by Meg | Jul 9, 2014 | Ex Libris, Library & Books
I was showing one of our History Committee members some of the bookplates today, and he was fascinated. Of course, this reminded me that I needed to put some more of the bookplates on the blog. I think we stopped at H last time, so we’ll move on from there. Dr. Henry...
by Meg | May 28, 2014 | Archives, Ex Libris, Library & Books, Physicians, Portraits
One of the most useful books in my research arsenal is The Medical Annals of Maryland (1799-1899), written by Eugene Fauntleroy Cordell, a long-time member of MedChi and one of our distinguished librarians. Dr. Cordell was born in Charlestown, West Virginia, which was...
by Meg | May 20, 2014 | Ex Libris, Library & Books
The Marcia C. Noyes Award is the highest honor given to a professional medical librarian, and it was awarded at the Medical Library Association’s annual conference in Chicago on May 19, 2014. The recipient was Joanne Joanne Gard Marshall, AHIP, FMLA, from the School...
by Meg | May 12, 2014 | Archives, Art, Ex Libris, Library & Books
Max Brödel, the noted first professional medical illustrator, came to Baltimore in the early years of Johns Hopkins Medical School. He was hired to do medical illustration for MedChi members Howard Kelly, MD, Harvey Cushing, MD, and William Halsted, MD. Later on, he...
by Meg | Mar 14, 2014 | Ex Libris, Library & Books
In December, I posted the first of the bookplate collection and when I found another fascinating plate this week, I was reminded to write another bookplate post. MedChi had a lending library for many years, and members could join for the princely sum of $1.00....
by Meg | Feb 26, 2014 | Ex Libris, Library & Books
In preparation for a meeting with several members of the University of Maryland’s Medical Library, I prepared a brief timeline of the history of MedChi’s Library. In 1830, Samuel Baker, M.D., proposed a resolution to establish a medical library, which was passed and...
