Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Green, Lowell M.
- Extent:
- 0.1 linear feet (1 bound notebook)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Lowell M. Green Pathology Lecture and Laboratory Notes, History of Medicine Collection, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University School of Medicine
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Lowell McKee Green, MD was born on April 15, 1882 in Rushville, Indiana to attorney and Indiana State Representative Thomas M. Green and Anna D. (Foxworthy) Green. He graduated from Rushville High School in 1899 and attended Indiana University for two years, taking pre-medical courses. Green then completed a four-year course at Indiana Medical College, graduating in 1906 with a Doctor of Medicine degree. Green married Maud B. Fargo on September 15, 1910 and the two had two children: Thomas M. Green, Jr. and Lowell M. Green, Jr.
Green practiced medicine in Indianapolis and Rushville until volunteering to serve in World War I on July 19, 1917. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the Fourth Infantry regiment of the Indiana National Guard, where he established a medical unit of 33 soldiers (31 from Rush County). On August 5, 1917, Green's unit was mustered into service as the Infirmary of the 139th Field Artillery Unit. The unit trained at Camp Wolfe (Rushville, Indiana), Fort Benjamin Harrison (Indianapolis, Indiana), and Camp Shelby (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) before being deployed to France. Green was discharged from the U.S. Army Medical Corps on January 20, 1919 as a captain and returned to Rushville to practice medicine. He was a member of the American Legion Rush Post No. 150, American Red Cross, Rush County Medical Society, Sixth District Medical Society, Union District Medical Society, Indiana State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. Green died on January 3, 1949 and is buried East Hill Cemetery in Rushville.
Source: Abraham Lincoln Gary and Ernest B. Thomas. Centennial history of Rush County, Indiana (Indianapolis: Historical Pub. Co., 1921), 61-62.
- Scope and Content:
Notebook containing lecture and laboratory notes written by Indiana Medical College student Lowell M. Green between 1903 and 1904. The notes are typed and include hand-written annotations and hand-drawn illustrations affixed to numerous pages. The 21 cited lectures were delivered by Frank B. Wynn, MD (Professor of Pathology and Medical Diagnosis and Director of the Pathological Laboratory, Medical College of Indiana) and Roscoe H. Ritter, MD (Professor of Pathology and Clinical Medicine, Indiana Medical College).
- Custodial history:
Originally donated to Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, Michigan) in May 2019 by Lowell M. Green's granddaughter, Shelley Downey. Transferred to the Ruth Lilly Medical Library by Lori N. Curtis (Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Mossey Library, Hillsdale College) on April 29, 2022.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open to the public without restriction.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Lowell M. Green Pathology Lecture and Laboratory Notes, History of Medicine Collection, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University School of Medicine
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Indianapolis
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Indiana University School of Medicine975 West Walnut Street, IB 307Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Indianapolis
- CONTACT:
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317-274-7182medlref@iu.edu