Abstract:Correspondence, reports, manuscripts, photographs, and slides relating primarily to Lembcke's projects with Eleanor Poland, Ph.D., from whom the material was acquired. They reflect Lembcke's interest in and research on medical auditing, epidemiology, preventive medicine, and the regional organizations of hospitals in the United States and Sweden. Most extensive are the records relating to the research conducted by Lembcke and Poland for Community Studies, Inc., on Kansas hospitals and health care delivery.

Abstract:Names mentioned in the typescript include William A. Hammond, Nathaniel Lyon, and James Simons.

Abstract:Telegraph transcripts of military orders and directives sent and received by Letterman during his Civil War service. The diaries describe a trip from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Union, N.M. and back. Evidence indicates that the diary was not kept by Letterman.