Oral History Interview with Eleanor MacDonald, May 19, 2000 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Eleanor MacDonald, May 19, 2000
  • Series Title Making Cancer History Voices Oral History Collection

Creator

  • Interviewee: MacDonald, Eleanor
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Marchiafava, Louis
    Creator Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 2000-05-19

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Interview with Eleanor MacDonald discussing her early life and education in New England; her early career in the Cancer Division in the American College of Surgeons; her recruitment and subsequent work at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute; her work in developing the biostatistics coding in the early years of the institution; and her relationship with various physicians and luminaries of the Texas Medical Center.
  • Physical Description: 1 sound recording (3 hr.) : digital

Subject

  • Named Person: Macdonald, Eleanor J.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center -- History.
  • Medical Subject Headings: Epidemiology
  • Medical Subject Headings: Neoplasms - epidemiology
  • Medical Subject Headings: Records as topic
  • Medical Subject Headings: Statistics as topic
  • Medical Subject Headings: Epidemiologic methods
  • Medical Subject Headings: Hospital Departments
  • Medical Subject Headings: Registries
  • Medical Subject Headings: Hospitals, Special
  • Medical Subject Headings: Hosptials
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Harris County (Tex.)
  • Keyword: oral histories
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Physicians -- Texas -- Interviews.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Houston (Tex.)
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Medicine
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Education - Colleges and Universities

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Harris County - Houston

Citation

  • Preferred Citation: Eleanor MacDonald Interivew, May 19, 2000, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Collection

  • Name: Texas Oral History Collection
    Code: TOHC

Institution

  • Name: University of Texas MD Anderson Center
    Code: UTMDAC

Resource Type

  • Sound

Format

  • Audio

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH-Macdonalde-20000519
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth159737

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