Description: Papers of J. Howard Beard (1883-1950), Professor of Hygiene, University Health Officer (1916), Head of the Department of Health Service (1924), and Medical Director of University Retirement System (1941), include medical references and diagrams notebooks, memorial speech, publications, correspondence with UI regarding professorship, Health Services and University Hospital forms, and notes, diagrams and lectures concerning Histology, Physiology, and Physiological Chemistry.