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Association of Internes and Medical Students. Harvey Cushing Chapter Records

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Call Number: Ms Coll 19
Abstract:

The Association of Internes and Medical Students (AIMS), which advocated for progressive causes such as national health insurance, was organized by medical school chapters. The Harvey Cushing Chapter was the Yale School of Medicine chapter. The collection contains correspondence, a report, and minutes of the chapter and material on national AIMS activities.

Dates: 1946-1949

Michael L. Charney papers

 Collection — Box: 1, Box: 2, Box: 3
Call Number: Ms Coll 86
Abstract: Michael L. Charney (1946 - ) is a psychiatrist and life-long public health and social rights activist. The collection documents Charney's student activism while attending the Yale School of Medicine from 1968-1972 including his work as editor of the Yale Medical Center Newsletter , a student activism newsletter for the Yale School of Medicine; his work for a student strike and the creation of The Organizer's Manual; and his involvement...
Dates: 1965-2000, bulk 1968-1970

Coleman Brothers Collection

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Call Number: Ms Coll 36
Abstract: The collection contains correspondence between Isaac Pearson Coleman and James Beakes Coleman, brothers who received medical degrees at the Medical Institution of Yale College (Yale School of Medicine) and who practiced medicine in and near Trenton, New Jersey; correspondence of the Coleman brothers with medical colleagues and with members of their families; letters, manuscripts, and legal documents pertaining to the extended Coleman family of New Jersey as well as the Saltar family; and...
Dates: 1721-1910, bulk 1821-1868

Marjorie Morse Crunden Papers

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Call Number: Ms Coll 53
Abstract:

Marjorie Morse Crunden, the daughter of a Baptist medical missionary in China, was educated in the United States, including at Yale School of Nursing. Correspondence includes letters from her parents; from her fiancé, Allan B. Crunden, a Yale medical student who transferred to Temple University School of Medicine; and from other friends and family. The collection also includes a five-year diary.

Dates: 1924-1942

Helen Forbes collection on medical wives

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Call Number: Ms Coll 31
Abstract: 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...
Dates: 1947-1969

Robert J. T. Joy Student Notes from Yale School of Medicine

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Call Number: Ms Coll 18
Abstract:

Robert J. T. Joy graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1954. The collection contains his student notes.

Dates: 1950-1954

Kristaps J. Keggi Vietnam War service papers

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Call Number: Ms Coll 29
Abstract:

Kristaps J. Keggi was a graduate of Yale and Yale School of Medicine who served as a surgeon during the Vietnam War in 1965-1966. He later became Professor of Orthopaedics at Yale School of Medicine. The collection contains contemporary correspondence, photographs, patient records (restricted), drawings of wound management, later reminiscences, and later drawings and presentation on Keggi's role in deveoping the anterior approach to total hip replacement, 1977-2018.

Dates: 1918-2018, bulk 1965-1966

Thomas L. Lentz collection on the history of cell biology and anatomy at Yale

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Call Number: Ms Coll 57
Abstract:

Thomas L. Lentz served as professor of cell biology and associate dean of admissions at Yale School of Medicine. The collection contains autobiographical material on Dr. Lentz, his histories of cell biology and of histology at Yale, and reprints of his articles. Also included are teaching materials for Lentz's laboratory course on histology, published materials related to the Department of Cell Biology, and photographs of faculty members and students.

Dates: 1899-2015

Gustaf E. Lindskog Papers

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Call Number: Ms Coll 34
Abstract:

Thoracic surgeon Gustaf Lindskog was a member of the Department of Surgery from 1933 until his retirement in 1971. He chaired the department from 1948 to 1966. The collection consists primarily of his reports as head of the Thoracic Surgery Service of New Haven Hospital, talks including history of surgery lectures given at Yale, medical illustrations, and reprints. The restricted boxes contain Lindskog's notes on his surgical operations on named patients.

