Lorena Meyers papers

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US US kmk 2015-16-007

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Collection

Title

Lorena Meyers papers

Date(s)

  • 1965-1990 (Creation)

Extent

1.00 Box

Name of creator

(1965-1990)

Biographical history

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Scope and content

This collection maintains the papers regarding Lorena Meyers as related solely to the Federal Drug Administration. It includes interviews with Meyers as well as numerous speeches she gave throughout her career. Additionally, this collection includes a booklet containing the legislative history of the FDA and an orientation handbook for the FDA. Of important note is an interview completed by Meyers with Ronald T. Ottes in 1990 regarding Meyers' career through her retirement in 1984. This interview is bound with a speech Meyers gave as well as documentation from her job at the FDA.

System of arrangement

This collection is stored in one (1) box.  It contains three (3) folders: 1) FDA Interviews; 2) Speeches; and 3) FDA Legislative History.  A FDA Orientation Handbooks is also part of this collection.

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Conditions governing access

No access restriction: All materials are open for research.

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Conditions governing reproduction

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply,

Languages of the material

  • English

Scripts of the material

  • Latin

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Custodial history

It received accession number 2015-16.007.

Immediate source of acquisition

Acqusition Date: 20150806

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Specialized notes

  • Citation: Preferred Citation: [Item title], [item date], Lorena Meyers papers, Box [number], Folder [number or title], Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries.

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215

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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