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Abbott-Sengstacke Family Papers
The Abbott-Sengstacke Family papers include materials from Robert Sengstacke Abbott (1868-1940) and John Herman Henry Sengstacke (1912-1997), as well as John’s wife Myrtle Elizabeth Picou Sengstacke (1914-1990). The papers trace the Abbott-Sengstacke family history from the mid-19th century in Georgia through Abbott's move to Chicago and creation of a journalistic empire, to the death of Sengstacke in 1997. Robert S.
James M. Richardson papers
James Richardson, M.D., was an ophthalmologist at Provident Hospital and civil rights activist from the 1940s through the 1990s. He also studied his family history in Oklahoma and Texas.
Lambda Pi Alpha, Beta Mu Chapter archives
Lambda Pi Sorority was organized by Hulda Margaret Lyttle at Meharry Medical College School of Nursing in Nashville, Tennessee. It was granted a charter by the State of Tennessee in 1932. The Beta Mu Chapter was formed in Chicago in April 1934 at Provident Hospital. Membership is offered to any registered professional nurse of good moral character who is in
Leonidas H. Berry papers
Gastroenterologist Leonidas Berry, 1902-1995, received his M. D. from Rush Medical College of the University of Chicago in 1929. In 1933, he received an M.S. degree in Pathology from the University of Illinois Medical School. Berry specialized in gastroenterology at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. A leader in the field of gastroenterology, Berry was the first American physician to use
Myrtis Minor papers
As a high school student in Jackson, Mississippi, Myrtis Minor was one of the leaders of a 1949 bus boycott for civil rights.