Letter mentioning Black family living in medical school
Item
Title
Letter mentioning Black family living in medical school
Creator
Jacob Keeler
Contributor
Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library
Date
October 15, 1835
Description
Yale medical student Jacob Keeler mentions in a letter to a recent graduate that “the back part of the [medical] college is occupied by a colored family, who has the care of the college, cleans it and tends to warming of the different apartments”
Format
Image
Identifier
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/10/archival_objects/162027
Rights
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Source
Letters to James B. Coleman, H-K, 1826-1836 (box 1, folder 11). Coleman Brothers Collection. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
