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Nursing School Tea, 1943
Tea at the open house for the recreation room of Mary Kirkland Hall, March 17, 1943

Vivien Thomas in the Lab
One of possibly two known images of Vivien Thomas at Vanderbilt. Thomas came to work for Vanderbilt Medical School with the job title of assistant janitor, but quickly became a skilled surgical technician and brilliant researcher. In 1940, when Johns…

Colleen Conway-Welch, PhD, RN
Colleen Conway-Welch, Ph.D., earned her bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in nursing from New York University. She was appointed Dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in 1984, when the school became part of the…

Kirkland Hall, ca. 1918
This undated image of Vanderbilt's Kirkland Hall is from a small, anonymous collection of glass-plate negatives related to a World War I medical officer. This is the only image in the collection with a connection to Vanderbilt. The officer may have…

US Medical Corps Officer, Perhaps Vanderbilt Physician, ca. 1918
This undated image of an American medical officer is from a small, anonymous collection of glass-plate negatives. The identity of this man is unknown, but other evidence in the collection suggests its owner was involved in radiology. Related images…

Interior, US Base Hospital 47, ca. 1918
Probably an interior shot of US AEF Base Hospital 47 in Beaune, France. The hospital opened in the fall of 1918 until January of 1919. The decorations suggest this might be December of 1918. The photographer is unknown, but appears to have some…

Servicemen Waiting to Board a Red Cross Train, ca. 1918
US servicemen wait to board a Red Cross train, probably in or around Beaune, France, ca. 1918. The photographer is unknown, but appears to have some connection with Vanderbilt University. Previously unpublished scan from a small collection of…
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