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- catalog abstract "Includes records of annual meetings, 1864-1954, including annual reports; councillors' records, 1895-1947; financial records, such as Treasurers' records and scholarship and loan fund receipts, 1884-1969; membership rosters; legal documents, such as constitution and bylaws; committee reports; photographs; publications; and other materials.".
- catalog abstract "Contains letters addressed to Peirson from various colleagues, patients, family members, and friends. Subjects concern patient referrals, medical treatment, various surgical operations especially to remove tumors, Peirson's marriages and other family matters, and Civil War events including Peirson's involvement and surgical work. Also includes a recommendation to commit a woman to an insane asylum for alleged criminal behavior, letters of payment from patients, copies of Pierson's outgoing letters pertaining to compensation for an accident and other financial concerns, an account book belonging to Peirson and his wife, and 18 photographs of men at Lincoln General Hospital depicting injuries sustained from Virginia battlefields in 1864 along with 6 case histories. Major correspondents include James Jackson.".
- catalog abstract "Contains chiefly original outgoing correspondence of Perry to his sisters Ellen Perry Peirson and Martha Ann Perry Lowe. Letters document Perry's life from the time of his Harvard graduation through his diplomatic career and business ventures to his retirement. They pertain especially to his many years at the U.S. legation in Madrid and contain comments on political and social events of the period. Other papers include correspondence addressed to Ellen Peirson from Perry's wife Carolina Coronado and from his classmate at Harvard Edward Wheelwright; clippings, obituaries, and engraving of Perry; and poems and biography of Carolina.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of medical records relating to Roosevelt's polio which were taken from the papers of Robert W. Lovett. Includes correpondence between Roosevelt and his doctors Lovett and Frank R. Ober, with some letters from Roosevelt describing his exercise and treatment at Warm Springs, Ga. Also contains copies of Lovett's replies to Eben H. Bonnet's letters about Roosevelt's illness, regarding inoculation for polio with blood serum, and other matters; Lovett's replies to George Draper concerning orthopedic devices; and letters to Lovett from Roosevelt's physiotherapist Kathleen Lake, reporting on his care, treatment, and condition. Some correspondence between Lovett and Eleanor Roosevelt, and copies of Lovett's letters to Sara Delano Roosevelt also exist in the papers. Other material includes Lovett's medical records, 1921-1925, with notes and results of his examinations of the extent of paralysis suffered by Roosevelt; and also description sheets and body charts of paralyzed muscles; and letters, 1931, from Linsly R. Williams to Ober about Roosevelt's condition.".
- catalog abstract "Contains a letter from Woodbury about an obstetrics case, and other letters addressed to Woodbury about the history of radiology in Boston, including the first X-ray pictures produced at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and other professional matters. Also contains Woodbury family correspondence, with several letters from J. H. Woodbury regarding travel and medical studies in Europe in 1866, family matters, the Civil War, and other subjects; and manuscripts, such as an autopsy report of J. H. Woodbury and a case history. Other papers include documents from the Massachusetts Medical Society, financial papers, a quarantine warning, etc.; biographical sketches of J. H. Woodbury by Frank T. Woodbury; manuscript about history of radiology at MGH; obituaries and other clippings; and photographs.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of Ferris' professional papers pertaining to an epidemiology standardization project he directed, and other studies on environmental health; to his scientific publications; and to the Harvard School of Public Health Educational Policy Committee, which he chaired. Correspondence, memoranda, progress reports, questionnaires, notes, and grant applications exist from an American Thoracic Society project to standardize pulmonary function data in epidemiological studies of chronic respiratory diseases. Other material includes manuscripts of scientific articles and a book; and committee memoranda, correspondence, reports and questionnaires concerning educational policy of the School of Public Health.".
- catalog abstract "Contains chiefly incoming letters to Bigelow from colleagues, from staff at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and from his son William S. Bigelow. Also includes some drafts of Bigelow's outgoing correspondence to George C. Shattuck, William Bigelow, and others, expressing Bigelow's disagreement over various MGH appointment and financial policies and related matters, and concerning his instrument collection - especially surgical apparatus sent to the University of Tokyo. Incoming correspondence pertains to the work of Sir Henry Thompson and instruments used in Bigelow's lithotrity operations; to his appointments; to a request for his support in the vivisection controversy; and to domestic matters, such as dog breeding and ordering harnesses for horses. Other papers include a galley proof of Bigelow's address to MGH trustees, document for a subscription to raise money for the physically handicapped, love poem and other personal manuscripts, and passports of Bigelow family, 1849-1869. Also contains a few letters belonging to William S. Bigelow.".
- catalog abstract "Contains mostly letters addressed to Bowditch and some drafts of his outgoing letters; and also a considerable amount of family correspondence. Other papers include Bowditch's Civil War orders and documents, manuscripts of lectures and essays, 1862 journal of military life at Edisto Island, S.C., Harvard Medical School report of the Committee of Medical Faculty, and memorabilia. Letters from Bowditch's colleagues contain comments on his paper on reform in medical education, and discuss the anti-vivisection movement, research on experimental physiology and growth of children, and other matters. Also includes responses to Bowditch's questionnaire on alcohol usage, letters regarding his appointments and election to professional societies. Letters from Charles W. Eliot pertain to Bowditch's lectures in physiology at Harvard, changes in admission policies and courses, and other topics. Letters from Granville S. Hall concern physiological apparatus and experimental work in physiology, as well as research of European colleagues. Other major correspondents are Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard, John Curtis, Wolcott Gibbs, and Francis Galton. Also includes drafts of Bowditch's letters about such subjects as admission of women to Harvard Medical School, letters to his wife Selma Knauth and to his parents; and correspondence belonging to Fanny B. Katz about her father Henry P. Bowditch.".
