Alice Drew Chenoweth Papers
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Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Historical or Biographical Note.................................................................................................................... 4
Collection Scope and Content Summary...................................................................................................... 4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Subject Headings........................................................................................................................................... 5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 6
Series 01: Correspondence, Awards, Reprints, Programs/Proceedings, Clippings................................ 6
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Summary Information
Repository
EBL Manuscripts Collection
Creator
Chenoweth, Alice D.
Title
Alice Drew Chenoweth Papers
Date [inclusive]
1942 - 1977
Extent
0.5 Cubic feet
Abstract
Personal papers of Alice Drew Chenoweth, pediatrician and public health
professional who graduated from Vanderbilt Medical School in 1932.
Materials include: curriculum vita, correspondence, awards, reprints;
programs/proceedings, photographs, and newspaper clippings.
Preferred Citation
Alice Drew Chenoweth Papers. Eskind Biomedical Library Special Collections, Vanderbilt University
Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
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Historical or Biographical Note
Alice Drew Chenoweth (1903-1998) was a pediatrician and public health professional. Dr. Chenoweth
was born in Albany, MO in 1903. In 1924 she graduated from Northwestern University with a BS
in chemistry. She stayed at Northwestern to complete a master's degree in history in 1926, and then
she taught at a Huntington College in Montgomery, AL from 1926-1928. She obtained her MD from
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1932. After graduating, Dr. Chenoweth interned at Strong
Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY (1932-1933) and completed additional training at Johns Hopkins
(1933-1934). Dr. Chenoweth then became the Assistant Chief Resident at the Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia from 1934-1936, and later she was a research fellow for the Philadelphia Pediatrics Society
at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine from 1936-1937. Dr. Chenoweth then went into
private practice in Rosemont, PA from 1938-1942.
During World War II, Dr. Chenoweth joined the State Department of Health of Kentucky as Director of
Maternal and Child Health, a position she held from 1942-1949. She then went on to serve as Chief of
the Children's Bureau/Maternal and Child Health Services for the U.S. Department of Health, Education
and Welfare from 1949-1968. After a career with the government she worked as an associate editor for
the "Journal of School Health" from 1969-73, and she was president of the American Medical Women's
Association in 1968.
Dr. Chenoweth received many awards during her career, including the Superior Service Award from
the Children's Bureau in 1967 and the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal from the American Medical Women's
Association in 1973. She also established a scholarship for medical students at her alma mater, Vanderbilt
University.
For more information and pictures please see the VUMC Online Biography of Dr. Chenoweth or the
National Library of Medicine's Biography of Dr. Chenoweth.
Collection Description
Personal papers of Alice Drew Chenoweth, pediatrician and public health professional who graduated
from Vanderbilt Medical School in 1932. Materials include: curriculum vita, correspondence, awards,
reprints; programs/proceedings, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Most of materials deal with
her career in pediatrics and public health, but there are some items in the collection that relate to her
education and personal life. Collection primarily covers the 1960s and 1970s.
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Administrative Information
Publication Information
EBL Manuscripts Collection 2004-10-28
Notes about Access to this Collection
All collections are subject to applicable VUMC privacy and confidentiality policies. Collection specific
restrictions: No Restrictions.
Reproduction Rights
Copyright is retained by Eskind Biomedical Library Special Collections.
Subject Headings
Personal Name(s)
Chenoweth, Alice D.
Subject(s)
Child Health Services--United States
Maternal Health Services--United States
Pediatrics
United States. Office for Maternal and Child Health
Vanderbilt Alumni
Women's Health
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Correspondence, Awards, Reprints, Programs/Proceedings, Clippings
Collection Inventory
Series 01: Correspondence, Awards, Reprints, Programs/Proceedings, Clippings
Certificate of Thanks to Dr. Alice Chenoweth from the American Academy
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of Pediatrics, for service on the Committee on Fetus and Newborn, 1954-57
Another citation from the American Academy of Pediatrics, for service on
the Committee on Infant and Pre-school Child, 1972
Letter from Dr. Chenoweth to Miss Charlotte Robb of the JOURNAL OF
THE AMERICAN MEDICAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION, July 3, 1967
Encloses material relating to her superior service award.
