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catalog abstract "Contains professional and some personal correspondence, research notes, plant specimens, original sketches, photographs, reprints, scrapbooks, and maps. Correspondence pertains to Svenson's involvement in professional societies, his work at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, plant identification, and plant collecting, mostly at Cape Cod, Mass. and in Central and South America. Some of the letters are from noted botanists. Also includes unpublished research notes on Cyperaceae, the Galapagos Islands, and other subjects.".
catalog abstract "Chiefly records of two directors of Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory: A. Lawrence Rotch and Charles F. Brooks. Rotch's records contain incoming letters from scientists at other observatories, such as Kew in England, Mt. Kosciusko in Australia, and the Institute of Meteorology in Nanking, China. Subjects relate to kite meteorology, cloud measurement, balloons (including ascents from Berlin, 1891 and Strassburg, 1901) and balloon construction, observations of auroral bands, etc., as well as events, such as exhibitions of scientific instruments and meteorological congresses. Notable correspondents include Octave Chanute and W. H. Dines. Also photographs, reprints, and documents concerning the Dines pressure tube anemometer. A considerable number of photographs, ca.1890s-1900s, show activities and staff at the Blue Hill Observatory and include interior and exterior views of the station and of instruments such as electrometers. Other photos from this period are of foreign weather observatories and equipment; the first balloon ascent in the U.S. (1904); cloud formations and phenomena such as lightning; and general views taken from kites. Additional Rotch records include typescripts of his writings on the use of kites for weather observations; notes on the International Congress of Hydrology and Climatology (1889) and on balloon ascents in Paris that year; letters and other papers about the New England Meteorological Society and its 1889 exhibit. Records of Brooks include some correspondence, ca.1930-ca.1940, mostly pertaining to radiosonde; manuscripts of writings; and news releases. Other reference materials in the collection are a large number of reprints of scientific articles, many by Harvard faculty; Blue Hill publications and reports; weather charts and graphs; equipment catalogues from Zeiss, Husun, Wild, and other companies; and books. Topics covered in these sources include kites and aeronautics, atmosphere, wind, temperature, eclipses and aurora borealis, radiant energy, thunder, storms, magnetism, and climate. There is also an automatic aerial camera (a special order by Rotch from a French firm in 1899) which is housed in the Historical Scientific Instruments Collection as well.".
catalog abstract "Records of William Bond & Son document various aspects of the clock-making industry and its impact on 19th century America, particularly the railroad industry, and astronomical and geodetic sciences. Also includes some family papers; personal documents of William Cranch Bond, such as deeds, his father's apprentice indenture, 1769, and naturalization papers, 1785; and Harvard College Observatory records from Bond's directorship (1845-1859). Business records include 4 volumes of daybooks, 1833-1903, recording dealings with the Observatory and U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; agreement with the railroads to maintain their clocks and provide standard time for them; involvement with the U.S. Chronometric Expedition to determine difference of longitude between Greenwich Observatory (England) and Cambridge, Mass.; bankruptcy of the firm in 1875; and instrument repair. Additional records are 3 volumes of account books, 1857-1917, business correspondence, 1808-1931, and letterbooks, 1816-1914; payroll and legal documents, such as U.S. Navy contract to maintain chronometers; a book of drawings for, and photographs of chronographs (astronomical recording devices); and miscellaneous materials including notes on chronometer making, testimonials and photographs of the business. Family papers contain letters, dated 1800-1909, photographs, land deeds, genealogical documents, and biographical information on William Bond by Edward Everett. Collection includes objects such as foundry patterns, medals, and watches. Records relating to the Harvard Observatory include correspondence and drafts of annual reports, 1849-1866. There are several William Bond & Son clocks also housed in the Historical Scientific Instruments collection.".
catalog abstract "Papers document Nathan Matthews' activities in state and city politics from 1888 to 1893. Most of the materials pertain to three of his four terms as Mayor of Boston, including copies of official outgoing correspondence, documents such as municipal reports and public addresses concerning rapid transit planning and other issues Matthews was involved in, and clippings. Also some correspondence, printed speeches, broadsides and other items reflecting Matthews' role in the Young Men's Democratic Club during the year of 1888 and the Democratic Platform and the Democratic State Committee in 1889. Collection is contained in 15 bound volumes, each with a table of contents.".
catalog abstract "Records contain correspondence files, mainly of the secretary of the committee, Harry B. Price, with members, including honorary chairmen Henry L. Stimson and William Allen White, and other individuals and organizations, such as the American Union for Concerted Peace Efforts; administrative files containing committee reports and financial records; and clippings files. Materials pertain to issues such as U.S.-Japanese and Sino-Japanese relations prior to United States entry into World War II.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence of Lyman Spalding with various colleagues concerning public health issues, medical matters, and his appointments and lecturing. Topics covered include vaccination of smallpox and requests for vaccine matter, treatment of rabies and other diseases, his medical practice in New Hampshire, proposals for the Pharmacopeoia, and exchange of bills of mortality. Also manuscripts of addresses on fever, and manuscripts and notes concerning medical and surgical cases, such as midwifery and yellow fever.".
catalog abstract "Contains 13 volumes of letterbooks and correspondence, including letters, 1912-1944, from Peter Bent Brigham Hospital staff to Christian and correspondence, 1910-1939, between Christian and Harvey Cushing, H. B. Howard, J. B. Howland, and hospital trustees. Also 23 scrapbooks with letters to Christian, clippings, photographs, and programs, dating from 1891 to 1951. Other materials include transcripts of amphitheatre clinics in medicine given at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital from 1914 to 1926; typescripts of lectures, 1909-1928, to Harvard Medical School students; hospital medical staff notes on medical travels in Europe, 1912; and Christian's diplomas. Correspondence documents the organization and operation of the Brigham Hospital and beginnings of the American Federation for Clinical Research.".
catalog abstract "The Edwin Joseph Cohn papers, 1927-1955 (inclusive), are a product of Cohn's professional appointments, activities, and research, during the period of his service at Harvard Medical School as the Head of the Department of Physical Chemistry and Director of the University Laboratory of Physical Chemistry Related to Medicine and Public Health, and at Harvard University as the Chairman of the Division of Medical Sciences of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Chairman of the Department of Biophysical Chemistry.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence, notes, and printed material about vivisection gathered by Barger in his capacity as president of the Massachusetts Society for Medical Research.".
catalog abstract "Contains Benedict's autobiography, correspondence, reports, manuscripts, travel journals, and newspaper clippings documenting his research and professional activities as Director of the Boston Nutrition Laboratory. Also includes correspondence, location studies, reports, and research outlines from the founding and beginning years of the Boston Nutrition Laboratory; and correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs from Benedict's travels to Europe, research at Wesleyan University, and lifelong interest in magic.".
catalog abstract "Contains original letters to John Wakefield Francis, mostly about Thacher's works, American Modern Practice and American Medical Biography, and letters to family members concerning domestic and medical matters.".
catalog abstract "Contains mostly letters from various correspondents pertaining to medical matters, such as medical and surgical cases, treatment and remedies; Fifield's memberships and activities in medical societies; and his professional appointments. Several letters contain biographical information on Sir Charles Bell. Also includes admission cards to Harvard Medical School lectures and other miscellaneous items. Some of this material and also several letters belong to Noah Fifield, to George Fordyce Fifield, and to other family members.".
