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• Author/Creator:Nuland, Sherwin B.
  
• Title:Sherwin B. Nuland papers, 1940-2014.
  
• Physical Description:120.33 linear feet (124 boxes)
  
• Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
  

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  • Location:LSF- BEINECKE
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  • Call Number: YCAL MSS 1113
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    

   
• Notes:In English.
  Gift of Sarah Nuland, 2016.
  Gift of Sarah Nuland, 2019.
  
• Organization:Organized into nine series: I. Correspondence, 1970-2013. II. Writings, 1970-2013. III. Appearance Files, 1970-2014. IV. Subject Files, 1950-2009. V. Personal Papers, 1940-2009. VI. Audiovisual Materials, 1980-1999. VII. Digital Media, 1996-2013. VIII. Restricted Papers, 1966-2005. IX. 2019 Acquisition, 2006-2010.
  
• Access and use:This material is open for research. Boxes 113-120 (audiovisual materials): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information. Box 121 (digital media): Restricted fragile material. Access copies of digital files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information. Box 122 (patient records): Restricted until 2105. For further information consult the appropriate curator. Box 123 (student records): Restricted until 2088. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
• Biographical / Historical note:Sherwin B. "Shep" Nuland (1930-2014) was a surgeon, educator, and author. Born in the Bronx, New York, he attended New York University (BA,1951) and Yale University (MD,1955). Nuland worked as a surgeon at Yale-New Haven Hospital from 1962 to 1992, and was a clinical professor of medicine at Yale from 1962 to1991. Nuland wrote numerous books including How We Die (Knopf, 1994) which won the National Book Award in 1994 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction in 1995. Nuland died of prostate cancer.
  
• Summary:The Sherwin B. Nuland Papers, which span from 1940 to 2014, contain correspondence, writings, audiovisual materials, digital media, and other papers by or related to Sherwin B. Nuland's life and work.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
  
• Cite as:Sherwin B. Nuland Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
  
• Subjects:Nuland, Sherwin B.
  Authors, American--20th century--Archives.
  Authors, American--21st century--Archives.
  Death--History--20th century.
  Death--History--21st century.
  Medicine--History--20th century.
  Medicine--History--21st century.
  
• Genre/Form:Audiovisual materials.
  Digital media.
  Born digital.
  
• Occupation:Authors United States 20th century.
  Authors United States 21st century.
  Surgeons United States 20th century.
  Surgeons United States 21st century.