Fielding H. Garrison papers, 1910-1957.

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Fielding H. Garrison papers, 1910-1957.

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Official and personal correspondence, memorandum books, and F.L. Tietsch material. Official correspondence consists chiefly of reference inquiries to the U.S. Army Medical Library where Garrison was assistant librarian. Personal correspondence is divided into original Garrison letters, and typescript and photocopied copies of Garrison letters compiled and collected by F.L. Tietsch. The library material includes letters from Howard A. Kelly, Harvey Cushing, Ludvig Hektoen, Archibald Malloch, Victor Robinson, John Ruhräh and Casey Wood, as well as copies of Garrison's replies. Personal correspondence contains original Garrison letters to George H. Simmons and Morris Fishbein pertaining chiefly to the Index Medicus, and to Maude E. Abbot, W.W. Francis, Arnold C. Klebs, Max Neuberger, Charles Singer, and Clara Garrison. Typescript copies include letters sent to John W. Farlow, Simon Flexner, John F. Fulton, William Halsted, Herman G. Kittridge, Henry L. Mencken, George Sarton, Charles Singer, Frederick P. Reynolds, William H. Welch, and Linsly R. Williams. Teach correspondence with Garrison, Fulton, Mencken, Henry E. Sigerist, and Herman T. Radin is included.

3.75 linear ft. (9 boxes)

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Garrison, Fielding H. (Fielding Hudson), 1870-1935

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Author of medical works, ed. of Index Medicus, 1903-1927, Librarian, Welch Medical Library, Baltimore, from 1930. From the description of Letters, to [W.G.?] Shules, 1931-1934. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34369734 George Washington Corner worked as an anatomist, endocrinologist, and medical historian. From the guide to the George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981, 1903-1982, (American Philosophical Society) Medical librarian and histo...

Tietsch, F. L. (Franz Ludwig)

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Army Medical Library (U.S.)

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The Army Medical Library began in 1836 when Surgeon General of the Army Joseph Lovell first established a collection of medical literature for official use. John Shaw Billings, the first Librarian, greatly increased collections and initiated the Index Catalogue. By 1936 the library held more than a million items and was considered one of the premier medical libraries in the world. From the guide to the Materials relating to the one hundredth anniversary of the Army Medical Library, 1...