Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Abraham Flexner, 1954-1957.
| Creator: | Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959 | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection.
(see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 42 pages Sound recording 3 reels | | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteEducator
Scope and ContentsThe 1954 interview with Allan Nevins and Saul Benison covers the career of Simon Flexner; Rockefeller Institute; leaders in American medical history, particularly Doctors William Halsted, Howard Kelly, and William Welch. The 1957 interview with Robert Hemmes covers Flexner's role in bringing Albert Einstein to the United States
Subjects- Benison, Saul, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
- Education--United States.
- Educators--Interviews.
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
- Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959--Interviews.
- Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946.
- Hemmes, Robert, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
- Interviews.
- Medical education--United States.
- Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
- Oral histories (literary works)
- Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
Access ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972
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