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
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Language: eng
Relation: Cora M. Downs--Endacott Society Interview
Endacott Society Oral History Collection
Rights: This work is shared under Creative Commons license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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