Charles Cassedy Bass papers, 1899-1975 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Charles Cassedy Bass papers, 1899-1975

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 419

Primary Creator: Bass, Charles C. (Charles Cassedy), 1875-1975.

Extent: 3.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged as follows: biographical material, correspondence, printed materials, writings, and published writings. The collection consists of three boxes and seven volumes.

Date Acquired: 09/22/1976

Subjects: Bass, Charles C. (Charles Cassedy), 1875-1975., Dental health education., Physicians -- Louisiana -- New Orleans., Tulane University. School of Medicine.

Forms of Material: Biographies., Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence., Manuscripts (document genre), Photographs., Programs (documents)., Publications., Writings.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of the correspondence, writings, diplomas, certificates, programs, sympathy notes, clippings, and photographs of Dr. Charles Cassedy Bass (1875-1975). Bass was a professor at Tulane Medical School and later dean (1922-1940). He did research on and promoted the "Bass technique" of preventative dental health care, and there are writings on this topic in the collection. In addition, there are biographies on Bass, as well as writings about him by others. There are also published volumes of writings by Bass.

Biographical Note

Charles Cassedy Bass (1875-1975) was the son of Isaac E. and Mary Wilkes Bass and born in Carley, Mississippi. He received his medical degree from Tulane University in 1899. In 1897 he married Coraline Howell and practiced in Columbia, Mississippi from 1899 to 1904 when he began doing research in New Orleans. One of his major discoveries was the cultivation of malarial plasmodia in vitro, which was brought to full use when Bass did research in the Panama Canal Zone in 1912. Bass became Professor of Experimental Medicine and Director of Laboratories of Clinical Medicine at Tulane University from 1912-1940, and served as Dean of the School of Medicine from 1922 to 1940. From 1940 until his death, Bass did research on and promoted the "Bass technique" of preventative dental health care, the currently accepted model of dental care. He served as president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine, authored and co-authored several books, as well as over one hundred and sixty articles and brochures.

Subject/Index Terms

Bass, Charles C. (Charles Cassedy), 1875-1975.
Dental health education.
Physicians -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Tulane University. School of Medicine.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Acquisition Source: Mrs. James W. Hopkins.

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: Charles Cassedy Bass papers, Manuscripts Collection 419, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection processed in 1977 by WM.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Correspondence, certificates, and other papers],
[Box 2: Manuscripts and printed materials],
[Box 3: Photographs, Elizabeth Bass, and other papers],
[Volume 1: Collected Writings of Charles Cassedy Bass, 1908-1924],
[Volume 2: Collected Writings of Charles Cassedy Bass, 1925-1953],
[Volume 3: Collected Writings of Charles Cassedy Bass, various dates],
[Volume 4: Bass, Charles Cassedy and Johns, Foster M., Practical Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis, 1920],
[Volume 5: Dock, George and Bass, Charles Cassedy, Hookworm Disease, 1910],
[Volume 6: Bass, Charles Cassedy and Johns, Foster M., Alveolodental Pyorrhea, 1915],
[Volume 7: Vaughan, Victor C., et al, Commemorative Volume, 1915],
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Volume 6: Bass, Charles Cassedy and Johns, Foster M., Alveolodental Pyorrhea, 1915: Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company.

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