catalog abstract "Contains chiefly letters to Bowditch from colleagues concerning nutrition research, teaching about alcohol in schools, international physiological meetings, fund raising, and routine matters such as appointments, publications, and recommendations. Significant correspondents are Sir Michael Foster and Angelo Mosso. Also includes draft of letter from Bowditch about homeopathy and letters of condolence upon his death.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence, research notes and photographs, drafts and notes for autopsy reports, notices of appointments and honors, certificates, and bibliography of Canavan's writings. Most of her correspondence is with colleagues at Harvard and at other medical schools and societies concerning her studies in pathology and administration of the Warren Anatomical Museum. The research material documents her studies of multiple sclerosis, brain disease, pathology of mental deficiency, and related medical cases, including Canavan's post-mortem examination of Elmer Ernest Southard's brain. Also includes her notebook of research on skin diseases.".
catalog abstract "Contains records, including laboratory reports, autopsy notes and photographs, of patient Coucilman treated in 1915. Also some correspondence, personal and professional, and a sketchbook of Councilman's drawings.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence between Andrews and William Brooks about student activities at Dartmouth Medical School, personal affairs, and Brooks' medical practice. Also letters to Andrews from several other correspondents concerning Dartmouth and Berkshire Medical Institution; admission cards to lectures; and personal documents.".
catalog abstract "Contains Burwell's office files, 1926-1949, including correspondence, memoranda, reports, and minutes, documenting his administrative responsibilities at the Harvard Medical School and other involvement with medical societies, Boston hospitals, publishers, and medical colleagues and students. Some of the correspondence pertains to Peiping Union Medical College, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine and Boston Medical Library. Other material includes drafts of Burwell's speeches, patient notes, scrapbooks, and notebooks containing material for classes he taught at the Harvard Medical School, manuscripts of writings, photographs, notes on various diseases, and reprints by Burwell and others. Also Burwell's papers, 1940-1945, as a member of the Federal Security Agency's Subcommittee on Medical Education, World War II. Burwell's unpublished manuscript, correspondence, and research notes for A History of Harvard Medicine, 1764-1964, are included in the collection. A portion of the material containing Burwell's correspondence, memoranda, notes, manuscripts, and office files is uncataloged.".
catalog abstract "Includes correspondence, 1920-1928, concerning Cobb's teaching and departmental work at the Harvard Medical School; professional involvement outside Harvard; medical studies in Europe; research in psychiatry; and other activities of his earlier years. Also photostatic copies of correspondence, 1925-1968, with Wilder Penfield about researach on brain functions and other matters; and correspondence and reports of the Committee on Drug Addictions and the Harvard Crime Survey. Publications files, ca. 1901-1950, contain reprints of journal articles; manuscripts of articles, reports and other writings; photographs and drawings; and related correspondence, which reflect Cobb's research on cerebral circulation and other subjects.".
catalog abstract "Papers constitute a fragmentary collection of materials from Coriat, and include papers relating to his professional, research, and teaching activities. Organizational material contains correspondence, questionnaires, typescripts and mimeographs, and reports documenting his service as member of Education Committee and instructor at the Boston Psychoanalytical Institute. Also minutes, notes, and mimeographs from other psychoanalytic societies. Research subject files contain some manuscripts, correspondence, and notes, as well as clippings and reprints on the following subjects: stammering, traumatic neuroses, witchcraft, medical history, Vesalius, Egyptology, physics and Einstein, etc. Other material includes analytic cases, psychoanalytic, and reading and study notes; speeches and related papers mostly to professional groups; photographs; scrapbooks with reviews of Coriat's publications, Freud memorabilia and clippings; and reprints of articles by Coriat.".
catalog abstract "Records in the Leona Baumgartner papers were created by Baumgartner during the course of her career as a state public health administrator and consultant, physician, lecturer, professor, and contributing member of professional health care boards and foundations from 1930 to 1970. Records consist of: research materials and reports from the International Development Institute (New York), the Health Research Insititute of New York, the Harvard Center for Health Services, the American Public Health Association, and the Harvard School of Public Health; notes for maternal and child welfare papers and presentations; lecture and speech drafts for talks delivered by Baumgartner as New York City's Commissioner of Public Health; personal and professional correspondence generated during Baumgartner's years of service to New York City Department of Health, and tenures as Executive Director of the New York Foundation, Associate Chief of the United States Children's Bureau, and Visiting Professor of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School; research data and laboratory notes compiled while a student at Yale University, as well as notes from later global population studies, reports, and journals (including draft articles from Baumgartner and others), newspaper articles and magazine clippings; conference materials, administrative records, meeting minutes, appointment books, and photographs from Baumgartner's domestic and international trips and award ceremonies, and scrapbooks. The collection also contains records generated from Baumgartner's personal activities, including her travel diaries, collected family records (letters, diaries and notebooks), personal photographs, and awards, medals, plaques, diplomas, and other memorabilia.".
catalog abstract "Consists of office files of the Division of Medical Sciences, mostly pertaining to Ball's chairmanship. Includes lecture, 1955 (on tape); correspondence pertaining to fellowships, courses, and other topics; annual and committee reports; and historical information on the Division.".
catalog abstract "Papers reflect Wolbach's research, teaching, writing, and other professional activities. Research materials include correspondence, reports, notes, data, memoranda, photographs, and reprints concerning his experiments and studies on infectious diseases, particularly Rocky Mountain and spotted fevers, and typhus; vitamin deficiencies; and bacteriology. Include snapshot album, diary, and maps from Gambia Expedition in 1911; research notebooks on bovine tuberculosis and rickettsia studies; report, notes, charts, case histories, correspondence, autopsy reports and photographs for typhus study in Poland from 1919 to 1924; and autopsy reports of influenza deaths in Massachusetts in 1918. Teaching materials include copies of his lectures for special pathology course in 1933-1934, correspondence with colleagues at Harvard Medical School, and papers about departmental matters in the Harvard Medical and Dental Schools. Also contain manuscripts of papers, articles, and other writings, 1903-1957, based on his research, with illustrations for his publications. Other professional activities reflected in the papers include his involvement with professional societies, such as American Association for Cancer Research and National Research Council Committee on Pathology; consulting; and editorial work for Archives of Pathology. Some biographical information, with memorial tributes, is also in the collection.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence and related material, mostly concerning Whittenberger's research at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Research which was conducted for the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis from 1945 to 1962 is documented by correspondence, reports, financial records, and material from congresses and conferences, in addition to reports on poliomyelitis epidemics. Also includes grant files, 1947 to 1957, for HSPH Department of Physiology contracts with the Army Chemical Center in Maryland, and papers from conferences on respiration. There is some material on Whittenberger's work on HSPH committees and with professional societies. Notebooks, 1958 to 1963, contain correspondence with contributors and publishers of Artificial Respiration (1962), which Whittenberger edited, and copies of articles included in the volume, along with notes, memoranda, reviews, and illustrations.".
catalog abstract "Contains Worcester's typed reminiscences of Harvard College in the 1870's, Harvard Medical School in the 1880's, and the treatment of tuberculosis. Also includes his lectures and sermons, 1911-1935.".
