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Summary Information
Repository
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Abstract
EBL Manuscripts Collection
LeQuire, Virgil S.
Virgil Shields LeQuire Papers
1956 - 1991
7.0 Cubic feet
Personal papers of anatomist and pathologist Virgil Shields Lequire
(1921-2003), Tennessee native and Vanderbilt Professor (1950-1991).
Materials include research reports and data, correspondence, and professional output.
Preferred Citation
Virgil Shields LeQuire Papers. Eskind Biomedical Library Special Collections, Vanderbilt University
Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
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Historical or Biographical Note
Dr. Virgil Shields Lequire (1921-2003) was a pathologist, professor, and researcher at Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine (VUSM). He received his BA in biology-chemistry from Maryville
College in 1943. He then received his MD from Vanderbilt in 1946. After medical school he had an internship at the Rochester General Hospital from 1946-1947. Dr. Lequire then received training in serology and blood banking at the U.S. Naval Medical School in 1947. He served active duty in the
U.S. Naval Reserve and did hematology research at the U.S. Naval Medical Research Institute from
1947-1949. In 1949 Dr. Lequire returned to Vanderbilt, where he served in a variety of capacities including: U.S. Public Health Service Post-Doctoral Fellow in Neurophysiology and Research associate in Anatomy (1949-1950), Assistant Professor of Anatomy (1950-1959), Associate Professor of Anatomy
(1959-1966) Professor of Anatomy (Cell Biology) and Pathology (1966-1991), CEO for Dept. of
Pathology (1968-1971), Acting Chairman for Dept. of Pathology (1971-1973), Vice-Chairman for Dept.
of Pathology (1973-1976), and Emeritus Professor (1993 -2003).
For more information please see the VUMC Reporter Obituary for Dr. Lequire.
Collection Description
Personal papers of anatomist and pathologist Virgil Shields Lequire (1921-2003), Tennessee native and Vanderbilt Professor (1950-1991). Materials include research reports and data, correspondence, professional output, and retirement celebration materials. Research logs are organized by year and are primarily from 1954-1973. Collection also contains materials related to the various committees that Dr.
Lequire was a member.
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Administrative Information
Publication Information
EBL Manuscripts Collection 2004-10-29
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
Subject(s)
Anatomy
Pathology
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CORRESPONDENCE
Collection Inventory
SeriesCORRESPONDENCE
Dean Chapman*
Dean Randolph Batson*
Roscoe R. Robinson*
SeriesMISCELLANEOUS
Joseph M. Merrill Includes copy of Letter to JAMA called "Goodpasture's
Dilemma"
Slides - Dr. Batson\'s Retirement Celebration, November 21, 1985
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Commemorative notebook includes letters, presentations, papers, and photographs of or from faculty members and former students
CURRICULUM VITAE, May 1991
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ANIMAL LOGS - LOG B. 1959
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ANIMAL LOGS - LOG C. 1960
ANIMAL LOGS - LOG D. 1961
ANIMAL LOGS - LOG E. 1962
ANIMAL LOGS - LOG G. 1964
ANIMAL LOGS - LOG H. 1965
ANIMAL LOGS - LOG I. 1966
ANIMAL LOGS - LOG J. 1967
ANIMAL LOGS - LOG K. 1968
ANIMAL LOGS - LOG L-P 1969-73
EXPERIMENT LOGS - LOG I. 1954-56
EXPERIMENT LOGS - LOG II. 1956-70
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Advisory Committee to Family Practice Plan
AMA Residency Evaluation
Anatomic Pathology Cost Accounting
Appointments under Consideration
Approved - No funds (?)
Autopsy Pathology
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Bulletin Board
Centerville - Franklin & Tenn. the Hospital (?)
