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Collection comprises two letters written by Garrison. In the first, he writes to Dr. Lewis S. Pilcher about George Jackson Fisher as a pioneer in medical history. In the second, he responds to Professor Frederic Lee's inquiries after English and/or German translations of the Mount Ebers Papyrus.

ALS. Asks if papers submitted for contests of the Societe de medecine are returned after the announcements of the awards.

ALS. Argues that his proposals regarding the stocks and stockholders of the New York Horticultural Society have been misconstrued.

Correspondence of both Felix Hippolyte Larrey and his father, Dominique Jean Larrey. Includes notes from Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal and from Marie Guillaume Alphonse Devergie.

ALS. Prescribes a course of treatment for a child patient.

The Fallout Preparedness Committee was appointed by President Deryl Hart in September of 1961 to prepare Duke University for a possible nuclear attack. The collection contains miscellaneous reports on the effects of a nuclear blast; diagrams of shelter spaces in Duke University buildings; second (1962), interim (1963), and third (1963) reports of the committee actions planned at Duke in the event of a nuclear attack and surveys of facilities; engineering design study for fallout shelter areas.

ALS. Requests copies of the minutes of those committee meetings of the Antislavery Society to which Mr. Price and Mr. Thompson refer.

The organization Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation was formed in the U.S. in 1976 to offer support for teaching about social justice in the classroom and in the community. Collection comprises seven regional calendars of programs offered in 2006-2007 by the Foundation. Printed as color brochure mailers, the calendars list detailed entries for classes and workshops for teaching the history of African Americans, civil rights, social justice movements, genocide, the Holocaust, and transitional justice; and to address injustices and violence in the present day by studying human behavior. The programs were held in Chicago, Cleveland, the Denver area, Los Angeles, New England, New York, and the San Francisco/Bay Area. Included are two printed notices about the course listings; one is addressed to the Board Members.

Holograph document, signed. Payment received of Thomas Walley for twine.

Busse's holograph translation of sections from Alois Eduard Kornmuller's "Einfuhrung in die klinische Elektrenkephalographie," whose focus is electroencephalography. Accompanied by an 11-page typescript of holograph translation. Both were received as part of Busse's gift of a copy of Kornmuller's book to the History of Medicine Collections. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.