catalog abstract "Contains considerable amount of material documenting Jones' professional affiliations, especially as chairman of the American Board of Internal Medicine and reflecting his committee and fund raising work at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH); also publication files; papers about Harvard Medical School alumni activities; and other material. American Board of Internal Medicine records, ca.1937-1968, pertain mostly to certification of physicians and to evaluation of training programs, and include correspondence, agendas of meetings, examination questions, and data on training. Professional correspondence with colleagues, such as James Howard Means, and letters concerning his involvement in professional societies, such as The American College of Physicians; consultancy work; and awards, etc. also exist in the collection, as well as related agendas, minutes, and manuscripts of papers Jones gave at conferences. MGH records include correspondence, memoranda, committee and departmental reports, lecturing schedules, and a few patient notes and charts. Much of this pertains to residency programs at MGH, fund raising for research, and medical exams for corporate executives. Publications material includes manuscripts of articles, reports, and book reviews (in some cases files may contain clinical photographs, research notes, and reprints), and also some manuscripts of radio talks and lectures, mostly on digestive tract pain.".
catalog abstract "Contains mainly drafts of articles and the book, Neurological Surgery of Infancy and Childhood, with related notes, photographs, and reprints. Also includes three notebooks, 1944-1945, concerning diagnosis and treatment of patients seen by Matson while serving in the Marine Corps in Europe, and some patient records from the Children's Medical Center.".
catalog abstract "Contains mostly correspondence files reflecting Guttmacher's psychiatric work for the court in Baltimore, consulting for U.S. Army and other organizations, lecturing, involvement in professional societies, publications, and other activities. Related material includes psychiatric evaluations and other records concerning court cases, reports on hospital visits for the U.S. Army, manuscripts of speeches and conference papers on such topics as the psychotic aspects of criminal behavior, programs and grant applications.".
catalog abstract "Consists of slides and tape recording (lacks transcript) documenting Levine's life.".
catalog abstract "Consists of typescripts of scientific papers and outlines; biographical sketches; lecture notes; minutes of meetings of the New England Society of Dermatology and Syphilis, 1916-1917; case notes, ca.1918; and medical photographs.".
catalog abstract "Most of the papers are letters from Holmes to various colleagues, concerning mainly medical topics and people. Subjects include treatment by bleeding, a remedy for asthma, Holmes' discovery of bone cells, condolences upon the death of Henry J. Bigelow, Boston Medical Library Association and Tremont Medical School matters, the resignation of a Harvard Medical School dean, and Civil War injuries of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Other items include three poems by Holmes and Thomas Dwight's reminiscences, ca.1900, of Holmes as an anatomy professor.".
catalog abstract "Consists of two diaries, dated 1877 and 1878; and medical notes, 1881, from Bellevue Hospital in New York City.".
catalog abstract "Contains meeting minutes and correspondence with colleagues and Harvard Medical School administrators about subjects including teaching appointments, curriculum planning, Ayer's research and administrative activities at Harvard Medical School. Correspondence with colleagues and patients document his clinical activities, and the limits of treating patients with neurological disorders. Writings contained in the collection are the product of his research on human cerebrospinal fluid. The collection also contains journals, financial ledgers, medical notes, and correspondence by and about his father, James Bourne Ayer, 1849-1910, AB, Harvard College, and MD, 1873, Harvard Medical School, who specialized in nervous disorders; and his grandfather, James Ayer, 1815-1891, also a physician in Boston, Mass., and the Ayer family.".
catalog abstract "Consists of the personal and professional correspondence of Edwin Bidwell Wilson (1879-1964). The bulk of the correspondence was generated as a result of Wilson’s professional activities as a statistician and member of the Harvard School of Public Health faculty, Boston, Massachusetts.".
catalog abstract "Contains mainly Means' official files as chief of medical services at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), as Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and acting dean of the Faculty in 1946; but also includes material relating to his thyroid research, involvement in medical societies, professional travels, appointment as staff physician at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and writings on health care issues and other topics. Major correspondents include MGH Director Frederic A. Washburn and members of the out-patient and surgical departments; Harvard faculty and research staff, such as Cecil K. Drinker, Henry Christian, David Edsall (1869-1945), Paul D. White (1886-1973), William T. Salter, George R. Minot; and other scientists, August Krogh and Eugene F. Du Bois (1882-1959). Materials, such as correspondence, course schedules, ward assignments, and lectures pertain to hospital administrative matters and activities of the thyroid clinic, cost of medical services and other health care issues, teaching, and research. Papers also include HMS committee records on admission, curriculum revision, fellowships, and examinations; manuscripts of unpublished writings on medical topics and the history of MGH; questionnaires and manuscripts for a book on American Association of Physicians; speeches, 1925-1965; sketches by Means; photographs; documents such as diplomas; and memorabilia.".
catalog abstract "Papers document White's role in the American Heart Association (AHA), International Society of Cardiology, International Cardiology Foundation, and the National Heart Institute (NHI); introduction of the EKG in Boston and at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH); his clinical work; research and writings on heart disease; and interest in comparative electrocardiography, especially of whales. Significant events which are recorded in the collection include White's consultancy to Dwight Eisenhower after his heart attack; 1946 medical mission to Czechoslovakia and several trips to the U.S.S.R.; and visits with Albert Schweitzer in Gabon, and to China. Reflected throughout the papers is White's philosophy of healthful living, especially his emphasis on good diet, non-smoking, and physical fitness, as well as his extensive travels to promote international friendship and peace through cooperation in medicine. Types of material include general correspondence files; patient records; notes, drafts, and galleys of books and articles; teaching material from MGH; conference proceedings, minutes of meetings, etc. reflecting White's involvement as one of the founders of AHA, fund raising connected with NHI, and other efforts; audio-visual material such as films, sound recordings, and photographs; and scrapbooks, daily calendars and journals, family genealogical papers, student notebooks, and other memorabilia. Also includes three audio cassettes of White’s interview conducted in 1972 by Stefan Lorant in which White discusses his career at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, and one copy volume of White's proposal for his nomination for the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize.".
catalog abstract "The Papers reflect the late-career work of E.E. (Elmer Ernest) Southard, a neuropathologist and pathologist for the state of Massachusetts. Southard was the administrator for the first psychopathic department at the Boston State Hospital and worked with Myrtelle Canavan and Mary Jarrett to create the field of psychiatric social work. He was also chief pathologist for the state asylum system, including the Boston and Danvers hospitals. Southard was also deeply interested in the relationship between psychiatric illness and organic abnormality; the collection reflects his plans for a book on brain pathology.".
catalog abstract "Contains course schedules, student evaluations, committee reports and notes from Weiss's teaching and administrative activities at Harvard Medical School. Also contains research notes, data, statistics, intern evaluations, and professional correspondence from his work at Boston City Hospital; plans for hospital and teaching improvements, staff appointments and recommendations from his activities at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital; and lectures, correspondence, notes, conference programs and materials from participation in professional organizations. Also includes drafts, correspondence with publishers, and research notes from Weiss's publications.".
catalog abstract "Primarily contains incoming correspondence concerning autopsies; obtaining specimens; anatomy museums, especially the Warren Anatomical Museum; the National Board of Health; condolences upon Whitney's death; and other subjects. Correspondents include Oliver Wendell Holmes and William Sturgis Bigelow. Other material includes documents about Whitney's Harvard appointments, professional societies and club activities (especially his interest in yachting); Harvard class memorabilia and examinations; a legal document requesting testimony by Whitney; receipts; and clippings.".
