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A. Clifford Barger papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c478
Overview: The A. Clifford Barger papers reflect the professional and personal work of Clifford Barger (1917-1996), a research physiologist who spent his career at Harvard Medical School. Barger’s research interests focused on the cardiovascular and renal systems; he was involved in research which did much to elucidate the mechanisms by which sufferers from certain cardiac disorders retain fluids. The collection includes correspondence, publications files, research records, and administrative...

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene records

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c192
Overview: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene records reflect the activities and development of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene between the early 1900s and the early 2000s, including the 1951 merger of four societies to create the modern Society (the American Academy of Tropical Medicine, the American Foundation for Tropical Medicine, the National Malaria Society, and the Society of Tropical Medicine) and the Society's involvement with other professional medical...

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...

Boston Medical Library images

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: RG M-CL02, Series 00096, 00097, 00098, 00100
Overview:

This finding aid describes photographs, negatives, slides, and photomechanical prints of Boston Medical Library officers, librarians, members, events, library materials, and buildings.

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.

C. Miller Fisher papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c230
Overview:

Records in this collection were created by Charles Miller Fisher during his practice as a neurologist in Montreal, Canada, and Boston, Massachusetts. The collection includes patient notes and records, research notes, manuscript drafts, X-rays, slides, photographs, and memorabilia. Topics in the collection include dementia, transient ischemic attack, normal pressure hydrocephalus, transient monocular blindness, stroke, hemiplegia, headache, vasospasm, and arterial dissection.

Cambridge Medical Improvement Society Centennial Dinner Meeting program, 9 May 1968

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c555
Content Description:

Two copies of the program from the Centennial Dinner Meeting of the Cambridge Medical Improvement Society, held in Boston, Massachusetts on May 9, 1968. One copy is autographed by guest speakers Paul Dudley White and Christiaan N. Barnard.

Carl W. Walter papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c150
Overview:

Records in the Carl W. Walter Papers were created by Walter during the course of his career as a medical researcher, founder of Fenwal Laboratories, and member of the Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, faculty. The collection includes: correspondence, photographs, film reels, speeches, meeting minutes, notebooks, and research files.

Carola Eisenberg papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c254
Overview:

Carola Eisenberg (1917-2021), psychiatrist and medical educator, served as Dean for Student Affairs at both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1972-1978; the first woman to hold that position) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (1978-1990). The Carola Eisenberg papers consist of Eisenberg's lectures pertaining to the role of women in medicine, her letters of recommendation, and assorted personal papers.

Clarence J. Blake papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c607
Overview:

Consists of correspondence to and from Blake, notebooks relating to the work done with Alexander Graham Bell, and biographical materials relating to Clarence John Blake and the Blake family, including drafted chapters of a biography of Blake and excerpts from Blake’s speeches, writings, and letters.

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...

Edris Rice-Wray papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c537
Overview:

The collection consists of records created by Edris Rice-Wray in the course of her career as a specialist in family planning and reproductive medicine working in Mexico City, Mexico. Records include correspondence, manuscripts, and patient data.

Elizabeth B. Connell papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c437
Overview: The Elizabeth B. Connell papers reflect the professional activities of Elizabeth B. Connell (1925-2018). Connell is a medical practitioner and specialist in the field of reproductive health. From the 1960s, her work has centered on reproductive medicine in terms of contraception and women’s health. The collection focuses on her work on forms of contraception including oral contraceptives and intrauterine contraceptive devices as well as her involvement in issues such as the controversy...

Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine buildings and grounds, clubs and associations, departments, and subjects images

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: RG M-CL02, Series 00094, 00097, 00099, 00100
Overview:

This finding aid describes photographs, photomechanical prints, and color slides depicting the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, library personnel, and the Countway Library Associates.

Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine events images

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: RG M-CL02, Series 00098
Overview:

This finding aid describes photographs and photomechanical prints depicting the cornerstone-laying ceremony, building dedication, and other events primarily related to the establishment of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine.

Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine interiors images

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

This finding aid describes photographs, negatives, drawings, photomechanical prints, and slides depicting interior views of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine.

George Cheever Shattuck papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c551
Overview:

The George Cheever Shattuck papers consist of records collected and created by Shattuck in the course of his lifetime. Shattuck was a physician specializing in tropical medicine and published a textbook on the subject in 1951. He accompanied and led expeditions in Africa, Central America, and South America, and was a member of Richard P. Strong’s 1915-1916 medical relief mission to Serbia.

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.

Harry C. Solomon papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c368
Overview:

Consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted between 1967 and 1968 with and about Harry C. Solomon (1889-1982) regarding his career as a psychiatrist and mental health reformer. The collection also includes professional records created and collected by Solomon during his early medical career, including autopsy reports from his service with the United States military in France during World War I, correspondence, manuscript drafts, and research note cards.

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 classes and reunions images

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: RG M-CL02, Series 00095
Overview:

This finding aid describes photographs and photomechanical prints of Harvard Medical School students and alumni.

Harvard Medical School clubs and associations photographs

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: RG M-CL02, Series 00094
Overview:

The photographs described in this finding aid portray clubs and associations whose members are Harvard Medical School students, alumni, or faculty.

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 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 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.

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