Harold M. Cavins collection

Collection

Identifier: 01EIU-012

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection of records pertaining to Dr. Cavins's teaching career at Eastern Illinois University and to his family, friends, travels, and local community of Charleston, Illinois. Records related to his professional career include programs and announcements for social and special events, professional correspondence, newspaper clippings related to Eastern Illinois faculty and students, grade books, Eastern Illinois Bulletins, and Warbler yearbooks. Records related to his personal life and interests include travel journals, diaries, speeches, personal correspondence, and newspaper clippings related to local news and the Cavins family.

Dates

Created: 1920-1993
Other: Date acquired: 01/25/1994

Creator

Cavins, Harold M (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

No special conditions exist for access to these records

Biographical or Historical Information

Harold M. Cavins was born on May 25, 1901, in Batavia, Illinois. In 1930 he married Alice Daniels, with whom he later had two daughters; she preceded him in death on December 29, 1993. Dr. Cavins obtained his doctoral degree from Stanford University in 1940. He taught health and anatomy in the Health Education Department at Eastern Illinois University for 37 years, from 1928 until his retirement at the rank of professor in 1965. He was past president and a charter member of the Illinois Public Health Association, and was also a member of the American Association for the History of Medicine. He died on January 3, 1994, in Charleston, Illinois.

Note written by

Extent

4.00 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

Organization: Organized into 2 series: 1. Eastern Illinois related papers and artifacts, 1927-1968. 2. Personal items, 1920-1993

Arrangement: Arranged by form of material