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Directory of History of Medicine Collections (111)
The Library holds one of the largest collections in the world dedicated to anesthesiology and closely allied subjects, with over 13,000 monographs and 100 foreign and domestic journal titles and related newspapers. In addition, the K. Garth Huston Rare Book Room holds a comprehensive collection of rare literature on the introduction of surgical anesthesia, and seminal works leading to the discovery of anesthesia, published from the 16th Century to the present. The strengths of the collection include mesmerism, resuscitation, pain medicine, obstetric anesthesia, gas chemistry, pharmacology and physiology. WLM also endeavors to build a comprehensive collection of 19th-Century medical journals in the English language. 150 linear feet in extent, the collections of organizational archives include the records of local, regional, national and international professional societies, as well as those numerous subspecialty societies. Among these are the archives of the WLM's parent organization, t ... [Read More]
National Humanities Medalists, 1998
New York, New York Since the appearance more than five decades ago of his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Age of Jackson (1945), Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., has remained one of America’s most widely known historians. A special assistant to President Kennedy from 1961 to 1963, in 1966 he won a second Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House (1965). His other books include three volumes of The Age of Roosevelt (1957-60), for which he won both the Francis Parkman and Bancroft prizes; The Imperial Presidency (1973); Robert Kennedy and His Times (1978), for which he won a National Book Award; The Cycles of American History (1986); and The Disuniting of America (1991). In 1980, Schlesinger founded the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award with proceeds from his best-selling biography. Each year, the internationally recognized award is given to a book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy’s purposes." A former pres ... [Read More]
Index of Netherlanders in America 84072133
A Aalberts, 902Aagename Uren met Toose, 1001Aanteekeningen, 624Aapkens, T. J., 119Abeel, David, 409Abma, M., 977Abraham Lincoln, zijn tijd en leven, 946Acculturation in farming, 273- 274Achterhoek (Gelderland), 122, 151, 583, 965 and California gold rush, 629- 630 as initial emigration region, 122-123Ackerman family, 53Adams, John, 111, 113Addens, Paul, 841Adventism, 918A. E. Knickerbocker, 227Africa missions, 883Afrikaaners, 71Afscheiding. See Secession of 1834Agriculture: Dutch characteris- tics, 788-790 in Dutch settlements, 329- 338 and mechanization, 338-334 in Netherlands, 596-601Akkrum, Friesland, 957, 965, 966, 1016Alabama, settlements in, 718- 719Alameda, Cal., 808, 839Alamosa, Col., 668-678, 688Alamosa[Col.}Milling and Ele- vator Company, 676Albany, N.Y., 5, 41, 49, 51, 52, 53, 72, 105, 130, 147, 152, 251, 307, 310, 313, 371, 969, 1005 Dutch culture in, 65-66 Dutch language use in, 59 hatred of English, 51 H. P. Scholte in, 61 view of, 63 (photo) See also Beverwijck, Fort Or ... [Read More]
Directory of History of Medicine Collections (111)
The Library holds one of the largest collections in the world dedicated to anesthesiology and closely allied subjects, with over 13,000 monographs and 100 foreign and domestic journal titles and related newspapers. In addition, the K. Garth Huston Rare Book Room holds a comprehensive collection of rare literature on the introduction of surgical anesthesia, and seminal works leading to the discovery of anesthesia, published from the 16th Century to the present. The strengths of the collection include mesmerism, resuscitation, pain medicine, obstetric anesthesia, gas chemistry, pharmacology and physiology. WLM also endeavors to build a comprehensive collection of 19th-Century medical journals in the English language. 150 linear feet in extent, the collections of organizational archives include the records of local, regional, national and international professional societies, as well as those numerous subspecialty societies. Among these are the archives of the WLM's parent organization, t ... [Read More]
National Humanities Medalists, 1998
New York, New York Since the appearance more than five decades ago of his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Age of Jackson (1945), Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., has remained one of America’s most widely known historians. A special assistant to President Kennedy from 1961 to 1963, in 1966 he won a second Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House (1965). His other books include three volumes of The Age of Roosevelt (1957-60), for which he won both the Francis Parkman and Bancroft prizes; The Imperial Presidency (1973); Robert Kennedy and His Times (1978), for which he won a National Book Award; The Cycles of American History (1986); and The Disuniting of America (1991). In 1980, Schlesinger founded the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award with proceeds from his best-selling biography. Each year, the internationally recognized award is given to a book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy’s purposes." A former pres ... [Read More]
Index of Netherlanders in America 84072133
A Aalberts, 902Aagename Uren met Toose, 1001Aanteekeningen, 624Aapkens, T. J., 119Abeel, David, 409Abma, M., 977Abraham Lincoln, zijn tijd en leven, 946Acculturation in farming, 273- 274Achterhoek (Gelderland), 122, 151, 583, 965 and California gold rush, 629- 630 as initial emigration region, 122-123Ackerman family, 53Adams, John, 111, 113Addens, Paul, 841Adventism, 918A. E. Knickerbocker, 227Africa missions, 883Afrikaaners, 71Afscheiding. See Secession of 1834Agriculture: Dutch characteris- tics, 788-790 in Dutch settlements, 329- 338 and mechanization, 338-334 in Netherlands, 596-601Akkrum, Friesland, 957, 965, 966, 1016Alabama, settlements in, 718- 719Alameda, Cal., 808, 839Alamosa, Col., 668-678, 688Alamosa[Col.}Milling and Ele- vator Company, 676Albany, N.Y., 5, 41, 49, 51, 52, 53, 72, 105, 130, 147, 152, 251, 307, 310, 313, 371, 969, 1005 Dutch culture in, 65-66 Dutch language use in, 59 hatred of English, 51 H. P. Scholte in, 61 view of, 63 (photo) See also Beverwijck, Fort Or ... [Read More]
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