By Andrew Simpson ~ In a 1994 article titled “It’s a Business. No, It’s a Religion,” The New York Times profiled two of Houston’s most
Category: Archives & Manuscripts
Archive and modern manuscript collections and Western and Islamic manuscripts, from the 11th century to the present.
Inside the Creative Mind of Dr. Michael E. DeBakey
By Kurt A. Dasse ~ Dr. Michael E. DeBakey had a long and distinguished career exemplified by his surgical and technological innovations, institution-building, and medical
Bernadine Healy Papers (1958–2010)
By Megan O’Hern ~ A new archival collection, the Bernadine Healy Papers (1958–2010) is now available at the National Library of Medicine. Though she was
A Time for All Things: Michael E. DeBakey–The Tulane Years
By Craig Miller ~ Michael E DeBakey’s life and career are primarily associated in medical history and the public consciousness with his many years at
Revealing Data: Collecting Data about TB, ca. 1900
By Susan L. Speaker ~ In the summer of 1901, Elizabeth Blauvelt, a Johns Hopkins medical student, prepared a summary of data (“Report on Data
The Falls of 1972: John B Calhoun and Urban Pessimism
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Jon Adams and Edmund Ramsden. Adams, of the London School of Economics, and Ramsden, of the University of London, share
A Book of Receipts of All Sorts (1693–1730s)
By Mary E. Fissell ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. In 1693 Elizabeth Strachey (ca. 1670–1722) wrote her name on
An Airtight Case: Custom Fabrication for a Medical History Treasure
Robert Clary is a machinist in the Mechanical Instrumentation Design and Fabrication Branch, part of the Division of Scientific Equipment and Instrumentation Services (DSEIS) in
HPCC Archived at NLM: Evolution and Assessment
By Sally Howe ~ This third and last blog post associated with announcing the High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) archival collection has three topics. First
Archiving HIV/AIDS on the Web
By Christine Wenc ~ The National Library of Medicine began a new web archiving effort in September 2016 to identify and collect web content on
Michael DeBakey and the Education of American Surgeons
By Justin Barr ~ Michael DeBakey came to Houston in 1948 as the new chairman of the Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine.
HPCC Archived at NLM: Collaboration and Creation
By Sally Howe ~ In a blog post in September we announced the release of a finding aid for the HPPC archive. That post focused
High Performance Computing and Communications: Archived at NLM
By Sally Howe ~ People today might use their smart phones without even thinking about how they work, let alone about the infrastructure that enables
Preserving NIH science at the National Library of Medicine
By Holly Herro and Kristi Wright ~ Over the past ten years, conservation staff of the NLM’s History of Medicine Division have developed and published on
Tinkering with Profitability: DeBakey and the Affordable Blood Transfusion Instrument
By Heidi Morefield ~ Dr. Michael E. DeBakey was one of the most visible American surgeons of the late 20th century: he pioneered surgeries, published
“Our dear Laddie has been taken”: Edward Revere Osler killed in Flanders, August 1917
By Susan Speaker ~ In an earlier post, I highlighted the wartime experiences of Sir William Osler, who is often called “the father of American
The U.S. Army Medical Department begins Operations in France
By Susan Speaker ~ In recent posts, we’ve featured Base Hospital #4, the first group of American Expeditionary Force (AEF) medical personnel to join the
Revealing Data: Rain, Epidemics, and Life on the Docks in 1918
By Ashley Bowen ~ United States Public Health Service (USPHS) officers stationed in the San Francisco Bay complained about the rain and deer eating the
U.S. Army Base Hospital #4 Receives Royal Greeting in England
By Susan Speaker ~ On May 18, 1917, the Base Hospital #4 group arrived in Liverpool on the HMS Orduna. They were the first of
U.S. Army Base Hospital #4 Embarks for Europe
By Susan Speaker ~ The United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917. Just one month later, the first unit of the American
Digitizing Material Culture: Handwritten Recipe Books, 1600–1900
By John Rees Cookbooks and recipe books have always been popular with students of history and family genealogy. They are tangible artifacts of past lives
Michael E. DeBakey and the National Library of Medicine
George P. Noon, MD, and Shelley McKellar, PhD will give the inaugural Michael E. DeBakey Lecture on March 21, 2017 at 2:00 ET in the
“Intentional Impact:” The Legacy of Michael E. DeBakey
Shelley McKellar, PhD and George P. Noon, MD, will give the inaugural Michael E. DeBakey Lecture on March 21, 2017 at 2:00 ET in the
The Power of Aggregation
By John Rees We all appreciate the convenience of the modern shopping experience. Who doesn’t love visiting a local farmer’s market on a Saturday morning
Mercy Street’s Mansion House Hospital
By Stephen J. Greenberg Mercy Street, the popular PBS series now entering its second season, tells the complicated story of a U.S. Army hospital during
Molecular Biology Behind the Blackboard
By Paul Theerman ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. The photograph is dramatic, more dramatic in its own way
Celebrating the Nobel Prize
By Christie Moffatt The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony takes place tomorrow, December 10, in Stockholm, Sweden, as it does each year, on the anniversary of
Physician Veterans of WWI
By Anne Rothfeld Doctors are vital to the U.S. military branches, and despite the volumes of historical research on their contributions to military medicine, less
Mark M. Ravitch: A Surgeon’s Surgeon
By James Labosier and John Rees A new archival collection, The Mark M. Ravitch Papers, 1932-1989, is now available at the National Library of Medicine
Truly Translational: Louis Sokoloff and PET Brain Imaging
By Susan Speaker Twenty-first century medical practitioners have many ways of making images of the inside of the body, including x-rays, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging
