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                    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),
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                States American Surgical Association American College of Surgeons 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 text 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 2012 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7xks6j2258/data/rankin4kdl_4/rankin4kdl_4_39/i4-39/i4-39.pdf December 29, 1942 1942 December 29, 1942 section false xt7xks6j2258_356 xt7xks6j2258  I I I   S A Q -         Y t  ·    ”  ~ ‘    ‘”‘A'* I   * “ in    ’`~        
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