Marvin Epstein, M.D. Collection
Finding aid created by Contra Costa County Historical Society staff using RecordEXPRESS
Contra Costa County Historical Society
2018
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Martinez, California 94553
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Title: Marvin Epstein, M.D. Collection
Dates: 1996-1999
Collection Number: 1998.10
Creator/Collector:
Epstein, M.D., Marvin
Extent: 3 boxes
Repository:
Contra Costa County Historical Society
Martinez, California 94553
Abstract: Dr. Marvin Epstein wrote the book, In Sickness and Health, The Progress of Medical Care in Contra Costa County, 1951 – 2000.
This collection contains written transcripts and tapes of interviews of present and former staff of John Muir Med Center.
Includes local physicians, administrators, nurses, architects, and politicians in Contra Costa County from 1996-1999. Interviews
provided the source of medical changes in the county involving local hospitals. Includes 41 interviews.
Language of Material: English
This collection is open for research.
Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.
Marvin Epstein, M.D. Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
Box 1: Transcripts of interviews with the following people:
Dan Ben-Zeev, MD; Dr. Henrik Blum; Robert A. Clark; Robert H. Clough; Michael L. Cohen, MD; Karl A Ehrlich MD; Howard B Flanders,
MD; W. James Eldred, MD; Gladys Grassini; Pat Hart; Frederick Hanson; Samuel Hauer, MD; Beverly Jones, RN; I B Johnston, MD;
Will H Lane, MD; Dr. Douglas Lange; Dr. Edith Lowenstein; Reverend Dwane L Michael; J. Kendall Anderson; John E Mason, MD;
L. Robert Martin; William McIvor, MD; Donald B McKean; John A Nejedly; Janice S Nolan; Ralph D Reamy; Dr. Maxine Sehring;
Eric Saff; Ross Halberg; Edmond A Schroff, MD; Vincent D. Scoccia; Sheldon Sidell, MD; David R Thistlethwaite; Theodore P
Weis, MD; Dr. George Weston; Byron C Zaharias, MD; Howard D Maccabee, MD; Paul E Cianci, MD.
Box 2: Transcripts of interviews with the following people: John K Barbieri, MD; Paul H Chodroff, MD; Robert Ayres, MD; Signed
agreements; Dr. Marvin Epstein’s obituary.
Box 3: Collection of cassette tapes of the interviews.
History, hospital
Hospital, John Muir
interviews