Title:

Letter from Virginia Apgar to Allen O. Whipple

Creator:

Apgar, Virginia

Recipient:

Whipple, Allen O. and Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center

Date:

29 November 1937

Description:

In 1937, after nearly a year's residency training in anesthesiology, Apgar was invited back to Columbia-Presbyterian (where she had done her surgery internship) to set up and head a new division of anesthesia there. In this letter, she outlined her plan for the division to Whipple, director of the department of surgery.. NOTE: Handwritten text at top of first page illegible in original.

Original Repository:

Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. Virginia Apgar Papers [MS 0504]

Location:

Box: 5. Folder: 2

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Peter A. Apgar.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Anesthesiology

Format:

Text

Extent:

5 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. Virginia Apgar Papers [MS 0504]. 12223

Legacy ID:

CPBBDZ

NLM ID:

101584647X63

Profiles Collection:

The Virginia Apgar Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584647X63

Story Section:

Establishing a New Specialty, 1938-1949