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Yale University -Medical Historical Library

Yale University -Medical Historical Library

333 Cedar St (inside the Medical Library in the Yale School of Medicine)
New Haven, CT 06510
historical.library@yale.edu
203-737-1192
https://library.medicine.yale.edu/historical
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Arnold Gesell and Colleagues Publications collection, 1922-1991, bulk 1930-1959

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Arnold Gesell was head of the Psycho-Clinic and later of the Clinic of Child Development at the Yale School of Medicine from 1911 to 1948. Some of his former collaborators founded the Gesell Institute for Child Development in 1950 in New Haven to carry on his work. The collection contains non-book publications by Arnold Gesell and his collaborators as well as of some of the staff members of the Gesell Institute. Publications include not only reprints of professional articles, but also popular articles from newspapers, magazines, and newsletters of organizations; radio broadcasts; book reviews by Gesell; clippings of reviews of Gesell's books; and testimony for legislation. There are also some typescripts, possibly unpublished, and a small amount of manuscript material related to publications.
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Peter Parker collection, 1825-1947, bulk 1825-1884

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Peter Parker graduated from Yale College in 1831 and from the Medical Institution of Yale College in 1834. Ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1834, he sailed that year to China as the first Protestant medical missionary to that country. The papers relate to Parker's medical practice at the Canton Hospital and elsewhere, his missionary activities including his sermons, and his work for the U.S. Government as a diplomat to China. Most of the papers have been photographed at http://cushing.med.yale.edu/greenstone/collect/pppapers/ Use in conjunction with this finding aid.
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Yale University School of Medicine Miscellaneous Papers., 1810-1886, bulk 1863-1885

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The collection contains papers of the Medical Institution of Yale College (Yale University School of Medicine) including correspondence, committee reports, financial reports, and memorials to the Yale Corporation, especially during the period when Charles A Linsdley served as Dean (1863-1885).
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American Medical Association Committee on Medical Education, 1865 May 1

Dr. Thomas asks, on behalf of the committee, for details of the Medical Institution of Yale College: numbers matriculating and graduating; length of course; presence of summer course; if clinical attendance is required; if dissection is required; and if possession of a diploma alone is sufficient for practice.

  1. Incoming Letters to the Dean or the Yale Administration, 1810-1886
  2. Incoming Letters A
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Joan K. Jackson papers, 1946-2016

3 boxes

The papers include Joan Jackson's masters' degree research, her masters' thesis, correrspondence, presentations, grant applications, and publications, and a scrapbook documenting her successful career at University of Washington. The second part of the collection documents her role as a Class A Trustee (i.e. non-alcoholic) of the General Study Board of Alcoholics Anonymous from 1983 to 1992, incuding her presentations and publications.

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Academic career, bulk 1946-1964

Joan Jackson's academic career spans her research for her master's degree at McGill University in 1946-1947, her subsequent work for the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at McGill until 1951, and the period 1951-1964 during which Jackson received her Ph.D. in medical sociology at Washington University in 1955 and became a member of the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry. In Seattle, Jackson became familiar with the work of Alcoholics Anonymous and the beginnings of Al-Anon in the city. Jackson put together a scrapbook from this period which is in Box 3.

    Articles, 1953-1989 Box 2, Folder 11

    This folder includes only a few of Jackson's articles, among them the classic "The Skid Row Alcoholic"(1953). Some of her articles were widely reprinted. In 1989, upon request, her seminal article, "The Adjustment of the Family to the Crisis of Alcoholism" (1954), was republished with a new introduction by Jackson in a pamphlet series by the Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University.

    1. Academic career, bulk 1946-1964
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    Dryden P. Morse papers, 1942-1999

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    Dryden P. Morse was a heart surgeon who practiced in Philadelphia and then at Deborah Heart and Lung Center in New Jersey. A pioneer in the use of pacemakers, he was an expert on the technology of pacemakers and invented several improvements. The collection contains a small amount of correspondence, published articles and unpublished manuscripts, and information on his inventions and his interactions with pacemaker companies.
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    John Collins Warren correspondence, 1812-1856

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    Most of the collection consists of autograph letters by prominent physicians and scientists in America and abroad to John Collins Warren, surgeon and naturalist. Two letters are by Warren.
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    Yale Medical Library opening and dedication, 1939-1942

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    Correspondence, printed materials, and clippings saved by Madeline Stanton, Secretary of the Historical Library, concerning the building, opening, and formal dedication of the Yale Medical Library on June 15, 1941.
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    Helen Forbes collection on medical wives, 1947-1969

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    This collection documents some of Helen Forbes's activities as a medical faculty wife in the mid-twentieth century. Papers include lists of which faculty wives were responsible for daily student teas; account books and statistics on attendance at teas; newspaper clippings and other information on the annual Aesculapian Frolics; bylaws and a small amount of information and newspaper clippings on the activities of the Medical Dames/Wives; lists of married students; and a recetion for the retirement of Medical Dean Vernon Lippard in 1967 that Mrs. Forbes helped to organize. Among the items is a Yale Medical Wives Association certificate conferring the degree of P.H.T. (putting husband through) to wives of graduating medical students.
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    James H. Etheridge and family collection, 1827-1937

    10 boxes
    James H. Etheridge was a gynecologist who became Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Rush Medical College. The collection contains biographical materials, correspondence of Etheridge, correspondence of Etheridge's wife's family (including the correspondence of Heman G. Powers, a Chicago businessman), Etheridge's writings, his patient records, ephemera from medical societies, photographs, and certificates and diplomas.
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    Account of travel to London, 1870 November-1870 December Box 8, Folder 3

    Bound volume (24x20 cm) with an account of Etheridge's travels in London. Etheridge married Harriet Powers in 1870. He noted that they had spent the months of September through the most of November visiting Paris, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Saxony, Russia, the Rhine and Belgium, and had now (November 26) arrived in London. "Our chief object here is to benefit me, by walking the hospital & gaining all the information I can here elicit professionally. The chief object of this book is [to] note down things of interest..." Most of the remainder of the book contains lists of menus and recipes.

    1. Medical practice
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    Martha H. Roper Papers, 1925-2016

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    The papers are comprised of writings, correspondence, and research materials, including notes, data sets, and reference articles, related to Roper's work in epidemiology and global health. The collection also includes newspaper clippings, memoranda, and correspondence from Roper's career as an internist and medical director at Highland General Hospital. Course materials, professional trainings and certifications, and employment contracts are also represented in the collection.
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