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Samuel A. Levine Photographs Digitized

March 15, 2022

Photographs from Levine's travels, family life, and hospital work are now accessible through the Samuel A. Levine papers finding aid.

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Chester M. Pierce Papers Open to Research!

February 3, 2022

The Chester M. Pierce papers have been processed and are now open to research.

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Samuel A. Levine Papers Open to Research

January 20, 2022

The Samuel A. Levine papers are newly processed and open to research.

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David Dickinson Potter Papers Open to Research

July 19, 2021

Potter papers, 1859-2014 (inclusive), 1958-2014 (bulk) are newly processed and open to research

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WAM Curator to speak on Ethical Concerns about the Origins of Legacy Anatomical Collections

July 8, 2021

The Center is pleased to announce that Dominic Hall, Curator of the Warren Anatomical Museum, is presenting as part of a special series of webinars being offered by the American Association for Anatomy on Anatomical Legacy Collections.

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Center to Reopen to HUID Holders on August 3

July 8, 2021

The Center for the History of Medicine is excited to announce that it will open to all Harvard University ID (HUID) holders on Tuesday, August 3. 

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Register now! Celebrating A Lady Alone: The Life of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell

May 21, 2021

Join us for the first-ever enhanced Zoom presentation of portions of N. Lynn Eckhert,'s one-woman play, A Lady Alone. Following the production, Dr. Eckhert will be joined by both featured actress Christine Farrell and director Kevin Confoy, both theater professors at Sarah Lawrence College, for an interactive discussion about Dr. Blackwell’s historical relevance to women in medicine.

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March 2: 17th Annual Estes Lecture with Anne Harrington

February 24, 2021

The Center for the History of Medicine is pleased to share information about the Boston Medical Library's 17th Annual J. Worth Estes Lecture with speaker Anne Harrington on Tuesday, March 2 at 7:00PM EST via Zoom.

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Remembering Bernard Lown

February 18, 2021

It is with great sadness that the Center for the History of Medicine learned of the passing of Dr. Bernard Lown on Monday, February 15 at the age of ninety-nine.

Describing Better: Audience and Accessibility

February 12, 2021

Read about how we incorporated accessibility into our Guidelines for Inclusive and Conscientious Description.  

Describing Better: Outdated Language

February 11, 2021

How we addressed outdated language in our Guidelines for Inclusive and Conscientious Description project.

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Describing Better: Adding Context

December 14, 2020

Part III of a series exploring our Guidelines for Inclusive and Conscientious Description.

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