Title:

Letter from Virginia Apgar to Elsie R. Carrington

Creator:

Apgar, Virginia

Recipient:

Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania and Carrington, Elsie R.

Date:

9 November 1965

Description:

Carrington, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, asked Apgar for a brief contribution to a symposium on human teratogenesis. In this reply, Apgar agreed to write the essay, but expressed her impatience with redundant medical articles.. NOTE: Handwritten text in upper right-hand corner reads: "Carrington mss. due March 66."

Original Repository:

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

Location:

Box: 5. Folder: 8

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Peter A. Apgar.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Neonatology and Teratology

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Letter from Elsie R. Carrington to Virginia Apgar, 1965

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

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

Legacy ID:

CPBBFL

NLM ID:

101584647X72

Profiles Collection:

The Virginia Apgar Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584647X72

Story Section:

Second Career: The National Foundation-March of Dimes, 1959-1974