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dc.contributor.authorWink, Tara
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-15T20:57:35Z
dc.date.available2020-01-15T20:57:35Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10713/11620
dc.descriptionThe 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.descriptionStamps date from 1937 to 1972; others are undated.en_US
dc.descriptionCollection located in Historical Collections of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland, Baltimore.en_US
dc.descriptionRepresented 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.abstractThis 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
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dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectcommemorative stampsen_US
dc.subjectphilanthropic organizationsen_US
dc.subjectmedical organizationsen_US
dc.subjecthealth organizationsen_US
dc.subject.lcshPlating (Philately)en_US
dc.subject.lcshCharity organizationen_US
dc.subject.lcshUniversity of Maryland at Baltimore. Health Sciences Libraryen_US
dc.subject.lcshPostage stampsen_US
dc.subject.lcshStamp collectionsen_US
dc.subject.lcshCharities, Medicalen_US
dc.titleHealth Sciences Library Medical Stamp Collection Finding Aiden_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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refterms.dateFOA2020-01-15T20:57:36Z


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