Guide to Oral Histories in Medicine and the Health Sciences

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Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives   329 West 18th Street Suite 901 Chicago, IL 60616-1122   312.926-3090   312.926-6957   www.nmh.org   Susan Sacharski, Archivist 312.926-3090 archives@nmh.org   archives@nmh.org   Transcribed copies of some interviews are available.   Oral and videotaped interviews with former and current medical staff, nurses, administrators, trustees, donors, members of support organizations and long-term employees.   Approximately 50 interviews. New interviews are conducted periodically.   Highlights of the collection include interviews with Eleanor Garen, R.N., a survivor of the Santo Tomas internment camp in the Philippines during WWII; noted hospital physicians and faculty at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine; nurse alumnae; enlisted personnel of Base and General Hospital #12 (World War I and II); former administrators and current staff.   Audio and Video   Yes; access is restricted to in-house staff and qualified researchers.   Some transcripts are available. None are on the web.

Last reviewed: 21 May 2009
Last updated: 14 July 2006
First published: 14 July 2006
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