Anatomical Gift Program Archive, 1934 - 2009
Series
Part of DA-695: Dartmouth Medical School, Anatomy Department, records
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No requestable containers
Description
From the Collection:
The collection contains correspondence, signed body disposal certificates, burial permits, notebooks, and printed material related to the history of the Anatomical Gift Program at the Dartmouth Medical School. Burial permits date back to 1934 and correspondence to 1943. Correspondence includes requests and inquiries into the protocols of body donation for teaching purposes. Of note are the many unsolicited letters from people willing to sell their bodies to the medical school.
Dates
- 1934 - 2009
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
In English.
Conditions Governing Access
From the Collection:
Unrestricted
Extent
From the Collection: 3 linear ft. (2 records boxes)
Part of the Rauner Library Archives and Manuscripts Repository