James R. Garber correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0557
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
- 1950-1955
Creator
- Garber, James R. (Person)
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
Overview
Personal and professional letters to and from Dr. James R. Garber
Provenance
Purchased from Cather & Brown Books, 1989
General
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Processed by
J. Gilbreath, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
Creator
- Garber, James R. (Person)
- 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