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Alexander S. Macmillan, Jr. papers, 1942-1973 (inclusive)

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection — Box: 01Identifier: H MS c610
Scope and Contents:

Consists of four notebooks and three letters. One notebook is a carbon copy of letters sent to “Dad” during a train trip through Canada, presumably Macmillan, Jr. to Macmillan, Sr. Two notebooks are class notes from Macmillan’s time at Harvard Medical School on pathology and an unidentified subject. The remaining, larger, notebook is notes from a class on music. The three letters are from the last years of Macmillan’s life and deal with business matters.

Benjamin Waterhouse papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c16
Overview: The Benjamin Waterhouse papers, 1738-1955 (inclusive), 1778-1837 (bulk), contain correspondence to Waterhouse from Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Edward Jenner, Sylvanus Fansher, Peter Oliver, and others, frequently about smallpox vaccination; copies of Waterhouse's outgoing correspondence; manuscripts containing notes for lectures he delivered at Harvard Medical School and other places; his writings on medicine and botany; and some correspondence and manuscripts...

Brigham and Women’s Hospital records

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: BWH c1
Overview:

The Brigham and Women’s Hospital records are the product of the hospital’s administrative, fundraising, publication, and public relations activities, the bulk of which cover the years 1980 through 2000. The collection is open-ended and new records are added as they are acquired.

Carol C. Nadelson papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c394
Overview: The Carol C. (Cooperman) Nadelson papers are the product of Nadelson's activities as a psychiatrist and medical educator who held academic appointments at Harvard Medical School, Tufts University School of Medicine, and Simmons College, and hospital appointments at Beth Israel Hospital, Cambridge Hospital, and Children’s Hospital Boston. The collection reflects Nadelson’s work with women’s health issues, particularly women’s mental health, between the 1970s and the 2000s. Topics include the...

Charles Sidney Burwell papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c65
Overview: Consists of 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...

David Dickinson Potter papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection — Multiple ContainersIdentifier: H MS c542
Overview: The David Dickinson Potter papers, 1859-2014 (inclusive), 1958-2014 (bulk) consist of papers, as well as some electronic media, film, slides, photographs, and photographic negatives, produced as a result of Potter’s professional activities as a neurobiologist and teacher in the Harvard Medical School Department of Neurobiology, and from his work as a mentor and advocate for underrepresented students at Harvard Medical School. The collection also includes records from Potter’s work...

E. Tessa Hedley-Whyte papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c320
Overview: E. Tessa Hedley-Whyte (1937-) is an anatomic pathologist, neuropathologist, Harvard Medical School professor (1991-), and researcher for organizations such as the Alzheimer Disease Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Her papers (1956-2006) are the product of her teaching activities and research and clinical interests in brain tumors, pituitary tumors, neurodegenerative disorders, and immunohistochemistry, and include lectures and writings, professional correspondence...

Edward Peirson Richardson, Jr. papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c242
Overview:

The Edward Peirson Richardson, Jr. papers, 1898-1998, document Richardson's career as a neurologist and neuropathologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital and as Bullard Professor of Neuropathology at Harvard Medical School.

Edward Peirson Richardson papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c166
Overview:

The Edward Peirson Richardson, Sr. papers, 1875-1931, document Richardson's career as Chief of the Third and later West Surgical Services at Massachusetts General Hospital and as John Homans Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Elizabeth D. Hay papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c274
Overview: Elizabeth D. (Dexter) Hay (1927-2007), B.A., 1948, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts; M.D., 1952, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, was Chair of the Department of Anatomy (later the Department of Cell Biology) at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, and the first woman to be made a full professor in a preclinical department at Harvard Medical School. The Hay papers reflect Hay’s work as a cell biologist and related professional activities, including...

Elliott Carr Cutler papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c170
Overview:

The Elliott Carr Cutler Papers, 1911-1948, document the administrative, teaching, research, and professional activities of Elliott Cutler, Moseley Professor Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Surgeon-in Chief of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

Erich Lindemann papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c219
Overview: The Erich Lindemann papers, 1885-1991 (inclusive), 1950-1974 (bulk), are the product of Lindemann’s professional, research, teaching, and publishing activities throughout the course of his career. The papers are arranged in nine series: I. Professional Appointments Files (1915-1978, undated); II. West End Research Project (1949-1975, undated); III. Professional Activities Files (1929-1974, undated); IV. Correspondence (1925-1974, undated); V. Writings and Publications (1922-1976, undated);...

