Historic Images

Photograph of L. Royal Christensen, MD seated at desk, from p. 43 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Christensen taught at the New York University College of Medicine from 1941 to 1967 as a Fellow in Medicine (1941-1943), Instructor in Bacteriology (1943-1946), Assistant Professor of Microbiology (1946-1955), Associate Professor of Microbiology (1955-1959), and Associate Professor of Pathology (1959-1967). In 1953, he was named the director of the Berg Institute for Experimental Physiology, Surgery and Pathology. In 1962, he was appointed the Patent Officer for the NYU Medical Center.

Photograph of Mr. Gilbert Joseph Clausman (1921-2011) presiding over a meeting of the Medical Library Association Board at the 1978 meeting in Chicago, IL.

Mr. Clausman became the librarian of the New York University Medical Center in 1955 and in 1959 was appointed Library Curator until his retirement in 1986. Among his many accomplishments in the field of medical librarianship, he served as president of the Medical Library Association and spearheaded the transformation of the NYU Medical Library into an academic department with faculty status for librarians.

Head and shoulders photograph of Elmer Ellsworth Brown, mounted on 8x10 cardboard and signed.

Photograph of a painted portrait of Rowland Godfrey Freeman, Sr., MD, (1859-1945) dressed in regalia. Dr. Freeman taught in the Pediatrics department of University Hospital and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1898 to 1930 and was then Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics from 1930 to 1945. From 1898 to 1911, he served as Chief of the Pediatric Clinic.

Photograph of Louis A. Duhring. Name inscribed on back with approximate date of photo 1898. Photograph is mounted on hard board, with aged adhesive. Signed, "Louis A. Duhring, Philadelphia"

Portrait of Howard Fox, MD (1873-1954). Dr. Fox taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1925 to 1938 as Professor of Dermatology and Syphilology, after which he held the position of Professor Emeritus from 1948 to 1954.

Head and shoulders photograph of Dr. Henry Dwight Chapin, 1857-1942. Photograph likely taken from a publication.

Photograph of Mr. Gilbert Joseph Clausman (1921-2011) presiding over a business meeting at the 1978 annual MLA meeting in Chicago, IL.

Mr. Clausman became the librarian of the New York University Medical Center in 1955 and in 1959 was appointed Library Curator until his retirement in 1986. Among his many accomplishments in the field of medical librarianship, he served as president of the Medical Library Association and spearheaded the transformation of the NYU Medical Library into an academic department with faculty status for librarians.

Head and shoulders photograph of Dr. Samuel A. Brown, M.D., 1874-1952, Professor of Medicine; Dean of the Medical School, 1915-1932; Class of 1894; Leading Academician. Joseph Hillel, M.D., Class of 1929; The University and Bellevue Hospital Medical Coll

Photograph of Charles D. Freeman, standing in wool coat and cap. Inscribed, "To Dr. Howard Fox, from Chas D. Freeman, St. Paul, Minn." Printed with border on matte paper.