Image Group 2. Laying the cornerstone. Photographs,, 1964.
Dates
- Creation: 1964.
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Extent
70 photographsHistorical Note
As part of the ceremony, Countway Librarian Ralph T. Esterquest placed a time capsule containing over 100 items - including photographs, printed materials, and a brick from the Boston Medical Library building - into a cavity behind the cornerstone. The cornerstone was then laid and ceremonially sealed by President Nathan M. Pusey; Dean George P. Berry; Dr. Howard B. Sprague; Dr. Roy O. Greep, Dean of the School of Dental Medicine; Dr. John C. Snyder, Dean of the Faculty of Public Health; Dr. Sydney S. Gellis, Acting Dean of the Boston University School of Medicine; Dr. Lamar Soutter, Dean of the Medical School of the University of Massachusetts; Dr. Joseph M. Hayman, Jr., Dean of the Tufts University School of Medicine; Dr. Allen S. Johnson, President of the Massachusetts Medical Society; and architect Hugh Stubbins.
Creator
- From the Collection: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) Repository
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