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Photograph of Zoltan Ovary, MD (1907-2005), who organized the dinner meeting at which Pathology Department Chairman Chandler Stetson invited Michael Heidelberger, the father of immuno-chemistry, to work at NYU. Ovary and Heidelberger are shown here with Dr. Ovary's's students Robert Tigelaar (L), who became a professor of dermatology at Yale and Domenico Mancino (R), who became director of the University of Naples. Dr. Ovary became a member of the New York University School of Medicine faculty in 1959.

Photograph of Zoltan Ovary, MD (1907-2005), in his lab with visiting high school students. Dr. Ovary became a member of the New York University School of Medicine faculty in 1959. While at NYU, working with Baruj Benacerraf and others, he discovered the “carrier-effect,” i.e., the same carrier protein for the foreign substance must be used in subsequent immunizations to produce the maximum number of antibodies; and the once controversial, but for now fundamental concept that there are different classes of antibodies with different biological properties.

Photographic reproduction of a painting of Joseph Lister, MD (1827-1912). The painting, from 1895, is by John Henry Lorimer. Dr. Lister was a British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery.

Signed photograph of Milton Helpern, MD (1902-1977), with specimen skulls, taken in the Legal Medicine Museum at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Dr. Helpern held the position of Lecturer on Forensic Medicine at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1934 to 1936. He then taught as Assistant Professor of Forensic Medicine (1936-1950), Associate Professor of Forensic Medicine (1950-1954), and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Forensic Medicine (1954-1974) at New York University College of Medicine. In 1974 he became Professor Emeritus at New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Helpern was the Chief Medical Examiner for New York City from 1954 to 1973.

Portrait of Gerald Lawrence Klerman, MD (1928-1992). Dr. Klerman received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1954. At the time this photograph was taken, he was the Director of Research, Psychiatric Service, at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Portrait of Theresa Bischoff, MD. Dr. Bischoff served as Clinical Professor of Health Care Management at New York University School of Medicine from 1993 to 2004.

Plug hat with leather travel case belonging to Valentine Mott, MD (1785-1865). Dr. Mott served as Professor of Principles, Practice & Operations of Surgery at University Medical College from 1841 to 1850.

Plug hat (high silk hat) measuring 16 cm high x 60 cm around. The brim is 5 cm wide and turned up and in at the sides. The leather band measures approximately 56 cm around and is 6 cm wide. On the inside top of the hat is printed "Extra Quality. By Special Appointment, Scott & Company Hatters to H. M. the King and Royal Family. 1 Old Bond Street. Piccadilly. W." The inside of the hat is lined with silk.

Leather case for the hat measuring approximately 77.5 cm around the outside at the bottom and 102.5 cm at the top. The case is round at the bottom and oblong at the top. The height in front and back, outside, is 33 cm and 28.5 cm at both sides. Connected on one side is a leather and cloth strap with a straight metal hook on the inside. On the other side is a very short leather strap with an oblong metal ring attached. The inside seems to be lined with cardboard. There are shipping and identification labels all around the outside. Some overlap, some completely worn off. Among these are "Baggage, P&O Son Co. London. Port...Passenger's name V. Mott” and "Cabin...P&O SS Egypt V. Mott Berth No. 88.” On one outer side, there is a round metal plate 5 cm in diameter, with a keyhole. Probably the straps had a metal hook that fit into a rectangular hole above. An oblong shaped holder, open in the center. This fits on the inside of the leather case at the top.

The cover of the case is made of leather, with padding and cloth lining the inside top. Also on the inside are two leather and cloth straps, one on each side. These straps currently have no hooks, but at one time might have. The cover has a leather handle across the top that is 1 cm thick and 4.5 cm wide. The handle is both stitched and bolted (with a single bolt on each side) to the cover. The cover also has a few shipping labels attached and stenciled. Across the top are the initials, 4 cm high, "V.M.".

In the stored document files [LA tried to locate in 2007 but not sure what this is referring to] was found a memorandum from Doctor McEwen to Miss Baine (former librarian of the School of Medicine Library) dated 3/16/1956. The memo is unsigned and refers to an attached note from Mr. Orwill V. W. Hawkins, telling how Doctor Mott’s hat came into the possession of the school. A typed (unsigned) copy of the letter is attached. This explains that Mr. Hawkins has a son named Harman, who is married to Janet Gay. "Janet's mother was Helen Remsen, who was the daughter of John F. Remsen, and Mr. Gay held it as a curiosity piece."

Estate of John F. Remsen.

Bellevue Hospital ambulance fleet. Beside each ambulance stands a female attendant dressed in a white uniform and a male driver in a dark uniform.

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 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.