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Re: What's New??? -Reply -Reply

• Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:30:18 -0400
• To: sthc-l@library.ucla.edu
• From: Douglas Treado <DOUGLAST@challenge.compcenter.com>
• Subject: Re: What's Re: What's New??? -Reply -Reply
• Message-ID: s97f03b2.057@tcc3

Dear Liz-

One project for which we are presently providing preservation 35mm 
microfilming and duplication is coordinated by Cornell University 
Library's Preservation Department.  It is a medical archives project 
that includes three medical schools (Cornell, Columbia and N.Y.U.) and 
hospitals in the New York City area.  For example, there are surgical 
and medical casebooks of the New York Hospital, from 1877 to 1900, and 
many more early 20th century records.  There are also anti-vivsection 
materials from the turn of the century, in scrapbooks, and medicine 
during the First World War, etc.

There is presently an interest in preserving and making available much 
of this early medical information (casebooks particularly) for those 
researchers looking at disease, illness and  early medical 
practices--some information that may also have value in treating 
certain  cases today.  Several other hospitals are now pursuing such 
projects as well.

Anyway, I would of course need to get permission to write an article 
about this Cornell project--or perhaps someone there (at CU) might wish 
to do it.

Let me know your interest...

Best regards,
Douglas Scott Treado, M.A.
Project & Sales Manager
Challenge Industries Microfilm
402 E. State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
Telephone: (607) 272-8990    Fax: (607) 277-7865
E-mail: douglast@challenge.compcenter.com