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A brief history of the activities of Atherton Seidell in the field of documentation
Collection Summary
Photocopy of typescript. The original document was presented to the Smithsonian Institution in 1964. The author used the National Library of Medicine as a part of her research for this paper.
Dates
- Creation: 1964
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Creator
- Medinger, Elizabeth E. (Person)
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite.
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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Historical Note
Atherton Seidell was one of the founders of the American Documentation Institute and worked at the Army Medical Library for a time, microfilming its periodical collection for use by Army field physicians. A pioneer promoter and developer of microfilm for information portablility, he developed the Seidell viewer, a portable microfilm viewer.
Collection Summary
Photocopy of typescript. The original document was presented to the Smithsonian Institution in 1964. The author used the National Library of Medicine as a part of her research for this paper.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite.
General
- Processed by
- NLM Staff
- Processing Completed
- 2003
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
- Title
- Finding Aid to A brief history of the activities of Atherton Seidell in the field of documentation, 1964
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- NLM Staff
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
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