Dates: 1929-1987

Malcolm Bowers reprints and publications

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Call Number: Ms Coll 65
Abstract: Malcolm Bowers, M.D. was the founding chief of the Research Unit at the Connecticut Mental Health Center, Chief of Psychiatry at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and was affiliated with the Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry for more than forty years. His early research included a series of groundbreaking studies on hallucinogenic drug exposure and the emergence of psychotic disorders. Later research included an extensive series of studies on the role of monoamines in psychosis and...
Dates: 1961-2008, 2010

Medical college catalogs, introductory and valedictory addresses, and ephemera collection

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Call Number: Pam Coll 1
Abstract: The collection contains published annual catalogs of American medical colleges, introductory addresses given by physicians at the beginning of the school year or at the beginning of specific courses, valedictory addresses given by prominent physicians at graduation ceremonies, and various ephemera. Some irregular medical institutions are represented, including homeopathic, eclectic, and osteopathic schools and some schools of dentistry. Catalogues and addresses of the Medical Institution of...
Dates: 1807-1965

Medical diplomas and certificates collection

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Call Number: Ms Coll 96
Abstract:

The collection includes medical diplomas from universities, certificates from medical organizations, certificates of appointment to medical positions, award certificates, and invitations to events circa 1662-1965. The collection includes manuscript and printed items, most with signatures. The bulk of materials are from Europe and the United States. The collection includes numerous diplomas from the Yale School of Medicine.

Dates: circa 1662-1965

Miscellaneous letters collection

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Call Number: Ms Coll 49
Abstract:

Miscellaneous Letters Collection is a collection of hundreds of individual letters or small groups of letters, mostly by physicians and scientists, either donated to the Historical Library or purchased.

Dates: 1649-1961

New Haven Hospital and Grace-New Haven Community Hospital Collection

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Call Number: Ms Coll 43
Abstract:

This collection includes the Dean of the Yale School of Medicine's correspondence and copies of minutes and reports concerning New Haven Hospital, the New Haven Dispensary, and Grace-New Haven Community Hospital; broadsides and brochures concerning these institutions and Yale-New Haven Hospital;miscellaneous materials including historical accounts of the hospital; and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1826-1976, bulk 1911-1947

Wallace Lyman Orcutt student notes from Yale University School of Medicine

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Call Number: Ms Coll 22
Abstract: The notebooks contain Orcutt's notes from medical school courses including physiology courses by Russell Chittenden and Yandell Henderson, pathology, bacteriology, pharmacology, histology, therapeutics by Oliver T. Osborne, and clinics by George Blumer and Wilder Tileston. The histology notes contain illustrations colored in pencil. The bacteriology notes are in an illustrated notebook printed especially for the bacteriology course at Yale. The physiology notes contain tracings from a...
Dates: 1908-1910

Herbert Thoms collection

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Call Number: Ms Coll 14
Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of correspondence, particularly a set of letters from Grantly Dick-Read; a nearly full set of articles by Thoms; and 11 scrapbooks and photograph albums concerning his years as a Yale medical student and early faculty member, his work on natural childbirth and rooming-in, and his interest in the history of Connecticut medicine.

Dates: 1906-1971

Tully Family Papers

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Call Number: Ms Coll 40
Abstract: William Tully (1785-1859) was professor of materia medica and therapeutics at the Medical Institution of Yale College from 1824 to 1842. The collection contains a small amount of correspondence by or to Tully and limited material on Tully's medical career. One subseries concerns settling the estate of William Tully and finding funds to support his daughters Sarah and Elizabeth. The collection contains genealogies, original documents of the Tully family in Connecticut, and also documents...
Dates: 1667-1915

Yale Medical Library opening and dedication

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Call Number: Ms Coll 12
Abstract:

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.

Dates: 1939-1942

Yale University School of Medicine Miscellaneous Papers.

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Call Number: Ms Coll 4
Abstract:

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).

Dates: 1810-1886, bulk 1863-1885