Hirsh Health Sciences Library Records, 1893 -- 2013

Overview

Title: Hirsh Health Sciences Library Records
Dates: 1893 -- 2013
Creator: Hirsh, Jane
Call Number: UA225
Size: 10.33 Cubic Feet, 15 boxes, 1066 Digital Object(s)
Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10427/003585
Location:
    Digital Collections and Archives, Tufts University
    archives@tufts.edu
    https://dca.tufts.edu/

Description

The collection contains grant files, correspondence, memoranda, announcements, flyers, minutes, annual reports, library statistics, budget survey, and other administrative files, from 1924 to 2010. It also includes electronic files originally stored in several different types of media of which 3 1⁄2-inch floppy disks and 5 1/2-inch floppy disks are dominant. Additionally, there are a few VHS tapes, audio cassettes, CDs, and a DLTtape. The bulk of the materials was created and compiled by the Directors and Deputy Directors of the Library, such as Elizabeth Eaton and Cora Ho, from the mid-1980s to the 2000s. The records also include materials created prior to the official founding of a separate health sciences library at Tufts, as well as materials that pre-date the establishment of the Hirsh Health Sciences Library in 2005.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into five series: Grant Files; Team and Committee Minutes and Notes; Administrative Files; Slide Library; and Additional Accessions.

Biography/History

Biographical / Historical

The Health Scienes Library (2005-) was opened in 2005 with a donation from pharmaceutical CEO Jane Hirsh and named in honor of her, her husband Dr. Mark Hirsh (DG68), and her two children, who also graduated from Tufts University.

The library is located on the fourth floor of the Tufts Center for Medical Education building, formerly the Arthur M. Sackler Center for Health Communications, and is administered by the Tufts University Medical School. The library's collections support education for Tufts University's School of Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts New England Medical Center, and Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Eric Albright has been the library's director since its opening in April 2005.

Access and Use

Access Restrictions

This collection contains some restricted material. Restrictions related to specific material are listed in the detailed contents list. This collection may require review before it is available for use. Please contact DCA for further details.

Use Restrictions

Some material in this collection may be protected by copyright and other rights. Please see "Reproductions and Use" on the Digital Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permission to publish. Copyright to all materials created by Tufts University employees in the course of their work is held by the Trustees of Tufts University.

Collection History

Processing Notes

Series 4, Binder 7 titles were all supplied by archivist.

This collection is partially processed.

Custodial History

Initial transfer of materials for this collection consisted on 10 boxes from Cora Ho, Deputy Director of the Hirsh Health Sciences Library until December, 2011. Files included her own papers as well as the papers of previous directors and the library as a whole.

Subjects and Genre Terms

Series Description

  1. Grant Files, 1982 -- 2001

    This series contains grant applications, project proposals, evaluations, and other related documents on behalf of the Hirsh Health Sciences Library and its predecessor library on the Tufts Boston Campus. A large portion of files are associated with programs from National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Library of Medicine (NLM). The bulk of the documents were created in the 1990s.

  2. Team and Committee minutes and notes, 1976 -- 2010

    This series contains meeting minutes, memoranda, correspondence and budget files mostly pertaining to Health Science Library cabinet meetings, staff meetings, and committee meetings. The bulk of the files was created between 1980 and 2000.

  3. Administrative Files, 1924 -- 2013

    This series contains various administrative files including surveys, annual reports, statistics, budget proposals, memoranda, correspondence, flyers, personal certificates, newsletters, journals, and the Hirsh Health Sciences Library disaster plan and policies. The series contains physical materials as well as a large number of digital files that were originally housed on a wide variety of portable media. The bulk of the materials was created from the 1990s to the 2000s.

  4. Slide library, 1893 -- 1998

    This series contains slides created and collected by Dr. Henry H. Banks as part of his research for his historical book celebrating the centennial of the School of Medicine, "A Century of Excellence: The History of Tufts University School of Medicine 1893-1993." There are images of the School of Medicine, its staff and students. There are also slides highlighting statistics about the School tuition, enrollment, loans, and financial aid from the 1980s and 1990s.

  5. Additional accessions, 1990 -- 2011
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