About the Archives

The Lillian & Clarence de la Chapelle Medical Archives serves as the final repository for the institutional records of NYU Langone and all affiliated institutions. The Archives also contain records of preceding institutions including the Bellevue Hospital Medical College.

The Archives was established as a department of the Ehrman Library in 1968. The primary purposes of the Archives are to collect, preserve, organize and to make available institutional records of enduring administrative, legal, and historical value, as well as papers of individuals who played a significant role at NYU Langone or who spent a major portion of their careers here. In 1983, Dr. de la Chapelle endowed the Lillian and Clarence de la Chapelle Archives in honor of his late wife.

Highlights from the Archives

Saul Krugman M.D. – Physician, Scientist, Teacher 1911-1995
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New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital Cardiac Clinic

Pediatric patients being examined at the cardiac clinic of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, circa 1930.
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Bellevue Hospital - Operating Room Amphitheater

Interior photograph of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College operating room amphitheater, circa 1880s. A cadaver is laid out on the operating table. Doctors wearing suits pose for an audience of spectators.
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Bellevue Hospital - House Staff, 3rd Surgical Division

3rd Surgical Division, 1934.