Committee on Fellowships & Scholarships
Committee on Fellowships & Scholarships - Annual Report
Committee on Fellowships & Scholarships - Deadlines for Bulletin Board
Announcements
Committee on Fellowships & Scholarships - Public Statements
Committee on Special Student Programs, Fellowships & Merit Awards
Comparative Pathology
Correspondence with Dean
Cytology
Dental Training Grant
Departmental Annual Report
Departmental Seminars
Division of Clinical Pathology
Executive Faculty Agenda
First Year Course in Romantic Pathology
Forensic Pathology
Gourley Case
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Group Practice Plan
Holston Valley Hospital - Regional Medical Program
House Staff Affairs
HSA Building Site Visit
Internship Advisee
Lilia Mauricio
M.D. & PhD. Program / Committee on Fellowships & Scholarships
Miscellaneous
Nashville General Hospital
Nashville General Hospital
Private Practice Plan
Renovation of House Staff Quarters
Student Affairs Committee
Surgical Pathology
Thompson, Charles Cytotechnologist
TMA Ethics Committee Meeting, April 29
Training Grant
V.A. Hospital
1973 GRS (?)
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Annual Report - Lists of Students on Research Projects, 1963-64
Annual Report 1972 - Appraisal of Student Summer Program
Annual Report on Scholarships and Fellowships, 1964-65
Applicants for Fellowships - 1973 / Miscellaneous
Applicants to M.D. Program, 1972-73
Application for 1972 Fellowships
Appraisal of Student Research, 1966 Report to Dean
Appraisal of Student Research, 1967 Annual Report
Appraisal of Student Research, 1969
Appraisal of Student Research, Summer 1970 Annual Report
Committee on Fellowships & Scholarships - Annual Report, 1968
Committee on Fellowships & Scholarships - Annual Report, 1971
Committee on Fellowships & Scholarships, 1971
Correspondence, 1971
Curriculum Changes, 1969-70
Dean's Award - Student Research, 1973
General Research Funds, Summer 1972
M.D./PhD. Proposal, 1964
Middle Tennessee Heart Association (MTHA), 1973
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Middle Tennessee Heart Seminar, 1972
Student Coalition, Summer 1970
Student Research Day, May 19, 1972
Clinical Research Center (CRC) Research Committee
Committee On Fellowships & Scholarships
Committee On the University Press
Department Contractual Agreements - Principles
Departmental Faculty Appointments Committee
Expansion Of Medical Center
Flessner - Contributions
Harold Vanderbilt Challenge
Levine, Robert J.
MD/PhD Committee
Medical Scientists Program
Pathology - Proposal for Graduate Degree Program
Provost Hobbs' Sensitivity Committee
Tuition Remission Awards
Vanderbilt Press - Dr. Beverly Douglas' "50 Years of Medical Publications"
Ad Hoc Committee - Space Allocation - Departmental, 1963
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Ad Hoc Grievance Committee, 1974 Dr. Janet Hutcheson
Admission Committee - Correspondence with Students, Faculty, etc..,
1981-1991
Admissions - Annual Report, 1984
Center for Cardiovascular Research, 1971
Clinical Reseach Center (CRC) Committee, 1979-80
Clinical Research Center Advisory Committee, 1977-78
Committee on Graduate Education, 1977-78
Committee on Special Student Programs - Fellowships and Merit Awards,
1973
Department of Pathology - Educational and Research Programs Brochure,
1989
Department Renovation - U. Wing, 1974
Election Commission, Williamson County, 1968, 1975
Faculty - Staff Campaign, 1975-76
Faculty Appointments and Promotions Committee, 1977-84
Faculty Meeting - VU Admissions Data, April 12, 1988
Faculty Retreat - Admission to Med School, September 28, 1983 Henry
Horton State Park
Graduate Faculty Council, 1970-72
MD/PhD Committee, 1972-74 / Coniglio Report of 1973
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MD/PhD Committee, 1977-78
Medical Scientists Proposal, 1975
Universities Associated For Research and Education in Pathology, 1978
University Reassessment, 1979-80
Vanderbilt Press, 1979 & New Committee, 1983
VUMC Mission Statement & Goals, 1978
Committee on Fellowships & Scholarships
Correspondence
Faculty, Staff, Student - Information
Pathology Graduate Program
Proposal for Financial Support for Summer Research
University Senate Committee on Academic Freedom - Grievance
Committe on Fellowships & Scholarships, 1962-69
Committe on Fellowships & Scholarships, 1967-68
Department of Pathology, 1968-73
Faculty-Staff Campaign, 1973
MD/PhD Committee, 1976-77
Medical Education - Henry Horton Conference, 1983
Medical School Expansion - Equipment needs, 1970
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Summer Research - Faculty Sponsors & Number of Positions, 1969
The Borden Award, 1969
The Borden Award, 1970
The Borden Award, 1971
The Dean's Award and the Borden Award, 1967
The Dean's Award, 1968 (Ray Burke)
The Dean's Award, 1969
The Dean's Award, 1970
Trends in Medical Education, 1981-89 / Dean's Report, 1985-86
Advisory Council
Department of Pathology Symposium in honor of Dr. Mary Gray, November
16, 1984 Commemorative notebook includes remarks and photographs of colleagues and former students, and Dr. Gray's curriculum vitae.
