Zoltan Ovary

Zoltan Ovary
Photograph of Zoltan Ovary, who organized the dinner meeting at which Pathology Department Chairman Chandler Stetson invited Michael Heidelberger, the father of immuno-chemistry, to work at NYU. The two men are shown here with Zoltan's students Bob Tigelaar (L), who became a professor of Yale and Domenico Mancino (R), who became director of the University of Naples.

Milton Helpern

Milton Helpern
Photograph of Dr. Milton Helpern, in lab coat holding medical tool; specimen skulls on shelves in background. This photo was taken in the Legal Medicine Museum located in the Chief Medical Examiners Building. Dr. Helpern was the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York. Mounted on hard board; signed.

Plug Hat with Leather Travel Case

Plug Hat with Leather Travel Case
Plug hat (high silk hat)16cm high x 60 cm around. The brim is 5 cm wide and turned up and in at the sides. Leather band measures approximately 56 cm around and is 6 cm wide. On the inside top is printed "Extra Quality. By Special Appointment, Scott & Company Hattters to H.M. the King and Royal Family. 1 Old Bond Street. Piccadilly. W." The inside is lined with silk. Leather case for the hat. Approx. 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 33cm and 28.5 at both sides. Connected on one side is a leather and cloth strap with 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", "Cabin...P&O SS Egypt V. Mott Berth No. 88. On one side, outside, 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. 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 1cm thick and 4.5 cm wide. The handle is both stitched and bolted (1 on each side) to the cover. The cover also has a few shipping labels attached, and stenciled. Across the top are the initials, 4cm high, "V.M.". In the stored document files [LA tried to locate in 2007 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 VW 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 See item details for more information.

Medical Faculty of NYU, the Founders of the Medical Department

Medical Faculty of NYU, the Founders of the Medical Department
Medical Faculty of the University of New York and the Founders of the Medical Department:<p> Theodore Frelinghuysen, Chancellor (top row, center); Valentine Mott M.D.(top row, left; Professor of the Principles and Operations of Surgery, with Surgical and Pathological Anatomy); Granville Sharp Pattison M.D. (top row, right; Professor of General, Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy); John Revere M.D.(center, left; Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine); Martyn Paine M.D. (center, right; Professor of the Institutes of Medicine and Materia Medica); Gunning S. Bedford M.D.(bottom row, left; Professor of Midwifery and the Diseases of Women and Children); John William Draper M.D.(bottom row, right; Professor of Chemistry)