catalog abstract "Papers pertain to Waldo's teaching and departmental activities at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, to his involvement in dental societies, and other organizations, and other professional matters. Also includes some personal medical information, certificates, letters of appointment, and recommendations. Contains correspondence, mostly with colleagues and deans of the Medical School, also committee notes, budgets, and other material concerning the Dental School, as well as lecture and case notes.".
catalog abstract "Includes several letters from Holmes; an 1890 letter from Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett about Holmes; Holmes' essay on medical education, 1870; a Boston Society for Medical Improvement notice for an 1838 meeting and a verse about the Society. Most of the letters are to Jared Sparks concerning Harvard Medical School lectures and related matters; also includes an 1882 letter addressed to Holmes' first class (1885) in the Medical School. There are also copies of Holmes' letters and verse (originals are housed in other libraries). Additional accession includes an 1863 letter addressed to William Hunt regarding his son, Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1841-1935.".
catalog abstract "Contains Lee's office files as associate dean for hospital programs. Included are correspondence, memoranda, and reports concerning Harvard Medical School's relationship with hospitals in the greater Boston area; minutes of dean's committee meetings and meetings of hospital directors; and some budget information. Files also reflect Lee's involvement on the state advisory council to license hospitals and on various foundation boards, and his other activities.".
catalog abstract "Photographs relate to all aspects of the history of medicine worldwide and to the history of the Harvard medical community. A file of about 4,000 images, ca.1840-1950, depicts individuals associated with the medical profession, especially physicians and scientists, throughout the world but with an emphasis on New England and Boston: formal portraits as well as images of persons performing operations, experiments, procedures, and photographs of professional and patient groups. A file of about 1,000 images, ca.1850-1980, records medical buildings and facilities throughout the world. A subject file covers medical topics such as dentistry, pharmacology, public health, surgery, and also specific events, equipment, and techniques. About 3,500 images relating to the Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and the Harvard School of Public Health, ca.1870-present, show general views, building exteriors and interiors, activities, procedures, equipment, events, Harvard Medical School sponsored projects, faculty portraits, and reunion photographs. Significant groups of images are in the collection of the Boston Medical Library which joined with the Harvard Medical Library to operate the Countway Library in 1960: about 1,000 images, 1875-1964, portraits, institutions, and other pictures relating to the history of medicine; the Oliver Wendell Holmes collection, about 300 images, ca. 1846-1890, of Holmes, his family, friends, associates, and residences; and about 100 images, ca.1880, from the University of Breslau showing conditions of the skin. Formats include daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, glass plate negatives, lantern slides, tintypes, and photoprints.".
catalog abstract "Includes journal, 1827-1828; and notebooks and scrapbooks containing letters, clippings, programs, addresses, and travel notes. Letters pertain to the International Medical Congress in Philadelphia, 1896; Free Soilism; American Medical Association; Massachusetts Board of Health; and other subjects. Bowditch's journal contains notes of George Ticknor's lectures, and also notebooks documenting trips to the White Mountains and other areas in New York, etc. in the 1860s and 1870s.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence and notes pertaining to Trimble's research and his activities at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine; manuscript and related material for his history of the Harvard Medical School and its professors of chemistry; drafts of his articles, lectures, and book reviews; lecture notes, syllabi, handouts and other material for courses at Harvard Medical and Dental Schools; and papers concerning admission to Harvard Medical School and Trimble's activities as special consultant to the dean. Also includes a copy of his Ph.D. thesis, 1918; and research files on Dalmatian dogs.".
catalog abstract "Consists of notes and manuscripts of Smith's lectures, articles, book reviews, and radio talks, mostly concerning the health of infants and children.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence and reports on activities in the departments of Comparative Pathology and Tropical Medicine at Harvard Medical School; manuscripts, with related drawings and photographs, for some of Tyzzer's scientific articles, especially on protozoan of blackhead (a disease attacking turkeys); medical drawings (including student notebook) and slides; and some personal documents and correspondence with colleagues such as Jaroslav Drbohlav, a Czechoslovakian scientist, about blackhead and other research matters. Also includes reports as director of the Harvard Cancer Committee, dating from ca.1908 to 1916.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence files; manuscripts of books, articles, and speeches; and other materials relating to his research, writing, and teaching activities. Correspondence is with sociologists, economists, historians, medical practitioners and lay figures prominent in the birth control movement, individuals in the publishing business, and other colleagues and personal friends. Subject files pertain to the medical history of contraception; the Carver festschrift; his contributions to Marriage Hygiene, a journal published in India; the course on marriage and the family that he taught at Colgate; and his books and research projects. Personal correspondence concerns his academic career, with some other material relating to his military and government service, and documents, photographs, and bibliographies. Manuscript files include typescripts, notes, drafts, and published and unpublished articles and books, pamphlets, and contributions to books. The collection also contains material, 1919-1925, from Harvard, such as lecture and reading notes, syllabi, and course papers; class record books, 1930-1940; student papers and course materials; clippings; reprints; and phonograph record, 1946, on German youth. Correspondents include: Percy Clark, Harry Cutner, Earl Hamilton, Stella Hanau, Frank Hankins (1877-1970), Marie Kopp, Emily Mudd, Margaret Sanger, Joseph Spengler, Christopher Tietze (1908- ), Robert Weinberg, and Joseph Zborowski.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence, minutes of staff meetings, reports and proposal pertaining to the Child Health Division of the Children's Medical Center, covering also its establishment; proposals for a preventive health unit and nursery school, and general correspondence with the Children's Hospital; correspondence about special institutes and conferences held on child growth and development; also correspondence concerning the Department of Maternal and Child Health at Harvard School of Public Health. In addition includes correspondence and related information about the Children's Bureau Study, a manuscript of Stuart's book The Healthy Child, and letters belonging to Ethel C. Dunham and Barnet E. Bonar.".
catalog abstract "Contains reports, correspondence, and reprints pertaining to Shattuck's activities at Harvard and his studies in tropical medicine. Reports concern Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) contributions to industrial medicine; a preliminary survey of health conditions in Yugoslavia in 1920; and the Hamilton Rice Expedition to the Parima Mountains in Brazil in 1924-1925. Other material relates to Harvard medical units in World War I, Hans Zinsser, and HSPH, and includes a few personal letters.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence, reports, minutes, and notes pertaining to Greater Boston Community Survey, 1947-1948, especially for maternal and child health needs. Also includes copy of skit presented at American Academy of Pedicatrics and data collected for Massachusetts health survey.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence files, including reports, notes, and data which reflect Talbot's research, his work with medical organizations, writing, and personal and social activities. His research on diseases of children, patterns of growth, and epilepsy involved him with the American Academy of Pediatrics, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (on irradiation of vitamins), and Harvard Epilepsy Commission. Personal and social materials pertain to his investments, real estate interests, club memberships, and other activities. Also includes a small amount of his Massachusetts General Hospital correspondence; drafts and copies of articles and lectures he wrote from 1969 to 1941; personal financial ledgers, 1926-1945; graphs, charts and X-rays to support research on human growth patterns and epilepsy; and his notebook with prescriptions for drugs and home remedies.".