- catalog abstract "Papers contain chiefly incoming letters, from colleagues, friends, family members, and patients, as well as a few copies of letters written by Putnam; several letters belonging to his wife Marian Cabot Putnam; and manuscripts and documents of Putnam. His major correspondents include Ernest Jones, Susan E. Blow, William James, Edward Waldo Emerson, and Henry Pickering Bowditch. Other individuals represented in the papers include Elmer Ernest Southard, Edward Cowles, Sándor Ferenczi, Henry James, Morton Prince, Henry A. Christian, Lucy Washburn, and Elizabeth Tilton. There is also some correspondence with publishers contained in the papers. Letters of Ernest Jones discuss the work of Prince and Sigmund Freud, papers to be given at various professional meetings; and attendance at congresses on psychology, psychotherapy, and neurology; and Jones' views on dream analysis, alcoholism, and other subjects. William James' letters contain his thinking on Spencer's philosophy, his opposition to a proposed medical license, and mention of his health. Letters from Prince to Putnam pertain chiefly to his views on Freud. Topics covered in Blow's letters include educational issues in kindergartens and women's suffrage; they also reflect the development of her philosophical views over a 20 year period. Letters from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard colleagues, such as Cowles, Christian, and Bowditch, concern teaching matters at Harvard, funding for the Social Service Department at MGH, Bowditch's travels in Europe, and physiological apparatus and research. Also includes letters from other colleagues, such as Southard, pertaining to his psychiatric work at the Massachusetts State Hospital in Danvers; Ferenczi, about psychoanalytic treatment and international meetings; from Edward Waldo Emerson, a long series, 1866-1918, mostly about family and friends; and from acquaintances, such as Elizabeth Tilton documenting her work as a prohibitionist. Putnam's outgoing letters concern a merger of Harvard departments of neurology and psychology, European psychiatric hospitals, establishment of a neurology ward and other matters at MGH and Harvard. They also reflect his views on such subjects as neurasthenia, psychoanalysis, and Freudian theories, alcoholism, and the Emmanuel movement and cooperation between the clergy and medical profession. Marion Cabot Putnam's letters include mainly letters of condolence from friends and colleagues of her husband; there are also some letters from Marion and other family papers. Manuscripts belonging to Putnam include college essays; reading and medical notes; manuscripts of lectures and papers on such subjects as mental illness, psychoneurosis, and psychoanalysis; diploma and other documents. Related material includes correspondence, 1956-1965, concerning the disposition of the Putnam papers.".
- catalog abstract "Contains letters to Rimmer from Stephen Higginson Perkins, his friend and patron, concerning sculpture and contemporary art; contains also many pencil drawings and drypoint prints by Rimmer, and related items. There are related bound manuscripts in this collection which include drawings, such as those from art lectures at the Lowell Institute, Boston; sketchbook; album of poems, notes and sketches; narrative poem; and scrapbook with clippings and articles.".
- catalog abstract "Includes correspondence of Stewart with physiologists and other scientists concerning research and laboratory work, professional appointments and activities, publications, lecturing, and other matters.".
- catalog abstract "Contains records, such as administrative files; minutes of meetings of Board of Trustees, Executive Committee, and members; research and project files documenting gerontological research done at the Age Center; financial statements and reports; and staff and membership records. Projects concerned topics on prejudice and older people, smoking, dependency in older people, etc., and were based on studies of Age Center members. Members were elderly residents of the Boston area. One of the major projects was the Life Experience Study which included an Interviewing and Counselling Program. Materials generated by this study were questionnaires about family, vocation, personality, and social and health issues; medical histories; personality and intelligence tests; interviewers' notes and reports; interview rating scale; and correspondence. Related material includes daily logs;statistical data; project proposals, reports and drafts of articles by Paul J. Rhudick and other researchers. Records also contain annual reports, procedural manuals and tests, reprints of articles, and aging studies done by other organizations.".
- catalog abstract "Includes membership applications and lists of members; minutes of meetings; agendas and programs; treasurers' reports and reports of the necrologist and secretary; constitutions and bylaws; transcript of 1910 hearing before the Massachusetts State Sanatoria; and clippings containing notices of meetings.".
- catalog abstract "Contains Schmidt's professional correspondence with Harvard School of Public Health deans and faculty, including Martha May Eliot and other colleagues; and correspondence and papers concerning Eliot's 75th birthday in 1966. Also contains correspondence and other materials pertaining to Schmidt's opposition to the bombing of Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence, notes, and memorabilia pertaining to the discovery of insulin. Also includes some letters, 1906-1923, concerning Joslin's work with the Harvard Medical Library.".
- catalog abstract "Contains Jackson's correspondence, 1828-1873, with his family, and a few letters, 1853-1879, from Oliver Wendell Holmes; notes, ca.1835-1841, on yellow fever; and correspondence, notes, and clippings, 1837-1852, pertaining to Jackson's cases. Also includes bills, 1823-1850, tickets to lectures when he was a student, and resolution issued upon his death.".
- catalog abstract "Contains 113 original letters of Clarence Blake to his father, John Harrison Blake, written while residing in Europe. Letters document Blake's travels and activities as a student. They discuss medical education and his specialization in otology; report on the Austro-Prussian War and Blake's efforts to arrange the sale of arms to Austria through his father's firm, the Connecticut Arms Company; and mention many students and professors with whom he was acquainted. Other papers include a letter addressed to Blake about an order for American muskets; letter of his father about the son's studies; essay and poem; and autographs.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of autographed letters, mostly from eminent 19th century scientists, which were collected by Lloyd E. Hawes. The largest number of letters from a single writer is the 41 letters by Florence Nightingale. Dated 1856-1897, they mainly concern the health of Nightingale's brother-in-law though an 1856 letter from the Crimea, with information about conditions during the war there, is also included. Among other individuals represented in the collection are: Antoine César Becquerel, Edmond Becquerel, Sir William Crookes, Marie and Pierre Curie, Michael Faraday, William Thomson Kelvin, Louis Pasteur, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, John Tyndall, Charles Wheatstone, and Helen Brooke Taussig.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of Dupee's account book from 1841 to 1886, with a few receipts and a letter.".
