Harvey Cushing: A Journey Through His Life

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Medical Historical Library, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

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Medical Historical Library, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

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Medical Historical Library, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

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Letter from Harvey Cushing to Bessie Cushing, October 4, 1887
Boating expedition, Summer of 1884

Harvey Cushing’s high school physics teacher, Newton Anderson, took Harvey and three cousins on a fishing expedition up the Great Lakes in 1884. Anderson later bought an island where he set up an informal boys camp, known as Camp Maskenoza, where Harvey spent summers. Front row: A. F. Harvey, E.M. Williams, Harvey Cushing Back row: Newton Anderson, Perry W. Harvey (Cushing’s roommate at Yale)
Harvey Cushing and his older brother, Alleyne
Cushing family home in Cleveland

Photograph of 786 Prospect Street, Cleveland, OH. Cushing's family moved to this home when Harvey was four years old.
Harvey Cushing at Age 2
Bessie Cushing
Henry Kirke Cushing
Erastus Cushing and "Jack"
Erastus Cushing portrait

Harvey Cushing's grandfather who practiced in Cleveland. Photograph of a portrait which is located in Cleveland.
David Cushing’s Medical Account Book and Ledger
Genealogy of the Cushing Family

This is a photograph of Harvey Cushing’s copy of the genealogy, signed and dated in 1906.
Poster: "Harvey Cushing: A Journey Through His Life"