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Cowdry, E. V. (Edmund Vincent) English
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Mildred Trotter Oral History (OH009)

  • OH009
  • Collection
  • 5/19/1972

Trotter discusses her interest in anatomy and the events leading her to joining the faculty of the Washington University School of Medicine department of Anatomy. She recounts several events in the history of the department and its heads over the years, including Robert J. Terry, Edmund V. Cowdry, and Edward Dempsey. Trotter describes serving as an anthropologist in Hawaii identifying skeletal remains after the Second World War, changes in the study and teaching of anatomy, and teaching for a year at Makerere University College in Kampala, Uganda. She also discusses changes in the Washington University School of Medicine over the course of her career as well as sex discrimination in salaries and promotion at the university. The transcript combines two conversations between Mildred Trotter and Estelle Brodman recorded in May, 1972. The transcript was edited in 1985 by Paul G. Anderson to present events of Dr. Trotter's life in chronological order. Emendations of Dr. Trotter's remarks are indicated by words or passages enclosed in brackets. The audio quality of the original sound recording is poor. Interviewed by Estelle Brodman on May 19, 1972 and May 23, 1972. OH009. Approximate Length 37 leaves (40 minutes.)

Trotter, Mildred, 1899-1991

Cowdry, Alice Smith, 1916-1926.

Correspondence primarily between Mrs. EVC and Dr. E. Vincent Cowdry.
Correspondents: Alice H. S.; Dr. E. Vincent Cowdry; Alice Hanford Smith; Marion, New York; Mrs. EV Cowdry; Scott Whitcher, St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford; Doctor Francis Williams, Boston, Mass; Doctor W.D. Witherbee, New York City, N.Y & Sarasota, Fla.; Doctor Joseph Gardner.Hopkins, New York City; Anna Clark, New York City

Cowdry, Alice

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