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Our collections come from the NYU School of Medicine, the NYU Medical Center, the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, the Rusk Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine, other institutes and research centers that are part of the medical center, and individuals. Below are a few collection guides, more will be added as they are completed.
- Antique Medical Bottles
The Archives of New York University School of Medicine mounted an Exhibit of Antique Medical Bottles for the 1999-2000 school years. The collection was the generous donation of Dr. Arthur Lindner, retired Associate Dean. In 2001, the Medical Archives received another gift of Antique Medical Bottles courtesy of Elena Lesser- Brun. Both collections consist of glass medical bottles from the Victorian and Modern Era (19th and 20th Century). The exceptions to this being a cardboard box of E.C. DeWitt’s “Dyspepsia Cure” and a small metal box of “Creamalin.”
- Bellevue Hospital Medical College
The records document the history of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College , from incorporation in 1861 to its merger with the University Medical College of New York University in 1898, and consist of photographs, annual announcements, financial records, student theses and certificates of moral character, faculty papers, class schedules, lecture tickets and more.
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- Bellevue Schools of Nursing
This collection contains documents and images from the Bellevue Schools of Nursing, the first in the United States to be run according to the nursing principles championed by Florence Nightingale. The schools (which included the Mills Training School for Men) operated from 1873-1969. Among the holdings are photographs, yearbooks, a few publications, annual announcements, a school history and some reports on the operation of the schools.
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- Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
This collection consists of administrative records of the Institute, including letters, research proposals, grant documentation, floor plans, publications, a few photographs and newspaper articles. The collection dates to 1948. New material is still occasionally added.
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- John Madeira Spetnagel Collection
This collection contains correspondence, photographs and memorabilia from the life and career of Dr. John M. Spetnagel, a graduate of the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College.
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- Luther Emmet Holt Sr. and Luther Emmet Holt, Jr.
Personal papers and photographs of internationally known father and son pediatricians L.E. Holt Sr., and L.E. Holt Jr. Includes correspondence, some school papers, travel records and articles.
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- Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
This collection contains annual reports of the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine and it's Auxiliary, publications, correspondence (patients, physicians and staff), and documentation of fund raising efforts. Additional records are stored offsite. Another collection of Howard Rusk material can be found at the University of Missouri's Western Historical Manuscript Collections.
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- Saul Krugman Papers
The papers of Saul Krugman date from 1947 to 2002 and measure 1.5 linear feet. Found within the collection are biographical and personal files; career files; Committee on Viral Hepatitis proceedings; professional correspondence; publications and Willowbrook files.
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