[Letter from Ovid Bell to the Dean of the Medical School of the University of North Texas - August 27, 1941]

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Letter from the President and General Manager of The Ovid Bell Press, Inc. to the Dean of the Medical School at University of Texas. The letter concerns an order from the school for reprints of of an article by Dr. Meyer Bodansky. Mr. Bell recollects when an order was taken from a professor at the school a year previously, and how he was forced to get a state warrant to eventually pay for the bill. He states that he is willing to give the school a second chance if it is honest and amiable.

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[1] p. ; 28 cm.

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Bell, Ovid August 27, 1941.

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Letter from the President and General Manager of The Ovid Bell Press, Inc. to the Dean of the Medical School at University of Texas. The letter concerns an order from the school for reprints of of an article by Dr. Meyer Bodansky. Mr. Bell recollects when an order was taken from a professor at the school a year previously, and how he was forced to get a state warrant to eventually pay for the bill. He states that he is willing to give the school a second chance if it is honest and amiable.

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[1] p. ; 28 cm.

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Texas Cultures Online

Texas Cultures Online features local history materials from eighteen institutions depicting the diverse cultures of Texas during the 19th and 20th centuries. Funding provided by the Amon Carter Foundation.

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  • August 27, 1941

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Bell, Ovid. [Letter from Ovid Bell to the Dean of the Medical School of the University of North Texas - August 27, 1941], letter, August 27, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth228549/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Moody Medical Library, UT.

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