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Merrill Clary Sosman papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c378
Overview:

The Merrill Clary Sosman papers, 1918-1959 (inclusive), are the product of Sosman’s activities as a radiologist, educator, lecturer, and contributing member of national and international radiological organizations.

Michael L. Lewin papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: PS 16
Overview:

The Michael L. Lewin papers, 1927-1994, are the product of Lewin’s career and contributions as a plastic surgeon.

Mildred B. Codding collection of surgical reprints

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection — Box: 02Identifier: H MS c614
Scope and Contents:

Consists of reprints of writings on neurological topics by Walter Dandy and Harvey Cushing, the neurosurgeon with whom Codding worked at Harvard Medical School.

Miriam F. Menkin papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c452
Overview:

The Miriam F. Menkin papers, 1919-2003 (inclusive), are the product of Menkin's activities as laboratory assistant and researcher at the Free Hospital for Women in Brookline, Mass.

Morris Simon papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c227
Overview:

The Morris Simon papers, 1934-2005 (inclusive), 1960-2000 (bulk), are the product of Simon’s activities as a pulmonary radiologist, lecturer, researcher, and contributing member of national and international radiological organizations, including the Fleischner Society.

Myron Essex papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c466
Overview: The Myron Essex papers, 1949-1996 (inclusive), 1965-1996 (bulk), are the product of Essex’s professional, research, teaching, and publishing activities throughout the early years of his career. Essex’s research focused on the link between retroviruses and immunosuppressive disease in animals and human beings, including HIV-AIDS. The papers are arranged in four series: I. Correspondence files, 1969-1992, undated; II. Harvard School of Public Health records, 1970-1996, undated; III. Research...

Myrtelle M. Canavan papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: GA 10.20
Overview:

The Myrtelle M. Canavan papers, 1898-1945, are the result of Canavan's work as a bacteriologist, pathologist, researcher, and curator of the Warren Anatomical Museum at Harvard Medical School. The papers, including correspondence, notes, and photographs, record some of the earliest work in the field of neuropathology.

Nancy J. Tarbell papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c312
Overview:

Nancy J. Tarbell (born 1951) is Dean for Academic and Clinical Affairs and C.C. Wang Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Tarbell’s professional work has focused on pediatric radiation oncology, specifically pediatric brain tumors. The papers reflect her work at Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, including her work on a study of Ewing’s sarcoma in minors.

National Committee on Maternal Health records

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: B MS c78
Overview: The National Committtee on Maternal Health records chronicle the activities, research, publications, and projects of the National Committee on Maternal Health. The collection also includes records from the Committee on Maternal Health, the organization's name before changing to the National Committee on Maternal Health in 1930. The collection consists of agendas, minutes of executive committee and board of directors’ meetings, annual reports, reports of officers, memoranda, and secretary’s...

New England Society for Vascular Surgery records

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS b46
Overview:

The New England Society for Vascular Surgery records, 1973-2003, document the founding and activities of a professional, volunteer organization committed to the education, oversight, and advancement of vascular surgeons in New England. Correspondence, meeting minutes and reports, and programs describe the activities of the organization, including governance and annual meetings.

New England Surgical Society records

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: B MS b209
Overview:

The New England Surgical Society records, 1916-2002 (inclusive), 1948-2002 (bulk), chronicle the Society’s efforts to improve surgical training programs and set surgical requirements in community hospitals throughout the region; annual meeting planning and proceedings; selection, evaluation and nomination of candidates; and collaboration with other medical societies. Records include meeting minutes, correspondence, presidential addresses, and annual meeting programs.

Newton C. Browder slides from a lecture on the treatment of Cocoanut Grove fire victims

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection — Box: 01Identifier: H MS c539
Content Description:

Collection consists of 35mm slides and accompanying descriptive notes presented by Newton C. Browder in a lecture to the Red Cross on January 9, 1955. A majority of the slides depict the treatment and progress of a single patient at Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts between December 1942 and December 1952

Norman Geschwind papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c435
Overview:

The Norman Geschwind papers, 1872-2009 (inclusive), 1968-1984 (bulk), are the product of Geschwind's activities as a neurologist, researcher, writer, and professor.

