Peabody, George L., file, 1890-1903. (1 Folder), 1/1890-5/1903 Box 662, Folder 26
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- Correspondence between George L. Peabody, professor of materia medica and therapeutics at Columbia
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Correspondence between George L. Peabody, professor of materia medica and therapeutics at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Most of the correspondence is with President Seth Low. Much of the correspondence relates to routine subjects such as: scheduling appointments to meet with the president, arranging leaves, and personnel in the Faculty of Medicine. Other topics include: Peabody's complaints about the condition of portraits in the library (1890), changes to policies governing the classification of special students and conditional students (March 14, 1890), the medical curriculum and courses, and physical education and the need for a gymnasium on the University's Morningside Heights campus. Includes a letter from Morgan Dix, who was the rector of the Parish of Trinity Church and a Columbia trustee, condemning research involving animal vivisection and Peabody's response to President Nicholas Murray Butler regarding Dix's views (November 26, 1893)