Certificate of Appreciation from District of Columbia Medical Society for
helping to stop polio, 1964 (photocopy)
Commonwealth of Kentucky. BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH vol.XIX no.10 (May 1947). Photograph on cover of son, John
Ralston Pate, Jr. Foreword and lead article "Accidents - the Number one
enemy of children" by Dr. Chenoweth
Copy of Louisville, Kentucky COURIER-JOURNAL (1942) containing
photograph of Dr. Chenoweth and announcement of her engagement to Dr.
John R. Pate
Letter to Dr. Chenoweth from John P. Hubbard, president of the College of
Physicians of Philadelphia (August 1977) Informs Dr. Chenoweth of her
election to that body.
Program for inaugural banquet , American Medical Women's Association,
December 2, 1967, Atlanta, GA. Dr. Chenoweth's photograph is on the
cover.
Newspaper clipping of Dr. Chenoweth Pate receiving a plaque from the
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, 1970
Letter to Dr. Chenoweth from Freda S. Woodyard, president of the
Arlington, Virginia BPWC, 1970
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Correspondence, Awards, Reprints, Programs/Proceedings, Clippings
Three Issues of the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL
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Curriculum Vita, c.1986
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Photographs of Dr. Chenoweth, n.d.
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Letter to Dr. Chenoweth from Stanley L. Harrison, American Academy of
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A collection of Reprints of Dr. Chenoweth's publications
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A collection of journals featuring contributions from Dr. Chenoweth
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Certificate of thanks to Dr. Alice Chenoweth from the American Academy
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WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION (1968-69) containing articles by Dr.
Chenoweth
Reprint of "Standards and Progress in Day Care Center Programs" - Dr.
Chenoweth presented before the American Diatetic Association, 1971
Proceedings of the Symposium on Service for Children with Heart Disease,
Children's Hospital of the District of Columbia, 1970. Dr. Chenoweth
participated.
Pediatrics October 18, 1972 in appreciation of committee work
photocopy of newspaper article " Look out, Boys and Microbes! Medical
Maidens Are on your Trail!" Girls entering VU Medical School Fall of 1928
of Pediatrics, for service on the Committee on Fetus and Newborn, 1954-57.
Letter to Dr. Chenoweth from Freda S. Woodyard, president of the
Arlington, Virginia BPWC, 1970.
Three issues of the Journal of the American Medical Women's Association
(1968-69) containing articles by Dr. Chenoweth
Article by Dr. Chenoweth, "Standards and Progress of Day Care Center
Programs, H presented before American Dietetic Association, 1971
Proceedings of the Symposium on Services for Children with Heart Disease,
Children's Hospital of the District of Columbia, 1970. Dr. Chenoweth
participated.
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Correspondence, Awards, Reprints, Programs/Proceedings, Clippings
Another citation from American Academy of Pediatrics for service on
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Committee on Infant and Preschool Child, 1972.
Letter from Alice Chenoweth to Miss Charlotte Robb of Journal of the
American Medical Women's Association, July 3, 1967. Encloses material
relating to her superior service award
Certificate of Appreciation form District of Columbia Medical Society, for
helping to stop polio, 1964 (photocopy)
Commonwealth of Kentucky. Bulletin of the Department of Health, vol....
XIX, no. 10 (May, 1947). Photograph on cover of John Ralston Pate Jr.
Copy of Louisville, Kentucky Courier-Journal (1942), containing
photograph of Alice Chenoweth and announcement of her engagement to
Dr. John D. Pate
Letter to Alice Chenoweth from John P. Hubbard, president of the College
of Physicians of Philadelphia (August, 1977). Informs Dr. Chenoweth of her
election to that body.
Program for inaugural banquet, American Medical Women's Association,
held on December 2, 1967 in Atlanta. Dr. Chenoweth's photograph is on the
cover.
Newspaper clipping of Dr. Alice Chenoweth Pate receiving a plaque from
the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, 1970.
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