- catalog abstract "Contains mostly personal letters from Williams to his sister describing medical studies in Paris from 1846 to 1848, political and social events during the period, medical issues such as use of ether, and travels throughout Europe. Letters to Williams from various colleagues comment on his publications and medical topics, or are of a more routine nature, pertaining to memberships, invitations to the Harvard Medical School celebrations, etc. Papers also include letters of sympathy and a resolution upon the death of Williams; personal documents such as appointments, certificates, passport, and admission cards; annual licenses, 1862-1867; report, 1862, about unsuitability of a site for a hospital in Boston; and notes and clippings.".
- catalog abstract "Contains colleague and fundraising correspondence, conference materials, and writings and lectures documenting Bauer's efforts to understand rheumatic disease and develop effective therapies as an academic physician at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Correspondence, course proposals, committee reports and lectures chronicle his academic activities at Harvard Medical School. Committee reports and correspondence describe Bauer's consulting activities to professional organizations and state and federal govenment agencies. Correspondence and reports recording his experiences during World War II and later consulting assignments for the United States Army are also included.".
- catalog abstract "Contains Curran's journals, unpublished autobiography, and personal interviews resulting from his career as a physician, medical educator, consultant, historian, and medical missionary in China. Correspondence with members of the Harvard School of Public Health community, interview tapes and transcripts, budgets, meeting minutes, and research files record Curran's research conducted for the publication of Founders: Harvard School of Public Health. Meeting minutes, annual meeting notes, and reports document his activities with the Bingham Associates Fund. Interviews, meeting notes, reports, and photographs illustrating his involvement in the development of medical education in China, East Pakistan, South Korea, and Iran are also included.".
- catalog abstract "Includes mostly letters adressed to Capen and to the firm of Marsh, Capen, and Lyon requesting information on or discussing phrenology; concerning establishment and meetings of phrenological societies in Boston and other places; and other professional matters. Also includes social invitations, letters of transmittal and recommendation, documents from phrenological societies, and Capen's collection of autograph letters.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence and memoranda resulting from Cutler's medical accomplishments, professional relationships and activities, experiences at Harvard Medical School and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Reports about staff and faculty appointments and the development of internships and curriculum record his teaching activities at Harvard Medical School. Also includes committee reports, correspondence, research notes, data, and lectures on Cutler's research studies conducted on on dogs and the use of total thyroidectomy to reduce strain on damaged hearts. Unprocessed records (accession 2011-143) consist of correspondence received by Cutler in 1917 from family members.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of correspondence, predominantly letters to Jarvis from colleagues and friends, concerning the care of patients and the administration of mental hospitals in Massachusetts and various other states. Other letters describe medical conditions in Army hospitals during the U.S. Civil War, procedures for compiling vital statistics, and personal and social matters. Correspondents include Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, Josiah Curtis, Samuel Gridley Howe, and John Hoskins Griscom among others. Also contains a fragment of Jarvis' report of a trip to England and Scotland.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence, notebooks, speeches, writings, and radio addresses from Minot's research on nutrition, pernicious anemia, and other diseases of the blood at the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, and Harvard Medical School. Also includes student notes, drawings, and correspondence from Minot's medical education; lecture notes from courses he taught; administrative records, student evaluations, committee records, correspondence, memoranda and financial documents from hospital and Harvard Medical School activities as an administrator and faculty advisor; and professional activities and consulting records.".
- catalog abstract "Contains material pertaining to Brickley's work as medical examiner, including autopsy records with reports, notes and lists of cases, and photographs. Also contains typewritten accounts of local events, such as Cocoanut Grove Fire of 1942; reprints of addresses; and memorabilia.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence, diaries, trial transcripts, reports, and clippings relating to opposition to Reich’s theories and the work of the Orgone Institute; correspondence; published and unpublished manuscripts and translations; photographs and photographic slides; and records of the Orgone Institute Press. Also includes Reich’s personal papers, including diaries, correspondence, and financial records, and biographical interviews and writings created after Reich’s death. Also includes the papers of Wilhelm Reich pertaining to his discovery of the orgone.".
- catalog abstract "Includes Davis' records, 1941-1942, as secretary of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, such as minutes, committee memoranda, and correspondence; and Davis' historical account of his collaboration with Alfred Loomis on the human electroencephalogram they developed in the 1930s.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of five notebooks of Drummey's lecture notes while a student at Harvard Medical School from 1884 to 1887.".
- catalog abstract "The Clark Wright Heath papers, 1928-1955 (inclusive), are a product of Heath’s research and professional activities throughout the period of his service at Harvard Medical School as Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School’s Thorndike Memorial Laboratory at Boston City Hospital as Research Resident, and Harvard University as Principal Investigator of the University’s Grant Study. The bulk of the papers contain personal and professional correspondence, concerning: requests from Heath’s colleagues for research and medical advice on iron, anemia, and its treatment with liver extract; administration of the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory; employment recommendations to and from Heath’s colleagues; Harvard Medical School students and teaching responsibilities; and personal correspondence with friends and colleagues.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence and notes, 1946-1963, pertaining to Janeway's work on ad hoc committees at Harvard Medical School; correspondence, 1940-1952, with Warfield T. Longcope at Johns Hopkins; and correspondence with medical colleagues in the armed services during World War II.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of colleague and patient correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, writings, publications, data, and photographs resulting from Guttmacher's administrative and personal activities as President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America from 1962 to 1974. Includes writings, notes, reports, meeting minutes, travel diaries, itineraries, and photographs from Guttmacher's work as an advocate for the development of international family planning programs and his efforts to foster a stronger relationship between the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Also contains Guttmacher's personal correspondence, operating journals as a resident at Johns Hopkins University, writings by his wife, Leonore Guttmacher; his memoir manuscripts, and family photographs, including several photographs of his twin brother psychiatrist Manfred Guttmacher.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence, mostly with family members, concerning Cushing's studies at Harvard and at Dartmouth Medical School, family matters, and financial affairs. Also includes some bills and receipts.".
