Edward L. Moreland and Robert W. Dickey Correspondence with accompanying photograph of an early X-Ray

Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 8

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0661

Staff Only

Content Description

This collection includes one letter written by Dean Edward L. Moreland of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to Dr. Robert W. Dickey of the Physics Dept. at Washington and Lee University dated October 28, 1946. The letter describes an accompanying albumen cabinet photograph of a foot X-Ray. The image, taken by photographer Michael Miley of Lexington, Virginia, shows the foot bones of Elizabeth "Lily" Carter Coles and a needle that had lodged within it. The X-Ray was performed by Washington and Lee Natural Philosophy professor Syndey Turner Moreland in 1896 in the W&L Physical Laboratory. Dr. Dickey responds to Moreland in a letter dated November 6, 1946, in which he commends Syndey T. Moreland for his pioneer work on X-Rays in the South.

Dates

Creation: Correspondences
Creation: Photograph

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Language of Materials

The material in this collection is entirely in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

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