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E. V. Cowdry Papers Series
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Autobiography.

Narratives, most of which concern foreign travels, and an early version of EVC's bibliography. Dated writings are from 1930, 1944, 1965, 1969-1972, and 1984.

General correspondence, 1906-1928.

Files covering the period of EVC's life from his undergraduate studies in Toronto to his acceptance of a professorship at Washington University. Boxes 2-22, reels 1-22. See also Series 3 (legal size correspondence from his year in South Africa, 1924-1925).

General correspondence, 1955-1961.

Although still active in cancer-related programs, the late 1950s saw EVC increasingly concentrated on gerontology. This series particularly documents his work for the American Society for the Aged.

Care of the Geriatric Patient, 1951-1959.

Between 1958 and 1983, Care of the geriatric patient appeared in six editions and in a Spanish translation of the first edition (Mexico City, 1962). EVC was the primary editor for the first four editions (1958, 1963, 1968, 1971) and worked with Franz U. Steinberg to produce the fifth (1976). Most of the documentation of these efforts are found in this and two subsequent series of his papers. See also Series 13, 14, and 34

Care of the Geriatric Patient, 1969-1972.

The last of the three series devoted to Care of the geriatric patient is mainly devoted to preparations for the fourth edition (1971), having curiously skipped over documentation about the third edition (1968).

Correspondence concerning the City of Hope, 1959-1961.

From 1954 to 1960 EVC was chair of the national Scientific Council of the City of Hope, an important independent cancer treatment and research center in Duarte, California, north of Los Angeles. Coming toward the end of his active career, the opportunity prompted EVC to discuss candidly several significant issues of his life in this correspondence

Manuscript of Citizen cells, an unpublished book, late 1930s.

Judging from the reference notes found at the end of this manuscript, late in the 1930s, or so it seems, EVC wrote a book-length manuscript for a lay public comparing human cells and their functions to individuals in human society. His choice for a title was "Citizen cells: how cells manage their social problems." The work was inevitably a statement of this particular scientist's perspective on how economic, political, and other cultural institutions function in the "body politic" of a technologically-developed nation. A file containing what is likely to be an early outline draft of the work is found in Series 43.

Grant files, 1939-1953.

EVC came to Washington University already experienced in support from private philanthropy for science research and continued in seeking such funding sources throughout his career. In addition, he was the first to win federal grant dollars from the National Cancer Institute for local programs

Personal income tax records, 1921-1956.

A basic accounting of the personal finances of EVC's scientific career while actively employed at Rockefeller Institute and at Washington University, with two gaps (1947-1950 and 1957-1960)

Correspondence concerning a dinner honoring Cowdry, Detroit, 1954.

In 1954 two former trainees and junior colleagues of EVC who had taken positions in Detroit organized a dinner in their city honoring his achievements in medical sciences. The chief organizer of the event was Gordon H. Scott, who was then dean of Wayne University College of Medicine. He was assisted by William L. Simpson, scientific director of the Detroit Institute of Cancer Research, the institutional sponsor of the event, which took place on October 26. The series does not document who actually attended the dinner but rather is composed of communications from the many invited from St. Louis and elsewhere who wrote instead to indicate that they could not be there. Several writers included significant reminiscences and tributes to EVC. All items are dated 1954. From the early Cowdry accessions, 1967-1990.

Correspondence log, 1960-1974.

During the last decade of his life EVC kept a medium-sized loose-leaf notebook by which he kept tract of persons with whom he corresponded or sent publications. His secretary may have compiled this log for EVC to keep with him at all times, apparently annotating it in pencil when he visited his office at the School

Press clippings from scrapbooks on the Fourth International Cancer Congress, 1947, and the Second International Gerontological Congress, 1951.

For each of the two international scientific congresses that he presided over in St. Louis, (see also Series 10 and Series 39) EVC saved news clipping containing press coverage in scrapbooks. But not all the clippings saved for the cancer meeting were fully mounted in the appropriate book. In both instances there was substantial duplication in the coverage of events. A half century later, when the Cowdry papers were prepared for microfilming (2001-2002), it had furthermore become apparent that the physical condition of both books and their contents were badly deteriorated. The pages were then removed from the bindings and photocopied before being microfilmed. Reel 148 (on which, due to an error in the filming process, frames containing material in this series follow descriptions of Series 67 through 74 that were not microfilmed).

Sound recordings, 1951-1952.

The series consists of two unrelated recordings. One is a seven-inch reel tape containing the soundtrack of a film, now lost, that covered highlights of the Second International Gerontological Congress of 1951 (see also Series 66). It includes an excerpt of an address by EVC along with remarks by several other conference notables. The second is a 33 rpm radio transcription disk containing a speech given by EVC as a World Cancer Day event dated March 27, 1952. Not microfilmed.

Correspondence with foreign cancer research colleagues, 1948-1960.

The experience of organizing the Fourth International Cancer Congress convinced EVC and others that regular consultations between scientists across national lines was essential for progress against the disease. As noted for Series 10, the meeting in 1947 established an International Cancer Research Commission, on which EVC served as the United States representative until 1954. The numerous contacts abroad continued with great frequency until the end of his official university service, as documented in this series. Alphabetical arrangement by country. Boxes 79-83, Reels 68-73.

Correspondence with University and Medical Center administrations, 1948-1960.

In his last decade of active academic life, EVC compiled this series of documents related to academic administration. Of all issues touched upon here, he appears to have been most deeply concerned about inadequate annuity payments forthcoming from his pension as he reached retirement age and the straitened circumstances in which certain of his retired colleagues were living. Box 84

Correspondence with scientific colleagues concerning books, 1959-1971.

In his first decade of official retirement, EVC remained vigorously active as a writer and editor of medical books. For most of the publications concerned with here, he was or had been a principal editor, but for others he was but one of several contributors. Some of these works appeared in multiple editions or in foreign translations. This series comprises correspondence with colleagues; see Series 14 for contacts with publishers. Boxes 85-86

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