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Collection Title:
Creator:
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Inclusive Dates:
1947-1947
Abstract:
Papers of the physicist. Letter for Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, 1947; and 11 p. undated research paper, "On Rotationally Symmetric Stationary Gravitational Fields," in German.
Type of Material:
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Physicists.
Scientists.
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Physicists.
Physics.

Creator:
Albert Schweitzer Center
Inclusive Dates:
-
Abstract:
Organizational records, correspondence, memorabilia relating to the Albert Schweitzer Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Type of Material:
Sound recordings.
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Subject:
Missionaries.
Musicians.
Theologians.
Music
Religion and Philosophy
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform

Creator:
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.
Inclusive Dates:
1905-1993
Abstract:
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Records includes Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Records (office files, board of directors records, financial records, programs and projects, and publications); Albert Schweitzer Hospital records (communications, medical reports, publications, hospital construction including photographs, blueprints, and financial records, U.S. A.I.D. grant, subject files); Association internationale de l'Hôpital Albert Schweitzer (communications, subject files, publications); Albert Schweitzer Center records (communications and publications); Schweitzer Memorabilia (Albert Schweitzer documents, Helene Schweitzer documents, Schweitzer-related materials, material by and about Schweitzer in various languages). Correspondents include Erica Anderson, Theodor Binder, Jorge Bird, Julius Seelye Bixler, E. Gaine Cannon, Frank Catchpool, Norman Cousins, A.R.T. Denues, Lee and Dottie Ellerbrock, Ford Foundation, Maurice Frey, Lawrence Gussman, Hermann Hagedore, Jerome Hill, Homer A. Jack, Charles Joy, George T. Keating, Reinhard N. Lahde, Leif Erikson Foundation, Charles Lowe, Hans Margolius, Emmy Martin, Louis Mayer, William Maul Measey, William Larimer Mellon, Joseph F. Montague, Edouard Nies-Berger, Simon Obame-Bikoro, Leslie Paffrath, Laura Person, R.P. Dominique Pire, Fergus Pope, Thomas D. Rees, Myrta Ross, Ali Silver, Ruth Sloan, Keith Smith, Isaac N.P. Stokes, Margaret S. Tenbrinck, Paul Dudley White, Andre Wick, V. McKinley Wiles, and Elizabeth L. Young.
Type of Material:
Agendas (administrative records)
Articles.
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Financial records.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Manuscripts for publication.
Medical records.
Minutes (administrative records)
Photographs.
Professional papers.
Project files.
Publications.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Activism and social reform
Religion and philosophy
Science and medicine
Charities, Medical.
Endowments -- United States.
Voluntary hospitals -- Gabon.
Humanitarianism.
Missionaries, Medical.
Missions, Medical -- Gabon.
Peace -- Societies, etc.

4.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965.
Inclusive Dates:
1896-1965
Abstract:
Papers of the theologian, philosopher, physician, organist, and music scholar; born in Alsace, France. Founded a missionary hospital in Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa (now Gabon). Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952 for his advocacy of the brotherhood of nations. Collection includes correspondence (1901-1965); 123 notebooks (1918-1965); manuscript essays and lectures on religion, philosophy, and medicine; and sermons. Correspondence includes nearly 1400 letters between Schweitzer and wife Hélène Bresslau (1901-1939); 396 letters (1950-1965) written in German to Erica Anderson; 180 letters to daughter Rhena Schweitzer Miller; and 70 letters to various recipients, including 3 to Rudolf Bultmann. Notebooks document Schweitzer's daily life in Lambaréné, the diseases and stories of his patients, and the arrival of visitors to the mission. They also contain poems, quotations, excerpts from books on philosophy, religion, and history; clippings from French, German, English, and African newspapers; reports on world politics; and commentaries on himself and his work.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Essays.
Lectures.
Notebooks.
Sermons.
Subject:
Gabon -- Description and travel.
Lambaréné (Moyen-Ogooué, Gabon)
Missionaries.
Musicians.
Physicians.
Theologians.
Music
Religion and Philosophy
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Humanists.
Missionaries, Medical.
Missions -- Gabon.
Missions, Medical -- Gabon.
Organists.
Philosophers.
Theologians.

