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SERIES Identifier: H MS c300

V. Professional Writings, 1948-2003, undated., 1948-2003,

Scope and Contents

Consists of copies of published materials by or about Lown as well as draft versions of books, journal and magazine articles, newspaper articles, editorials, student life memoirs, family tributes, reviews, addresses, travel journals, interview transcripts, meeting notes, correspondence from readers, honors and awards and event memorabilia resulting from Lown’s authoring and editing IPPNW position statements and publications, from his medical research and clinical observations, his efforts to promote peace and understanding between nations, his perception of the nuclear arms race as a public health threat and from his travels abroad and student activism. Topics include health policy, bedside diagnosis, sudden death, military service, expulsion from Johns Hopkins Medical School by Dr. William Blalock and also includes records documenting his trip to Prague for a IUS Congress in 1946, a 1978 trip to China and a 1969 side trip to his birthplace of Utena, Lithuania while visiting the USSR. Reprints are loose as well as in bound volumes. Monograph records include The Lost Art of Healing (1996) but not Prescription for Survival. IPPNW records include early meeting notes (circa 1980), addresses by Lown, Chazov and other IPPNW leaders. Other IPPNW records include meeting and conversation transcripts with government officials including Gorbachev. Nobel Award events are documented in records of addresses at various events and by Ian Maddox’s diary from the trip. The IPPNW Global Campaign (1986) is chronicled in another diary by Maddox. Series IV also includes an address given by Lown in 1961 at an early PSR meeting. Series IV contains two floppy disks unevaluated for content and one compact disk. Similar records can be found interspersed throughout the collection.

Dates

  • Creation: 1948-2003,

Physical Description

3 cubic feet in 3 record cartons, 1 legal document box and 1 flat document box.

Conditions Governing Access

Series V contains patient information that is restricted for 80 years. The end of the restriction is noted with each folder.

Extent

63.3 cubic feet ( (58 records center cartons, 11 letter size document boxes, 2 legal size document boxes, 3 half letter size document boxes, 1 half legal size document box, 1 flat document box, 1 oversize flat document box, and 2 oversize flat file folders))
119.56 cubic feet (114 records center cartons, 2 half letter size document boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 3 slide boxes, and 1 oversized folder in flat file storage cabinet (unprocessed))

Arrangement

The records in Series V were retained in the order they were received. Related records from unorganized containers were added by the processing archivist.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) Repository

The Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine is one of the world's leading resources for the study of the history of health and medicine. Our mission is to enable the history of medicine and public health to inform healthcare, the health sciences, and the societies in which they are embedded.

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