Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)

Manuscripts and Archives

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This collection consists of items from the Manuscripts and Archives collection hosted by Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine). Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

Series in this Collection:

Autograph letter signed : Lynchburg, Va., to James T. Fields
Adams, Zabdiel Boylston papers, 1861-1981 (inclusive), 1861-1894 (bulk). H MS c49.1
The Albright research group
Albright, Fuller papers, 1904-1964, 1990
Minutes of the annual meeting
American Roentgen Ray Society records, 1913-1952 (inclusive), 1932-1941 (bulk). H MS c293
Photograph album for travels through Central and South America
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Records. H MS c192
Letter from Edward Bibring
Bibring, Edward papers, 1929-1960 (inclusive), 1941-1958 (bulk). H MS c283
Oliver Wendell Holmes coins the term "anesthesia"
Boston Medical Library Holmes Collection
Letter from Dr. J. Collins Warren to Dr. George W. Gay
Boston Medical Library Miscellany. B MS misc.
Oral History Interview with Grant V. Rodkey, MD, Boston Medical Library Oral History Project
Boston Medical Library Oral History Collection
The Bullard Incunabula Collection at the Boston Medical Library, 1953
Boston Medical Library. Images, ca. 1870-1971
Autograph letter signed : Ely's Ford, Va., to [Jonathan Ingersoll Bowditch, Boston, Mass.].
Bowditch, Henry papers, 1806-1957 (inclusive), 1858-1910 (bulk). H MS c5
Letter from Mister Rogers to T. Berry Brazelton
Brazelton, T. Berry papers, 1949-2007 (inclusive), 1971-2004 (bulk). H MS c244
Harris Kennedy
Cannon, Walter Bradford papers, 1873-1945, 1972-1974 (inclusive), 1881-1945 (bulk). H MS c40
Letter from Mark Antony Haskell Niles to Nahum Capen
Capen, Nahum papers, 1783-1885 (inclusive), 1826-1885 (bulk). B MS c23
Elizabeth Reifsnyder performing surgery
Chadwick, James Read papers, 1830-1909 (inclusive). B MS c5
Diploma for Francis B. Smith
Cushing, Benjamin papers, 1822-1895. B MS c53.5
Control of Conception, Chart of Chief Methods
Dickinson, Robert Latou papers, 1881-1972 (inclusive), 1883-1950 (bulk). B MS c72
Autograph letter signed : Augusta, Me., to [Susan Douglass, Springfield, Mass.?]
Douglass, Darwin DeForrest papers, 1847-1880
Antibacterial action of serum of normal young men
Finland, Maxwell papers, 1916-2003. H MS c153
Admission ticket to the lectures on anatomy and surgery for Robert Thaxter
Francis A. Countway collection of cards of admission, 1776-1870 (inclusive). B MS c15
Clarence J. Gamble
Gamble, Clarence J. papers, 1920-1970s (inclusive), 1920-1966 (bulk). H MS c23
An act concerning operations for the prevention of procreation
Gay, George W. (George Washington), 1842-1931 Papers, ca.1906-1920 (inclusive). GA 31
Abortion Calls to Alan Guttmacher
Guttmacher, Alan Frank papers, 1860s, 1898-1974. H MS c155
Autopsy report
Harken, Dwight E. papers, 1911-1993 (inclusive), 1940-1975 (bulk). B MS c118
Letter to George H. Hall
Harvard Medical Library Miscellany. H MS misc.
Boylston Street building
Harvard Medical School Buildings and Grounds, Early Locations. Images, ca. 1824-1975
Photograph of the Officers of U.S.A. Base Hospital No. 5 (Harvard Medical School Unit), taken at Fort Totten, N.Y., May 10, 1917.
Harvard Medical School Clubs and Associations Photographs, 1855-1977
Henry Pickering Bowditch
Harvard Medical School Faculty and Staff Portrait Collection: A-C, 1861-1998
Alonzo Yerby
Harvard Medical School Faculty and Staff Portrait Collection: D-W, ca. 1774-2001
Alan R. Moritz with Barn Nutshell Study of Unexplained Death, circa 1948.
Harvard Medical School. Department of Legal Medicine. Department of Legal Medicine Records, circa 1877-1967 (inclusive), 1909-1967 (bulk). M-DE06.
Don W. Fawcett at the electron microscope
Harvard Medical School. Office of Public Affairs. Publication Visual Resource Records. M-AD06
Can we fake a better doctor?
Harvard Medical School. Office of Student Affairs records. Second year show memorabilia, 1978-2006 (gaps)
Letter from Charles Eliot to Calvin Ellis
Harvard Medical School. Office of the Dean. Records, 1828-1904 (inclusive), 1869-1874 (bulk). Series 00266
The Harvard Dental School and Dental and Oral Hospital
