Medicine Collection, 1845-1920

Medicine Collection, 1826-1972

9 boxes; 8 volumes (4 linear ft.)

Collection number: MS 453

Abstract:

Collection is comprised entirely of printed materials such as bibliographies, biographies, pamphlets, and articles pertaining to women in the field of medicine, including physicians, nurses, and medical missionaries. Women's hospital, colleges, and medical societies are also documented.

Terms of Access and Use:

Restrictions on access:

The collection is open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

Restrictions on use:

Material in this collection may be protected by copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy all copyright holders. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.

Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College
Northampton, MA

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Jane Arminda Delano, founder of the
American Red Cross Nursing Services, n.d.

The Medicine Collection is comprised entirely of printed materials such as bibliographies, biographies, pamphlets, articles, and books pertaining to women in all fields of medicine. The collection dates from 1826 to 1972. Materials on women physicians, nurses, and medical missionaries include mostly biographical information on individuals such as Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell, Edith Cavell, Alice Hamilton, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Florence Nightingale, and Mary Walker. The Physicians section also includes files on countries other than the U.S. Files on women's hospital, colleges, and medical societies include primarily published material related to specific institutions in the U.S. and Great Britain. There two boxes of bulletins from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania. There is also general material related to women in the health professions.

Information on Use

Terms of Access and Use

Restrictions on access:

The collection is open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

Restrictions on use:

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Medicine Collection, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

History of the Collection

Materials in this subject collection were either purchased or given to the Sophia Smith Collection by various donors.

Accruals:

Periodic additions to collection are expected.

Processing Information

Finding aid revised in 2002 by Gayla Spaulding, intern. Recent additions may not be reflected in the finding aid.

Additional Information

Contact Information

Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063

Phone: (413) 585-2970
Fax: (413) 585-2886

Email Reference Form: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/emailform.html
URL: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/

Language

English.

Physicians

Bibliographies		Box 1: folder 1

Countries (not U.S.)

General: "Les femmes docteurs en medecine dans tous les pays" by Haryette Fontanges,	1901	Box 1: folder 2

Australia		Box 1: folder 3

Canada		Box 1: folder 4

China		Box 1: folder 5

England

Biographies		Box 1: folder 6-7

Phipson, Edith Pechey		Box 1: folder 8

France		Box 1: folder 9

Germany		Box 1: folder 10

Greenland		Box 1: folder 11

India		Box 1: folder 12

Italy		Box 1: folder 13

Japan		Box 1: folder 14

Latin America		Box 1: folder 15

Netherlands		Box 1: folder 16

Scotland		Box 1: folder 17

Thailand		Box 1: folder 18

United States

General

Miscellaneous		Box 2: folder 19

Articles,	1895-1966	Box 2: folder 20

Clippings		Box 2: folder 21

Pamphlets,	1850-1972, n.d.	Box 2: folder 22

States: women in medicine, Kansas, New York, South		Box 2: folder 23

Biographical materials

General: articles on women doctors		Box 2: folder 24

Baker, Sara Josephine		Box 2: folder 25

Baumgartner, Leona,		Box 2: folder 26

Blackwell, Elizabeth		Box 2: folder 27
Note: [See also Books on Shelf]
Blackwell, Emily		Box 2: folder 28

Bradley, Frances Sage		Box 2: folder 29

Call, Emma		Box 2: folder 30

DeVoll, Sarah Wood (Howard)		Box 2: folder 31

Hahn, Pearl		Box 2: folder 31a

Hamilton, Alice		Box 2: folder 32

Jacobi, Mary Putnam		Box 2: folder 33

Mosher, Eliza M.		Box 2: folder 34

Pierson, Mary Wright		Box 2: folder 35

Pratt, Elsie Seelye		Box 2: folder 36

Spock, Benjamin		Box 2: folder 36a

Standish, Hilda Crosby		Box 2: folder 36b

Tracy, Martha		Box 2: folder 37

Walker, Mary Edwards		Box 2: folder 38

White, Priscilla		Box 2: folder 38a

Medical missionaries

Miscellaneous		Box 3: folder 39

Biographies

Beals, Rose Fairbanks		Box 3: folder 39a

Berry, Katherine F. : Katie-San by Berry,	1962	Box 3: folder 40

Dyer, Lora Genevieve		Box 3: folder 41

[File missing]		Box 3: folder 42

Nurses and nursing

General

Wide Neighborhoods by Mary Breckinridge		Box 3
Note: [See Books on Shelf]
Pamphlets and articles,	1862	Box 4: folder 43