- catalog abstract "The Lydia M. Gibson Dawes papers are the result of Dawes' work as a child psychiatrist in Boston. Contains unpublished papers, notes, notes on lectures given by Dawes and others, correspondence (both professional and personal), research by Dawes and others, photographs. The collection includes correspondence between Dawes and Anna Freud, information and lectures from Freud's lecture tours in the Boston area, and reports from Freud's Hampstead Nursery. Also includes research notebooks by her husband, Dr. Daniel Dawes.".
- catalog abstract "Contains office files of William T. Councilman and S. Burt Wolbach, including correspondence, course material, examinations, student grades and reports (1899-1926), applications, budget information, and letters of recommendation. Correspondence pertains to pathology research (such as Wolbach's work on typhus); involvement in various committees, the Promotion Board, and the Harvard Cancer Commission; cooperative work in pathology with several Boston area hospitals; student matters, such as grant awards; participation in professional societies; and departmental activities. Correspondents include Medical School Deans Henry A. Christian and David L. Edsall, A. Lawrence Lowell, members of other departments at Harvard, and colleagues.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of eighty letters by Samuel Wigglesworth to his father, Thomas Wigglesworth, and other family members, written while residing in Europe. He discusses the political situation, health conditions, and medical care, mentioning hospital visits and commenting on cholera outbreaks; and describes social events, the weather, students and sites of interest. He also mentions the names of many doctors and Americans visiting Paris.".
- catalog abstract "Contains office files, manuscripts of publications and speeches, biographical notes, reprints, and family papers pertaining to Edsall's professional and personal life. The office files include materials from Edsall's early career at the University of Pennsylvania and Washington University, from his teaching at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, and as dean of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health. In addition to Edsall's office files on departments at Harvard Medical School, there is material reflecting his involvement in professional organizations, such as the American Red Cross and the Rockefeller Foundation. Family papers include correspondence, reminiscences, and memorabilia of Edsall and his wife Margaret Tileston Edsall, and their families, and his journal of a trip to China in 1926-1927. Biographical material was collected by Joseph Aub and Ruth Hapgood for their book, Pioneer in Modern Medicine (1970).".
- catalog abstract "Papers pertain primarily to Cattell's research projects, his involvement in the American College of Clinical Pharmacology and Chemotherapy (ACCPC), the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), and the Therapeutic Research Foundation; editorial work; lecturing in Japan, Austria, and Columbia; and teaching and administrative work in the Department of Pharmacology at Cornell University Medical College. Also includes personal correspondence of McKeen Cattell and some correspondence between Walter B. Cannon and James McKeen Cattell (father of McKeen Cattell), as well as J. M. Cattell's lecture notes and World War I photographs. Research project files contain charts and experimental data, notes and drafts of writings, bibliographies and reprints reflecting McKeen Cattell's research on the action of digitalis drugs in increasing the strength of heart-muscle contractions, and other studies on the pharmacology of digitalis. Related materials are research reports and correspondence with faculty at Cornell, such as Janet Travell and Harry Gold, and correspondence with Japanese scientists and colleagues concerning work on digitalis drugs. Departmental records include correspondence with pharmaceutical companies concerning fund raising for research and general records relating to curriculum matters, conferences at Cornell, etc. Cattell's professional activities are documented in correspondence about the founding of ACCPC; his service as president and trustee of ASPET and editing of the Society's journal, involvement in international pharmacology congresses, and work on govermental committees. Also contains minutes of meetings of the Biological Codification Panel and Committee on Growth of the National Research Council, which were held in the late 1940s to persuade the federal government to fund basic biomedical research; and correspondence and related material pertaining to advisory work for National Institutes of Health and committees of the New York Academy of Medicine, and consulting for private industry. Other material documents Cattell's travels as a visiting lecturer to Japan (1950) under the auspices of the U.S. Army, and to Austria (1947) and Colombia (1948) for the Unitarian Service Committee Medical Mission; as well as his lecturing in the U.S., and various social activities.".
- catalog abstract "Contains letters written by Dodge and other family members concerning family, monetary, and political affairs. Also includes itemized bill and promissory note.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence concerning medical practice and studies, legal case, and family and personal matters. Also includes Workman's accounts of daily expenses, 1822-1837 and 1870; reports of medical cases, 1831-1847; his diaries, 1819-1828; legal papers; school notebooks from Hopkins Academy; translation; notes for speeches; and statistical abstract of obstetrical cases in 1846-1847.".
- catalog abstract "The Isaac Newton Kerlin papers, 1838-1970 (inclusive), 1838-1891 (bulk) consist of correspondence, notes, photographs, reports, circulars, pamphlets, admission papers, obituaries, and publications. Series I contains Kerlin's personal and professional correspondence, focusing on the functions and business of Elwyn as well as the topics of mental health, mental retardation, and religion. Correspondents include Caspar Wistar Pennock and the Japanese author and Christian evangelist Kanzo Uchimura. Series II contains publications collected by Kerlin, including a hymnal to Dorothea Dix from Kerlin, with correspondence, as well as two annual reports from the Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Minded Children.".
- catalog abstract "Contains Spurzheim's letters, 1813-1829, to his wife while he was traveling in Great Britain, Austria, and France; notes for lectures on phrenology, and notes on travel in America in 1832; draft of book; journal of trip from Paris to New York; and reading notes. Some of the material is written in French and German. Some letters refer to his relationship with Franz Joseph Gall.".
