Descriptive Summary
Blair, Edgar A., 1902-1978
Edgar A. Blair Papers
1925-1978
Materials are written in English.
2009-331
1.5 ft.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
Arranged chronologically,
correspondence, publications, printed material, news clippings, sketches and
photographs, comprise the Edgar A. Blair Papers, 1925-1978, documenting Blair’s
medical career and military service.
Biographical/Historical Note
Physician Edgar A. Blair (1902-1978) was born to Edgar P. and Sarah America Blair in
Nashville, Tennessee. He received his M.S. degree from Vanderbilt University in 1927
and his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1938. Blair served in the
Missouri National Guard (1938-1958), rising to the rank of colonel. During this
time, he was also an associate professor of physiology at Washington University in
St. Louis. Upon his retirement from the military, Blair accepted a position as
associate professor of physiology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in
Galveston.
Scope and Contents
Arranged chronologically, correspondence, publications, printed material, news
clippings, sketches and photographs, comprise the Edgar A. Blair Papers, 1925-1978,
documenting Blair’s medical career and military service. The majority of the
correspondence, generated during Blair’s military career, deals with promotions,
transfer requests, and commendations. Publications include reprints of articles by
Blair published in the American Journal of Physiology
(1938-1939). Printed material consists of military certificates, news clippings,
biographical information, and medical files. Additionally, the collection contains
photographs taken between 1946 and 1950 while Blair worked for the Army Medical
Research Laboratory in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Blair, Edgar A., 1902-1978, -- Archives
Subjects (Organizations)
Washington University (St. Louis, Mo.) --
Faculty.
Washington University (St. Louis, Mo.) --
History.
Missouri. National Guard -- Military life -- History
-- 20th century.
Subjects
Physiology -- History -- United States.
Physiology -- Research -- Periodicals.
Preferred Citation
Edgar A. Blair Papers, 1925-1978, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Connie Brooks, Humanities Research Center,
University of Texas at Austin, April 1980.
Subsequent revisions by Evan Usler, May 2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
4Jb44b
Publications, [ca. 1930-1940],
1966
4Jb44b
Medical text, printed in Japanese, in red stationer’s
box
4Jb44b
Microfilm: The Family of Mayer
4Jb44c
Correspondence:
Letters sent,1930, 1938-1950
Letters received,1927-1950,
1978
Military letters and documents,
1939-1958
Washington University letters and documents,
1931-1941
Printed Material:
Certificates, 1939-1941, 1954-1970,
undated
Programs and examinations,
1938-1939
Newspaper clippings,
1944-1971
Financial document, 1951
“Damn Nips” Japanese correspondence,
1946-1951
Iconographic material:
Sketches, 1943-1954
Photographs, [ca. 1938-1950]
Basic Medical Sciences Institute Project,
1961-1964
Biographical material:
“Physicals,” 1941-1957
General, 1925-1961
Letters from Pakistan, 1961-1963