Box 1

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Collection consists of correspondence, scientific speeches, articles, and reports by Alice C. Evans and others; original and revision of her memoirs; clippings, photographs, programs, and official invitations. Also, copies of extracts from Evans' correspondence with Theobald Smith (1925) concerning their disagreement about the possibility of human infection through bovine organisms; correspondence pertaining to her participation in the First and Second International Congresses for...

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Collection consists of correspondence, scientific speeches, articles, and reports by Alice C. Evans and others; original and revision of her memoirs; clippings, photographs, programs, and official invitations. Also, copies of extracts from Evans' correspondence with Theobald Smith (1925) concerning their disagreement about the possibility of human infection through bovine organisms; correspondence pertaining to her participation in the First and Second International Congresses for...

Scope and Contents Correspondence pertaining to ACE's appointment as a representative of the Society of American Bacteriologists at the Paris meeting and to her authority to visit English bacteriologists at the time of the meeting; a report of "Visits to Six European Laboratories" by ACE (5 pp. carbon typescript); "The Chronic Type of Brucelliasis," a 2 pp. typescript marked "discussion at Paris conference"; "Report on European Congresses" by ACE and Sara E. Branham (14 pp. carbon typescript); pictures,...

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Correspondence concerning the Congress; notes for a paper on brucellosis which ACE delivered or discussed (2 pp. handwritten on both sides); "Comments on the London Congress" (33 small pp., handwritten); official invitations, clippings, banquet menu and guest list, and other relevant items. (1936, 48 pcs.).

Scope and Contents Correspondence pertaining to the First Inter-American Congress for the Study of Brucellosis (Oct.-Nov. 1948, Mexico City); "The Incidence of Human Brucellosis," a paper discussed by ACE (6 pp. handwritten); correspondence pertaining to the Second Inter-American Congress for Brucellosis (Nov. 1948, Mendoza, Argentina); notes on the "Origin of the Inter-American Committee on Brucellosis and its Relation to Other Organizations for the Study of Brucellosis" (1965, 6 pp. handwritten); report of...

Scope and Contents Correspondence pertaining to the above organizations; minutes of meetings of the Committee on Public Health Aspects of Brucellosis (May 1949 and Sept. 1949); report of the Committee on Public Health Aspects of Brucellosis to the Agricultural Board, Division of Biology and Agriculture, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. (Apr. 1950); Address of Welcome to the Congress by ACE, President of the Inter-American Committee on Brucellosis (Nov. 6, 1950, 5 pp. carbon typescript); a report of...

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Correspondence concerning the meeting; a program of the Congress, including a list of papers to be given; Address of the President (3 pp. carbon typescript) (1956-1957, 21 pcs.).

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Reprint from Journal of American Medical Women's Association, 16: 12 (Dec. 1961) pp. 942-945, "Chronic Brucellosis: The Unreliability of Diagnostic Tests" by ACE; correspondence from university medical centers, government offices, and individuals thanking ACE for the reprint and commenting on brucellosis. (1961-1964, 27 pcs.).

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The bulk of the correspondence pertains to ACE's disposal of books, prints, etc. Included is a form letter signed by Mary R. Beard, thanking ACE for items she contributed to the World Center for Women's Archives (Nov. 22, 1939); also a letter from ACE to her parents (1908) describing the amusements of a group of about 30 women students living in Alumnae House on Eddy Street. (34 pcs.).

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Correspondence pertaining to ACE's work and interest in various diseases, especially brucellosis and others transmitted through animals' milk; a report by ACE on the Women's Industrial Conference (Jan. 1926, 2 pp. carbon typescript); and other items. (176 pcs. in two folders).