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Herbert Traut Collection
MSS.2022.56
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Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: Herbert Traut collection
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2022.56
Physical Description:
.21 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1943-1975
Language of Material:
English
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Herbert Traut Collection, MSS 2020-56. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.
Collection is open for research. The UCSF Archives and Special Collections policy places access restrictions on material with
privacy issues for a specific time period from the date of creation. Restrictions are noted at the series level. This collection
will be reviewed for sensitive content upon request. Contact the UCSF Archivist for information on access to restricted files.
Copyright for some materials has not been assigned to the UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for
permission to publish material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on
behalf of the Library and Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collecton was transferred to the archives by UCSF's Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences in
2020.
Dr. Herbert F. Traut was the chair of UCSF's obstetrics and gynecology department. Dr. Traut helped to develop the Pap smear,
a test widely used to detect cancer of the cervix. The records, related to Dr. Traut, were found and transferred to the archives
by UCSF's department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences in 2020.