CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM. B.1947.


Group of material relating to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Celebrating 100 Years: Centennial Symposium, Thursday, June 10, 1993, featuring a keynote address by then First Lady Hillary Clinton on health care reform, containing 4 items: 1. Printed schedule of events, INSCRIBED BY CLINTON, "Happy 100th Birthday to Johns Hopkins! Hillary Rodham Clinton;"2. Transcript of her complete address as recorded by Bruce Fye;3. Original photograph of Hillary Clinton at Johns Hopkins at the time of her address, 5 x 7 inch c-print on Kodak paper, 1993;4. Original issue of Johns Hopkins Medical News, with Clinton cover, and article "Hillary at Hopkins," pp 44-49, including a photograph of this unique signed copy of the schedule of events.According to Dr. Fye: "I sat with A. McGehee Harvey at this event that was held in Turner Auditorium. In fact, I recorded an oral history interview of him at this time for my book American Cardiology, which was published in 1996. At the conclusion of the program I went to the front of the auditorium where there were two men in her Secret Service detail standing in front of the closed curtains. Through a crack in the curtains, I could see Mrs. Clinton sitting in a chair backstage and asked them if they would ask her to sign the program. They informed me that she would not be signing autographs. I persisted, mentioning the historic significance of the event and my interest in the history of medicine and Johns Hopkins. One of them went back stage and Mrs. Clinton's assistant came out to tell me directly that the First Lady would not be signing autographs. I explained why I thought this would be something she might consider, and the assistant then asked me what I wanted her to write on the program. I said, 'Happy 100th Birthday Johns Hopkins.' In a few minutes the assistant returned with the program signed 'Happy 100th Birthday to Johns Hopkins, Hilary Rodham Clinton.' I sent a color print of the signed program to the Johns Hopkins Medical News, and they published it with an article about the First Lady's speech about health care reform." A unique collection of Johns Hopkins ephemera.