Scope and Contents
The papers consist of correspondence, reports, student lecture notes, manuscripts, and biographical material of Harry Burr Ferris.
Dates
- 1920-1930
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Yale University Historical Medical Library, 1980.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The papers consist of correspondence, reports, student lecture notes, manuscripts, and biographical material of Harry Burr Ferris.
Biographical / Historical
Harry Burr Ferris was born on May 21, 1865, in Greenwich, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1887. Upon graduating, Ferris entered the Yale School of Medicine, from which he graduated, cum laude, in 1890. The following year, he began teaching at Yale School of Medicine as a professor of anatomy and later, he acted as chairman of the department. He stayed there until his retirement in 1933. Ferris also made important contributions to the field of anthropology. He had two children with his wife, Helen Whiting Ferris, whom he married in 1892. Ferris died on October 12, 1940, in New Haven, Connecticut.
- Title
- Preliminary Guide to the Harry Burr Ferris Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Staff of Manuscripts and Archives
- Date
- February 2004
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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