Physicians -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Stanley B. Burns, M.D., historic medical photography collection
Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 76
Overview:
The collection includes photographic plates and prints collected by Stanley B. Burns, M.D., that document medical practice and medical practitioners circa 1840 through the 1970s. The collection includes items created using multiple photographic techniques and supports including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, lantern slides, photographic negatives, cartes de visite, cabinet photographs (cabinet cards), stereoscopic photographs, panoramic photographs, picture postcards, gelatin silver...
Dates:
Circa 1840-1979
John Vance Lauderdale papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1317
Overview:
The papers include correspondence, journal entries, photographs, sketches, and printed ephemera that document the life and military career of John Vance Lauderdale. Originally bound in thirteen indexed scrapbooks. Subjects discussed include family life, military life, treatment of Indians and blacks, and the practice of medicine. Two boxes of lantern slides accompany papers.
Dates:
1838-1931
Sheet music collection on medical themes
Collection
Call Number: Pam Coll 5
Overview:
Sheet music on medical themes including songs and piano compositions about medical providers, ailments, remedies, health for children, and advertisements for medical products. Much of the music was performed in music halls or as part of musicals, or later, performed on radio, television, and on records.
Dates:
ca. 1762-1989, bulk 1890-1940