Biographical materials

Cavell, Edith		Box 4: folder 44

Delano, Jane A.		Box 4: folder 45

Dock, Lavinia		Box 4: folder 46

Hancock, Cornelia		Box 4: folder 47

Geller, Anne Dravo vanKirk		Box 4: folder 48

Kells, Maud V.		Box 4: folder 48a

Low, Sarah		Box 4: folder 48b

Maass, Clara		Box 4: folder 49

Nightingale, Florence		Box 4: folder 50

Nutting, Mary Adelaide		Box 4: folder 51

Army nurses		Box 4: folder 52

Black nurses		Box 4: folder 53

Frontier Nursing Service, Inc., Louisville, KY		Box 4: folder 54

Countries (not U.S.)

General: pamphlets and articles		Box 4: folder 55

England: Liverpool Nurses Training School		Box 4: folder 56

Japan		Box 4: folder 57

Health professions

General: pamphlets		Box 5: folder 58

Conferences: reports of proceedings

Women's Leadership and Authority in the Health Professions, UC Santa Cruz,	19-21 Jun 1977	Box 5: folder 59

International Conference on Women in Health, Washington D.C.,	16-18 June 1975	Box 5

Hospitals

American Women's Hospital Service		Box 6: folder 60

L'Hopital Sainte Justine, Montreal		Box 6: folder 61

New York Infirmary		Box 6: folder 62

St. Louis Children's Hospital		Box 6: folder 63

Uplands Sanatorium, Pleasant Hill, Tennessee		Box 6: folder 64

Vincent Memorial Hospital. "The Vincent Show"		Box 6

Women's Institute of New York City,	1872	Box 6: folder 65

Medical Schools and Societies

Medical Schools

General		Box 7: folder 66

United States		Box 7

Miscellaneous: articles		Box 7: folder 67

Johns Hopkins Medical School		Box 7: folder 68

New England Female Medical College/Female Medical Education Society (Boston)		Box 7: folder 69
Note: [See also New England Hospital Records, SSC]
Women's College of Physicians and Surgeons of the City of New York		Box 7: folder 70

Women's Medical College of Baltimore		Box 7: folder 70a

Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania		Box 7: folder 71
Note: [See also Box 8]
England: medical schools and organizations		Box 7: folder 72

Medical Societies

American Medical Women's Association		Box 7: folder 73

Massachusetts Medical Society		Box 7: folder 74

Medical Women's International Association.		Box 7: folder 75

Medical Women's National Association		Box 7: folder 76

New England Women's Medical Society		Box 7: folder 77

"Women's physicians and their state medical societies" article by Phoebe Peck		Box 7: folder 78

Philadelphia Medical Society		Box 7: folder 79

Women's Medical Association of New York City		Box 7: folder 80

Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania: Bulletins,	1889-1960	Box 8-9

Books on Shelf

The Annual of Allentown Nurses College, Vol. VII	(1926)

Alsop, Gulielma. History of the Woman's Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1850-1950 Philadelphia,	1950

Blackwell, Elizabeth, M.D. Address on the Medical Education of Women	(1856)

Breckenridge, Mary. Wide Neighborhoods, a story of the Frontier Nursing Service. New York,	1952

Lutzker, Edyth. Women Gain a Place in Medicine. New York,	1969

Thoms, Adah B. Pathfinders: a history of the progress of colored graduate nurses. New York,	1929

Nursing School Today and Tomorrow. Final report of the Committee on the Grading of Nursing Schools. New York,	1934

McLaren, Eva Shaw. A History of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. London,	1919

Oversize Materials

Poster: "Send Us a Lady Physician"			Flat File