Collections News
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ISIS Current Bibliography
May 3, 2017
IsisCB Explore is the new open-access search interface for the History of Science Society's ISIS Current Bibliography.
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New Acquisitions at Johns Hopkins University Special Collections and Archives
April 27, 2016
Johns Hopkins University Special Collections and Archives recently made the following acquisitions: MS.0718: David P.
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College of Physicians of Philadelphia Processes 19th and 20th Century Materials
April 27, 2016
The Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia recently began to sort and catalog medical trade ephemera, reprints, and government documents that were collected in the
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New York Academy of Medicine Acquires 17th-century Cookbook and Offers New Finding Aids to Researchers
April 27, 2016
This spring, the New York Academy of Medicine Library acquired a German manuscript cookbook from ca. 1700, compiling several hundred recipes.
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Linda Hall Library acquires observation logs from comet hunter David H. Levy
November 23, 2015
The Linda Hall Library recently acquired 26 observation logs from David H.
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American Philosophical Society acquires papers of Richard L. Garwin
November 23, 2015
The American Philosophical Society recently acquired the papers of twentieth-century physicist and policy consultant Richard L. Garwin.
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New Exhibition on Science and Fiction in the Smithsonian Libraries Exhibition Gallery
May 28, 2015
On July 1st, 2015 the exhibition Fantastic Worlds: Science and Fiction, 1780-1910 will debut in the newly refurbished Smithsonian Libraries Exhibition Gallery located in the west wing of the
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American Philosophical Society completes processing of the Herman Goldstine papers
May 28, 2015
The American Philosophical Society has completed the processing of the Herman Goldstine papers.
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University of Toronto’s Fischer Library acquires rare book and manuscript
May 27, 2015
The University of Toronto’s Fisher Library recently acquired (separately and fortuitously) paired items, print and manuscript, which document the ongoing life of a text: a first edition of the magn
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania processes diaries of Deforest P. Willard and records of the American Society for Testing Materials
May 26, 2015
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania has recently processed the diaries of Deforest P. Willard, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon from Philadelphia who served in the U.S.