Medical Committee for Human Rights (U.S.).
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: MCHR (Medical Committee for Human Rights) ; M.C.H.R. (Medical Committee for Human Rights)
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Daniel S. Blumenthal Papers
Collection
Identifier: M388
Scope and Contents
The Blumenthal papers are a relatively small, but diverse collection of materials; the papers are divided into two series.
Dates:
1967-1988
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Martha Davis Freedom Summer Collection
Collection
Identifier: M412
Scope and Contents
This collection was donated by Dr. Martha Davis in 2003. It contains information pertaining to the founding of the Medical Committee for Human Rights, their involvement in Civil Rights activities in Mississippi, and the personal experiences of Martha Davis, Hy Gold, and Tom Levin.
Dates:
1964; 2003
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Freedom Summer Photograph: Dr. Leo Orris taking Fannie Lou Hamer's blood pressure, Ruleville, Mississippi, August 1964
Item
Form of Material
Photograph of Dr. Leo Orris taking the blood pressure of Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer in front of her house in Ruleville, Mississippi. The photograph was taken in August 1964 by Dr. Erwin D. Zeman of Lincoln, Nebraska, who was visiting his daughter Zoya, a Freedom Summer volunteer in the Community Center in nearby Clarksdale.Dr. Leo Orris was a New York physician who helped to organized the Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR), a group of doctors, nurses, psychiatrists and...
Dates:
August 1964
