Tapes of oral history interview with Caleb Winslow (son of Randolph) and transcript of tape.
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content: Winslow, Randolph, 1852-1937 (surgeon, medical school professor)
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content: Randolph Winslow Collection
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content: Randolph Winslow Collection / Series 3: Collected Historical Materials
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content: undated
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content: Box 6
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: This consists of three half hour tapes of an interview conducted with 95 year old Caleb Winslow, Randolph's seventh child, on June, 1984 at his home in Cockeysville, Maryland.  Winslow discusses: private ownership of the University of Maryland Medical School; information on Caleb Winslow, Randolph's father, a recognized as a surgeon at a time when most doctors were reluctant to go into the abdomen known for operation for stones in the bladder; reasons for his coming to Baltimore; his deterioration as an elderly man;  Randolph's growing up and his family, his attendance at medical school, further education; Randolph's work in anatomy at the University of Maryland;            difficulties encountered in becoming professor of surgery; problems with dissection resurrection squads;   Randolph's lifelong interest in the University of Maryland Medical School and its library; information on the life and interests of Caleb, Randolph's son; development of Randolph's practice; famous people Randolph knew; medical treatment of blacks; Randolph's medical treatment of his family; use of anesthesia and antisepsis in surgery;
Randolph's attempt to perform a transfusion; Randolph's role with his wife and children; description of Beckie's (Randolph's wife) family, and her role with Randolph, the children, and the community; religion; general family anecdotes; some case descriptions; and income. A complete transcript is included.