5.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Back Door Computer Services, Inc.
Inclusive Dates:
1995-1995
Abstract:
User manual for The Back Door, a bulletin board system or BBS (an early form of social media) for gay men
Type of Material:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Brochures.
Subject:
San Francisco (Calif.)
Activism and social reform
Science and medicine
AIDS activists.
Computer bulletin boards.
Internet and gay men.
Social networks.

Creator:
Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998.
Inclusive Dates:
1872-2012
Abstract:
Papers of the American pediatrician, author, and peace activist and his wife Mary Morgan. Collection includes extensive correspondence and writings by both Morgan and Spock, Dr. Spock's medical reference files, memorabilia; cartoons, caricatures, articles by and about Spock, clippings, and photographs relating to his political activities (1951- 1998), including material about the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy and his campaign for President as the nominee of the People's Party in 1972; legal files including his estate documents and various court cases in which Morgan and Spock were involved. In addition, there are records of the DrSpock.com website and the editions of Baby and Child Care published after Dr. Spock's death (1998).
Type of Material:
16mm (photographic film size)
Appointment books.
Audiocassettes.
Articles.
Calendars (documents)
Caricatures.
Cartoons (humorous images)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Genealogies (histories)
Long-playing records.
Manuscripts for publication.
Negatives (photographs)
Photographs.
Posters.
Sound recordings.
Tape reels.
Video recordings.
Subject:
Argentina -- History -- 1955-1983.
Cuba -- History -- 1959-1990.
Cuba -- History -- 1990-
Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1959-1990.
Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1990-
El Salvador -- History -- 1979-1992.
Hungary -- Description and travel.
Italy -- Description and travel.
Japan -- Description and travel.
London (England) -- Description and travel.
Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1979-1990.
Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1990-
Russia -- Description and travel.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Vietnam (Democratic Republic)
Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998. -- Better world for our children.
Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998. -- Common sense book of baby and child care
Ladies' home journal.
Parade (Magazine)
Parenting (Magazine)
Redbook magazine.
Authors.
Pediatricians.
Physicians.
Activism and social reform
Science and medicine
Antinuclear movement -- United States.
Child care.
Child development.
Child psychology.
Child rearing.
Children -- Health and hygiene.
Equal rights amendments -- United States.
Infants -- Care.
Infants -- Development.
Infants -- Health and hygiene.
Infant psychology.
Medicine -- Practice.
Nuclear disarmament.
Olympic athletes.
Peace movements -- United States.
Pediatricians -- United States.
Pediatrics.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements.
War toys.
Water -- Fluoridation.

Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1996-1996
Abstract:
Videorecordings, audiorecordings, slides, photos, and assorted other material relating to "Choices for Children and Families: A Symposium Honoring Benjamin Spock" held at Syracuse University
Type of Material:
Videotapes.
Audiocassettes.
Photographs.
Slides (photographs)
Floppy disks.
Subject:
Pediatricians.
Biographers.
Activism and social reform
Science and medicine
Pediatricians -- United States.

Creator:
Young-Bruehl, Elisabeth.
Inclusive Dates:
-
Abstract:
Newsletters, clippings, correspondence, books relating to theologian, philosopher, physician, organist, and music scholar Albert Schweitzer.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Subject:
Religion and Philosophy
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Humanists.
Missionaries, Medical.

Creator:
Hôpital Albert Schweitzer.
Inclusive Dates:
2000-2000
Abstract:
Charitable hospital founded in Deschapelles, Haiti in 1954. Collection includes personal and business files of physicians and co-founders Gwen Grant Mellon and Larry Mellon, as well as published and promotional material about the hospital and the Grant Foundation.
Type of Material:
 
Subject:
Physicians.
Religion and philosophy
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Humanitarianism.
Medicine in Haiti.
Missions, Medical -- Haiti.
Poor -- Medical care -- Haiti.
Voluntary hospitals -- Haiti.

Creator:
Reitzer, Johanna M.
Inclusive Dates:
1949-1975
Abstract:
Scrapbook of clippings, correspondence, printed material.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Reprints.
Scrapbooks.
Photographs.
Subject:
Lambaréné (Moyen-Ogooué) -- Gabon.
Missionaries.
Physicians.
Religion and Philosophy
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Missionaries, Medical.
Missions, Medical -- Gabon.

