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University of Otago Medical Library : Historical Collection

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Reference NumberARC-0187CreatorUniversity of Otago Medical LibraryDescriptionThe collection includes papers of doctors, most with Otago connections, and Medical School staff. Amongst the largest and most notable of these collections are papers of Dr Ferdinand Batchelor, Professor Millen Coughtrey, Professor Percy Gowland, Sir Charles Hercus, Professor John Malcolm, Dr Henry Pickerill, Dr Frederick Richardson, Professor John Halliday Scott and Dr Emily Siedeberg-McKinnon. There are also numerous smaller collections from individual doctors. Records of university departments and the Medical School include some early attendance registers, Department of University Extension teaching charts, records of the Medical Library, and a few items from the Departments of Anatomy, Physiology and the Dental School. There are also records from various organisations, including the Medical Research Council of New Zealand, the British Empire Cancer Campaign Society (predecessor of the New Zealand Cancer Society) and the Plunket Society. One of the more notable organisations of which there is a large collection is the Otago Section of the British Medical Association.
There is also a large collection of manuscript lecture notes, dating from the eighteenth century onwards. Most were taken by students at the medical schools of Edinburgh and Otago. There is a collection of signatures and a+I75utograph letters of medical staff and other notables of the medical world. Finally, there are various miscellaneous items of unknown provenance.
Only a small part of this collection is digitised and available through Digital Collections. Information about other items can be found on the Hākena catalogue, through the Library Catalogues link above.

Ephemera

Dance card for 'Farewell Dance Tendered to Dr Emily Seideberg [sic] prior to her leaving Dunedin. St Matthew's Hall, Friday, March 13th, 1896'

Queen Alexandra's visit to the Queen's Hospital Sidcup

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SubjectsUniversities and collegesLibrariesMedicineMedical Education

CollectionUniversity of Otago

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