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Harry Burr Ferris papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1288

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Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain.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

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1288

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.

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

Contact:
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Location

Sterling Memorial Library
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New Haven, CT 06511

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