- catalog abstract "Includes administrative files of Berry, as dean of the Harvard Medical School. Records relate to departments, other Harvard faculties and affiliated hospitals, as well as fund raising efforts and other matters.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence files of the secretaries of the 13th International Physiological Congress, Alfred C. Redfield and Edwin J. Cohn, and some correspondence of the chairman Walter B. Cannon. Correspondence is mostly with participants, and pertains to their attendance, to arrangements, publicity, and other details concerning the proceedings, and to related meetings, such as that of the Executive Council. Also includes manuscripts of some of the papers delivered at the congress, secretary's report of the event, and other items. Additional correspondents include William H. Howell, president of the congress.".
- catalog abstract "Contains mainly Shattuck's incoming correspondence from colleagues and friends concerning professional activities, scientific research, and political and social affairs. The professional correspondence pertains to medical matters, such as patient cases; and Shattuck's teaching at Harvard Medical School, clinical work at Massachusetts General Hospital, and involvement with professional societies. Typhoid fever and tropical medicine are topics covered in the correspondence about his and others' research. The collection includes letters to Shattuck about the situation in Germany before and after World War I from his friends in Europe. Also contains some personal correspondence about family matters, a few letters written by Shattuck, and other miscellaneous items.".
- catalog abstract "The Otto Krayer papers, 1917-1982 (inclusive), 1946-1968 (bulk), are the product of Krayer's activities as a pharmacologist, editor, author, and professor. The collection includes professional correspondence generated by Krayer while in Germany and the United States and records of his: involvement with professional organizations; editorial work; and service to European aid organizations, as well as his activities as an author and professor of pharmacology. Biographical records and awards and honors received by Krayer are also included in the collection.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of letters addressed to Stalker from colleagues in the medical profession, and also Stalker's collection of autographed letters and photographs of eminent men. The oldest signature in the collection is that of John Radcliffe, which is on a receipt dated 1702; the oldest letter, dated 1760, is that of John Hunter. Others represented by autographs or photographs in the collection are: Sir Frederick Grant Banting, Sigmund Freud, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sir William Osler, Ivan P. Pavlov, Rudolf Virchow, C. G. Jung, Harvey Cushing, and Benjamin Rush. Major correspondents of Stalker's include Alexander Taylor Bunts, Richard Clarke Cabot, Oliver Cope, Fuller Albright, Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott, James Morison Faulkner, Theodore Chase Greene, Lewis Marshall Hurxthal, and George Richards Minot. Many of these individuals describe their medical activities and provide autobiographical or historical information in their letters to Stalker.".
- catalog abstract "Contains records listing surgical operations, including handwritten follow-up material, performed on patients at Boston City Hospital. Also includes glass lantern slides of surgical patients, films, and personal material, such as photographs and diplomas.".
- catalog abstract "Includes legal document from Harvard Corporation authorizing John C. Warren to establish an anatomical museum in 1847; notes and related correspondence containing descriptions of cadavers (used as basis for the museum catalog); bills of Edward Wigglesworth and John B. S. Jackson for their contributions to the museum collections; and Boston Society for Medical Improvement bills for printing the museum catalog.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence of C. Sidney Burwell, dean of the Harvard Medical School, with A. Calvert Smith concerning raising funds and staffing the Harvard Public Health Unit. Also includes Burwell's correspondence and telegrams with John E. Gordon, who directed the combined organization in Britain during the war. Other materials include reports of the American Red Cross-Harvard field unit, and background historical information.".
- catalog abstract "Records of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) include files of Drinker as dean and as professor in the Department of Physiology; faculty minutes, 1958-1977; records of Division of Industrial Hygiene, the Departments of Tropical Medicine and of Maternal and Child Health, and of the President's Committee to Study the Future of HSPH, 1972; curriculum material and reports from the early cooperative public health program; reports of special projects and conferences sponsored by HSPH and other official publications; and faculty publications. Drinker's correspondence files, 1919-1950, pertain to administration of HSPH, such as appointments and admission of Radcliffe students; to relations with Harvard Medical School and Harvard University; to his research projects, such as World War II work on respiratory physiology, and other research on the lymphatic system. Also concerns his studies of health problems in industry and work as a medical consultant for several industries, for example, a study by Cecil and his wife Katherine on radium poisoning; editing of the Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology by Cecil, Katherine, and his brother Philip; and Cecil's teaching in the Department of Physiology, lecturing, and involvement in professional societies. Includes correspondence with faculty, such as Alice Hamilton, and other colleagues; and accounts from the Laboratory of Applied Physiology. Division of Industrial Hygiene records, 1918-1934, contain correspondence, minutes of meetings and reports of the Committee on Industrial Hygiene, and lists of departmental publications. Department of Tropical Medicine material includes correspondence of Frederick C. Shattuck concerning funding and organization of the department; correspondence of George C. Shattuck regarding a research project in Panama and other matters; account books; and alumni records of classes of 1913-1936. Major correspondents include Richard Pearson Strong. Records of Department of Maternal and Child Health include reports about teaching maternal and child health in public health schools, some correspondence, and reprints. Much of this material belongs to Martha Eliot. Records of the President's Committee contain minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports of consultants, and final report to Derek Bok. Harvard-M.I.T. School for Health Officers and School of Public Health records include course material; registration cards; and reports on epidemiology, environmental and industrial health, clinical medicine, and health services. Other holdings from HSPH are deans' reports, 1946-1954; Accreditation Task Group reports, 1975-1976; reports to the Board of Overseers, 1949; transcripts from Office of Program Planning, 1972-1976; applications to foundations; and 2 films about yellow fever research in 1920. Graduate student theses from HSPH are also available in the Archives.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence and related material pertaining to 1903 Harvard Medical School reunions and meetings of the Aesculapian Club. Also includes draft, with notes and correspondence, for unpublished book on anesthesia by Homans and Knight.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of notes, taken by Minot in Vienna, for lectures on clinical medicine by Dr H. Bamberger in 1878-1879 and on diseases of the digestive tract by Dr. Oser in 1879-1880.".
