Shaping the past: how donors influenced Becker Library's rare book collections.
Rare books
history of medicine
special collections
Journal
Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA
ISSN: 1558-9439
Titre abrégé: J Med Libr Assoc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101132728
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Oct 2022
01 Oct 2022
Historique:
medline:
28
4
2023
pubmed:
27
4
2023
entrez:
27
4
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Rare book collections do not form in a vacuum; they are shaped by the individuals who assemble and curate them. This is certainly the case with the rare book holdings of Becker Medical Library at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. This paper examines some of the most significant donors to Becker's rare book collections in order to explore how these collections are a reflection of the interests and priorities of the physicians who assembled them, and also raises the issue of how the makeup of these collections create a Western-focused narrative regarding the history of medicine.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37101913
doi: 10.5195/jmla.2022.1551
pii: jmla.2022.1551
pmc: PMC10124602
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
525-529Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 Elisabeth Brander.
Références
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pubmed: 16015759
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1922 Jul;12(1):1-9
pubmed: 16015929