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Transcript of Cora M. Downs--Endacott Society Interview

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Cora Downs, professor of bacteriology at the University of Kansas from 1917-1963, discusses choosing KU for her undergraduate degree, describing what the university was like in the early 1900s. She discusses her work with biological warfare and her time spent in Alaska researching Tularemia. Discussion of her professional career follows with her work at Rockefeller Institute. She recalls the Great Depression at KU and its affects on salary. Also covered is her relationship with her grandmother, Cora M. Downs, the first woman Regent for the University of Kansas.

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Title
Transcript of Cora M. Downs--Endacott Society Interview
Subject
Tularemia
Rabbit fever
Downs, Cora, 1893-1987
University of Kansas
Oral history
Contributor
Downs, Cora M. (Interviewee)
Lewin, Phyllis (Interviewer)
Date
1984-09-01
Type
Text
Format
Oral history
application/pdf
Identifier
ku-endacott:135
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-endacott/135
CT 89
CT 89.2
CT 89.3
CT 89.4
CT 89.5
CT 89.6
CT 89.7
Language
eng
Relation
Cora M. Downs--Endacott Society Interview
Endacott Society Oral History Collection
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