Title: Roberts Rugh Papers

Date/Date Range :   1949-1979

Extent: 13.5 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection houses primarily reprinted articles that Dr. Roberts Rugh gathered during his long career in radiation research. These articles are interspersed with notes and marginalia.

Call number: MS-1076

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Roberts Rugh Papers, MS-1076. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of nine boxes divided into three series:

1. Series I: General Author Reprint File
2. Series II: Fetal Radiation Author Reprint File
3. Series III: Subject Reprint File

Dr. Roberts Rugh, who died in 1980, was resident biologist with the Bureau of Radiological Health of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare from 1971 to 1980. Prior to his position with HEW, Dr. Rugh was professor of biology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, from 1948 to 1971. He also held the position of assistant professor of biology at New York University from 1939 to 1948. Dr. Rugh held teaching posts at Oberlin, Lawrence, and Hunter colleges after earning the Ph. D. in zoology from Columbia in 1935. His thesis was entitled The Effects of Radiations, Including Ionizing Radiations, Microwave and Ultra-Sound by the Developing Mammalian Fetus. Dr. Rugh's B. A. and M. A. degrees were granted by Oberlin in 1926 and 1927. He was born in 1903 in Springfield, Ohio.

This collection houses primarily reprinted articles that Dr. Roberts Rugh gathered during his long career in radiation research. These articles are interspersed with notes and marginalia.

• Rugh, Roberts, 1903-1980.
• Radiobiology.
• Embryology -- Mammals.