Daily Archives: January 24, 2013

Special drawings are such a fun part of our special collections

Another fun treat from collections archivist Karl McCreary! Last week we received a new addition to the College of Veterinary Medicine Records, 1923-1976 (RG 175), and what did Karl find when he started digging in? Well there were some odd animal surgery pictures contrasted with cute ones of curled up cats, memos about berserk llamas, and some fabulous drawings.

Straight from a Vet Med presentations file come these drawings for a course Dr. Pearson taught in January of 1983. We’re unsure if they were drawn by Dr. Pearson, but it is clear that this cow has passed “normal,” cruised through “chubby” and “stocky,” by-passed “obese,” and is fully stuck on “fat.” Poor guy…