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Record Group: 17 C
Record Sub-Group: 11
Records Title: UMC; College of Veterinary Medicine; Veterinary Microbiology; Faculty Papers
Dates: 1947-2004
Volume: 1 and 1/3 cubic feet, 1.67 linear feet

Scope and Content Note

This Record Sub-Group contains faculty papers created by faculty members in the College of Veterinary Medicine's Veterinary Microbiology Department. The records include papers of Robert W. Menges and Donald C. Blenden.

Series Descriptions:

Series 1. - C:17/9/1 (A12-92)
This Series contains faculty papers of Robert William Menges, (1947-1968), who was an Assistant Professor of Veterinary Microbiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine and an Assistant Professor of Community Health and Medical Practice in the School of Medicine. The papers consist of seven bound volumes of a variety of study and research materials. Each volume pertains to a specific topic: "Animal and Bacterial Viruses" contains class notes, experiment data, and miscellaneous correspondence from Menges's studies at New York University College of Medicine, (1949-1950); "Haplomycosis" contains article off-prints, experiment data and notes, correspondence, and photographs, (1947-1953); "General Sporadic Bovine Encephalomyelitis" contains experiment data, photographs, correspondence, and article off-prints, (1949-1953); "Sporadic Bovine Encephalomyelitis in Missouri" contains experiment data, correspondence, and article off-prints, (1951-1953); "Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Mexico" contains article off-prints, synopses (some of articles dating back to the late nineteenth century); "Mexican Outbreak Foot-and-Mouth Disease" contains articles, reports, press releases, along with an indes to foot-and-mouth disease publications by Menges (1947-1968); and "Foot-and-Mouth Disease References" contains an extensive bibliography, (1951), as well as two proceedings, (1951, 1953).
(1 c.f., 065973)
Note to Researcher: The majority of records in this Series pre-date Menges's tenure at the University of Missouri.

Series 2. - C:17/9/2 (A13-107; A15-13)
This Series contains faculty papers of Donald Covey Blenden, (1971-1987, 2004). The papers pertain to Blenden's research on early diagnoses of rabies and viral encephalitides. These records include correspondence, grant applications, and a "chronological summary" of Blenden's research and reports regarding "Early Biopsy Diagnosis of Rabies." The materials in the chronology date from 1971 to 1983 and consist of offprints, abstracts, and short annotations of each item by Blenden. The chronology was presented by Blenden to Haworth F. Hoch with the intent that it would be shared with the Board of the American Kennel Club. The Series also contains a Rabies Service Laboratory procedure manual, (ca. 1987) and a newspaper obituary for Blenden, who died in 2004.
(1/6 c.f., UMLD1)
Note to Archivist: The box list for this Series is available online. It can be accessed by following this link.
Note to Researcher: For a film related to Blenden's rabies research, see C:20/15/1.

Restrictions Note: The Archives of the University of Missouri-Columbia is required by law and Board of Curator's policy to restrict access to some files and information. Student records are held as confidential under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and by University policy. Faculty promotion and tenure records and Academic Personnel files are restricted for 75 years, or the lifetime of the individual. All grievance, disciplinary, and medical records are treated as confidential files. Consultations with legal counsel, both in-house and external, are protected by the attorney/client privilege and will not be released.

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