catalog abstract "The collection chronicles Wright's early life; student years at Clark University and Harvard Medical School; internship and later career at the Harlem Hospital; political involvement in the NAACP and other groups and anti-segregationist beliefs; activities in various professional societies; and his medical practice in New York City. The bulk of the material consists of clippings, mostly from black N.Y. newspapers, about blacks in medicine, blacks as professionals, and health care for blacks. Also contains Wright's personal and professional correspondence as well as a limited amount of his wife, Corinne Cooke Wright's correspondence; reprints of writings; and pamphlets, some containing brief histories of black medical societies, concerning political issues. The collection also includes several photographs of Wright, his family, and his attendance at professional events and civic activities.".
catalog abstract "Contains chiefly material relating to Janeway's work with the Iran Foundation and on a Harvard project in the Cameroons.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence with Dr. W. T. Longcope, medical colleagues during World War II, and correspondence and notes concerning Harvard Medical School ad hoc committees and the prize committee.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence, reports, research notes, writings, and photographs, from Porter's administrative, teaching, and research activities at Harvard Medical School. Includes correspondence, printed reports and notices, and sketches of equipment from his administrative activities at the Harvard Apparatus Company; correspondence, writings, drawings, notes, and photographs resulting from Porter's research activities on the heart at St. Louis Medical College and in Germany during the 1880s-1890s; Porter's correspondence with professional organizations; and his personal and family correspondence, photographs, daguerreotypes, and glass negatives.".
catalog abstract "The Merrill Clary Sosman papers, 1918-1959 (inclusive), are the product of Sosman's activities as a radiologist, educator, lecturer, and contributing member of national and international radiological organizations. Correspondence (Series I) comprises the bulk of the collection and consists of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital administrative and patient correspondence, notes, report drafts, and Harvard Medical School administrative correspondence and lecture notes. Series I also contains New England Roentgen Ray Society, American Roentgen Ray Society, and Radiological Society of North America meeting correspondence, as well as correspondence from other professionals in the field requesting advice from Sosman on patient cases. The papers also include: lecture drafts, slide outlines, meeting programs, agendas, and travel correspondence from Sosman's lectures at professional organization meetings and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital clinical pathological conferences (Series II); patient case notes, research article drafts, correspondence, and photographs on assorted topics, including pituitary adenomas, hemochromatosis, and Cushing's syndrome (Series III); manuscript drafts, notes, photographs, correspondence, and patient case notes supporting the development of Sosman's manuscripts, publications, and lectures on heart disease and xanthomatosis (Series IV); and phonograph records of a Yankee Network broadcast for which Sosman was a speaker (Series V).".
catalog abstract "Consists of Shattuck's journal for 1833, 1853-1855; notes on patients, 1832; record of lectures given by Shattuck from 1860 to 1872; notes on lectures given by Drs. William Sweetser and Benjamin Lincoln in Burlington, Vt. in 1832.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence files and related material concerning the Department of Tropical Medicine from the earliest years under the Harvard Medical School until Strong's retirement, as well as records related to Strong's: teaching activities at Harvard and at the Army Medical School; scientific expeditions; World War I work as head of the Red Cross commission to combat the typhus epidemic in Serbia; involvement in social clubs, international congresses, and professional societies such as the American Academy and Foundation of Tropical Medicine; advisory work for the National Research Council Committee on Medical Problems of Animal Parasitology; and service on the Massachusetts Public Health Council. The papers also contain: records pertaining to Strong's research and writing; some family correspondence; some personal financial papers; correspondence, memoranda, and photographs relating to Strong's teaching for the Army during World War II; a book and series of DVDs about the Harvard African Expedition in 1934; and a diary and letters belonging to Strong's wife, Grace Nichols. Harvard teaching and departmental material contains correspondence with other offices, information about faculty appointments, lecture notes, course schedules, examinations, budgets, and reports and publications concerning establishment of the department in 1913. Also includes correspondence, memoranda, and photographs relating to Strong's teaching for the Army during World War II, and a book and series of DVDs about the Harvard African Expedition in 1934. Expedition material contains considerable correspondence with Harvard associates, such as George Cheever Shattuck, J. C. Bequaert, T. R. Barbour, A. W. Sellards, and J. H. Sandground; with A. Hamilton Rice and other scientists; U.S. and foreign public officials; former President Coolidge; missionaries; and organizations, such as Rockefeller Foundation and American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Also includes related financial documents, medical photographs and 1911 map, extracts from Strong's diary, supply and equipment lists, notes and manuscripts of lectures and reports, and other items about expeditions to Peru (1913 and 1937), Brazil (1924), Liberia and the Belgian Congo (1926-1927 and 1934), Guatemala (1931-1932), and the Yucatan (1931) to study and control diseases such as onchocerciasis. Papers about Red Cross work in Serbia include correspondence, notes and clippings, as well as correspondence and reports from the Conference at Cannes (organized by Strong in 1919), and other World War I reports, supply lists, and memoranda reflecting his research on trench fever. Other material reflects Strong's research on tropical diseases in conjunction with Boston area hospitals; consulting work for United Fruit Company; lectures at Lowell Institute, Boston. Also contains photographs from his work in Manchuria during the 1911 plague, from Manila and from Harvard; and early notebook of experiments, ca. 1899.".
catalog abstract "Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, publications, and assorted personal and professional records related to Henry R. Viets work as a medical librarian, historian, and neurologist. Correspondence files pertain to research, lecturing, and publications on the history of medicine; to participation in the American Medical Association, American Association for the History of Medicine and other medical and historical societies; to his development of rare book collections for the Boston Medical library (including collecting trips to Europe) and consulting work for historical collections at Countway Library and the Army Medical Library; to research on myasthenia gravis, lecturing and other activities at MGH; and to service on the editorial board of New England Journal of Medicine. History research files include copies of some original letters of early American physicians; Viets' reading notes, outlines, and manuscripts; historical information and publications; exhibit programs; and correspondence. Other records include travel scrapbooks containing diary excerpts, photographs, clippings, etc.; a World War I scrapbook of overseas service in the 3rd Harvard Surgical Unit; copies of clinical lectures; correspondence, minutes, and bulletins (1941-1944) reflecting Viets' committee activities in the National Research Council; and conference proceedings, minutes, and other records from his advisory work for the American Red Cross and organizations, including Long Island Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Prominent correspondents include Harvey Cushing (1869-1939) and Sir William Osler (1849-1919).".
catalog abstract "Contains letters, medical notebooks, reports and notes from the Harvard Committee of the Academic Council, and lecture notes. Letters from English scientists concern the physiology of alcohol. Other letters and related papers pertain to Bowditch's professional activities, such as editing the Journal of Physiology. Also included are a manuscript by William A. Lawrence on vivisection and 18 notebooks containing medical notes.".
catalog abstract "The collection records the activities of the earlier Committee on Maternal Health, and research, publications, and projects of the National Committee on Maternal Health (NCMH). Files contain agendas, minutes of executive committee and board of directors' meetings, annual reports, officer reports, and secretary's correspondence from 1923 to 1955. Also contains correspondence of executive directors, of Dickinson, and other committee members; correspondents include Margaret Sanger. Additional items include legal documents, financial statements and ledgers, reprints and bibliographies of NCMH publications, membership lists, and printed material on birth control. Events reflected in the records include a report of a 1924 visit to Sanger's Clinical Research Bureau by Dickinson and G. W. Kozmak; reports on the formation of Maternity Research Council; reports of round table discussions; and conference materials for the 1942 conference on the Medical Aspects of the Woman War Worker and the 1942 Conference on Abortion Problems. Also includes meeting minutes from the New York Obstetrical Society's Committee on Contraception (1923); and contract with National Research Council's Committee on Human Reproduction, with related correspondence.".
