xt7xks6j2258_336 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7xks6j2258/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7xks6j2258/data/rankin4kdl.dao.xml Rankin, Fred W. (Fred Wharton),
                    1886- Cubit feet ? 7 boxes 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. archival material English unknown This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed.  Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically.  Physical rights are retained by the owning repository.  Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws.  For information about permissions to reproduce or publish, contact the Special Collections Research Center. Fred W. Rankin, M.D. Scrapbooks Correspondence –– Rankin, Fred W. (Fred Wharton),
                1886- American Medical Association Military Medicine –– History –– United
                States American Surgical Association American College of Surgeons 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 text 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 2012 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7xks6j2258/data/rankin4kdl_4/rankin4kdl_4_19/i4-19/i4-19.pdf December 18, 1942 1942 December 18, 1942 section false xt7xks6j2258_336 xt7xks6j2258 J ,   ` . ` ` ~ V ,
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3 Congratulations! I saw in the Register the other
Q day that you had received your star. Pleaqe allow me to con- W
gi · gratulate you. I think this is fine business!
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J i `We» are still in the throes of conversion here.
· We had hoped it would be finished by the 15th of December but
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g as it is now I am in hopes that we can get the contractors r
t out by the end of the month and take some patients here early
I in January. `
Tell Lull that we have at last gotten the flag-pole
§ up and it is_ten feet longer than the one we were talking about
when he was here. we paid a little extra money and traded in the
old one for a new one which is now erected. I think we will delay
our opening until our conversion is completed and we have our 1500
bed unit completed.
I A. A Merry Christmas to you and may the New Year bring d
j us victory and get ns out of the warl
i ‘ Sincerely yours
i NORMAN T. KIRK
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