Abstract
The collection consists of ephemera that portray women in medicine. Among the images are portraits, comics, fine art, chromolithographs, and advertisements.
Dates
- 19th-20th century
Extent
61 items
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.
Copyright
The National Library of Medicine believes these items to be in the public domain. Contact the Reference Staff for details regarding rights.
Collection Summary
The collection consists of ephemera that portray women in medicine as collected by William Helfand. Among the images are portraits, comics, fine art, chromolithographs, and advertisements. Included in the collection are engravings of nurses Edith Cavell and Florence Nightingale, postcards of women physicians, pharmacists and nurses, including some which derogate professional women, and chromolithographs of women practicing first aid.
Abstract
The collection consists of ephemera that portray women in medicine. Among the images are portraits, comics, fine art, chromolithographs, and advertisements.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Gift, 2003, by William Helfand.
General
- Processed by
- Ginny A. Roth
- Encoded by
- Ginny A. Roth
Source
- Helfand, William (Collector, Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Images of Women in Medicine Ephemera Collection
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- Ginny A. Roth
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latn
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
Collecting Area Details
Part of the Prints and Photographs Collection Collecting Area
8600 Rockville Pike
Bldg 38/1E-21, MSC 3819
Bethesda MD 20894
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