Departmental Graduate Program
Faculty - Tenure (Faculty Promotions and Appointments Committee)
Graduate School Communications
Graduate Student Conduct Council
M.D. - Ph.D. in Philosophy
Pathology Graduate Education - References
Peterson's Guides (public relations material for VUMC)
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Phi Chi Medical Fraternity (Advisory Committee)
Philosophical Statements on Graduate Education
Vanderbilt Scholars Program
Admissions Committee Report, 1982
Admissions Committee, 1982-83
Goals and Governance Committee, 1974-77
Goals and Governance Committee, 1976-77
Goodpasture Lecture, 1976 Lewis Thomas
Graduate Education Committee, 1982-83
Graduate Program Proposal, 1966
MD/PhD Committee (MSTP), 1982-83
MD/PhD Committee, 1979-80
Pathology Graduate Program, 1972-88
Pathology Planning Group, 1983-84
Scholarship & Financial Aid, 1976
Admissions Committee Minutes
Canby Robinson Scholarships
Committee on Fellowships & Grants
Correspondence
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Correspondence with Ike Robinson
Dean's Memos Re: Admissions Committee
Deferred Matriculation
DeLoache Scholarship
Gotterer - Memos
Handicapped Applicants - AAMC Standards
Harvard's "New Pathway" Curriculum
Histopathology Core D - Site Visit, Jan15-16
Interview - Questions
Interviewer's Form - Applicant Evaluation
Introduction Statement for Application Packet - Jud Randolph's comments
MCAT Data
MD - PhD - Medical Ethics
Medical School Brochure
Medical Student Recruiting
Medical Student Selection
Memo to George Gray - Re: Curriculum
Minority - Prototype for Support Program U. of Michigan Medical School
Minority Recruitment - Faculty & Students
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Miscellaneous
Pathology Graduate Program
Phi Chi Documents
Phi Chi Med. Fraternity - Financial Records
Phi Chi Medical Fraternity
Phi Chi References
Pre-Med. Requirements
Program in Oral / Maxillofacial Surgery
School Scholarship Coordinating Committee
Sources of Med School Faculty
The Impaired Physician
The Roundtable Society
The Roundtable Society - IRS envelope
VU Undergraduate Data
Westlake, Robert Michael
1983-84 First Year Class - Dean's Report
1985 Black Applicants
1988 Graduation
AAMC Admissions Practices and Policies - Survey, Feb. 20, 1986
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Admissions Committee, 1985-86
Admissions Committee, 1987-88
Class of 1987 - Profile - Annual Report
Class Size, 1985-86
Committee Appointments, 1988-89
Committee for Admissions - Annual Report, 1992-93
Dean's Memos, 1986-88
Executive Faculty Minutes, June 1988
Harvard Chemistry Proposal, 1985
MD/PhD Program, 1986
Minority Student Data, 1985
MSTP 1987-88
MSTP 1988-89
Packet from Joseph Merrill - Baylor College of Medicine, 1983
Packet of Information on Medical Education for Faculty members, c.1983
Phi Chi, 1983
Potter Candidate, Feb. 20, 1986
PreMed Advisors & Deans Meeting - Philadelphia, June 1984
Student Performance, 1984-85
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VU Graduates who Repeated a year, 1955 -
VUMC Annual Report, 1977-78
Analytical Biochemical Instrumentation Center
Anatomy Seminars
Applicant - Medical School: Evaluation following interview
Autographed Reprints of Articles by Dr. Beverly Douglas
Blood
Blood I
Bone Marrow I
Cartilage and Bone
Choline Activated Lipase
Correspondence - Med. School
Curriculum Vitae
Department of Public Health
Dog Pancreas Golgi
Dog Papers
Dr. LeQuire's Lab: Peter J. Townes: Gel Filtration
Editorial Duties: Journal "Microcirculation"
Endotoxin & Histamine
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Experiments
Expt.#12 HD106-65
Fat Embolism
For Pete Townes
G.I. Tract
Graduate Studies in Biomedical Sciences - Vanderbilt
Guidelines for the Preparation of Applications - University Research
Council (Loose Sheets)
Histamine Release by Compounds of Simple Chemical Structure by W.D.M.
Paton
Introduction, The Cell, Connective Tissues
John Henry Robinson
Kidney
Legal Correspondence
Liver
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Lysocytes
McCormick, Albert
Medical Education
Medical Students - Summer Fellowships
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Medicare Information
Miscellaneous
Moist Membrane & Glands
Muscle
Pineal & Hypophysis
Procedures
Proposed Experiments
Quartz Rod Technique
Reproductive System
Respiratory System
Salivary Glands & Pancreas
Semester Calender, n.d.
Serum Lipoprotein Aggregation and Fat Embolism
Skin & Appendages
Special Senses
Student Advisee - Charles Hood
Student Affairs Committee
Teeth
Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal
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VANDERBILT COMMITTEE WORK
Tuberculoses
Vascular System
1964 Pathology Schedule
Committee on Student Affairs - Pre 1964
Experiments 1966 Townes
Fat Embolism Study, 1968
G.I. Tract, 1963
Histology Class, 1965-66
Middle Tennessee Heart Association: Application - Dr. Stahlman, 1966
Pathology 1967-68 Annual Report
President's Study: NIH Extramural Grants - May 1964
Project THEMIS 1968: Fat Embolism Studies
Report Data (1963 copies of report)
Student Advisees 1965-66
V-66-268 Sickle Cell Anemia & F.E., October 1966
SeriesVANDERBILT COMMITTEE WORK
Dr. LeQuire's Presentation to Admissions Committee*
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