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Morris A. Wessel papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1741

Scope and Contents

The papers are composed of subject files of Morris A. Wessel relating to the hospice movement and to Franz Goldmann.

Dates

  • 1971-1995

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

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

Gift of Morris A. Wessel, 1994, 1998.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

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.1741

Additional Description

Overview

The papers are composed of subject files of Morris A. Wessel relating to the hospice movement and to Franz Goldmann.

Biographical / Historical

Morris A. Wessel graduated from Johns Hopkins University and received a M.D. from Yale University in 1943. He became a pediatrician in New Haven and associate clinical professor of pediatrics in the Yale Medical School. He has written widely on the impact of death and dying on children and was involved in the founding of the first hospice in the United States. Wessel died on August 20, 2016, in New Haven, Connecticut.

Subjects

Related Names

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Morris A. Wessel Papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by staff of Manuscripts and Archives
Date
December 1998
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/
Contact:
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)

Location

Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511

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