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Personal Papers and Manuscripts
LEONI NEUMANN CLAMAN, 1900-1989.
Papers, 1917, 1922-1924.
.25 cubic feet (1 box)
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE:
Leoni Neumann Claman was the daughter of Ignac Neumann, a physician of Hungarian birth,
and his wife Flora Vogel Neumann. She studied at Hunter College and entered the Columbia University College of Physicians
& Surgeons (P&S) in 1920, only three years after it had opened its doors to women.
She received her medical degree in 1924 and then completed an internship at Bellevue Hospital. Though she planned to be a
surgeon, Claman temporarily retired from medicine after marrying Irving Claman, a 1923 graduate of P&S. After having four
children, she returned to medicine as an allergist. After training with Robert A. Cooke, she assumed a prominent role in New
York City allergy medicine. She directed the Physical Fitness Center for Asthmatic Children for many years and served as
Chairman of the Allergy Foundation of America and President of the New York Allergy Association. She died in 1989.
SCOPE AND CONTENT:
Papers of Leoni Neumann Claman from her time at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (1920-1924) and her subsequent internship at Bellevue Hospital.
Included are manuscript and mimeographed lecture notes, particularly in pediatrics; medical histories taken by Claman at Presbyterian Hospital; printed material from Bellevue Hospital relating to childcare; examination questions; and letters of recommendation for her internship. Also present is an essay, "Women in Medicine," written by Claman in 1917 while studying at Hunter College.
ACCESS:
Medical histories in folder 12 are restricted because of the presence of patient names. Access allowed under
terms of Archives and Special Collections' Access Policy to Patient Records.
PROVENANCE:
Gift of her son, Henry N. Claman, M.D. (acc.#2002.04.01)
Folder List
Box
1
Folder
1 Bellevue Hospital: printed material on care of children, c. 1920s
2
Clinical Pathological Conferences: notes, 1923-1924
3
Commencement, Columbia University, 1924: program,
instructions, ticket
4
Examination questions, P&S: various subjects, 1923
5
Grades, P&S, 1922/23 (3rd Year)
6
Lecture notes: OB/GYN, 1923
7
Lecture notes: Pediatrics, 1922-1923
8
Lecture notes: various subjects, 1923-1924
9
Lecture notes (mimeos): Pediatrics, undated, but c. 1920s
10
Letters of recommendation for internship, 1923
11
Medical histories, Neurology, 1923-1924
12
Medical histories, Presbyterian Hospital, 1923-1924
13
"Women in Medicine:" essay by Claman, Nov. 19, 1917
14
Printed material, P&S, c. 1920s
15
Printed material, miscellaneous, c. 1920s
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