McClendon, J.F. (Jesse Francis)

Scope and Contents This small collection of J. F. McClendon's papers, 19121953, contains research correspondence, records of his work with the American Public Health Association's Study Committee on Endemic Goitre, and typescripts of his published articles and lectures. The bulk of the material concerns McClendon's work on goiter and iodine.Series 1 contains a chronological file of correspondence, 1925-1944, concerning biochemistry; product samples and information; the effect of iodine on...

Overview This collections contains pages from a scrapbook compiled by J.F. McClendon. The bulk of the material consists of photographs and biographies of notable doctors and scientists, interspersed with advertisements for medicines and other healthcare products. The six folders in this collection are arranged in alphabetical order by last name with the last folder labeled as ‘Men of Science R.H.H.’ The collection was discovered during a survey in the summer and fall of 2015.