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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Peter V. Karpovich Papers

 Collection — Boxes 1 - 33
Identifier: MS-501
Abstract Peter V. Karpovich (1896-1975) was born in Luga, Russia. He attended the State Military Academy of Medicine in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) where he studied under Ivan Pavlov and graduated early in December 1919. Karpovich fled Russia for Riga, Latvia in 1922 because of political and professional turmoil. While there he acted as a consulting physician for the YMCA until 1925 before leaving to conduct research at Springfield College. He enrolled as a special advanced student and earned a...
Dates: 1892-1975; Majority of material found within 1946-1969

Josephine L. Rathbone Papers

 Collection — Box 01-03
Identifier: MS-529
Abstract Josephine Langworthy Rathbone (1899-1989) was born in New York City on June 25, 1899 to Henry Bailey Rathbone and Floy Pearl Langworthy. Rathbone attended primary and secondary school in New Jersey before attending Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts and receiving a BA in 1921. After a three-year stint as the Director of Health and Physical Education at the State Normal School in New Britain, Connecticut she accepted a position at her alma mater which lasted five years. Rathbone...
Dates: 1897-1989; Majority of material found within 1965-1989

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