Charles Leroy Lowman Papers

This collection contains material related to Dr. Charles Leroy Lowman's book Techniques of Underwater Gymnastics, published by American Publications in 1937. The collection is housed in two grey upright boxes and is organized alphabetically by folder title. Box 1 contains Lowman's handwritten notes on the chapters of the book, material relating to the medical profession and other practitioners of hydrotherapy, correspondence regarding his techniques and the book's publication, and many photographs of treatment facilities and of orthopedic techniques and exercises. Box 2 contains a draft and proof versions of his monograph, and includes editorial markings and revisions on the documents themselves.