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In a time of indecision and indifference towards changing discriminatory policies at the Peabody Preparatory, Reginald Stewart received this letter from Eugene D. Byrd, DDS on March 24, 1953. Byrd’s letter demands that Peabody stop their…

In this letter, F. Grainger Marburg, a member of the Peabody Institute Board of Trustees, responds to William L. Marbury with his opinion on the admission of Paul A. Brent to the Conservatory.

This diary documents Alice Fitzgerald's nursing service with the British Expeditionary Forces in France. It describes the layout and condition of the wards, the weather for the day, and descriptions of troops, patients, ward books, and personal…

Black and white photograph of recording session at Villa Pace with sponsor Addison Foster, record collector Lloyd Garrison, engineer George Steele, Rosa Ponselle, and Romano Romani at the piano. Photo by Frank P. Kalita, stamped 1952. Includes…

Mary Garrett at the age of 35 when she built the Bryn Mawr School building.

While Adolf Meyer was engaged in preventative measures back home, some of his colleagues worked on treatment in France. Thomas Salmon believed that early intervention could decrease the magnitude of shell shock and shorten its course in victims. He…

Base Hospital No. 18 featured, among other departments, an Eye Clinic. This particular eye case was actually used in another base hospital. As these kits were fairly standard and issued by the AEF, it nonetheless illustrates the equipment that would…