National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

Typescript notes about data in various libraries and repositories relating to the history of the National Library of Medicine, including its predecessors. Much of the material pertains to the period when John Shaw Billings was librarian.

Material assembled by Jaroslav Nemec as part of his work at the National Library of Medicine. Included are short biographies of important figures in forensic medicine, a directory of institutes of legal medicine, two narrative articles, and correspondence and other material resulting from a project to identify all conference, congresses, and meetings on legal medicine.

Contains correspondence, memoranda, and printed matter relating to the National Library of Medicine's planning and preparations for the Billings Centennial, a copy of the original promotional guide, and photographs of the some of the events' speakers.

Correspondence, invitations, greetings and printed matter documenting the Army Medical Library's centennial celebration in 1936.

Michael Ellis DeBakey made significant contributions to cardiovascular medicine throughout his long career at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Personal material, correspondence, administrative and medical records, writings, conference and awards files, subject files, photographs, audiovisual media, and artifacts gathered from DeBakey's home document his personal life and career as a surgeon, inventor, and medical statesman.

Memoranda on nominations and appointments of Board of Regents. Includes some biographical data.

Collection of items gathered for their autographs of significant figures in the history of medicine, the NLM, and world history.

Miscellaneous reel-to-reel tape recordings pertaining to the history of the National Library of Medicine found in HMD.

Staff meeting minutes, statements of policy, and reports and writings about the Library and indexing.