- catalog abstract "Includes mostly Macy Foundation records, and some correspondence with Stanley Cobb.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of letters from Hall to his wife Helen Beal Hall, describing his sea voyage to China in 1859, his attempt to establish a medical practice in Shanghai, and decision to continue on to Nagasaki, Japan to do medical work there. Also includes letter, 1855, from Edward Rowlands to a Mrs. Warden concerning her sister, Helen Hall, and their return voyage from China.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence with businessmen in France, mostly about obtaining teeth for Keep's dental practice. Also includes some letters from patients in the Boston area, and related documents such as bills, notes, and inventories of dental instruments and equipment.".
- catalog abstract "Records of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine are from both official and non-official bodies, including Office of the Dean, departments, committees, and organizations. A considerable part of the records consists of correspondence files of Deans T. H. Chandler, E. H. Smith, and L. Mine, and pertain to administration of the school, relations with the Harvard Medical School and Harvard University, as well as special events, such as the work of Varaztad Kazanjian and the Harvard Surgical Unit during World War I. Also includes correspondence with faculty and alumni, Dental School committees, hospitals, and professional societies; manuscripts of speeches and articles of Smith and Miner, and a scrapbook belonging to Chandler. Other administrative materials are executive committee records, 1895-1917; administrative board minutes, 1917-1944; and faculty minutes, 1867-1899. Student records include grades, entrance examinations, registration cards, applications, letters of recommendation, and matriculation receipts, tickets, and registers. Financial records, 1906-1944, such as cash and expense books, and some legal documents are also in the collection. Records of departments include outgoing correspondence, 1910-1922, of the Chemistry Department; patient records and registers, 1868-1938, from the Operative Department; financial ledgers from Prosthetic and Photographic Departments; and statistical reports of departments, 1894-1907. Also includes student biographical material from Quinquennial Office; library accession books and circulation records; Dental Museum catalogs of specimens and lists of curators; committee records, such as minutes, concerning admission, curriculum, fellowships, and faculty; and records of the Harvard-Tufts Training School for Dental Hygienists, dating from 1917 to 1919. Collection contains publications of the Dental School, including reports for the Commission on Dental Accreditation (1981), regulations, and anniversary reports; as well as some publications by faculty members. Material about Medical School societies includes constitution and bylaws, minutes and reports, correspondence, and programs from the Harvard Odontological Society, Harriett Newell Lowell Society for Dental Research, and Harvard Dental Alumni Association. Other non-official papers include student notes, theses, and examinations; alumni biographical cards of classes of 1869 to 1927; and medical photographs. Graduate and postgraduate student theses from the Dental School are also available in the Archives.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of admission cards to lectures given at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and various medical schools in New York, Pennsylvania, and New England.".
- catalog abstract "Contains articles and reports relating to experiments on ethyline glycol and ricin; typescripts of lectures Hunt gave for his class in pharmacology; and a small amount of personal correspondence, 1903-1914. Also includes correspondence, notes, and related material, 1914-1940, pertaining to such issues as chemical warfare, drug addiction, the effects of tobacco and the Seleno-vanadium controversy.".
- catalog abstract "Contains personal reports written to Prince on the condition of his patients exhibiting split personality, his analytic notes on patients, notes and galley proofs for his publications, and clinical notes pertaining to dreams, therapeutic techniques of hypnosis and automatic writing, and personality disorders. Also includes his lecture notes, book reviews, and biographical information.".
- catalog abstract "Papers pertain mainly to Fitz's historical research on physicians and collecting, such as the Commencement Day Archives, and his social activities. Includes correspondence, research notes, copies of exhibit items, manuscripts of articles and unpublished work, and reprints. Additional accession includes Harvard University medal celebrating his twenty-fifth year class reunion in 1931.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence with colleagues and friends concerning Walcott's involvement in public health, in addition to other professional and personal activities. Also includes manuscripts of three lectures he presented on the international public health movement; essay, 1861; certificates; and clippings.".
- catalog abstract "Contains manuscripts of Wolcot's poems, epitaphs, and addresses on political and social matters, and miscellaneous items.".
- catalog abstract "Contains professional correspondence, mostly from one of Emerson's patients, and some from James Jackson Putnam and others; patient case reports with related letters and documents; lectures; and other papers. Also contains uncatalogued material including correspondence with Emerson's wife, Mary Fife Emerson, biographical documents and personal memorabilia, and professional files such as patient notes.".
- catalog abstract "Contains Stone's case studies, consisting of names of patients, illnesses and treatments; some correspondence; medical formulae; lists of charges for medical services; and personal documents.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of approximately 16,800 glass plate negatives, original negative enclosures, photographic indices, and a small number of prints produced by the photographic service of the Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France between 1880 and 1942, the bulk of which date between 1900 and 1919. Records also include one legal document box (.5 cubic feet) of notes, lectures, case histories, and pen drawings created by Salpêtrière staff between 1859 and 1893, many authored by J. M. (Jean-Martin) Charcot (1825-1893), who entered into the Salpêtrière's service in 1856 and served as chair for the study of nervous disorders from 1882 until his death. Records concern patients with physical and mental diseases, as well as the research of Charcot and other physicians. Negatives depict whole body images of patients and heath care workers, partial body images showing specific medical conditions, tissue and lesions discovered during autopsy, and wards and hospital buildings. The majority of the plates are five inches by seven inches, but approximately 1,500 are roughly eight inches by ten inches and 1,600 are several sizes smaller. A group of these smaller-sized plates were used to produce stereopticon cards. Additionally, a selection of unexposed plates in a variety of sizes have been retained in their original packaging.".
