Frederick Edward Brasch Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS C 167

Abstract

Correspondence pertaining to Frederick Brasch's activities as corresponding secretary of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Dates

1926-1938

Extent

0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)

Creator

Brasch, Frederick Edward, 1875- (Person)

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

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Biographical Note

Frederick E. Brasch was educated at Stanford University (1899), the University of California (1901), and Harvard (1916). He worked as a librarian at Stanford, in Chicago, St. Paul, MN, and in Washington, D.C. before becoming chief of the Library of Congress's scientific collection in 1925. He served as corresponding secretary of the history of science section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science from 1920 through 1928. Brasch died in 1967.

Collection Summary

Contains correspondence and printed matter pertaining to the 1928 joint meeting of the History of Science Society, the New York Academy of Medicine and Section N of the American Associationfor the Advancement of Science. Correspondence is in two parts: one is alphabetical by correspondent, the other is mostly on AAAS letter head and is arranged chronologically. Correspondents include Harry E. Barns, Gregory Paul Baxter, William Browning, Morris R. Cohen, Joseph Collins, Harvey Cushing, John Fallon, Fielding H. Garrison, John C. Hemmeter, R.G. Hoskins, Joseph Jastrow, Arnold C. Klebs, Walter Libby, Burton E. Livingston, C. E. McClung, Archibald Malloch, John M. Merriam, W.A. Oldfather, Francis R. Packard, George B. Pegram, Frederick P. Reynolds, David Riesman, Victor Robinson, Bernard Sachs, Edward C. Streeter, T. Wingate Todd, Sam F. Trelease, James J. Walsh, Gerald B. Webb, Linsly R. Williams, and William H. Welch.