROUP." Lexington Herald, p. 1, and "Reforms In Surgeon Ranks Are Demanded By Dr. Rankin." Lexington Herald, p. 12., October 10, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 44] browse

Letter from Rev. Daniel W. Allen, Executive Secretary Diocese of East Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., sending newsclippings from the local paper concerning Dr. Rankin's election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 20, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 45a] browse

News clipping. "Raps Young Doctors As Practicing Greed." "Surgeons Advised to Clean House." Wilmington Morning Star. Sent to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., by Rev. Daniel W. Allen., October 10, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 45b] browse

Letter from Mr. Stephen Corey (President Emeritus, College of the Bible, Lexington, Kentucky) and Mrs. Corey, Santa Monica, California, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), and expressing happiness over Dr. Rankin's recovery from his recent illness., October 11, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 46a] browse

News clipping. Sent by Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Corey, Santa Monica, California, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D. "Exorbitant Costs Hit By Surgeon Head." Paper Unknown., October 11, 1953

[Box: 6, Folder: 46b] browse

Miscellaneous Loose Items, January 4, 1943 to 1954

[Box: 7] Scope and Contents note:

This subgroup includes items found with the scrapbooks which were not, however, affixed to pages of an individual scrapbook.

Note from George Lisle, [New York, New York?], to Fred W Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his promotion to Brigadier General., January 4, 1943

[Box: 7, Folder: 1] browse

More Doctors For Kentucky: A Report on Medical Education by the Board of Trustees, University of Kentucky. 16 pages. Stamp on back indicates owned by William T. Rumage, Jr., M.D., Louisville, Kentucky., February 1952

[Box: 7, Folder: 2] browse

Note from James P. Baker, M.D., Medical Director, Greenbrier Clinic, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, to Fred and Edith Rankin, accompanying notes written on the backs of eight menus from a Greenbrier Clinic Medical Advisory Council event held on March 14, 1952., March 16, 1952

[Box: 7, Folder: 3] browse

Letter from Robert (Bob) S. Sparkman, M.D., Dallas, Texas, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., telling him he was missed at the Southern Surgical Association meeting and sending him get well wishes., March 16, 1952

[Box: 7, Folder: 4] browse

Letter from Sister Margaret Teresa and Sisters, Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, to the Staff of St. Joseph Hospital, offering end-of-the-year greetings and special recognition of Fred W. Rankin, M.D., January 6, 1953

[Box: 7, Folder: 5] browse

Letter from Paul R. H., American College of Surgeons Chicago, Illinois, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., complimenting him on the draft of the speech he will give as his inaugural address as President of the American College of Surgeons., July 24, 1953

[Box: 7, Folder: 6] browse

News clipping. "Letter of Veteran Visitor McMahan Gives Picture of Early Clinic Days." By Charles G. McMahan. Mayovox 4:23. Alumni Issue. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota., September 26, 1953

[Box: 7, Folder: 7] browse

Letter from Herb Hillenmeyer, Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., October 14, 1953

[Box: 7, Folder: 8] browse

Letter from Aunt [Marie?], Mooresville, North Carolina, to Fred and Edith Rankin, bringing them up to date on family business and sharing some of the information she has researched about family history., October 19, 1953

[Box: 7, Folder: 9] browse

News clipping. Editorial congratulatory remarks by Lexington Leader, Lexington, Kentucky, on the occasion of Fred W. Rankin's election as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)., Undated

[Box: 7, Folder: 10] browse

Group photograph of unknown subjects, Undated

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Bound memorial booklet prepared by the American College of Surgeons in memory of Fred W. Rankin, M.D., M.A., L.L.D. ScD. Signed by Frank Glenn, President; Evarts A. Graham, Chairman, Board of Regents; and Paul R. Hawley, Director., [1954]

[Box: 7, Folder: 12] browse