Medicine -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Bingham Associates Fund Records
Collection
Call Number: MS228
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains publications, meeting minutes, and administrative files of the Bingham Associates Fund, as well as the Bingham Advisory Committee. Physician files, annual reports, and correspondence, as well as information about regional medical programs, are also included. The physical collection documentation folder of this collection includes copies of Dave Nathan’s original finding aid entries as well as copies of the original acquisition records.This collection...
Dates:
bulk 1932 -- 1985, 1900 -- 1990
Boston Dispensary Records
Collection
Call Number: MS214
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains adminstrative records, annual reports, meeting minutes, policy and procedure manuals, financial records, scrapbooks, employee records, publications, and promotional materials relating to the Boston Dispensary (BD).As there was a periodic shifting of departments to and from NEMC/T-NEMC and their constituent institutions, any comprehensive search of a particular topic over time must involve also consulting the other NEMC archives collections at DCA. Contact...
Dates:
bulk 1910 -- 1965, 1795 -- 1990
Boston Floating Hospital Records
Collection
Call Number: MS213
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains annual reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, publications, photographs, and promotional materials relating to the founding and running of the Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and Children (BFH), now the Floating Hospital for Children, the pediatric wing of the Tufts Medical Center. Most official records are by the Board of Trustees of the BFH. Also included are early autopsy records, the BFH’s original certificate of incorporation from 1901, and research...
Dates:
bulk 1894 -- 1985, 1890 -- 1990
Donald B. Darling Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS188
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of Donald B. Darling's research and subject files; Northeastern University lectures; publications; TNEMC architectural plans; committee files (School of Medicine and library); School of Medicine faculty meeting minutes and announcements; and annual reports, budgets, and statistics.
Dates:
1959 -- 1990
Medical Prescriptions Ledger
Collection
Call Number: MS140
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of one oversize ledger including prescriptions by various local doctors and pharmacists, largely from West Somerville but also including Cambridge. They are glued into the oversize ledger. It is currently unknown why a central ledger was kept that tracked prescriptions by various doctors and pharmacies by consecutive numbers.
Dates:
1909-05-04 -- 1910-08-11
New England Medical Center Records
Collection
Call Number: MS099
Scope and Contents:
The records of the New England Medical Center (NEMC) contain the administrative, financial, legal, publicity, and departmental records of the institution. The collection also contains extensive audiovisual material; timelines and reference files relating to NEMC's history; publications by and for NEMC; planning files for the expansion of NEMC; and the records of affiliated organizations, such as the Frances Stern Nutrition Center and the Ladies Committee. Of particular interest are the...
Dates:
bulk 1920 -- 1990, 1880 -- 2009
Norman S. Stearns Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS060
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains committee minutes, correspondence, curriculum vitae, presentations, publications, reports and syllabi of Norman S. Stearns. The majority of the materials related to Stearns' capacity as Director of Clinical Affairs for Tufts University School of Medicine. Of particular interest are records and publications related to the development of a bioethics program of study at the School of Medicine.
Dates:
bulk 2000 -- 2008, 1989 -- 2008
Pratt Clinic/New England Center Hospital Records
Collection
Call Number: MS222
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains meeting minutes, administrative and annual reports, financial ledgers, statistical data, and photographic scrapbooks created by and pertaining to the Pratt Clinic/New England Center Hospital (PC/NECH), from its founding until its official integration with the New England Medical Center (NEMC) in 1965. Also included in this collection are a staff list and salary schedules, as well as documentation regarding the planning of PC/NECH's integration with NEMC....
Dates:
bulk 1929 -- 1965, 1929 -- 1990
Ralph Deterling Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS220
Scope and Contents:
This collection primarily contains the correspondence of Ralph A. Deterling, Jr., M.D., during his time as both Professor of Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine and Surgeon-in-Chief at the New England Medical Center Hospitals (NEMCH). Correspondence folders contain letters of recommendation, applications for research endeavors, and patient reports, reflecting Deterling's roles not only as a surgeon and professor, but also as executive administrator.Also...
Dates:
bulk 1959 -- 1974, 1959 -- 1990
Samuel Proger Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS221
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains correspondence, subject files, and written works by and about Dr. Samuel Proger. A large portion of this collection comprises Dr. Proger’s notes from various research endeavors, including his published works, such as The Medicated Society, and unpublished works. Also included in this collection are correspondence to and from Dr. Proger and physicians, as well as an award for his achievements at the New England Medical Center. A...
Dates:
1930 -- 1990
