MS 111 Guide to Henry Renfert, MD Papers (1935-1992)

Authors

Henry Reinfert (1920-2003)

Author Biographical Info

Dr. Henry Renfert, Jr. was born May 5, 1920 in Fort Worth, Texas, to German immigrant Heinrich Renfert and his wife, Wisconsin native Wanda Stresau. He had an older brother and sister, Frederic and Wandy, and a twin sister, Melita. His childhood was spent mostly in Galveston but his parents sent him to Wisconsin to attend high school at the Milwaukee Country Day School (1934-1937). He graduated from Cornell University in 1941. He earned his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College in 1944 and interned at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The Austin Diagnostic Clinic was the first clinic in Austin to provide in-house radiology and laboratory testing, as well as the first to supply its own specialists in many different fields. It eventually grew into the Austin Diagnostic Medical Center, with a hospital and over 130 doctors. Today, it is called the Austin Medical Center and has several branches. See more at https://archives.library.tmc.edu/ms-111.

Identifier

MS 111

Publication Date(s)

February 17, 2022

Language

English

Keywords

Ophthalmology, Military, Diagnostics, Austin (TX), Henry Renfert, correspondence

Abstract

The papers of Dr. Henry Renfert are made up mostly of personal letters from his time in the Navy during and after World War II, letters from the time of his residency training in between tours of duty, and official paperwork regarding his time in the Navy and Navy Reserves. Most of the material dates from between 1944 and 1954, with a few exceptions.

The collection also contains some miscellaneous items such as budget lists, bills, novelty poems, newspaper items about Renfert, Sr., and Dr. Renfert’s military medals. See more at MS 111.

Copyright

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Comments

Henry Renfert donated collection.

Recommended Citation

Reinfert, Henry (1920-2003), "MS 111 Guide to Henry Renfert, MD Papers (1935-1992)" (2022). Manuscript Finding Aids. 129.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/findingaids/129