Collection Number: D-439

Extent

6.8 linear feet

Biography

Dr. Eleanor Rodgerson (1909-2007) was an obstetrician-gynecologist in private practice in Sacramento, California. She also served on the faculty of the University of California, Davis School of Medicine.

Description

Correspondence written while she was a resident at the Chicago Maternity Center, her articles, including those published in Sacramento Medicine and Sierra Sacramento Valley Medicine, newspaper clippings from her column "Questions Women Ask," a manuscript copy of her autobiography, "The Next Best Thing," travel diaries, and four scrapbooks from vacations taken with her children.

Inclusive Dates

1928-2005.

Subject

California History

Finding Aid on the Online Archive of California (http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt238nd1z8/)

Related Collection

McKinnon and Ruble Families Papers.

The Rodgerson Papers are connected to the McKinnon and Ruble Families Papers. Dr. Rodgerson's husband was Dr. Donald McKinnon, also a practicing Sacramento physician.

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