Historic Images

Photograph of Edward Kellog Dunham, Professor of Bacteriology, General Pathology and Hygiene, 1892-1898; Professor of Pathology, 1898-1907. (1 7x10.5 copy print)

Photograph of John F. Daly, Faculty, from 1954 Violet, page 60. 1954 Violet proofs.

Head and shoulders photograph of Harry Woodburn Chase. (Several similar prints: 1 copy 5x7, 2 poor quality 8x10's, 1 negative 5x7; all prints signed "Harry Chase")

Photograph of Mr. Gilbert Joseph Clausman (1921-2011) with Ms. Rita Sue Kane, chair of the Program Committee of the Medical Library Association, at an MLA meeting in Hawaii.

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.

Photograph of Samuel A. Brown, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Dean of the Medical School, Class of 1894, standing. Printed on textured paper. Signed and dated.

Photograph of Edward C. Franklin, seated at desk. Class of 1950. Original contributions in human immunology and new insights into the mechanism of rheumatoid arthritis. Black & White print mounted on hard board. (1 copy mounted on foam core, 1 35mm copy slide)

Photograph of an illustrated picture of Charles Loomis Dana, M.D., 1852-1935, Bellevue Hospital Medical College, Department of Neurology, 1897-1898.

Portrait of May Edward Chinn, MD (1896-1980), print made from an image in the 1926 Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Chinn received her MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1926. She was the first Black woman graduate of University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. Dr. Chinn went on to have an important role as a cancer researcher, working for the Strang Clinic at the New York Infirmary from 1944 to 1974. She was later awarded honorary Doctor of Science degrees from both Columbia University and New York University (1980).

Photograph of Mr. Gilbert Joseph Clausman (1921-2011) giving the presidential address at the Medical Library Association’s annual meeting in Chicago, IL, 1978.

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.

Photograph of Arthur G. DeVoe, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Opthalmology, 1950-1959