Claudius F. Mayer Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS C 42

Abstract

Memoranda, drafts, reports, legal data, correspondence, an article, and miscellaneous materials pertaining to the discontinuance of the Index Catalogue and the work of Claudius F. Mayer.

Dates

Creation: 1932-1955

Extent

0.84 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Creator

Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.) (Organization)

Physical Location

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

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.

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Biographical Note

Claudius F. Mayer was born in Eger, Hungary in 1899. He earned his M.D. in 1925 at the Royal Hungarian Pazmany Peter University in Budapest. From 1925 to 1930 he worked as a pathologist and intern at the University of Budapest and Hospital of National Institute for Social Insurance. From 1928 to 1930 at Budapest's Ministry of Health, Museum for Public Health and Sociology, Mayer began working as a consultant in medical history and bibliography. He moved to the United States and was medical director of Lindsay Laboratories, Inc., 1931-1932. He then joined the Index-Catalogue division of the Army Medical Library. Mayer became Chief of Division of Index-Catalogue and Medical Research in 1942. Beginning in 1941 he also worked for several years as associate and managing editor of the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association.

Collection Summary

Contains memoranda, drafts, reports, legal data, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials pertaining to the discontinuance of the Index Catalogue and the work of Claudius F. Mayer. Memoranda consist chiefly of communications between Mayer and Frank B. Rogers. Contains some material from Joseph H. McNinch and Harold W. Jones. File of general correspondence to Mayer (1932-48) includes letters from Percy M. Ashburn, Harvey Cushing, John Fulton, Fielding H. Garrison, Arnold Klebs, George Sarton, Henry Sigerist, Charles Singer, and A.S. Yahuda. Correspondence is arranged two ways: chronologically and by subject. Within the subject category, correspondence is arranged chronologically in order to retain the contextual thread of the material. Also included are a copy of an article written by Mayer and some miscellaneous materials which Mayer kept in his office.

Additional Description

Abstract

Memoranda, drafts, reports, legal data, correspondence, an article, and miscellaneous materials pertaining to the discontinuance of the Index Catalogue and the work of Claudius F. Mayer.