- catalog abstract "Contains Hertig's office files from Department of Pathology at the Harvard Medical School, and New England Regional Primate Research Center; material for his publications and addresses; research files; and personal papers. His office files include correspondence, reports, notes, and related material concerning such topics as teaching, research, involvement with professional societies, departmental matters, committee work, and participation in medical legal cases. Writings files contain correspondence, notes, drafts, galley proofs and plates for various papers and his book Human Trophoblast; manuscripts of lectures and addresses; book reviews; biographical information on Shields Warren; and reprints of his papers. Research material pertains to early human embryo studies with John Rock, cancer research, and other gynecological and pathological work. Personal papers include Hertig's student notes from Harvard Medical School and the University of Minnesota, Harvard Medical School Alumni Association material, biographical information, notebooks, photographs, diplomas, awards, and other memorabilia.".
- catalog abstract "Contains letters written by Jackson concerning medical cases and remedies, and several related items.".
- catalog abstract "MC 739, the Horatio Robinson Storer Papers, 1830-1922, contains letters, mostly to Storer, concerning medical medals, gynecology and other health issues, and personal matters. Also includes correspondence and journals documenting his writings and lectures on gynecology.".
- catalog abstract "Contains a few items pertaining to Warren's political activities, medical lectures and practice, and financial affairs.".
- catalog abstract "Contains lists compiled by Hartshorn, of medications sent to troops in French and Indian War; Hartshorn's poems; Gardiner's notes, written by Hartshorn, on diseases and medical cases; patient reports; recipes for compounding of medicines; and a few letters.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence with colleagues, friends, and family members concerning medical treatments, Harvard Medical School, business matters and family affairs. Correspondence, 1831-1833, between Jackson and his son James Jackson, Jr. pertains to the son's medical studies in Europe, including cases of cholera he was studying in Paris and the differences between French and American medicine. Contains other correspondence of James Jackson, Jr.; also letters of condolence sent to James Jackson, Sr. on the occasion of his son's early death. Additional material includes reports, notes, and letters of James Jackson, Sr. on topics such as brain disease and facial palsy; his notes on patients and other matters; business and financial accounts; certificates, diplomas, family memorabilia, and printed material.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correpondence concerning Codman's book on treatment of diseases of the shoulder and other writings; patent and accompanying material for his invention of a surgical cutting tool; and some personal correspondence. Also includes patient records from Codman's service at Massachusetts General Hospital and his private medical practice.".
- catalog abstract "Contains Garrison's letters to James Francis Ballard, John Woodford Farlow, and others concerning library matters, his World War I experiences, Index Medicus, and topics in the history of medicine.".
- catalog abstract "Contains administrative, staff, fiscal and legal records of the Boston Dispensary as well as publications by and about the Dispensary. Records of the governing boards include Board of Trustees' minutes, correspondence and committee files, 1796-ca.1900; and Board of Managers' minutes and committee files, 1910-1965. Administrative records include annual reports, journal and inventory, 1823-1910, of the Superintendent; and Director's office files such as correspondence and reports of the clinical departments, ca.1917-ca.1965. Records of the medical staff contain reports, correspondence, lists of patients, and other material of district physicians, ca.1796-ca.1870; and later staff correspondence files, ca.1938-1964. Financial records are composed of early Treasurer's reports, correspondence and accounts, 1797-1903, and Financial Department ledgers, accounts, cash books, and other items, 1919-1964. In addition, contains records relating to investments and fundraising, such as lists of contributors, endowment and bequest records, and related correspondence, 1796-1964. Other materials include apothecary reports, accounts, correspondence, bills, and receipts, ca.1809-ca.1883; personnel files, ca.1920-ca.1960; agreements and contracts, ca.1929-1959; property and physical plant correspondence and blueprints; publications, such as annual reports, ca.1900-1965, statistical reports and policy and procedural manuals; and scrapbooks of clippings.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of Emmons' original typed letters to George Richards Minot, discussing design and manufacture of the eriometer. Also includes enclosed instructions on use of the eriometer, which measures the diameter of erythrocytes; and other letters.".
- catalog abstract "Contains manuscripts and notes for lectures Minot gave on training and conduct of nurses, health of professional men, and medical topics; lecture notes, 1852, he took in French; and some correspondence and biographical material.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence and manuscript of John Woodford Farlow concerning the history of the Staniford Street Dispensary.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence pertaining to medical matters such as the use of ether, patients, and Dr. J.S. Bartlett's expulsion from the Massachusetts Medical Society; and some family correspondence. Also includes manuscripts of Peirson's lectures and writings, including several on temperance and alcoholism, and on the need for bodies for dissection; lecture and student notes from Harvard and abroad; and notes on patients he was treating; bills and receipts, account books (1844-1866) belonging to Abel and to his son Edward Brooks Peirson; and newspaper clippings.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence with colleagues, including Charles Darwin, Asa Gray, and Louis Agassiz, concerning such topics as collecting specimens for the ethnology museum, scientific expeditions, Harvard Medical School, spontaneous generation, fossils, and shell heaps. Correspondence with family members, especially Wyman's father, his brother Morrill Wyman, and friends, pertains to his medical studies in Paris, travels, teaching at Hampden-Sydney College, and family and social matters. Also includes account books, bibliographies, photographs, family memorabilia, and biographical information.".
