Inventory of the Elizabeth Neige Todhunter Papers
   Collection Number 83
 Contact Information
 Special Collections
Eskind Biomedical Library
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
URL: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/sc_diglib/index.html
 
Descriptive Summary
 Repository: EBL Manuscripts Collection
Creator: Todhunter E. Neige
Title: Elizabeth Neige Todhunter Papers
Extent: 26 (Linear Feet)
Abstract:
Personal papers of nutritionist and Vanderbilt professor E. Neige Todhunter (1901-1991). Materials include: correspondence; biographical material; writings and publications (ENT); student notebooks; class and lecture material; brochures; writings and publications (others); dietary studies; miscellaneous. subject files; photos and slides; reel-to-reel tapes; postcard collection; menu Collection; cookbook collection; RDA reprints; AIN material; and biographical files of prominent nutritionists, dietitians, and home economists.
Administrative Information
 Restrictions to Access: No Restrictions.
Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by Eskind Biomedical Library Special Collections.
Subject Headings
 MeSH Subject Heading: Vanderbilt University. School of Medicine; Nutrition; Dietetics--history; Cookery; Vitamins
Author Term: Chick, Harriette; Copping, Alice M.; McCay, Clive Maine, 1898-1967; McCollum, Elmer Verner, b. 1879; Todhunter, E. Neige (Elizabeth Neige)
Other Keywords
 Digital Library Subjects: Nutrition
Historical/Biographical Note
 
Elizabeth Neige Todhunter (1901-1991) was a nutritionist, teacher, author, and lecturer. Her biographical and historical writings and lectures greatly promoted interest in history of nutrition science.

She received her M.Sc. from the University of Otago in New Zealand in 1925, and later received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1933. She was an Associate Professor of Home Economics at the State College of Washington from 1934-1941. Then she went to the University of Alabama, first as Director of the Research Laboratory of Human Nutrition from 1941-1953, and then as Professor and Dean of the Department of Food and Nutrition from 1953-1966. Then she was a Visiting Professor of Nutrition for the Department of Biochemistry at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine from 1967-1991. She also served as President of the American Dietetic Association from 1957-1958.

Collection Overview
 
Personal papers of nutritionist and Vanderbilt professor E. Neige Todhunter (1901-1991). Materials include: correspondence; biographical material; writings and publications (ENT); student notebooks; class and lecture material; brochures; writings and publications (others); dietary studies; miscellaneous. subject files; photos and slides; reel-to-reel tapes; postcard collection; menu Collection; cookbook collection; RDA reprints; AIN material; and biographical files of prominent nutritionists, dietitians, and home economists.
Organization of Collection
 
 Series: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION
Series: ARTICLES, REPRINTS, BROCHURES, ETC.
Series: AWARDS
Series: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL
Series: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL ON F. C. BING
Series: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL-CORRESPONDENCE
Series: CORRESPONDENCE
Series: HISTORY OF COOKBOOKS & TEA COLLECTION
Series: IMPORTANT OLDER REPRINTS & JOURNALS
Series: MISC. REPRINTS, ARTICLES & JOURNALS
Series: NOTEBOOKS
Series: PHOTOGRAPHS
Series: RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES
Series: SLIDES AND TAPES
Series: TODHUNTER/COPPING COLLECTION
Series: TODHUNTER/JUKES COLLECTION
Series: TODHUNTER/MARLATT COLLECTION
Series: TODHUNTER/McCAY COLLECTION
Series: TODHUNTER/McCOLLUM COLLECTION
Series: TODHUNTER/PARSONS REPRINT COLLECTION
Series: U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE REPRINTS
Series: VITAMIN C REPRINTS AND NOTEBOOKS
 
