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Abstract
The collection includes stamps issued by nations, principalities, protectorates, and other geopolitical entities, as well as organizations such as the United Nations.
Dates
- Creation: 1897-1992
Extent
18 binders
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Copyright Information
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Biographical Note
Jacob N. (Jay) Shanberge, M.D., a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, graduated from Marquette University's School of Medicine in 1944. After serving as a lieutenant in the army, he became a chief resident in pathology at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. A hemato-pathologist and coagulationist, he was awarded a National Institutes of Health Fellowship in Zurich, Switzerland, early in his career, and published more than 50 medical research articles.
From 1969 to 1980 he was the director of pathology and laboratory medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Milwaukee. While there, in 1974, he helped found the Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation. He was an avid football fan and a jazz pianist why who partially funded his college and medical school education playing in Dixieland jazz bands in Milwaukee clubs. His extensively-researched and annotated medical stamp collection was a lifelong passion for Dr. Shanberge, who died in 2004.
Collection Summary
The Jacob N. Shanberge stamp collection consists of 18 binders, each containing between 100 and 150 pages, with several stamps pasted on each page accompanied by descriptive information The stamps are arranged in alphabetical order by country, with the exception of one "out of order" binder, number II(a). The collection includes stamps issued by nations, principalities, protectorates, and other geopolitical entities, as well as organizations such as the United Nations. The collection includes many entities not currently recognized either because they have merged with others or been divided into independent entities. Subjects of the stamps include medicinal plants, medical specialties, scientists, physicians, saints, royalty, disease, disability, public health organizations, children's health, military medicine, and many other topics.
Abstract
The collection includes stamps issued by nations, principalities, protectorates, and other geopolitical entities, as well as organizations such as the United Nations.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Gift, Ruth Shanberge, 2007.
General
- Processed by
- Sarah Eilers
- Encoded by
- Sarah Eilers
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Jacob N. Shanberge Medical Stamp Collection, 1897-1992
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- Sarah Eilers
- Date
- 2012
- 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 Collections Collecting Area
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