Frederic Thomas Lewis papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c241
Overview:

The Frederic Thomas Lewis Papers, 1663, 1711-1951, document the research, teaching, and professional activities of Frederic Thomas Lewis, James Stillman Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Harvard Medical School.

Fredrick J. Stare papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c499
Overview: The Fredrick J. Stare papers, 1912-2002 (inclusive), 1950-1999 (bulk), are the product of Fredrick J. Stare’s professional, research, publishing, travel, and personal activities throughout the course of his career. The papers are arranged in nine series: I. Subject Files, 1912-2002; II. Correspondence Files, 1941-1999; III. Writings and Publications, 1934-1999; IV. Harvard University Administrative Records, 1942-2000; V. Travel Files, 1944-1994; VI. Personal Files, 1945-1999; VII. Audio,...

Harold Amos papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c476
Overview: The Harold Amos papers, 1951-2003, are the product of Amos’s professional, research, and teaching activities throughout his career. Amos is known for his research into bacterial metabolism and animal and bacterial virology, including the use of bacterial RNA to program higher cell protein synthesis, enzyme inductions, insulin, serum, temperature effects, ribosomes, phosphoproteins, RNA metabolism, as well as glucose starvation and glycerol and hexose metabolism. The papers are arranged in...

Harris Peyton Mosher photographs of anatomical preparations

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection — Box: 01Identifier: H MS c606
Scope and Contents:

Twenty albumen photographs depicting anatomical preparations of decapitated human heads in various stages of dissection. Images vary in size and are mounted uniformly on 14x11 inch mats, many bearing Mosher's name. Some photographs are labeled and accompanied by detailed description written directly on the mat. Included are images depicting the surgical technique known as Killian's Operations and examples of the Nasal Turbinates.

Harvard Medical School affiliated hospitals images

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: RG M-CL02, Series number 00159
Overview:

This finding aid describes photographs, prints and other images portraying the affiliated hospitals of Harvard Medical School.

Harvard Medical School departments photographs

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: RG M-CL02, Series 00099
Overview:

The photographs and prints described in this finding aid portray departmental faculty and research staff; lectures, labs, and clinical training for students; and research laboratories at Harvard Medical School.

Harvard Medical School faculty (A-C) portraits

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: RG M-CL02a, Series number 00137, 00138
Overview:

This finding aid describes photographs, prints and other images portraying faculty and staff members of Harvard Medical School.

Harvard Medical School faculty and staff (D-W) portraits

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: RG M-CL02b, Series number 00137, 00138
Overview:

This finding aid describes photographs, prints and other images portraying faculty members of Harvard Medical School.

Harvard Medical School interior images

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: RG M-CL02, Series 00096a
Overview:

This finding aid describes photographs, lantern slides, negatives and photomechanical prints depicting the interiors of Harvard Medical School buildings.

Harvard Medical School. Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine records

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: M-CD06.01, Series 00366
Overview:

The Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine records, 1966-1997 (inclusive), 1970-1995 (bulk) consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, disciplinary files, annual reports, and subject files related to the development and administration of the Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine. Subjects of the records include the selection of new residents, selection and hiring of faculty, resident training, and facilities available at partner hospitals.

Harvard-MIT School of Public Health. Department of Industrial Hygiene executive administrative files

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: P-DT11, Series 00908
Overview:

The Harvard-MIT School of Public Health Department of Industrial Hygiene executive administrative files, 1915-1982 (inclusive), 1915-1934 (bulk), are the product of departmental activities, especially relating to the founding of the department around 1922.

Harvard School of Dental Medicine buildings, grounds, and interiors images

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: RG M-CL02, Series 00115, 00116
Overview:

This finding aid describes photographs, negatives, slides, and photomechanical prints of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine's physical plant including the interiors and exteriors of buildings and the campus grounds.

Harvard School of Dental Medicine photographs

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: RG M-CL02, Series: 00117, 00118, and 00119
Overview:

This finding aid describes photographs, photomechanical prints, 35 mm. slides, and glass plate negatives portraying dental instruments and models, a Harvard hospital unit in France during World War 1, H.S.D.M. events, and H.S.D.M. faculty, students, and staff.

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