Overview
| Repository: |
Manuscripts and Archives
Sterling Memorial Library 128 Wall Street P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 Web: http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/ Email: mssa.assist@yale.edu Phone: (203) 432-1735 Fax: (203) 432-7441 |
| Call Number: | RU 738 |
| Title: | Department of the History of Science and Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, records |
| Dates: | 1949-1981 |
| Physical Description: | 20.25 linear feet (50 boxes) |
| Language(s): | The materials are in English. |
| Summary: | The records consist of administrative files, reports, correspondence, and personnel and student records documenting the Department of the History of Science and Medicine (known as the Department of the History of Medicine prior to 1959) at the Yale Medical School. Included are the records of the department chairs John Farquhar Fulton, Frederick Lawrence Holmes, Derek John de Solla Price, and Lloyd Grenfell Stevenson, and the correspondence of professors George Rosen and Henry Ernest Sigerist. |
| Note: | Forms part of Yale Record Group 27-E (YRG 27-E), Records of departments, offices, programs, and projects of the Yale School of Medicine. |
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| Finding Aid Link: | To cite or bookmark this finding aid, use the following address: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0738 |
| Catalog Record: | A record for this collection, including location information, may be available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog. |
Administrative Information
Information about Access
Access to the records is partially restricted. See Collection Contents for details.
Ownership & Copyright
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Cite As
Department of the History of Science and Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, Records (RU 738). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
Processing Notes
Yale University records are arranged and described at the accession level by the creating office. The University Archives creates collection level descriptive records, but typically does no further arrangement and description at the accession level.
Description of the Papers
The records consist of administrative files, reports, correspondence, and personnel and student records documenting the Department of the History of Science and Medicine (known as the Department of the History of Medicine prior to 1959) at the Yale Medical School. Included are the records of the department chairs John Farquhar Fulton, Frederick Lawrence Holmes, Derek John de Solla Price, and Lloyd Grenfell Stevenson, and the correspondence of professors George Rosen and Henry Ernest Sigerist.
Arrangement
The records are arranged in eight series: I. Background Records and Annual Reports. II. Correspondence. III. Records of Journals, Books and Articles. IV. Administrative Records. V. Projects and Exhibits. VI. Colloquia, Course Information and General Student Matters. VI. Grants. VII. Personnel and Student Records.