Robert C. Drews, MD (b.1930)

Descriptive Summary
Title:                       Robert C. Drews, MD Collection
Collection ID:         SCDRWPOP1
Size:                       1 Binder, 1 Box
Repository:             Museum of Vision, Academy Archives
Abstract:                Collection of items related to the American Academy
                              of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology cruise to
                              Bermuda, 1963

Administrative Information
Source:                   Robert C. Drews, MD
Access:                  Collection is open to the public by appointment only
Restrictions:            Material is copyrighted, for permission to publish
                              please contact the Museum of Vision at (415) 561-
                              8502 or museum@aao.org
Preferred Citation:  [identification of item], Robert C. Drews, MD 
                              Collection, Museum of Vision and the American
                              Academy of Ophthalmology.

Historical Note
In 1963 the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology held its 67th Annual Meeting in New York City. A post-meeting cruise, advertised as “the Bermuda Seminars of the AAOO”, was available to all attendees for an additional fee. The cruise was organized by an outside firm- Leon V. Arnold , travel consultant. The cruise started on Saturday, October 26th and returned Friday, November 1st. The program included two, half day scientific programs. During the cruise Dr. Drews delivered a talk on “Practical Office Tonography”. In an email dated August 5, 1999, Dr. Drews stated, “Those were the good old days, when going to a meeting was very special, and combining it with a cruise was extraordinary.”

Scope and Content
This is a one-of-a kind collection from Dr. Robert Drews of Missouri, includes memorabilia from the 1963 AAOO Annual Meeting Bermuda cruise, correspondence, photographs, menus and activity rosters. Foods listed on the menus are not exclusive, just typical of the dozens of selections available to passengers. The photographs were taken two weeks before President John Kennedy was shot in November 1963.

Container List
Binder 1
   11 colored slides of the ship, Bermuda Queen 1 colored slide of 
     Mrs.  John Warren Henderson, MD (she is wearing sunglasses)
   Letter from Paul Valentine of The New York Hilton to Sante Travel
     Agency, February 25, 1963
   Letter from Robert Drews, MD to Leon Arnold, March 21, 1963
   Letter from Leon Arnold to Miss Norma Sante, April 4, 1963
   Reservation order form, April 11, 1963
   Bermuda Seminars room descriptions and price list, March 1, 1963
   Letter from Robert Drews, MD to Paul Valentine of The New York
     Hilton, August 6, 1963
   Bermuda Seminars bill for room and instructions
   Letter from Leon Arnold to Robert Drews, MD, September 5, 1963
   Letter from Robert Drews, MD to The New York Hilton, September
     18, 1963
   Letter from John Hirsch of The New York Hilton to Robert Drews,
     MD, September 20, 1963
   Letter from Robert Drews, MD to Eugene Emerson, MD, November
     7, 1963
   1963 AAOO Annual Meeting badge, Robert Drews, MD
   Photograph of attendees at dinner table
   Pictorial Map of the City of Hamilton, Bermuda
   Pictorial Map of St. George, Bermuda
   Program for AAOO Bermuda Seminars (scientific program, social
     program, membership list)
   Telephone message to Dr. Drews recorded on board, October 30,
     1963
   Passenger List and Diary for Queen of Bermuda
   Oversized picture postcard mailed from Bermuda to Dr. Drews'
     daughter
   Breakfast menu, October 27, 1963
   Breakfast menu, October 28, 1963
   Breakfast menu, October 29, 1963
   Breakfast menu, October 30, 1963
   Lunch menu, October 27, 1963
   Lunch menu, October 28, 1963
   Lunch menu, October 29, 1963
   Lunch menu, October 30, 1963
   Dinner menu, October 26, 1963
   Dinner menu, October 27, 1963
   Dinner menu, October 28, 1963
   Dinner menu, October 29, 1963
   Dinner menu, October 30, 1963
   Dinner menu, October 31, 1963
   Official Program for AAOO Annual Meeting, cover only
   Acknowledgement of Order for Instruction Tickets, AAOO

Box 1
   Today's Activities List for Queen of Bermuda, October 26, 1963
   Today's Activities List for Queen of Bermuda, October 27, 1963
   Today's Activities List for Queen of Bermuda, October 31, 1963

American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Annual Meeting badge, 1963. Ribbon reads "Bermuda Seminars 1963"

Photograph of dinner table, Dr. Drews is the gentleman on the left