Creator:
Bloom, Lynn Z., 1934-
Inclusive Dates:
1963-1971
Abstract:
Collection of research material amassed by Lynn Z. Bloom for and during the writing of her 1972 biography of Dr. Spock.
Type of Material:
Research notes.
Manuscripts for publication.
Audiotapes.
Photographs.
Subject:
Biographers.
Biography
Activism and social reform
Science and medicine
Pediatricians -- United States.

12.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966.
Inclusive Dates:
1931-1931
Abstract:
One letter from the American birth control advocate regarding publication of conference proceedings.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Birth control -- United States.
Reproductive rights -- United States.

13.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919.
Inclusive Dates:
1799-1919
Abstract:
Papers of the physician, social reformer, native of Oswego, N.Y. Advocate of dress reform and women's suffrage. Collection includes correspondence (1833-1913), mainly from Dr. Walker's lecture tour of Britain in 1866-67 and from her Civil War service, 1862-65; legal and financial documents, including deeds, wills, and material concerning her divorce and employment at the Federal Pension Office; photographs; and writings, including material on the trial of Frank C. Almay in 1891, lectures, pamphlets, and reminiscences.
Type of Material:
 
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
Civil War (U.S.)
Military history
New York State
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Clothing and dress.
Divorce suits.
Lecturers.
Lectures and lecturing.
Military pensions -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Suffragists -- United States.
Women -- Health and hygiene.
Women authors, American.
Women physicians -- United States.
Women social reformers -- United States.
Women's rights -- United States.

Creator:
DiGenova, Peter.
Inclusive Dates:
-
Abstract:
Correspondence, transcripts, and moving image media relating to American pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Video recordings.
Subject:
Activism and social reform
Science and medicine

15.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Petrow, Richard.
Inclusive Dates:
1963-1969
Abstract:
Papers of the American author. Collection includes correspondence, notes, galley proofs, and research material relating to his books Across the Top of Russia and The Black Tide.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Galley proofs.
Subject:
Authors.
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Authors, American.
Oil spills, Environmental aspects.

16.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Szasz, Thomas Stephen, 1920-2012.
Inclusive Dates:
1890-2011
Abstract:
Papers of the Hungarian-American psychiatrist and scholar. Collection contains correspondence, memorabilia, photographs, writings, audio and video recordings.
Type of Material:
16mm (photographic film size)
Articles.
Audiocassettes.
Awards.
Book reviews.
Briefs (legal documents)
CDs.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Conference proceedings.
Correspondence.
Drafts (documents)
DVDs.
Essays.
Galley proofs.
Interviews.
Manuscripts for publication.
Negatives (photographs)
Passports.
Photographs.
Plaques (flat objects)
Postcards.
Posters.
Proofs (printed matter)
Reprints.
Research notes.
Royalty statements.
Slides (photographs)
Sound recordings.
Speeches (documents)
Transcriptions.
VHS.
Video recordings.
Subject:
Journal of Humanistic Psychology.
National review (New York)
New England journal of medicine.
New republic (Washington, D.C.)
New York times.
Playboy (Chicago, Ill.)
The Humanist (Washington, D.C.)
The Lancet (London)
Physicians.
Psychiatrists.
Psychotherapists.
Religion and philosophy
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Addiction.
Antipsychiatry.
Circumcision.
Drug control.
Drug legalization.
Drugs -- Law and legislation.
Homosexuality.
Humanism.
Hungarian Americans.
Involuntary treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Involuntary treatment -- Law and legislation.
Insanity (Law)
Insanity defense.
Mental illness.
Law -- Philosophy.
Pain -- Psychological aspects.
Psychiatric ethics.
Psychiatric hospitals.
Psychiatrists -- United States.
Psychiatry -- Congresses.
Psychiatry -- Germany.
Psychiatry -- South Africa.
Psychiatry -- Philosophy.
Psychiatry -- United States.
Psychoanalysis -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Psychoanalysis and homosexuality.
Public policy -- United States.
Radicalism -- History -- 20th century.
Schizophrenia.
Scientology.
Social psychiatry.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Suicide -- Moral and ethical aspects.
War on drugs.