B. F. (Tod) Dewel Papers
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Scope and Contents
The papers of B. F. (Tod) Dewel document his education in orthodontics and his interest in the history of the College of Dentistry. The collection includes correspondence, teaching material and alumni lists. About half of the collection consists of course notebooks Dewel made while earning his D.D.S. degree at SUI in the early 1920s.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-1992
Creator
- Dewel, B. F. (Tod) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
Biographical / Historical
Burl Francis Dewel was born in Burt, Iowa, on September 28, 1902, and graduated from Algona High School. He entered the State University of Iowa College of Dentistry in fall 1920 and received the D.D.S. degree in June 1925.
Dewel worked at SUI as a demonstrator, or teaching assistant, to the head of orthodontics, Dr. J. Elon Rose, from July 1925 through 1929. He began his private practice in orthodontia, which he maintained for fifty years, in Evanston, Illinois, in 1929. Dewel also taught part time at Northwestern University. He served on the American Board of Orthodontics and was editor-in-chief of the American Journal Of Orthodontics from 1969 to 1979. He established the first professorship in Dentistry at the University of Iowa in 1988 with a substantial gift. B. F. Dewel died on October 6, 1999 in Evanston, Illinois.
Dewel was one of several in his family with ties to the State University of Iowa. His father, William Cornelius Dewel, graduated from SUI in 1896 and was editor-in-chief of the Hawkeye class annual in 1895. Later, he was the editor and publisher of the Kossuth County Advance newspaper in Algona. Dewel's older brother, Duane, later became the editor and owner of the Advance. His youngest brother, Robert, graduated from the SUI College of Dentistry in 1942.
Extent
1.00 Linear Feet
Abstract
College of Dentistry graduate and teaching assistant who endowed the first chair in dentistry in 1988. Correspondence and course notebooks regarding dental education and history.
Method of Acquisition
The Papers of B. F. (Tod) Dewel were donated to the University of Iowa Archives by Nellie W. Kremenak in April 2001. Guide posted to the Internet in June 2010.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Archives Repository
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242
319-335-5921
lib-spec@uiowa.edu