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Bartner, Howard C.  / [1958-2002] Title: Howard Bartner Papers 1958-2002
Extent: 58.7 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 523
Abstract: Illustrations, photographs, negatives, slides, and correspondence document the artistic career of Howard Bartner, a NIH medical illustrator. The bulk of the collection includes pen and ink sketches, paintings, line drawings, and chalk illustrations.
Bayne-Jones, Stanhope, 1888-1970 / [1852-1969] Title: Stanhope Bayne-Jones Papers 1852-1969
Extent: 42.84 linear feet (102 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 155
Abstract: Subjects include family background, education, service in World War I and II, Dr. Bayne-Jones' association with the Johns Hopkins University Medical School, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
Bean, William Bennett  / [1931-1985] Title: William Bennett Bean Papers 1931-1985
Extent: 30.8 linear feet (73 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 403
Abstract: Dr. William Bean was a well-known medical historian and teacher associated with the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and the Cincinnati General Hospital, 1936-1948, University of Iowa College of Medicine (1948-1970), and the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (1974-1980). The papers relate to Dr. Bean's work and interests as author, teacher, editor, and medical historian.
Berry, Leonidas H.  / [1907-1982] Title: Leonidas H. Berry Papers 1907-1982
Extent: 4.6 linear feet (11 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 423
Abstract: The collection includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, publications, and lectures. In addition to his long and distinguished medical career as a pioneering gastroenterologist and influential African-American physician, Dr. Berry was active in teaching, writing, and community public service.
Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913 / [1841-1975] Title: John Shaw Billings Papers 1841-1975
Extent: 17.64 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 81
Abstract: Primarily consists of Billings' correspondence during his time as head of the Library of the Surgeon General (1868-1895). Also includes some biographical information, a collection of Billings' reprints, speech texts, scrapbooks, and clippings.
Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913 / [1866-1913] Title: John S. Billings correspondence in the New York Public Library 1866-1913
Extent: 1.68 linear feet (4 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 276
Abstract: Contains chiefly personal correspondence, copied from NYPL collections.
Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913  / [1856-1966] Title: John Shaw Billings Papers at the University of South Carolina 1856-1966
Extent: 2 microform reels
Call Number: MS Film 26
Abstract: Material by or about John Shaw Billings (1838-1913) drawn from several collections in the University of South Carolina Library.
Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913  / [1878-1916] Title: John Shaw Billings Correspondence with Libraries of the American Philosophical Society and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia Microfilm Copies 1878-1916
Extent: 1 Microfilm reel
Call Number: MS Film 27
Abstract: Included among the manuscript collections of the libraries of the American Philosophical Society and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia are several collections containing correspondence to or from John Shaw Billings.
Billings, John Shaw (1838-1913)  / [1861-1895] Title: John Shaw Billings Papers, in the Adjutant General's Office Records (RG 94) in the National Archives 1861-1895
Extent: 1 Microfilm reel
Call Number: MS Film 28
Abstract: Papers on the military career of John S. Billings, physician and librarian, found in the Adjutant General's Office.
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913 / [1854-1913] Title: John Shaw Billings Papers at New York Public Library [microform] 1854-1913
Extent: 61 microfilm reels
Call Number: MS Film 25
Abstract: When John Shaw Billings left the Army in 1895 to become first a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and shortly thereafter the director of the New York Public Library, he took with him many of his personal and professional papers.
Bishop, Howard B. / [1921-1961 (bulk 1940-1960)] Title: Howard B. Bishop Papers 1921-1961 (bulk 1940-1960)
Extent: 18.25 linear feet (16 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 562
Abstract: Howard Berkey Bishop was educated as a chemical engineer. In 1939 he sold his company to the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company and devoted his retirement to "promoting the formula for a better way of life." Promotional flyers, advertisements, correspondence, articles, editorials and various corporate records document Howard Bishop's post-retirement activities as the founder and driving force behind the Human Engineering Foundation (HEF) and his efforts to counteract the physical and moral ills of tobacco use, caffeine, and alcohol.
Bliss, Raymond Whitcomb, 1888- / [1943-1951] Title: Gen. Raymond Whitcomb Bliss Speeches 1943-1951
Extent: 0.42 linear feet (1 box)
Call Number: MS C 29
Abstract: Contains photostat copies of 85 speeches made by General Bliss wihle he was Surgeon General of the Army.
Brandt, Edward N. (Edward Newman), 1933-2007 / [1981-1984] Title: Edward Brandt Assistant Secretary for Health Speech Collection 1981-1984
Extent: 1 linear feet (3 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 573
Abstract: Collection of 122 speeches and/or talking points delivered between 1981-1984 by Brandt while Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services during the Ronald Reagan Presidency. These speeches reflect Brandt's communication of official Reagan Administration policy and do not reflect much of the anti-administration work Brandt also conducted behind the scenes.
Branham, Sara Elizabeth, 1888-  / [1930-1986 (bulk 1930-1960)] Title: Sarah E. Branham Papers 1930-1986 (bulk 1930-1960)
Extent: 0.42 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 528
Abstract: Correspondence and collected offprints of Sarah Branham, senior bacteriologist at the Hygienic Laboratory. Her research expertise centered on influenza and meningococcal infections.
Brewer, Lyman A. / [1928-1988] Title: Lyman A. Brewer Papers 1928-1988
Extent: 25.42 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 553
Abstract: Correspondence, notes and drafts, subject files, reprints, and records of surgical activity documenting the practice, teaching, and authorship of Lyman Brewer.
Brown, Bertram (b. 1931)  / [1884-1988 (bulk 1960-1980)] Title: Bertram Brown Papers 1884-1988 (bulk 1960-1980)
Extent: 65.75 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 493
Abstract: Dr. Bertram S. Brown was a key figure in the national effort to redefine and expand mental health services during the 1960s and 1970s. Dr. Brown's distinguished federal career at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) helped shape many of the decisions which led to these changes. His tenure at NIMH culminated in his appointment as the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health in 1970.
Bruton, Ogden C.  / [1925-1994] Title: Ogden C. Bruton Papers 1925-1994
Extent: .4 linear feet (1 box)
Call Number: MS C 498
Abstract: The collection focuses on Dr. Bruton's medical career as a distinguished Pediatric Chief of Pediatric Service at Walter Reed Army Hospital from 1946-1959 and Army Major Colonel, who first reported a children's disease in 1951 which he named agammaglobulinemia.
Burch, George E. (George Edward), 1910-1986 / [1882-1986 (bulk 1920-1986)] Title: George E. Burch Papers 1882-1986 (bulk 1920-1986)
Extent: 50.1 linear feet (42 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 376
Abstract: George Edward Burch, an internationally known cardiologist, received his medical degree from Tulane University Medical School, joined the school's Department of Medicine in 1934, and has been affiliated with Tulane University since that time. Correspondence, data relating to meetings, conferences, organizations and journal publication, photographs, clippings, reprints, certificates and diplomas.