Notes of lectures delivered at Massachusetts Medical College, 1836-1837

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Item Identifier: H MS b117
Scope and Contents:

Consists of one volume of manuscript notes taken by a student attending lectures and clinics of the Massachusetts Medical College (now Harvard Medical School) between 1836 and 1837. Individual entries are dated and include the name of the faculty lecturer.

Oglesby Paul papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c291
Overview: The Oglesby Paul papers, 1867-2008 (inclusive), 1980-2004 (bulk), consist of records generated by Oglesby Paul (1916-2007) throughout the course of his career as a cardiologist, cardiological researcher, and an historian. Paul wrote biographies of Paul Dudley White (1886-1973) and Francis Weld Peabody (1881-1927), as well as a history of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (1999). Other material includes records from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Multiple...

Oliver Cope papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c177
Overview:

The Oliver Cope papers, 1891-1992 (inclusive), 1930-1991 (bulk), are the product of Cope’s professional, research, teaching, and publishing activities throughout the course of his career. The papers are arranged in five series: I. Professional Appointments Files (1922-1984, undated); II. Professional Activities Files (1928-1992, undated); III. Subject Files (1927-1990, undated); IV. Writings and Publications (1891-1988, undated); and V. Collected Publications (1933-1990, undated).

Otto Krayer papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c220
Overview:

The Otto Krayer papers, 1917-1982 (inclusive), 1946-1968 (bulk), are the product of Krayer’s activities as a pharmacologist, editor, author, and professor.

Owen Willans Richardson album of Nobel Prize in Physics awardee correspondence and autographs

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Item — Box: 01Identifier: H MS b120
Scope and Contents:

Album of collected correspondence and autographs between Owen Willans Richardson and other recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Paul Charles Zamecnik papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c352
Overview: The Paul Charles Zamecnik papers, 1910-2013 (inclusive), 1931-2009 (bulk) are the product of Zamecnik's research, writing, publishing, teaching, administrative, and professional activities throughout his career. The materials result from Zamecnik's work at Harvard Medical School, the Collis P. Huntington Memorial Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Hybridon, Inc., and ZATA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as well as a brief period working at the...

Paul Dudley White papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c36
Overview: Papers document White's role in the American Heart Association (AHA), International Society of Cardiology, International Cardiology Foundation, and the National Heart Institute (NHI); introduction of the EKG in Boston and at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH); his clinical work; research and writings on heart disease; and interest in comparative electrocardiography, especially of whales. Significant events which are recorded in the collection include White's consultancy to Dwight...

Paul Ivan Yakovlev papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c546
Overview:

The Paul Ivan Yakovlev papers, 1912-1983, are the product of Yakovlev's activities as a researcher, author, curator of the Warren Anatomical Museum, and professor at Harvard Medical School.

Peter Bent Brigham Hospital records

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: BWH c3
Overview:

The Peter Bent Brigham Hospital records are the product of the hospital’s administrative, fundraising, publication, and public relations activities, as well as construction projects and training programs. The bulk of the records date from 1911 through 1980.

Philip Leder laboratory notebooks

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection — Multiple ContainersIdentifier: H MS c296
Scope and Contents:

Consists of disbound notebooks recording Philip Leder's genetic research from December 1963 to August 1965. During the year 1964, Leder worked with Marshall Nirenberg on the Nirenberg and Leder experiment, which involved filtering mRNA samples through a device developed by Leder to elucide the triplet-nucleotide sequences that code amino acids.

Priscilla A. Schaffer papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c419
Overview:

The Priscilla A. Schaffer papers principally consist of records generated as a product of Schaffer’s research on herpes simplex virus (HSV) and her teaching activities at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas), Harvard Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts), and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.

Raphael Isaacs papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c214
Overview: The Raphael Isaacs papers, 1757-1965 (inclusive), 1920-1965 (bulk), are a product of Isaacs’s research and personal and professional activities as conducted throughout his professional appointments, including: Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Assistant Physician, Collis P. Huntington Memorial Hospital, Boston; Assistant Director and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Thomas Henry Simpson Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and...
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