Harvard School of Dental Medicine Buildings, Grounds and Interiors. Images, ca. 1883-1965
Harvard School of Public Health catalog and announcement
Harvard School of Public Health catalogs, 1913-1975 (inclusive). AB 2.172
Air Hygiene Exhibit at Houston, Texas: Pneumotachograph
Harvard School of Public Health publication and visual resource records, 1930-2000 (inclusive)
55 Shattuck Street
Harvard School of Public Health: Miscellaneous
Letter from Moses Younglove to Sylvanus Fansher
Hastings family, medical notebooks and papers, 1772-1845. H MS c292
Envelope addressed to Miss Corlett by Florence Nightingale
Hawes, Lloyd E. collection of autographed letters, 1791-1967 (inclusive). H MS c1
Arthur T. Hertig, M.D.
Hertig, Arthur T. papers, 1918-1986 (inclusive), 1922-1976 (bulk). H MS c11
Norman E. Himes
Himes, Norman E. papers, 1918-1956 (inclusive), 1925-1950 (bulk). B MS c77
Agenda from the first meeting of a new chest society
History of Radiology
Address on medical education
Holmes, Oliver Wendell papers, 1838-1890 (inclusive). GA 38
Letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes to Charles Brooks
Holmes, Oliver Wendell papers, 1838-ca.1900 (inclusive). B MS c9
Letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes to Harold C. Ernst
Holmes, Oliver Wendell papers, 1843-1888 (inclusive). H MS c9
Evolution of ideas on the primary visual cortex
Hubel, David H. papers, 1953-2005 (inclusive), 1966-1991 (bulk). H MS c253
Anatomy, first year
Larrabee, Ralph Clinton papers, 1893-1933 (inclusive). GA 48
Codons notebooks
Leder, Philip laboratory notebooks, 1963-1965. H MS c296
C. C. "Chubby" Hare
Light, Richard U. negatives of Harvey Cushing and other senior medical and surgical staff of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1930-1935 (inclusive). H MS c424
The Battle of the Pills
Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society records, 1840-1964 (inclusive). B MS c26
First annual report of the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital and of the Ladies' Aid Association
Massachusetts Medical Society records, 1781-1971
Illustration Used in Instruction
Monks, George H. papers. MC544
Algerian man riding a donkey
National Archives of Plastic Surgery (NAPS)
Agencies Active in Study of Human Sex Problems
National Committee on Maternal Health records, 1923-1959. B MS c78
James Gowran
Peirson, Edward Brooks papers, 1842-1874 (inclusive), 1852-1864 (bulk). f B MS c31.5
Photograph album of a Massachusetts General Hospital Nursing student
Photograph album of a Massachusetts General Hospital nursing student. H MS c438
Photograph of Elliott Carr Cutler at the American Ambulance Hospital.
Photographic Scrapbook of the American Ambulance Service, Assembled by Nurse Geraldine K. Martin.
Cartoon
Rock, John C. personal and professional papers, 1918-1983. H MS c161
The Facts of Medicine program number 36, Overweight (video, program transcript, and film still)
Rutstein, David D. papers, 1916-1989 (inclusive), 1938-1980 (bulk)
Aerial photograph of France
Slides of Base Hospital No. 5, World War I, and Dr. Harvey Cushing. E3.C11
Concerning the study of eugenics in Massachusetts
Southard, Elmer Ernest papers, 1893-1940 (inclusive). GA 81
Letter from Johann Gaspar Spurzheim to Honorine Spurzheim
Spurzheim, Johann Gasper papers, 1813-1835 (inclusive). B MS c22
Abraham Stone
Stone, Abraham papers, 1916-1959. H MS c157
Harvard African Expedition
Strong, Richard P. (Richard Pearson) papers, 1911-2004 (inclusive), 1911-1945 (bulk), GA 82
Oral history interview with Andrew Flagg
The Gift of Experience, 2004-2007 (inclusive). H MS c228
Autograph letter signed : Whitehouse Landing, Va., to Fanny [Ware].
Ware, John papers, ca. 1813-1869 (inclusive). H MS c7.3
Elio Raviola performing an anatomical dissection with students
Warren Anatomical Museum. Records, 1835-2010 (inclusive), 1971-1991. RG M-CL02.01
Benjamin Waterhouse's Diploma from University of Leyden
Waterhouse family collection of papers, 1780-1871 (inclusive), 1811-1818 (bulk). H MS c17
Allegories
Waterhouse, Benjamin papers, 1786-1836 (inclusive). H MS c16
Documents from Benjamin Waterhouse to Harvard University
Waterhouse, Benjamin papers, 1797-1829 (inclusive). B MS c10
Reminiscences
Worcester, Alfred papers, 1886-1935 (inclusive). GA95.20