Minutes of the Los Angeles County Medical Association Library Committee, 1934-1937.

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Minutes of the Los Angeles County Medical Association Library Committee, 1934-1937.

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These minutes of the Los Angeles County Medical Association Library Committee cover meetings from September 30, 1934 to November 30, 1937. The collected agendas, notes, and related letters are chronologically organized. The material details the incorporation of the Barlow Medical Library, an early controversy concerning library use, and the operations of the institution.

1 document, 27 cm., typewritten, 156 pages.

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