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John Shaw Billings Papers at New York Public Library [microform]

 Collection
Identifier: MS Film 25
Abstract

When John Shaw Billings left the Army in 1895 to become first a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and shortly thereafter the director of the New York Public Library, he took with him many of his personal and professional papers.

Dates: 1854-1913

Lawrence Kolb Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 279
Abstract

Dr. Lawrence Kolb was a pioneer in the medical approach to narcotics addiction treatment and in public health research and treatment of mental illness. He was one of the first to advocate treating drug addicts as patients, not criminals. The collection deals chiefly with the subjects of drug addiction, alcoholism, juvenile delinquency, and mental health.

Dates: 1912-1972

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Alcoholic Beverages--adverse effects 1
Alcoholism 1
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Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910 1
American Association for the Advancement of Science 1
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 1
Bigelow, John, 1817-1911 1
Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913 1