- catalog abstract "Contains Adams' letters, 1861-1865, written to his family, describing military camp life, battles, maneuvers, medical activities, and family matters. Also includes his account of the Wilderness battle; history of the 7th Massachusetts Regiment; reminiscences written in 1884 and 1894 of his military and professional activities; and war diary, 1862-1863. Additional material consists of clippings of newspaper reports, 1862, and notice and poster, 1981, for a lecture on Adams for the bicentennial celebration of Massachusetts Medical Society.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence and related material pertaining to Adams' involvement with the Interurban Orthopedic Club of Boston, Mass., American Posture League, and the American Journal of Orthopedic Surgery. Topics discussed include scoliosis and orthopedic shoes.".
- catalog abstract "Contains 32 original letters, 1856-1864, from Charles L. Peirson to Edward Brooks Peirson describing his partnership with William H. Stodder, dealing with land purchase and speculation, usury, and the attempt to establish a town in the newly opened Minnesota Territory. Also includes 6 letters from Stodder to Charles, and to Edward Peirson, dating from 1861 to 1864, which pertain to Stodder's farming activities in Minnesota; and a receipt for taxes paid by Stodder and Peirson in Scott County in 1861.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence, financial records, reports, and other material from the Harvard Cancer Commission and Huntington Memorial Hospital. Commission files, 1916-1945, include correspondence of Robert B. Greenough, first director of the Huntington Memorial Hospital, Joseph B. Howland, Channing C. Simmons, and others; hospital administrative records and financial statements; and applications. Other hospital financial records, 1912-1942, include ledgers, sampling of cash and charge books, journals, and payrolls. Also contains reports and accounts of patients; minutes, 1905-1940, of meetings of directors of the commission and laboratory directors with budgets and statements; reports from hospital departments; lectures; and printed material. In addition to commission and hospital records, collection includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, and other material, 1954-1958, from Committee on Cancer Research and Training.".
- catalog abstract "Contains responses from colleagues in hospitals, mostly in Massachusetts, to questionnaire Gay sent out asking about the abuse of medical charity in hospitals and dispensaries. Also includes several related items.".
- catalog abstract "Papers are the product of Robert J. Benford’s professional and research activities in the field of aviation medicine, including: correspondence and memoranda pertaining to his military duties, his involvement on the Interim Board of Aviation Medicine and the Aero-Medical Association; research files on aerospace medicine; and correspondence generated as part of his editorial positions. Papers also include: photographs; printed matter and publications; reports on aeronautical research; NASA Skylab project plans; and a pre-publication copy of Benford’s monograph detailing the work of the United States Army Air Force’s Aero Medical Center in Heidelberg, Germany.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence with Bigelow's colleagues concerning botanical specimens; publication of the Pharmacopoeia of the United States, 1820-1831; the Rumford professorship at Harvard; and medical matters. Personal correspondence pertains to family matters and social events. Other material includes notes and lists relating to plants and flowers, patients, medicines, finances, and publications; drafts of lectures and revisions to the Pharmacopoeia; accounts and bills; and clippings.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence of Hans Zinsser concerning cancer research in the Department of Bacteriology and Immunology at Harvard Medical School, as well as faculty, student, financial, and other matters.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence from doctors and patients about cases Waldo was treating; manuscript describing his service in Revolutionary War; medical observations, prescriptions, and student notes; and medical bills.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence of Fulton and William Osler concerning clinical and personal matters, Fulton's memoir about Osler, notes, and examination questions.".
- catalog abstract "Contains mostly letters to Winthrop from correspondents seeking his advice for various ailments (with handwritten transcripts). Other correspondence includes letter, 1879, giving Winthrop material to Boston Medical Library.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of correspondence and papers relating to Katz's treatment with Jung. In addition to ten letters from Jung, the collection includes 26 letters from James Jackson Putnam, who sent Katz to Jung, most of them written during the course of her treatment. Other correspondents include Selma Bowditch, Hugo Kronecker, and Maria Moltzer. These letters contain information about the early international psychoanalytical movement, the treatment of a patient under analysis, and Putnam's attitude toward psychoanalysis. Papers include Katz's notebooks with notes from Jung and Alfred Adler's lectures, 1912-1917; and other material such as accounts of her fantasies, poems, drawings, and clippings.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence pertaining to medical education, advice on health problems, family financial matters, and other topics. Also includes cards of admission to lectures at Harvard Medical School and Bowdoin College.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence pertaining to professional, personal, and family matters; manuscripts of Ware's medical lectures and essays; commonplace books and notes; draft of his novel Charles Ashton; reviews; student lecture notes; and related papers. Also includes correspondence, 1859-1863, of his son Robert Ware, a member of the United States Sanitary Commission and surgeon with the 44th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War, containing Robert Ware's observations from the war; letters of condolence to John Ware on the death of his son in 1863; family memorabilia; and printed material.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correspondence with family, especially his brother Ezra, business and medical colleagues, and friends concerning domestic, financial, medical, and political matters. Letters from his brother about family affairs and local politics, and letters from his business associate William Currier pertaining to their trading ventures form the bulk of the collection. Also includes financial accounts and other related items.".
- catalog abstract "The records document its administrative history during the 19th and 20th centuries through more than 100 volumes of outpatient reports, patient case histories, admissions records, trustee meeting minutes, nurses' scrapbooks, photographs, house officers' registrations, and visitor records.".
- catalog abstract "Contains Tyler's manuscripts including his memoirs, 1799-1855 (some in the form of poems), medical lectures, and survey book. Topics covered are his education and medical training, colleagues and pupils, and genealogical information. Also contains correspondence concerning the sale of the Tyler manuscripts to Boston Medical Library in 1927, and certificates.".
- catalog abstract "Contains correpondence, reports, minutes of meetings, schedules, memoranda, test questions, bibliographies, forms, and other material from the Department of Pediatrics during the administrations of Thomas Morgan Rotch and John Lovett Morse.".
- catalog abstract "Contains letters to Mellus from colleagues, patients, and others concerning medical, financial, and personal matters. Also includes bills from trip around the world in 1886-1887.".