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EBL Manuscripts Collection
2004-10-29

Henry P. Pendergrass Papers 61
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Historical or Biographical Note.................................................................................................................... 4
Collection Scope and Content Summary...................................................................................................... 4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Subject Headings........................................................................................................................................... 5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 6
Series : CORRESPONDENCE................................................................................................................6
Series : MANUSCRIPTS AND NOTES.................................................................................................6
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Henry P. Pendergrass Papers 61
Repository
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Abstract
EBL Manuscripts Collection
Pendergrass, Henry P., 1925-2008
Henry P. Pendergrass Papers
1957 - 1958
0.5 Cubic feet
Reprints and bibliographies of radiologist Henry P. Pendergrass.
Preferred Citation
Henry P. Pendergrass Papers. Eskind Biomedical Library Special Collections, Vanderbilt University
Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
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Henry P. Pendergrass, M.D., M.P.H., son of radiologist Eugene P. Pendergrass, was born January 25,
1925. Dr. Pendergrass received his B.A. from Princeton University in 1948 and his M.D. from the
University of Pennsylvania in 1952. He received his residency training at the University of Pennsylvania
Hospital and was a junior member of the radiology staff at Massachusetts General Hospital and a teaching fellow at Harvard. In 1959, Dr. Pendergrass served in a N.I.H. sponsored neuro-radiology fellowship at Queen Square and the Institute of Neurology in London. He returned to Harvard and Massachusetts
General Hospital in 1961, where he established and served as the director of the Department of
Emergency Radiology Unit. While at Harvard, Dr. Pendergrass earned a master's degree in public health. He arrived at Vanderbilt in 1976 making a number of clinical and academic contributions to the
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences. Dr. Pendergrass' major areas of research include contrast media reactions, radionuclide bone scanning, and the efficacy of RN and CT studies. He was awarded emeritus faculty status in July 1995..
Reprints and bibliographies of radiologist H.P. Pendergrass. The collection also includes three letters from 1958.
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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.
Personal Name(s)
Pendergrass, Henry P., 1925-2008
Subject(s)
Radiology
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CORRESPONDENCE
SeriesCORRESPONDENCE
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Three letters from Dr. Pendergrass--1958
SeriesMANUSCRIPTS AND NOTES
"A Syllabus of Notes on the Plain Film Examination of the Skull", 1964
Several drafts of 1957 Bibliography
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