H. Rommel Hildreth Oral History

Interviewee

H. Rommel Hildreth

Interviewer

Estelle Brodman, PhD

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Summary

H. Rommel Hildreth was interviewed by Estelle Brodman on April 8, 1981 for approximately 53 minutes.

Scope and Content

Hildreth discusses the dispute between the Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Hospital in the early 1960s, and the roles of Edgar M. Queeny (chairman of the Trustees of Barnes Hospital), Edward W. Dempsey (dean of the medical school), consultants Joseph Hinsey and John H. Knowles, and Washington University chancellor George Pake. Hildreth also talks about some of the faculty of the medical school while he was a student in the mid-1920s, such as Evarts A. Graham and Joseph Erlanger.

Biographical Information: Interviewee

H. Rommel Hildreth (1902-1993) was an ophthalmologist. Hildreth received his medical degree from the Washington University School of Medicine in 1928.

Biographical Information: Interviewer

Estelle Brodman, PhD (1914-2007) served as an Assistant librarian for reference service at the National Library of Medicine, 1949-1961. She became the Library Director and Professor of Medical History at Washington University School of Medicine in 1961, and served in these positions until her retirement in 1981. Brodman served as the Editor of the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association from 1947-1957, and as President of the Medical Library Association, 1964-1965.

Interview Date

1981-04-08

Collection Identifier

OH030

Length

Approximately 53 minutes.

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Recommended Citation

H. Rommel Hildreth Oral History, OH030, Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives, Washington University in St. Louis.

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