Medicine -- Study and teaching

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Oral history interview: audio cassette, digital file of the recording, and a transcript. The interview discusses medical education, specifically anatomy, at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in the early twentieth century.

Abstract As a graduate of the University of Nebraska Medical Center and 53-year member of the Department of Anatomy faculty, Dr. Holyoke was a staple in basic science education for the bulk of the 20th century. The Edward Augustus Holyoke Papers contain research and manuscript material related to Dr. Holyoke’s long tenure at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Additionally, this collection contains anatomical illustrations for Dr. Holyoke’s manuscripts, conference presentations...

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Oral history interview: audio cassette, digital file of the recording, and a transcript. The interview discusses medical education, specifically anatomy, at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in the early twentieth century.

Scope and Content The John Stephens Latta Papers contain documents and materials relating to the life and career of John S. Latta, Ph.D. It includes photographs of Latta and certificates given by several governors of Nebraska in the 1930s and 1940s. Also in this collection are miscellaneous materials such as an article about Dr. Latta in the Pulse, the University of Nebraska College of Medicine (later the University of Nebraska Medical Center) newsletter, several brief biographical sketches, and material...

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This collection contains documents related to the service of Dr. Charles W.M. Poynter to the University of Nebraska Medical College as Professor of Anatomy and Dean of the Medical College. Several biographical documents are included, along with news clippings of special events and professional publications of Dr. Poynter. This collection also contains artifacts, including Poynter's personal doctor's bag and medical instruments.