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Norton Canfield papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1293

Scope and Contents

Personal papers and research notes of Norton Canfield relating to audiology. Included are papers documenting a national hearing survey, a Connecticut hearing survey, various New Haven, Connecticut projects, and an Army hearing center.

Dates

  • 1933-1974

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research. The operating notes may contain protected medical information and are closed until processed.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from Yale University Historical Medical Library, 1980; and gift of Norton Canfield, 1984.

Extent

14.25 Linear Feet (14 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1293

Abstract

Personal papers and research notes of Norton Canfield relating to audiology. Included are papers documenting a national hearing survey, a Connecticut hearing survey, various New Haven, Connecticut projects, and an Army hearing center.

Biographical / Historical

Norton Canfield: physician; B.S., Dartmouth, 1925; M.D., University of Michigan, 1929; instructor, University of Michigan, 1929; instructor, University of Michigan Hospital, 1930-1933; instructor, Yale Medical School, 1933-1935, assistant professor, 1935-1938, associate professor and Chief of Otolaryngology, 1938-1951, associate clinical professor, 1951-1962; Chief of Otolaryngology and founding director of the Virgin Island Hearing and Speech Center, 1962-1973; private practice,1974-

Title
Guide to the Norton Canfield Papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by Staff of Manuscripts and Archives
Date
March 2004
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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