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Rb 006 Guide To Menninger Collection On Psychiatry And Psychoanalysis, John P. Mcgovern Historical Collections & Research Center

Rare Books Finding Aids

In June, 2003, the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library became the owner of the Menninger Foundation’s Library of Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis. This fine gift included their clinical library of books and journals, the historical and rare book collections, and complete runs of the Menninger publications. This is a wide-ranging rare book collection of more than 3000 titles pertaining to psychology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis in both adults and children. The publications by and commentaries about Sigmund Freud are extensive. See more at RB 006.

Book Of Hours [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis Cum Calendariis], Catholic Church

Jonas Clark Rare Book Collection

This Book of Hours, dated approximately 1420, is the oldest book in the Jonas Clark Rare Book Collection. Written on vellum in calligraphy, it measures 5.43 x 3.81 inches.

The text consists of parchment leaves, which have been gathered into sections and sewn through the fold. Some pages contain decorative floral borders and historiated initials in raised red, blue, orange, green, white, and gold pigment. Entries are in black ink, rubricated in red, with initials decorated in blue, red, white and gold. The page edges were trimmed during an earlier rebinding (prior to its most recent binding which took place …

Rb 001 Guide To Burbank-Fraser Collection On Arthritis, Rheumatism And Gout, John P. Mcgovern Historical Collections & Research Center

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The Burbank/Fraser Collection contains over 3,600 volumes, including books, pamphlets, bound reprints, and translations. With publications ranging from a sixteenth century manuscript to the modern works of John Talbott and Charles Short, this collection documents the changing regimens for rheumatic diseases and the foundations of the modern specialty of rheumatology. With publications from over 20 countries, the collection offers innumerable opportunities for research on the history of the rheumatic diseases and the cross-cultural transference of medical information. The collection equals 337.4 linear with titles that date from 15th Century to the early 20th Century. See more at RB 001.

Hermann Schijn; Willem Van Maurik; Jan Janson Willink; Jacob Vosterman; Frans Van Aken; Cornelis Beets; Committee For Foreign Need, Johann Ludwig Runckel, 21 October 1710, Committee For Foreign Need, Doctor Herman Schijn, Doctor Willem Van Van Maurik, Jan Jansz Willink, Jacob Vosterman

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated October 21, 1710, from Hermann Schijn; Willem Van Maurik; Jan Janson Willink; Jacob Vosterman; Frans Van Aken; Cornelis Beets; Committee For Foreign Need, to Johann Ludwig Runckel