Health Sciences Library Medical Stamp Collection Finding Aid
dc.contributor.author | Wink, Tara | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-15T20:57:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-15T20:57:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-12 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10713/11620 | |
dc.description | The collection was formed artificially by the librarian(s) of the Health Sciences Library. Some stamps were addressed to the School of Pharmacy Library (NARD & the World Against Malaria Stamps); to Dr. Wilson Elkins, President of the University of Maryland (Doctors Mayo stamps); and to the Dental School Librarian, Ida Robinson (Dental Association). Other stamps were donated to the library’s collection by Dr. Merrill J. Snyder, professor of Microbiology, (Lister Stamps); by Katherine Richards, Associate Librarian (miscellaneous stamps), in November 1972; and Mr. and Mrs. W. Garrison (Nursing Commemorative Stamp). | en_US |
dc.description | Stamps date from 1937 to 1972; others are undated. | en_US |
dc.description | Collection located in Historical Collections of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland, Baltimore. | en_US |
dc.description | Represented organizations: American Dental Association Relief Fund, 1940-1959 & Undated (11 folders); American Lung Association, Christmas Seals, 1937-1962 & Undated (8 folders); Council Against Intolerance in America, 1943 (1 folder); The Doctors Mayo, 1964 (1 folder); Eudowood Sanatorium, Christmas Seals, Undated (1 folder); Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home, 1952 (1 folder); Lions Club of Baltimore, Juvenile Aid Sight Saving, Undated (3 folders); Lister Centenary, 1965 (1 folder); Marshall College Centennial, 1937 (1 folder); Miscellaneous, Undated (1 folder); National Association of Retail Druggists (NARD), 1972 (1 folder); National Children’s Dental Health Day, 1951 (1 folder); National Committee on Alcohol Hygiene, 1946 (1 folder); National Society for Crippled Children & Adults, 1949-1950 (2 folders); Nursing Commemorative Stamp, 1961 (1 folder); Philippine Tuberculosis Society, 1953-1960 & Undated (1 folder); United Tiberias Institutions, Undated (1 folder); World Health Organization, Anti-Malaria Campaign, 1962 & Undated (1 folder) | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This finding aid describes the Health Sciences Library Medical STamp Collection. This collection contains postal and commemorative stamps of a variety of well-known and lesser-known medical and charitable organizations. The collection dates from 1937 to 1972. The stamps were used to raise awareness and funds for the organizations and/or commemorative an influential event or person in the medical world. The collection was created by the Health Sciences Librarians. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | commemorative stamps | en_US |
dc.subject | philanthropic organizations | en_US |
dc.subject | medical organizations | en_US |
dc.subject | health organizations | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Plating (Philately) | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Charity organization | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | University of Maryland at Baltimore. Health Sciences Library | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Postage stamps | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Stamp collections | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Charities, Medical | en_US |
dc.title | Health Sciences Library Medical Stamp Collection Finding Aid | en_US |
dc.type | Other | en_US |
dc.identifier.ispublished | No | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-01-15T20:57:36Z |