Detailed Description of the Collection
 
 Series: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION
 Folder:
Material relating to the history and archives of the American Institute of Nutrition.
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Series: ARTICLES, REPRINTS, BROCHURES, ETC.
 Folder:
About: Nutrition, Nutrition Education, Nutrition & Pregnancy, Infant Nutrition, Dental Caries and Nutrition in the Phillipines.
Folder:
About: Nutrition, Food Faddism, Dental Caries, Nutrition & Children, Nutrition Education and Nutrition & Health.
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Series: AWARDS
 Folder:
Awards
Folder:
Awards
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Series: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL
 Folder:
Oversized photographs on the bottom of this box (1 big portrait of Dr. E.N. Todhunter, c. 1930; the Otaga University Basket Ball Team, of which E.N. Todhunter was a member, 1922; 2 class pictures of Todhunter's class at the Otaga University, 1924-25)
Folder 1a-01:
Resumes of E.N. Todhunter
Folder 1a-02:
Resumes of E.N. Todhunter
Folder 1a-03:
Pictures of E.N. Todhunter and Newspaperclippings about E.N. Todhunter
Folder 1a-04:
Pictures of E.N. Todhunter
Folder 1a-05:
Letters of Congratulations upon Retirement (August 1966)
Folder 1a-06:
Awards won by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 1a-07:
Reports by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 1a-08:
Reports by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 1a-09:
Reports by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 1a-10:
Manuscripts by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 1a-11:
Manuscripts by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 1a-12:
Manuscripts by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 1a-13:
Program of Conferences, E.N. Todhunter attended
Folder 1a-14:
Travel Reports by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 1a-15:
Travel Reports by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 1a-16:
Travel Reports by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 1a-17:
Travel Brochures
Folder 1b-01:
Portraits of Dr. Todhunter (old photos taken in New Zealand).
Folder 1b-02:
Portraits of Dr. Todhunter.
Folder 1b-03:
Portraits of Dr. Todhunter.
Folder 1b-04:
Portraits of Dr. Todhunter.
Folder 1b-05:
Photographs of Dr. Todhunter and her family in New Zealand.
Folder 1b-06:
Photographs of Dr. Todhunter and her family in New Zealand.
Folder 1b-07:
Photographs of Dr. Todhunter and her family in New Zealand.
Folder 1b-08:
Awards - Photographs of Dr. Todhunter receiving awards.
Folder 1b-09:
Speeches - Photographs of Dr. Todhunter while giving seminars and talks.
Folder 1b-10:
Scientist - Photographs of Dr. Todhunter in her lab.
Folder 1b-11:
Teacher - Photographs of Dr. Todhunter with students.
Folder 1b-12:
Conferences - Photographs of Dr. Todhunter while attending conferences, 1951-69.
Folder 1b-13:
American Dietetic Association Meetings - Photographs of Dr. Todhunter attending ADA Meetings and Banquets, 1958-78.
Folder 1b-14:
U.S. Women's Army Corps Center - Photographs of Dr. Todhunter relating to U.S. WACC, 1959-61.
Folder 1b-15:
Photographs of Dr. Todhunter with others relating to her professional activities, 1950-70.
Folder 1b-16:
Photographs of Dr. Todhunter with friends and other miscellaneous photos.
Folder 1b-17:
Photographs of Lillian Coover.
Folder 2-01:
Articles by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 2-02:
Articles by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 2-03:
Articles by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 2-04:
Articles by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 2-05:
Articles by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 2-06:
Articles by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 2-07:
Articles by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 2-08:
Articles by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 2-09:
Articles by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 2-10:
Graduation Remarks by E.N. Todhunter (dietitians)
Folder 2-11:
Talks by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 2-12:
Talks by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 2-13:
