Henry Wolcott Farnam - Yale University Library

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Description

Title: Henry Wolcott Farnam
Contributor: Farnam, Henry W. (Henry Walcott), 1853-1933
Yale University. School of Medicine.
Publication Place: New Haven, CT
Description: Son of Henry Farnam, the railroad builder, Henry Wolcott was a prominent professor at Yale College. Farnam gave the School of Medicine funds to build a women's bathroom so that his daughter Louise Farnam could be one of the first two females to enter the Medical School in 1916.
Extent: 15 cm x 10 cm
Language: No linguistic content; Not applicable

Collection Information

Repository: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: still image
Genre: Photograph
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Geographic): United States
Subject (Name): Farnam, Henry W. (Henry Walcott), 1853-1933
Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic): Economists
Philanthropists
Women in Medicine.

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Object ID (OID): 16787522

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