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Collection RicA : Arnold R. Rich Collection

Description

Key

88599

Reference Code Element

RicA

Dates

1902-1968, inclusive

Extent

26 cubic feet (59 boxes)

Creator

Personal name, Rich, Arnold R. (Arnold Rice), 1893-1968

Administrative/Biographical History

Arnold R. Rich
28 Mar 1893-17 Apr 1968
Arnold R. Rich was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended the University of Virginia, where he received his B.A. in 1914 and his M.A. in 1915. Rich received his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1919 and was then appointed assistant in pathology. In 1944, he was promoted to professor of pathology and in 1947 he was named the Baxley Professor of Pathology and director of the department. He also served at the Johns Hopkins Hospital for nearly 40 years, retiring as pathologist-in-chief in 1958. He conducted research on bacterial allergy and immunity, hypersensitivity, serum sickness, jaundice, and tuberculosis. His book Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis became the standard text in the field.

Chronology

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1919-1968

Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1920-1958

Scope and Content

The Arnold R. Rich Collection spans much of his career at Johns Hopkins. It contains family material, correspondence files, departmental administrative records, unpublished manuscripts, journal reprints, index cards, notes, and slides from Rich's lectures. The family material includes correspondence with Rich's parents and with his wife, as well as a few original poems by his daughter, Adrienne. Correspondents represented in departmental and general correspondence include William Welch, William MacCallum, and Florence Sabin. Articles and reference materials cover subjects such as tuberculosis, jaundice, and congenital diseases.

Language

English

Notes

Records related to the Rich family and the poetry of Adrienne Rich are closed, pending permission from the family.

Administration

Date(s) of Descriptions

2004, 2013

Processing Information

The Arnold R. Rich Collection was processed by Chesney Medical Archives volunteer Dr. Francis Milligan in 2003-2004 and 2013, under the direction of Phoebe Evans Letocha. In 2004, Medical Archives student assistant Ian Zhang entered the collection inventory into the Chesney Medical Archives catalog.

Accession

2017-007

Composed Of

Found 10 record(s)

Reference Code and Titlesort by Reference Code and Title ascending	Key (Collection)sort by Key (Collection) ascending	Dates	Record Levelsort by Record Level ascending	Hierarchysort by Hierarchy ascending
1- Family Material	88600		Series	CollectionRicA- Arnold R. Rich Collection
2- Personal Documents	88601		Series	CollectionRicA- Arnold R. Rich Collection
3- Correspondence with Individuals	88602	1963-1964	Series	CollectionRicA- Arnold R. Rich Collection
4- Institutional Correspondence and Records	88603		Series	CollectionRicA- Arnold R. Rich Collection
5- Johns Hopkins Institutional Records	88604		Series	CollectionRicA- Arnold R. Rich Collection
6- Manuscripts, Papers, and Addresses	88605		Series	CollectionRicA- Arnold R. Rich Collection
7- Teaching Materials and Notes	88606		Series	CollectionRicA- Arnold R. Rich Collection
8- Reprints	88607		Series	CollectionRicA- Arnold R. Rich Collection
9- Photographs	88608		Series	CollectionRicA- Arnold R. Rich Collection
10- Material Culture related to Arnold Rich	88609		Series	CollectionRicA- Arnold R. Rich Collection

Related Artifacts

Found 8 record(s)

Available Actions	Artifact Numbersort by Artifact Number ascending	Titlesort by Title ascending
	1255A	Gordon Wilson Lecturer
	1256A	Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians
	1257A	Edward Livingston Trudeau Memorial
	1258A	Award for Achivement in Medical Science
	1259A	Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
	1261A	Bookplate stamp
	1262A	Surgical Field Kit
	1314A	Certificate Tube from the Royal Society of Medicine

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