Talks by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 2-14:
Talks by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 2-15:
Talks by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 2-16:
Talks by E.N. Todhunter
Folder 4-01:
Food Acceptance & Food Attitudes of the Elderly - As a Basis for Planning Nutrition Programs by E.N. Todhunter, F. House and R. Vander Zwaag (Tennessee Commission on Aging), 1974 (2 copies)
Folder 4-02:
Everyday Nutrition, by E.N. Todhunter (1935) (5 copies)
Folder 4-03:
Tapes (Meet the Dean/Senior Seminar/Ascorbic Acid - A. Beeuwkes/Epidemiolgoy of Beriberi (1963))
Folder 4-04:
Box with cartoons (collected by E.N. Todhunter)
Folder 4-05:
History of Nutrition Tape Recordings
Folder 4-06:
Reports of E.N. Todhunter and W.J. Darby on the Bedford County Nutrition Project (1970's)
Folder 4-07:
U.S. Senate Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs (1970's)
Folder 4-08:
Minutes of Faculty Meetings of the Dept. of Biochemistry, Correspondence of Leon Cunningham (1980's)
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Series: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL ON F. C. BING
 Folder:
Biographical material on Franklin C. Bing
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Series: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL-CORRESPONDENCE
 Folder 3-01:
Important older correspondence of E.N. Todhunter (congratulations for E.N. Todhunter on being chosen "woman of the year" by Progressive Farmer Magazine in 1951)
Folder 3-02:
Important older correspondence of E.N. Todhunter: Sherman, Bates, Marble, McCarrison, Hollingsworth, Hunt, Morgan, Drake, King, McCollum, Andrews, Huddleson, Smith, Rose, MacLeod, Clarke, S. Harris, McLester, Mattill, Copping, McCay, Halleday, Mary S.
Folder 3-03:
Important older correspondence of E.N. Todhunter: Sherman, Beeuwkes, Beck, Andrews, Howell, Howe, Huddleson, Hunscher, McCay, McCollum, Mitchell, Stiebling, MacLeod, Gyorgi, Maynard, Brozek, Austin Martin, Emerson, Murlin, Caldwell
Folder 3-04:
Correspondence of E.N. Todhunter
Folder 3-05:
Correspondence of E.N. Todhunter
Folder 3-06:
Correspondence of E.N. Todhunter
Folder 3-07:
Correspondence of E.N. Todhunter
Folder 3-08:
Correspondence of E.N. Todhunter
Folder 3-09:
Correspondence of E.N. Todhunter
Folder 3-10:
Correspondence of E.N. Todhunter
Folder 3-11:
Correspondence of E.N. Todhunter
Folder 3-12:
Correspondence of E.N. Todhunter
Folder 3-13:
Correspondence of E.N. Todhunter
Folder 3-14:
Correspondence of E.N. Todhunter
Folder 3-15:
Correspondence of E.N. Todhunter
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Series: CORRESPONDENCE
 Folder:
Photo slides (2 boxes)
Folder 1b-18:
Congratulatory letters and newspaper clippings relating to E.N. Todhunter's success in the Inter-Collegiate Tournament Debate at Wellington, New Zealand, 1924.
Folder 1b-19:
Family correspondence, 1874-1966.
Folder 1b-20:
Correspondence with New Zealand Dietetic Association, 1956.
Folder 1b-21:
Correspondence, 1937-69.
Folder 1b-22:
Correspondence with friends, 1945-62.
Folder 1b-23:
Biographical notes of Dr. Todhunter.
Folder 1b-24:
Educational records and certificates of Dr. Todhunter, 1923-32.
Folder 1b-25:
Reference letters from University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1927-38.
Folder 1b-26:
Medals awarded to Dr. Todhunter.
Folder 1b-27:
Passports of Dr. Todhunter, 1928-73.
Folder 1b-28:
Newspaper Clippings about Dr. Todhunter relating to her professional achievements and honors, 1951-56.
Folder 1b-29:
Newspaper Clippings about Dr. Todhunter relating to her professional achievements and honors, 1960-69.
Folder 1b-30:
Newspaper clippings about Dr. Todhunter relating to her professional achievements and honors, 1971-83.
Folder 1b-31:
Article clippings about Dr. Todhunter, 1950-80.
Folder 1b-32:
Audio record, "Golden Greetings" by E. Neige Todhunter, Journal of American Dietetic Association, Volume 64, No. 6, June 1974.
Folder 1b-33:
Memorandum of royalty agreement between Dr. Todhunter and Whitcombe and Tombs Limited relating to publishing a book entitled Everyday Nutrition, 1935.
Folder 1b-34:
Collection of menus from famous restaurants.
