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Columbia University Medical Center

Columbia University Medical Center

630 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032, United States
Archives & Special Collections in the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library collects, preserves, organizes, and makes available rare and unique materials documenting the history of the Columbia University Irving Medical Center along with the health sciences in general.

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William Jarvie Society records, 1947 - 2005

0.33 cubic feet
Meeting minutes, correspondence (1947-1974) and one newsletter (2005) created by the William Jarvie Society, a student organization in the School of Dental and Oral Surgery--later known as the College of Dental Medicine.

Anneliese Sitarz papers, 1950 - 2008

4.6 cubic feet
Personal papers of U.S. pediatrician Annaliese Lotte Sitarz, an alumna (M.D. 1950) and faculty member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. She had a distinguished career in pediatric oncology with much of her clinical work based at Babies Hospital, later known as New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, while also consulting at Overlook and Harlem Hospitals. She was a founding investigator of the Children’s Cancer Study Group, a cooperative group established by the National Institutes of Health to study childhood cancers. She was first appointed to the Department of Pediatrics in the College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1957 and received tenure as Assistant Professor in 1973.

Dickinson W. Richards papers, 1916 - 1973

2.5 cubic feet
Personal papers of U.S. physician, Dickinson W. Richards (1895-1973), alumnus (M.A. 1922; M.D. 1923) and faculty member (1925-1973) of Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons. Richards served as Intern (1924) and Resident (1925-1927) at Presbyterian Hospital, with later positions there (1928-1961) and at Bellevue Hospital (1933-1961), and consulted for Merck & Co. Richards received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1956, along with André Cournand and Werner Forssmann for their work relating to heart catheterization.

Patricia Jones student notebooks 1957-1961, 1957-1961

1 cubic foot
Student notebooks of Patricia Jones (BS, Nursing, 1960) who attended the Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University School of Nursing (currently the Columbia University School of Nursing), 1957-1960.

Michael Merson collection on the global AIDS response, 1981-2019, bulk 1986-2005

34 boxes
Material created and collected by Michael Merson, documenting his leadership at the World Health Organization's Global Programme on AIDS (GPA). The bulk consists of copies of WHO correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, speeches, press releases, publications and other printed material, in addition to interview transcripts and sound recordings conducted by Merson for the use in book, The AIDS pandemic: searching for a global response (2018), co-authored with Stephen Inrig.

Barbara Wharton Low papers, 1930s-2014

9.6 cubic feet
Personal papers of Barbara Wharton Low, professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons was known for her expertise in X-ray crystallography. Includes correspondence, drafts of papers and lectures, reprints of scientific articles, laboratory notebooks, and photographs spanning her career.

Leonard C. Harber papers, 1926 - 2011

5.5 cubic feet
Personal papers of Leonard Coleman Harbor, professor of dermatology at New York University and Columbia University, and served as chair of the Department of Dermatology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.

Barbara Tanis Fetzer photograph album, circa 1940-1945

1 volume
Photograph album created by Barbara Tanis Fetzer documenting her last year at the Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, 1941-1942.

Register of Sick and Prescriptions, 1833-09-18-1834-07-17

1 volume
Register kept by Assistant Surgeon George B. McKnight, U.S.N. (died 1857) aboard the U.S. Schooner Experiment.

Ewen McIntyre & Son prescription record books, 1863, 1873, 1886-1887

3 volumes
Record of doctors' prescriptions filled by Ewen McIntyre & Son, pharmacists, who at this period were located at 992 Sixth Avenue, New York City.