Manuscript Collections
Rodgerson, Eleanor, MD. Papers.
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.
- Access
- Researchers should confirm collections are available, before visiting, as many collections are stored offsite.
