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Additional papers of Edith Banfield Jackson, 1870-1985

FOUND IN: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Collection Identifier: MC 853
Overview:

Addenda to the papers (MC 304) of Edith Banfield Jackson, pediatrician and child psychiatrist, includes correspondence with colleagues, photographs and documentation of early day care centers, family correspondence, and patient records.

Albert Warren Stearns papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c543
Overview:

The Albert Warren Stearns papers, 1912-1959, are the product of Stearns’ activities as a private practice psychiatrist, author, Dean of Tufts College Medical School, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction, and officer in the medical corps of the United States Navy.

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...

Dwight E. Harken papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: B MS c118
Overview:

The Dwight E. Harken papers, 1911-1993 (inclusive), 1940-1975 (bulk), are the product of Harken’s activities as a surgeon, researcher, administrator, lecturer, consultant, and contributing member of national organizations, as conducted throughout his professional appointments, including Clinical Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Thoracic Surgery at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston.

Hall Jackson papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c14
Overview:

The Hall Jackson papers, 1771-1810 (inclusive), undated, principally consist of correspondence from Hall Jackson (1739-1797) between 1771 and 1790 to his patients and other physicians regarding medical cases and remedies. There is also a small number of nineteenth century records generated by Dr. William Perry (1788-1887), a Harvard College and Harvard Medical School graduate who was in possession of the Jackson papers.

Harvard University. Cancer Commission records

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: M-CE21, Series 00626-00629
Overview:

The Harvard University Cancer Commission records, 1888-1945, are the product of the Commission’s administrative, clinical, and research activities.

Lyman Spalding papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c2
Overview: The Lyman Spalding papers, 1793-1965 (inclusive), 1793-1820 (bulk), contain correspondence of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, physician Lyman Spalding (1775-1821), his lecture notes on anatomy and surgery, Spalding's patient case histories and case reports, essays on medicine and meteorology, and tickets of admission to medical lectures at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. There are also botanical specimens Spalding collected in Portsmouth, and a small amount of twentieth century...

Papers of Edith Banfield Jackson, 1907-1977

FOUND IN: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Collection Identifier: MC 304
Overview:

Correspondence, professional papers, etc., of Edith Banfield Jackson, pediatrician and child psychiatrist.

Papers of Frances Ullmann DeArmand, ca.1890-1988

FOUND IN: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Collection Identifier: 85-M4--97-M155
Overview:

Correspondence, reviews, articles, biographical material, financial documents, etc., of Frances Ullmann DeArmand, editor specializing in books and magazines for or about children and teenagers.

Papers of Harriet Louise Hardy, 1910-1984

FOUND IN: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Collection Identifier: MC 387
Overview:

Papers of physician and occupational medicine specialist, Harriet Hardy.

Papers of Katharine Wolcott Toll, 1809-2008 (inclusive), 1890-1985 (bulk)

FOUND IN: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Collection Identifier: MC 611
Overview:

Papers of journalist and social worker Katharine Toll and other members of the Toll family.

Papers of Marjorie Braude, 1948-2006

FOUND IN: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Collection Identifier: MC 694: T-450
Overview:

Account, address, and appointment books; biographical, committee, and conference material; correspondence; inventories; patient records; subject files; testimonies; writings; etc.; relating to the work of Marjorie Braude, psychiatrist and advocate for women's health issues; and includes papers relating to her mother, artist Vicci Sperry, and the Victoria H. Sperry Trust.

Papers of Ruth Whitman, 1930-1998 (inclusive), 1940-1996 (bulk)

FOUND IN: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Collection Identifier: MC 679: T-433: Vt-222
Overview:

Correspondence; diaries; drafts, translations, and published writings; research notes; course materials; audiovisual tapes of readings; and other personal and professional papers of Ruth Whitman, poet, translator, professor, and feminist.

Papers of Theresa Goell, 1906-2005

FOUND IN: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Collection Identifier: MC 534: DVD-4
Overview:

Personal papers of archeologist Theresa Goell. Some professional papers and Goell family papers are also included.

Robert B. Dixon papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c191
Scope and Contents: The Robert B. Dixon papers (1881-1943, bulk) consist primarily of records from Dixon’s work as a physician and as a medical examiner for the Royal Arcanum, a fraternal life insurance order. Records include: books recording the results of medical examinations; patient and prescribing ecords; photographs; writings by Dixon; a scrapbook of Royal Arcanum Bulletin articles by Dixon; Royal Arcanum meeting minutes; correspondence; medical certificates; and a volume of Suffolk District Medical...

Salpêtrière Hospital records

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c30
Overview: Consists of approximately 16,800 glass plate negatives, original negative enclosures, photographic indices, and a small number of prints produced by the Photographic Service of the Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France between 1880 and 1942, the bulk of which date between 1900 and 1919, as well as one legal document box (.5 cubic feet) of notes, lectures, case histories, and pen drawings created by Salpêtrière Hospital staff between 1859 and 1893. Records concern patients with physical and...

Samuel A. Levine papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c448
Overview:

The Samuel A. Levine papers, 1908-1994 and 2016-2017 (inclusive) consist primarily of papers, photographs, and film created during and after the life of cardiologist Samuel A. Levine and collected by Levine and family members, including his wife Rosalind W. Levine, son Herbert J. Levine, daughter-in-law Sandra Levine, and grandson Jonathan H. Scheff.

Seth Hastings and Seth Hastings, Jr. commonplace books, medical records, and papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c292
Overview: The Seth Hastings and Seth Hastings, Jr. commonplace books, medical records, and papers, 1772-1830 (inclusive), contain writings, patient records, manuscript addresses, and papers of the father and son physicians. The commonplace books include transcriptions and excerpts from medical textbooks and medicinal recipes and instructions for delivering medicine and medical care to patients with occasional patient case histories from their medical practice. The manuscript addresses and other...

Sylvanus Fansher papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c472
Overview:

The Sylvanus Fansher papers, 1805-1846 (inclusive), consist of correspondence, manuscripts, research materials, and patient records related to Sylvanus Fansher's (1770-1846) work on smallpox vaccination, as well as personal correspondence with his family.

Waterhouse family papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c17
Overview:

Waterhouse family papers, 1780-1894 (inclusive), 1811-1818 (bulk) principally consist of the correspondence of Benjamin Waterhouse (1754-1846) and John Fothergill Waterhouse (1791-1817) with family members. Also included are medical, subject, and lecture notes; writings; a journal; and a biography of Benjamin Waterhouse.

William Heberden papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c25
Overview:

The William Heberden papers, 1790-1837 (inclusive), consist of reports by Heberden (1767-1845) on the health of King George III of Great Britain to the Committee Appointed to Examine the Physicians who have Attended His Majesty during His Illness, and reports generated by that committee; manuscripts and article drafts by Heberden on management of the sick, classification of skin diseases, nervous disorders, the weather, and education; and a thesis on medical history and dropsy.

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