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This collection consists of 11 photographs and certificates from the professional career of Robert E. Shank, including certificates of appreciation from the National Advisory, Child Health and Human Development Council and The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology. Photographs include group portraits from National Advisory meetings and views of the David P. Wohl, Jr. Memorial Hospital and Clinic.

The Robert E. Shank papers include correspondence, reports, documents, architectural plans, manuscripts, speeches, and conference proceedings. The files document his interests in nutrition, diet, rehabilitation, and hospital administration. Also notable among them are information on his direction of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health and its programs. RES played a leading role in the construction of two Medical Center buildings, the Irene Walter Johnson Institute of Rehabilitation and the David P. Wohl, Jr. Memorial Clinics and in the development of the services housed there. RES’s papers also contain files on his work with the Office of the Surgeon General of the Army and government-sponsored nutrition programs in Latin America.

The series includes correspondence, memoranda and other materials including architectural drawings. As he was the University faculty member with the most direct responsibility for oversight of the planning, construction, and equipping of the new clinic building, RES's files represent the entire process of construction, from conception to dedication. The plan for what eventually became the David P. Wohl, Jr. Washington University Clinic Building originally began with the proposed renovation of the West Building, known as the old Clinic Building, and the location of the existing Rehabilitation Center. Notably documented are legal petitions for the incorporation of Washington University Clinics, architectural drawings of proposed new construction, applications and correspondence concerning the project's financial support, construction and inspection memoranda, estimations for equipment purchases, and a draft of RES's dedication speech.