Collection registration records, ca. 1847-1939, 1981-1982.

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Collection registration records, ca. 1847-1939, 1981-1982.

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This record series was created to register the holdings of the Warren Anatomical Museum. Includes typescript catalog sheets, descriptive manuscript catalogs, and indices to the collection. Some of the early manuscript catalogs are the basis for A Descriptive Catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum by J.B.S. Jackson, published in 1870. Also contains the catalogs of other anatomical collections that were donated or purchased for the Museum, including the Wyman Collection, the Boston Society for Medical Impovement Collection, and the collection of the Massachusetts Medical College, which later became Harvard Medical School.

9 cubic ft. in 9 record cartons.

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7093461

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Warren Anatomical Museum

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The Warren Anatomical Museum opened in 1847 to house the anatomical specimen collection of John C. Warren. From the description of Records of the Warren Anatomical Museum, 1828-1892 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281434989 The Warren Anatomical Museum was founded in 1847 by John Collins Warren. Dr. Warren gave his private collection of specimens and models of normal and "morbid" anatomy to form the core of the collection. The collection also includes ...