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Berkey, Vernon A., Collection, Circa 1940-1960, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Berkey, Vernon A., Collection, Circa 1940-1960, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of medical equipment of Dr. Vernon A. Berkey, who worked in the medical field from 1943-2000.
Elizabeth Berkey Moore, daughter of Dr. Vernon Atkeson Berkey, donated the collection. Dr. Berkey (1918-2012) studied at Kansas University and graduated from KU Medical School in 1943, joining the US Army Medical Corps shortly after. He worked at a field hospital in the Philippines before being transferred to Fort Devin, Massachusetts as a Hospital Commander. Afterwards, he completed a fellowship in radiology at Washington University, St. Louis. Dr. Berkey then began working at Wadsworth Hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas during which he met …
Hart, Robert W., Papers, 1924-1966, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Hart, Robert W., Papers, 1924-1966, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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Personal documents, correspondence, and financial records of Robert W. Hart, former professor at Pittsburg State University.
Robert William Hart was born in 1896 to William and Sarah Hart and grew up in Crawford County, Kansas. In 1916 he graduated from the State Manual Training Normal School (now Pittsburg State University), and found early work as an engineer. Robert served as an ensign in the navy during World War I. He taught in the public schools in Fort Scott and Pittsburg from 1916-1918; 1921-1923. In 1920 he married Retta Statler and they had two children. In 1923 he was hired as …