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Jack David Pressman oral history audiocassette (unprocessed)

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-019

Scope and Contents note

This is an audiocassette of a December 7, 1985 oral history interview of Dr. Shenkin conducted by Jack David Pressman.

Dates

  • 1985

Conditions Governing Access note

The collection is open for research.

Biographical/Historical note

Henry Shenkin (1915-2007) was director of neurosurgery at Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia, and was a professor of neurosurgery at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and at Temple University Medical School. He was a fellow of the College of Physicians. Jack David Pressman (1957-1997) was an Associate Professor in the Department of the History of Health Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. Pressman attended Cornell University where he received his BA with Honors in Neurobiology and Behavior and received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of History and Sociology of Science.

Extent

0.08 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Accession number: 1997-019
Title
Jack David Pressman oral history audiocassette 1985 1997-019
Date
2012
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English
Sponsor
This collection-level EAD record is a product of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Consortial Survey Initiative, which was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Repository Details

Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository

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