Tahiti : the island paradise / by Nicholas Senn. 1906.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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John Crerar Library.

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The John Crerar Library was incorporated on October 12, 1894 and opened to the public on April 1, 1897. The Library was established as a free public research library specializing in the sciences. Because of changes in scientific information and continuing financial pressures, the Crerar Board of Directors agreed to consolidate the Crerar collections with those in science, medicine, and technology at the University of Chicago. The merger took place in 1984 with the move of the collections to a ne...

Senn, Nicholas, 1844-1908

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Surgeon. Born in Switzerland; arrived United States, 1852. M.D., Chicago Medical College, 1868. Graduate study, University of Munich, 1878. Honorary degree, Master of Surgery, Rush Medical College, 1901. Intern, Cook County Hospital, 1868-1869. Practiced medicine in Wisconisn, 1869-1873.; Milwaukee, 1874-1893; Chicago, 1893-1908. Professor of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, 1884-1887. Chair, Professor of Principles of Surgery, Rush Medical College, 1887-1890. Professor of P...