QUERY: International League Against Epilepsy

• Date:   Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:19:40 +0100
• To:  sthc-l@lists.ucla.edu
• From:   G Weiss   < weissg AT balcab.ch >
• Subject:   QUERY: International League Against Epilepsy
• Message-ID:   6.2.1.2.2.20061207092629.023e0008@pop.hispeed.ch

Hello,

I am a freelance writer and researcher tasked with gathering 
history for the upcoming centenary of the International League 
Against Epilepsy. I would be most grateful for leads to archives 
related to the league's first 60-odd years (1909-1970), or its journal, 
Epilepsia, and in particular, William G. Lennox, the league's president 
from 1935 to 1949.

Lennox happened also to be president of the American branch of the league 
(the American League Against Epilepsy, now the American Epilepsy Society) 
for 1936.

I have located some holdings at Harvard University (where Lennox was 
on the faculty), Johns Hopkins University, and Washington University in 
St. Louis. 

But both the league and the journal suffered several major 
interruptions, not necessarily in tandem, and the story has 
proved difficult to piece together in detail. The league was 
founded in Budapest in 1909. The United States had a role from 
the beginning, and carried the journal through the second world war.

I can supply a list of significant players for the period in 
question, if that would help. My query is not restricted to 
U.S. archives.

As this topic may not be of general interest, feel free to respond 
to me off-list, at 

weissg@balcab.ch


With many thanks,

Giselle Weiss
Ochsengasse 14
CH-4123 Allschwil
Switzerland
Tel: +41 61 482 20 41
E-mail: weissg@balcab.ch

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