catalog abstract "Contains films of Cushing performing surgical operations using the Bovie electrosurgical apparatus in the late 1920s. Also includes correspondence pertaining to Bovie's public lecturing and biophysical work, Ediphone recordings of his voice, and slides.".
catalog abstract "Contains mostly correspondence files, and also a 6 volume diary, notes, medals, and maps. Correspondence, along with related documents and notes, concerns Lord's lectures and other involvement in medical societies; Massachusetts General Hospital activities; research on pneumonia, tuberculosis, mycoses (diseases caused by fungus), and various community health issues; trip to Serbia, 1917, as member of American Red Cross Commission; and Harvard Medical School teaching and other appointments.".
catalog abstract "Consists of records created by David D. Rutstein (1909-1986) during the course of his career as Chief of the Cardiac Bureau of the New York State Department of Health, Albany (1940-1942), Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health (1943-1946), and Professor of Preventive Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston (1947-1969). The collection also includes records of Rutstein's activities as a researcher, academic, medical school administrator, and contributing member of national and international professional health care boards and foundations. Collection also includes records of Rutstein's activities as a researcher, academic, medical school administrator, and contributing member of national and international professional health care boards and foundations. Includes correspondence files for programs Rutstein initiated within the Department of Preventive Medicine at Harvard Medical School, as well as his work on curriculum development; teaching activities; and plans for a program in community health care at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston. Other professional activitie include: involvement in medical societies, especially the American and Massachusetts Heart Associations and American Council on Rheumatic Fever; consulting and advisory work for a variety of international and national medical bodies, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Public Health Service, and service as Chairman of the United States-United Kingdom Cooperative Rheumatic Fever Study; research on pneumonia, rheumatic fever, heart and blood vessel diseases, and the dissemination of results to scientists and to the general public through a weekly television program ("The Facts of Medicine") and publications; and lobbying efforts.".
catalog abstract "Includes 364 volumes of surgical records, 1824-1903; 531 volumes of medical records, 1824-1903; and 20 volumes of autopsy reports, ca.1860-ca.1890. Also includes ca. 25 volumes of financial records, 1838-1915, including Business Office ledgers, and various account books pertaining to investments and other matters of both Massachusetts General and McLean Hospitals; and a considerable amount of other material.".
catalog abstract "Consists of scrapbook containing letters and documents about Harvard Medical School faculty appointments; photographs of colleagues, and articles about Peter Bent Brigham Hospital; family photographs, photographs and memorabilia on celebration for Samuel A. Levine; and miscellaneous correspondence.".
catalog abstract "Includes course catalogs, exams, admissions correspondence, student attendance records, and quarterly announcements recording the administrative and academic history of the institution. Also contains student files and administrative correspondence and records from the institution.".
catalog abstract "Contains some professional and personal correspondence, manuscripts of Schwab's papers, and reprints of articles. Most of the material concerns his research on Parkinson's disease.".
catalog abstract "Contains considerable material relating to the Harvard Medical School, including minutes and correspondence of the Committee on Hygiene and Preventive Medicine about establishing a department; letters and bulletins about the public health program at Columbia University; Ernst's reminiscences about the Harvard bacteriological laboratory; and minutes and correspondence from the Committee on Public Lectures. Other professional files include lecture notes on bacteriology and copies of Lowell Institute lectures; laboratory notes; and letters, 1906, concerning the photography of bacteria. Personal material contains diary entries, 1900-1901; thesis, 1880; letters of condolence at Ernst's death; and other items.".
catalog abstract "Consists of professional papers of Folin, including lecture notes, research notes and laboratory notebooks on his study of protein metabolism, manuscript of a 1931 article, and a few letters.".
catalog abstract "Consists of Waterhouse's letters to colleagues, including Lyman Spalding, concerning smallpox inoculation and other medical topics. A few letters pertain to Waterhouse's activities at Harvard. Also includes a vaccination certificate.".
catalog abstract "Contains some letters; lecture notes and several manuscripts of lectures on human anatomy, surgery, and other subjects; casebook, with diagnosis and treatment of Spalding's medical and surgical cases; copies of his case reports (several published in journals); manuscripts of essays on meteorites, meteorology, and on fevers; an 1813 address on the history of medicine; lists of Fairfield Academy students, with related information on fees, etc.; account book and notes from Spalding's stay in Philadelphia, 1809-1818; and other documents, such as admission cards to lectures of Caspar Wistar; notice of Spalding's plan to create a pharmacopoeia; anatomical descriptions and botanical specimens. Letters are mostly to Spalding from other physicians, including Edward Jenner, and discuss vaccination and other matters. Also two letters from Spalding accepting a position at Fairfield and outlining recommendations for the new medical school there; and concerning treatment of a fractured leg.".
catalog abstract "Contains mostly letters addressed to Parkman, from various colleagues, such as Francis Boott and James Webster, of both a professional and personal nature. Also includes resolutions upon the death of Parkman; testimonials to him; outlines of Parkman's anatomical lectures and copies of lectures on diseases of the bones, surgery, and many other topics; and patients' reports. Boott's letters pertain to a variety of matters such as prison discipline, the use of chloroform and ether, and personal affairs. Webster's letters discuss a controversy at Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y. Other letters concern medical malpractice, teaching and related matters at Castleton Medical College, editing a new journal, and similar subjects.".
catalog abstract "Includes 143 oral history taped interviews, 1 film commentary, and 2 papers from individuals, living mainly in the U.S., Switzerland, and England, about their relationship with C. G. Jung. Also contains typed transcripts of the taped interviews. Interviews given in German are presented in the original and in English translation. Other papers include correspondence from interviewees and notes on the identities of interviewees as compiled by the interviewer, Gene F. Nameche. Among those interviewed are children and grandchildren of Jung, Drs. Henry A. Murray, Carl A. Meier, Jolande Jacobi (1890-1973), Kurt and Wolfgang Binswanger, Manfred Bleuler, Alphonse Maeder, and Medard Boss, and Jung's friends Fowler McCormick and Ruth Bailey. The oral histories reflect the atmosphere of Jung's circle and the nature of his psychiatric practice and lecture activities. They also show how he worked with colleagues, including Emma Jung and Toni Wolff.".
catalog abstract "Contains autographed letters to Waterhouse from Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Edward Jenner, Sylvanus Fansher, Peter Oliver, and others, mostly about vaccinating against smallpox; some copies of Waterhouse's outgoing correspondence; several of his lectures at Harvard Medical School and other places, on natural history in general, mineralogy and botany in particular; also lectures on medical topics; writings on smallpox, botanical classification, epidemics, etc.; and a few letters and manuscripts pertaining to relations with Harvard, the proposed removal of the Medical School from Cambridge to Boston, mineralogy collection, and Waterhouse's courses. Also includes family papers, such as letters to his daughter, correspondence between family members, and papers belonging to a son, John Fothergill Waterhouse, and to his wives, Elizabeth Oliver and Louisa Lee Waterhouse; Waterhouse's membership certificates and appointments; journal extract of trip to Saratoga, N.Y. in 1794; inoculation and vaccination record of Waterhouse children; and petitions and reports regarding inoculation for smallpox in Cambridge, Mass. The letters from Jefferson show the President's support for vaccination against smallpox and discuss vaccine matter sent by Waterhouse; his ideas on agriculture, especially benefits of a variety of rice he introduced into America; and his views of Waterhouse's book The Botanist. A copy of Waterhouse's letters to Jefferson concerns his interest in Benjamin Rush's position as treasurer of the Mint, as well as the new post of surgeon-general, and his general desire to leave Massachusetts. Madison's letters discuss Waterhouse's books and concern agriculture and agricultural societies. Also includes a Waterhouse letter to Jenner reporting on those opposed to inoculation; requesting some infected thread; and generally discussing colleagues, the smallpox hospital in Boston, and related matters. A letter from Jenner concerns a paper he has written on the origin of inoculation against smallpox.".
