The Smithsonian Libraries’ Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology has recently acquired the splendid manuscript collection of the late Henry Willard Lende, Jr, notable history of science scholar and collector. The collection encompasses 148 autograph letters by renowned scientists from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The selected list of authors of the letters speaks for itself. The collection represents an extremely high historical, research and educational value:
Ampere, Andre
Babbage, Charles
Bell, Alexander Graham
Bohr, Niels
The Historical Medical Library is pleased to announce that the Records of the Consumer Health Information Center (CHIC) and the records of its successor, Philly Health Info (PHI), have been fully processed and are ready for researcher use.
Aprajita Sarcar, Queen’s University
2017 to 2018 Research Fellow
Timothy Minella, Villanova University
2017 to 2018 Research Fellow
Lauren Rosati, City University of New York, Graduate Center
2017 to 2018 Research Fellow
This collection consists of an estimated 5,000 titles on the general subject of computers, information technology, society, the internet and the economic and business issues involving computers from the 1940s through 2017.
Joanna Behrman, Johns Hopkins University
2017 to 2018 Research Fellow
Martha Groppo, Princeton University
2017 to 2018 Research Fellow
Emelin Miller, University of Minnesota
2017 to 2018 Research Fellow
Learn about our latest updates in the May 2018 Consortium Newsletter. In this issue, you can find: new fellowship opportunities; profiles of incomming fellows; updates on our working groups; public events programming; news from our fellows; collections spotlight on the Adler Planetarium; information on newly aquired or processed archival collections.
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Michael Levy speaking at the Sickness and the City event, held at the New York Academy of Medicine on October 24, 2018.