Historic Images

Overhead view of the New York University School of Medicine Library showing the circulation desk, card catalog area, and reference librarian’s desk, circa 1958.

The New York University School of Medicine Library stacks, circa 1958.

Overhead view of the New York University School of Medicine Library card catalog area, circa 1958.

View of the New York University School of Medicine Library reference reading room, circa 1958.

Photograph taken at the ceremonies held in the Medical Science building (Dec. 20, 1956) in which Dr. Pasteur Vallery-Radot was awarded the NYU Medal for distinguished Achievement. See (001.1 .A4 Jan. 1597, p11) Medical Quarterly.

Series of individual portraits set in illustrated frames and labeled “Medical Faculty of the University of New York and the Founders of the Medical Department.” Clockwise from upper left corner: Valentine Mott, MD, Professor of the Principles and Operations of Surgery, with Surgical and Pathological Anatomy; Theodore Frelinghuysen, Chancellor; Granville Sharp Pattison, MD, Professor of General, Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy; Martyn Paine, MD, Professor of the Institutes of Medicine and Materia Medica; John William Draper, MD, Professor of Chemistry; Gunning S. Bedford, MD, Professor of Midwifery and the Diseases of Women and Children; John Revere, MD, Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine.

Photograph of medical librarian Gilbert Clausman (center) receiving an 1867 diploma on behalf of the New York University School of Medicine Library. To his left: Morris F. Weiner, MD, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College class of 1929. To his right: Reverend David M. Cory, grandson of the physician Dr. David M. Cory, Bellevue Hospital Medical College class of 1867.

Illustration of the 1856 Annual Medical Commencement at the New York University Chapel at Washington Square, from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.

Photograph of Anthony S. Bogatko, MD, and William C. MacTavish, MD, receiving Alumni Meritorious Service Citations from Francis L. Valente, Alumni Federation President, at the June 4, 1958 Commencement Exercises. Dr. Bogatko received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1919. He taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as an Assistant in Surgery (1922-1927) and Instructor in Surgery (1930-1936). He then taught at the New York University College of Medicine as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery (1936-1941) and Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery (1941-1963). Dr. MacTavish received his MD from the New York University College of Medicine in 1949.

NYU Medical School’s 28th Street building, acquired from Cornell's Medical College in 1931. The view is from the southeast corner of 27th Street and 1st Avenue at street level. “New York University” is inscribed on the building over the third floor windows.