catalog abstract "Papers concern Talbott's work as editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (AMA) and director of AMA's scientific publications; his family life; University of Buffalo teaching and departmental matters; and World War II service as director of research at Climatic Research Laboratory in Lawrence, Mass. AMA materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, and notes about preparing editorial content of the Journal and about manuscripts submitted for publication. Family and personal papers contain mainly copies of Talbott's letters to his children; also letters from his son John Andrew while serving as a psychiatrist with the Medical Corps in Vietnam; and some of John H. Talbott's military documents. Other materials include correspondence and memoranda pertaining to committee and teaching activities at Buffalo; correspondence about wartime work; and reference files, with clippings.".
catalog abstract "Consists of lecture notes for Minot's classes in histology and embryology, and neurology; scrapbook of personal items, such as invitations, programs and clippings; and weight tables for laboratory animals.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence, research and test data, site visit memoranda, photographs, committee notes, graphs, and reports resulting from Drinker's research and development of high-altitude oxygen masks and goggles during World War II. Also includes Harvard School of Public Health defense contract data, reports, correspondence, lectures, photographs, teaching and administrative records from his activities at the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School; and research data, correspondence, and photographs from his efforts to improve working conditions for industrial workers and to educate the public about the dangers of chemicals, asphyxiation, and gas poisoning in the workplace. Also includes several personal records and portrait and candid photographs of Drinker. Accession 2014-082 (unprocessed, 1 cubic foot) contains eleven items purchased from the private library of Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897-1973), including Cecil K. Drinker's handwritten journals (four volumes, 1913-1919), one volume of bound reprints ("From His Surgeon Pupils"), Drinker's boating log for the "Gee Whiz" (1906-1916), a typescript of the autobiography of Drinker's father, Henry Sturgis Drinker, and assorted serials and publications.".
catalog abstract "Records the administrative and clinical activities of the institution through 126 volumes of patient records, case books, physicians' notes, mortuary records, ophthalmic records, and operating room diaries.".
catalog abstract "Contains mainly letters from Thomas Dwight to his mother Mary Collins Dwight written while studying medicine in Vienna and Munich and while teaching at Bowdoin College. Also contains letters to his younger sister Mary while teaching at Bowdoin, a letter to his father Thomas written from Europe, and a letter to Dwight from Charles W. Eliot offering him an appointment to teach anatomy at Harvard. Letters primarily concern family affairs, social contacts, and practical matters. Dwight also describes laboratory experiences and research with Salomon Stricker in Vienna and Nicolaus Rüdinger in Munich; his visits to medical schools and hospitals in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, and Queenstown, and observation of Lister demonstrating aseptic surgical techniques; also includes accounts of lectures and clinical experience at Bowdoin.".
catalog abstract "Papers document Gamble's research and teaching in biochemistry and pediatrics, including laboratory notebooks, ca.1919-1939, from Johns Hopkins and Children's Hospital; lecture notes and photographs and negatives used in teaching; manuscripts of scientific articles and papers with related research notes and charts; speeches; documents concerning appointments; and professional correspondence. Correspondence, ca.1919-1957, pertains to fellowships, funds, pediatrics courses, research, publishing, and similar matters. Also includes committee report and letter, 1941, about establishing a new children's building at Massachusetts General Hospital.".
catalog abstract "Contains original outgoing letters of Holmes to various individuals, some identified. Subjects pertain to poetry, family matters, social activities, letters of recommendation, etc. Other papers include lectures on anatomy for Harvard Medical School courses; various lectures on medical topics by others; and last stanza of poem "The Chambered Nautilus" by Holmes.".
catalog abstract "Papers pertain to Fitz's medical work in Boston, study and travel in Europe, and family genealogical research. This collection also contains Clarke family correspondence, including letters to and from Edward H. Clarke, dating from 1841 to 1874. Papers of Fitz include manuscript case notes, 1886-1890, on appendicitis cases and notes on brain tumors; letters to colleagues; letters from Europe, 1863-1870, addressed to his mother; autobiographical manuscript; student compositions, 1854-1857; and genealogical documents.".
catalog abstract "Papers pertain to Rackemann's activities in the Harvard Medical School Alumni Association, especially his work on the Dormitory Committee; to his biography of George Richards Minot; and to his involvement in the Massachusetts Society for Mental Health. Also includes correspondence about the Boston Medical Library and the possibilities of forming an Academy of Medicine in Boston; statistics on Harvard Medical School graduates; Rackemann's student notebooks, 1909-1911; personal financial ledgers; correspondence concerning his allergy research and with a patient about an allergy condition; and other miscellaneous notes and notebooks. Alumni Association material contains correspondence, minutes of committee meetings, clippings, fund raising papers, and manuscript about history of the association. G. R. Minot papers contained in the Rackemann collection include letters from Minot; typescripts, galley, research notes, and correspondence relating to the biography; and reviews of the book.".
catalog abstract "Contains mostly professional files of Silverman, reflecting his consulting work, participation in conferences and symposiums, and his air pollution research at Harvard; and also some personal material. Consulting files, including correspondence, data, and reports, pertain to Silverman's work on problems of industrial hygiene, industrial air sampling and analysis, industrial ventilation, air and gas cleaning, and air pollution, for such industries as General Electric Company, H. Sacks and Sons, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Air Reduction Company, Ford Motor Company, and Addison-Wesley Press. Harvard materials include contract reports on air pollution control work done at the Air Cleaning Laboratory, and some patent papers such as correspondence about and copies of patents. Drafts of his writings on industrial health, air analysis and atmospheric pollution, and radiological health, as well as related correspondence and reprints, are included in the professional files. Conference proceedings, correspondence, and other papers document dissemination of research results. Also some personal material, such as correspondence about thesis and appointments; calendars; family correspondence; biographical sketches; obituaries; and awards.".
catalog abstract "Consists of filled out cards of admission to lectures on surgery, chemistry, anatomy, obstetrics, etc., at Harvard Medical School, other medical schools, and teaching hospitals. Prominent lecturers were Oliver Wendell Holmes, George Cheyne Shattuck, and Benjamin Waterhouse.".
catalog abstract "Consists of miscellaneous letters from and about Cushing, containing biographical information, and about appointments. Also includes a scrapbook with clippings about the vivisection controversy.".
catalog abstract "Contains mostly letters addressed to Minot from several of his colleagues at the Harvard Medical School, the president of Harvard Charles William Eliot, and from other scientists. Most of the correspondents are represented by only one or two letters. Subjects pertain mainly to Minot's scientific papers on embryology, involvement in professional organizations, speaking engagements, teaching appointments, recommendations, and related matters. Letters from Eliot concern relocation and construction of Medical School buildings on the Longwood Avenue site (dedicated 1906), possiblilty of establishing a faculty of comparative medicine under administration of a veterinary school, the Medical School library budget, and other issues. Also includes a letter about modifying Minot's wheel microtome, and one relating to his participation in the early history of the American Journal of Anatomy; and Minot's baptism certificate.".
