Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine interiors images
Overview
This finding aid describes photographs, negatives, drawings, photomechanical prints, and slides depicting interior views of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine.
Dates
- Creation: 1962-1998.
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
The Harvard Medical Library and the Boston Medical Library do not hold copyright on all materials in the collection. Researchers are responsible for identifying and contacting any third-party copyright holders for permission to reproduce or publish. For more information on the Center's use, publication, and reproduction policies, view our Reproductions and Use Policy.
Extent
314 imagesThis finding aid describes photographs, negatives, drawings, photomechanical prints, and slides depicting interior views of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. Subjects include architectural drawings, building construction, and interior views of the building. Unless noted all images are black and white. Described in other finding aids are images depicting construction of the building, the cornerstone-laying ceremony, the library dedication exercises, library administrators and staff, exterior views of the building, and the Countway Library Associates.
Historical Note
The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine holds the collections of the Harvard Medical Library and the Boston Medical Library. The union of these two institutions was formed in 1958 as the result of a substantial gift of Sanda Countway in memory of her brother, Francis A. Countway, the former president of Lever Brothers, Inc. The agreement between the two libraries combined each of their staffs, services, and collections into one modern biomedical library facility. The Library was completed in 1965 and since then has served as a resource of modern and historical information in clinical medicine, the biomedical sciences, dentistry, and public health to students and faculty of the Harvard Medical School, School of Dental Medicine, and School of Public Health, affiliated institutions, members and fellows of the Boston Medical Library and Massachusetts Medical Society, and the scholarly community around the world.
Arrangement
Images are organized into three subseries. Within each subseries, similar photographs are organized into image groups. Subseries are arranged chronologically; image groups are arranged alphabetically within each subseries, and individual images are arranged chronologically within image groups.
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Series and Subseries Overview
- Series 00096: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine Interiors. Images, ca. 1962-1998.
- ___Subseries A: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, architect's drawings. Images, ca. 1962-1965.
- ___Subseries B: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, construction. Photographs, ca. 1965.
- ___Subseries C: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. Images, 1965-1998.
- ______Image Group 1. Central court and stairwell. Images, 1965-1998.
- ______Image Group 2. Circulation and reserves. Images, ca. 1965-1983.
- ______Image Group 3. Current periodicals. Images, ca. 1965-1981.
- ______Image Group 4. Database fair. Images, 1986.
- ______Image Group 5. Diagrams and charts. Images, 1981.
- ______Image Group 6. Exhibits and special collections. Images, ca. 1965-1981.
- ______Image Group 7. Exterior views. Images, 1981.
- ______Image Group 8. Named rooms. Images, ca. 1965-1981.
- ______Image Group 9. Other. Images, ca. 1969-1981.
- ______Image Group 10. Reference and information. Images, ca. 1965-1981.
- ______Image Group 11. Stacks. Images, ca. 1965-1983.
- ______Image Group 12. Staff offices, work stations, and lounges. Images, ca. 1965-1981.
- ______Image Group 13. Study areas. Images, ca. 1965-1981.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Images from this series are from an artificial collection assembled in the 1960s from the holdings of the Harvard Medical Library and the Boston Medical Library. The photographs are now housed at the Center for the History of Medicine in Countway Library. Images were acquired individually or removed from manuscript or archival collections and filed by subject. Because of this practice, the provenance of many of the images has been lost.
Library Digital Initiative Project Description
This finding aid was produced as part of a Library Digital Initiative (LDI) grant project. To provide increased access to visual collections, the LDI project staff described approximately 4100 historical images of Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health, and the Boston Medical Library in a series of OASIS finding aids. Of the images described in these finding aids, 1600 were digitized, stored in the Harvard Digital Repository (DRS), and are viewable online. To provide historical context, the finding aids also include links to digitized pages of Harvard annual reports in the Harvard-Radcliffe Online Historical Reference Shelf.
Processing Information
Processed by Judy Greene, July 2005. Selected information from the image collections management database at the Center for the History of Medicine in Countway Library was exported for inclusion in this finding aid. Formal titles for photographs are used when supplied, otherwise, descriptive titles were created and enclosed in brackets. When possible, images are described as groups rather than individually and representative images selected for viewing on-line. 'Identical' images may vary in condition and the presence or absence of inscriptions or mounts. Location number includes size. Images are small (S = 8 x 10 in. or less), medium (M = greater than 8 x 10 in. and less than 11 x 14 in.), large (L = greater than 11 x 14 inches and less than 16 x 20 inches), extra large (XL = greater than 16 x 20 inches), or color slides (CS = 35 mm.). A few images have also been cataloged more fully in VIA, Harvard's on-line image database.
Genre / Form
Topical
Creator
Subject
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 (Person)
- Sosman, Merrill Clary, 1890-1959. (Person)
- Spurzheim, J. G. (Johann Gaspar), 1776-1832. (Person)
- Aesculapian Club (Harvard Medical School) (Organization)
- Boston Medical Library (Organization)
- Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) (Organization)
- Title
- Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine Interiors. Images, ca. 1962-1998: Finding Aid.
- Author
- Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. Center for the History of Medicine.
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- med00038
Repository Details
Part of the Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) Repository
The Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine is one of the world's leading resources for the study of the history of health and medicine. Our mission is to enable the history of medicine and public health to inform healthcare, the health sciences, and the societies in which they are embedded.