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Series: HISTORY OF COOKBOOKS & TEA COLLECTION
 Folder:
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Series: IMPORTANT OLDER REPRINTS & JOURNALS
 Folder:
Among others, a 1937 document on the meeting of representatives of the National Nutrition Committee held under the auspices of the League of Nations in Geneva (sent to E.N. Todhunter by Ruth M. Leverton (Science Advisor of the U.S. Department of Agr
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Series: MISC. REPRINTS, ARTICLES & JOURNALS
 Folder:
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Folder:
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Series: NOTEBOOKS
 Folder:
- World Problems Nutrition - FAO Definitions - Children's Diets - Basic Nutrition for Dental Students (1957) - Oxidation & Chemical nature - Ascorbic Acid in whole blood - North West Regional Cooperative Nutrition Research Project - V
Folder:
- Food Habits Papers (1972) - Food Habits Bibliography - Aging (Scrapbook) - Nutrition in Medical Education - Senate Committee on Nutrition and Related Human Needs (1969) - Sample Questionaires (Nutritional Status of Children) - Dietary
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Series: PHOTOGRAPHS
 Folder 5-01:
Group photo of MIT chemists, December 1899 (This is a rare valuable photograph of Ellen H. Richards, first woman admitted to MIT as a chemistry student).
Folder 5-02:
Group photo of some of the most outstanding nutrition scientists in the world (1931).
Folder 5-03:
Framed drawing of Mary Swartz Rose
Folder 5-04:
Framed drawing of H.C. Sherman
Folder 5-05:
Framed drawing of William Beaumont
Folder 5-06:
Framed drawing of Edwin Bret Hart
Folder 5-07:
Group photo of the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council).
Folder 5-08:
Penn State Famous Cow (1928)
Folder 5-09:
Photograph of the First Meeting of the American Institute of Nutrition (Cornell University Medical College, 1934)
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Series: RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES
 Folder:
Reprint collection on RDA's
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Series: SLIDES AND TAPES
 Folder:
Slides and Tapes
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Series: TODHUNTER/COPPING COLLECTION
 Folder:
This box contains circa 100 handwritten letters by Molly Copping to E. N. Todhunter
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Series: TODHUNTER/JUKES COLLECTION
 Folder:
Material sent by Dr. Thomas H. Jukes of the University of California, Berkeley, to Dr. E. Neige Todhunter. Donated by Dr. Todhunter.
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Series: TODHUNTER/MARLATT COLLECTION
 Folder:
Material pertaining to the career of Abby Marlatt, donated by E. Neige Todhunter, 1982
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Series: TODHUNTER/McCAY COLLECTION
 Folder:
Papers of Dr. Clive M. McCay (1898-1967) and correspondence of his wife, Dr. Jeanette McCay, and Dr. E. Neige Todhunter concerning publication of Clive McCay's notes and a biography. Donated by Dr. Todhunter, who received many items from Jeanette M
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Series: TODHUNTER/McCOLLUM COLLECTION
 Folder:
A collection containing material on Elmer Verner McCollum, compiled by E. Neige Todhunter.
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Series: TODHUNTER/PARSONS REPRINT COLLECTION
 Folder:
Historic reprints given to E. Neige Todhunter by Helen Parsons, 1956. Includes note to ENT from HTP (July 12, 1956).
Folder:
A collection of material on nutrition quackery by Dr. James Harvey Young; donated by Dr. E. Neige Todhunter, 1983.
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Series: U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE REPRINTS
 Folder:
Detailed inventory in printed register (MISSING)
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Series: VITAMIN C REPRINTS AND NOTEBOOKS
 Folder:
- Vitamin C and Toxics (1937-41) - Vitamin C in Fruits and Vegetables (1930-40) - Vitamin C in Milk (1938-40) - Vitamin C in Disease (1937-40) - Vitamin C and Rheumatic Fever (1934-37) - Vitamin D - Blood and Vitamin C (1935-41) - Vit
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