catalog abstract "Consists of correspondence from Benjamin Waterhouse (1754-1846) to his children, son-in-law William Ware (who was married to his daughter, Mary Ware), and wife Elizabeth Oliver Waterhouse, as well as correspondence from John Fothergill Waterhouse (1791-1817) to his father, sisters and brothers, brother-in-law Henry Ware, and Sylvanus Fansher. Correspondence from Sylvanus Fansher concerns John Fothergill Waterhouse's request for vaccine, discussions about the vaccine and how to broaden its use, and Fansher's suggestion that John Fothergill travel to India to promote its use. Correspondence from Benjamin Waterhouse, Jr. (1797-1843) to his father Benjamin (1754-1846) and sisters about his personal experiences at Edisto Island, South Carolina, updates on his activities at Philips Academy, and his time spent in Charleston, South Carolina and Georgia are included. Correspondence among other Waterhouse family members includes letters of Elizabeth Oliver Waterhouse to her children containing updates on her activities in Cambridge, Massachusetts.The collection also contains a biography of Benjamin Waterhouse written by his second wife, Louisa Lee Waterhouse. The biography focuses on Waterhouse's youth and his influences. Records in box two (Accession 2010-001) consist of additional Waterhouse family correspondence acquired at a later date, including letters of Benjamin Waterhouse (1754-1846), John Fothergill Waterhouse, and Elizabeth Oliver Waterhouse. Box two also contains medical, patient, lecture, and subject notes ("magnesia genus," whales), as well as a copy of Observations Upon Paralitic Affections Including Apoplexia made in Philadelphia by John Fothergill Waterhouse.".
catalog abstract "Includes 41 volumes of patient medical case records, 1866-1902; 35 volumes of maternity case records, 1872-1900; and 36 volumes of surgical case records, 1866-1901. Other volumes include Hospital Dispensary records, hospital rules, receipt book and general fee book, and Visitor of the Month records containing brief case histories and statistical summaries. These records exist for both the New England Hospital and the New England Female Medical College, its academic affiliate.".
catalog abstract "Contains mostly manuscripts by Heberden, about the use of amulets and magic in medicine, a lecture on the medicinal uses of plants, and notes and prescriptions. Also includes two letters addressed to Heberden, one of which is from Stephen Hales who reports his successful use of ventilators on ships and discusses the evils of strong liquor; a few letters of others concerning cure for bladder stones; obituaries; and a report.".
catalog abstract "Contains William Scollay correspondence, mostly with family members and friends, pertaining to his service in the British Army while the U.S. and Britain were at war in 1812; and to earlier travels to Montevideo during the British invasion of Buenos Aires, 1806-1807, and other areas of the world. Scollay was interested in transferring from the military to the civil branch of the East India Company during this period, and many of the letters concern attempts through family and friends to secure this appointment. Other papers include a journal of Scollay's and extracts about visits to Lisbon, Bombay and other places; manuscripts of his poems; correspondence belonging to his mother Catherine; copy of her will; an account of Scollay's life written in 1874; and miscellaneous documents.".
catalog abstract "Consists of letters from Zadok Howe to Moody Kent, a New Hampshire attorney who collected medical fees for Howe. Subjects concern mostly medical fees owed Howe, but also mentioned are his medical cases in the Boston area, other colleagues, meetings of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and New Hampshire politics.".
catalog abstract "Contains typescript of memoirs of Ellis concerning the early history of academic physiology, Harvard's Department of Physiology, and H. P. Bowditch.".
catalog abstract "Contains professional papers of Leary, including letters from colleagues concerning Leary's work on arteriosclerosis, publications, his lecturing, giving expert testimony, Leary's retirement, and other matters. Also includes some correpondence with Harvey W. Cushing regarding research on hereditary dwarfism, and with Temple Fay about work on subdural hemorrhage. Other papers include drafts of lectures on carbon monoxide poisoning, alcoholism, and on disasters; galley of article about life-expectancy statistics; notes for seminar on the Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston and other disasters; and documents such as an autopsy report.".
catalog abstract "Contains mostly manuscripts with Heberden's observations on the weather, his classification of skin diseases, discussion of other diseases, ideas on education, and a lecture on nervous disorders. Also includes copies of his reports concerning the health of King George III of Great Britain, a thesis on medical history, and other documents.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence of Tufts with his brother Simon and other individuals. These are mostly drafts of Tufts' outgoing letters, which concern the founding of a medical society in Massachusetts, inquiries about measles and other illnesses, and a discussion of Edward Jenner and vaccine. Letters to Tufts pertain to the organization of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), a meeting in 1785 of Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS), and other matters. Also includes manuscripts by Tufts on vaccine, inoculation, and spread of measles in the Boston area in 1772 and 1773. Other documents include a fragment of Tufts' medical journal from his practice in Weymouth, his treatise on distemper given to AAAS, reading notes, medical prescriptions, a bill, and draft of a state act allowing MMS members to inspect and regulate apothecaries.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence with Cornelius Packard Rhoads about Zinsser's cancer treatment; Zinsser's letters and reports on activities of the Division of Laboratories and Infectious Diseases; notes on patients, 1919, while serving in the U.S. Army; manuscripts of short stories and poems; commencement address; his student pathology notes and drawings; and newspaper clipping.".
catalog abstract "Consists of papers on smallpox, fevers, sanitation, and other subjects which were read to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences by Manasseh Cutler, Samuel Latham Mitchill, and others. Additional papers include a register of deaths in Newton, Mass., taken from 1763 to 1783, and observations on a similar register of vital statistics presented by Edward Wigglesworth to the Academy.".
catalog abstract "Contains Beecher's professional correspondence files resulting from his work at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), his involvement in medical societies and government committees, and his consulting, lecturing, and other activities. The collection also contains Harvard Medical School (HMS) teaching materials and committee files; writings files and reference material; and some personal correspondence and related papers. MGH records include correspondence recording organization and administration of the Department of Anesthesia; committee meeting minutes; Beecher's correspondence with MGH directors, HMS deans, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and other institutions; and correspondence with Soviet scientists and colleagues at various universities concerning research on anesthesia and drugs; as well as some manuscripts of his papers. Additional MGH records include symposium papers, notes and Beecher's address from the 1946 Ether Centennial. Beecher's professional papers including National Research Council correspondence and minutes from the Subcommittee on Shock; material from anesthesiologists' societies; correspondence and report from wartime consulting work in the Mediterranean region and in Korea in 1950; and Lowell Institute lecture notes and correspondence are also included in the collection. HMS files contain copies of lectures, and correspondence about the Dorr professorship and Beecher's participation on the Committee on Human Studies and Committee on Pharmacotherapy. Beecher's writings files include correspondence and manuscripts of articles and books on such topics as physiology and control of pain, psychotomimetic drugs, effects of drugs, and medical ethics and human experimentation. Additional papers include reference files, such as correspondence and U.S. technical reports on human experimentation by Nazis, clippings, glass lantern slides and other teaching material, and reprints and books.".

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