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Abstract
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, typescripts of articles and talks, reports and diaries, reprints, photos, diplomas and certificates. Includes family and general correspondence files.
Dates
- Creation: 1919-1971
Extent
22.1 Linear Feet (53 MS boxes and case items)
Creator
- Youmans, John Barlow, 1893-1968 (Person)
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Restrictions
Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.
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Biographical Note
John B. Youmans (1893-1968) was born in Mukwonago, WI. He earned his bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Wisconsin, and received his M.D. degree from the John Hopkins Medical School in 1919. From the beginning of his medical career, Dr. Youmans was interested in human nutrition. He joined the Vanderbilt University staff in 1927 and remained there until he was commissioned in the Army Medical Service in 1944. Colonel Youmans was Chief of the Nutrition Division of the Preventive Medicine Service within the Army Surgeon General's Office. He carried out nutrition surveys in China and the Pacific and European theaters. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for his wartime service and is a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. After his retirement from the military in 1946, Dr. Youmans returned to academia as Dean and Professor of the College of Medicine, University of Illinois. He returned to Vanderbilt in 1949 to be the Dean, Professor of Medicine and Director of Medical Affairs until he retired in 1958. Throughout his professional career, he served as consultant and field director of the Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National Defense, a subdivision of the National Research Council.
Collection Summary
Includes family and general correspondence files. A large portion of the collection relates to Dr. Youmans's work and association with medical societies and organizations, particularly the National Research Council. Contains nutrition studies and surveys.
Abstract
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, typescripts of articles and talks, reports and diaries, reprints, photos, diplomas and certificates. Includes family and general correspondence files.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Gift, 1975. Accession 214.
General
- Processed by
- HMD Staff
- Encoded by
- Dan Jenkins
Creator
- Youmans, John Barlow, 1893-1968 (Person)
Subject
- National Research Council (U.S.) (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the John Barlow Youmans Papers, 1919-1971
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD Staff
- Date
- 2000
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latn
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- Version 1.0
Revision Statements
- July 2004: PUBLIC "-//National Library of Medicine::History of Medicine Division//TEXT (US::DNLM::MS C 311::John Barlow Youmans Papers)//EN" "youmans" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
Collecting Area Details
Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections Collecting Area
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