Obstetrics

The American College of Nurse-Midwifery (ACNM) was incorporated on 7 November 1955 as the professional organization for certified nurse-midwives in the United States. Meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, publications, subject files, photographs, audio and video tapes, and general and historical document document the activities of the leadership and membership of this professional nurse-midwives association.

PARTIALLY PROCESSED COLLECTION. Contents are 16mm film titles produced by foundations, academic institutions, and private sector entities to educate expectant parents about pregnancy, childbirth, and infant care.

A study of pregnant women in the Concordia and Libertate academy by Cornelis Krayenhoff.

British-born Edward Barton received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1815. He was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1821 and taught at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Lectures, notes, case reports, and correspondence of Francis Henry Ramsbotham.

Contains correspondence, photos, and clippings. Materials relate chiefly to Sir James Y. Simpson.

Includes valedictories, lectures on the subjects of women and infants, and a journal of a voyage to Calcutta in 1818.

Consists chiefly of copies of professional papers, 1947-1962 (2 v.). Also includes typescript (20 p.) and tape of presidential address before the Obstetrical Society of Philadelphia, 1981.

Unpublished typescripts of lectures given to medical and nursing students and to regional and national professional groups. Topics include pediatrics, obstetrical care, child welfare, and public health.