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James R. Garber correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0557
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Scope and Contents

The collection contains letters to and from Dr. James R. Garber concerning topics both personal and touching on his profession as a doctor. There are also letters of recommendation (and letters requesting favorable letters of recommendation) for entrance to medical school and internships to various hospitals.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950-1955

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

None

Biographical / Historical

James M. Garber was a doctor in Birmingham, Alabama, in the first half of the twentieth century. He was also at one time the Chairman of the Board - Medical Director fo the Physicians' National Life Insurance Co. He and his wife, Bessie, had two daughters, Katherine and Mary. Dr. Garber died in 1978.

Extent

0.13 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Personal and professional letters to and from Dr. James R. Garber

Provenance

Purchased from Cather & Brown Books, 1989

General

To provide faster access to our materials, this finding aid was published without formal and final review. Email us at archives@ua.edu if you find mistakes or have suggestions to make this finding aid more useful for your research.

Processed by

J. Gilbreath, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2013

Title
Guide to the James R. Garber correspondence
Status
Completed
Date
December 2008
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0266
205.348.0513