Scope and Contents
The papers are composed of correspondence and project files which document Elizabeth Thomson's research and writing on the history of medicine. Additional material concerns her editorial and administrative work for John Fulton in the Yale University Department of the History of Medicine.
Dates
- 1945-1990
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ruth Judge, 1992 and 1994.
Arrangement
Arranged in two series: I. Correspondence and Personal Papers, 1945-1990, II. Projects, 1950-1981.
Extent
1.75 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The papers are composed of correspondence and project files which document Elizabeth Thomson's research and writing on the history of medicine. Additional material concerns her editorial and administrative work for John Fulton in the Yale University Department of the History of Medicine.
Biographical / Historical
Elizabeth Harriet Thomson was born on September 6, 1907, near Holland Patent, New York. After receiving her B.S. in 1911 from Simmons College, she worked as an editorial assistant at Mount Holyoke College and later at the National League of Nursing and in the Army Air Force. From 1945 until her retirement in 1972 she served as assistant in research at the Yale Medical Historical Library and then as research assistant and later research associate in the Yale University Department of the History of Medicine. Thomson helped John Fulton prepare a biography of Harvey Cushing and was his coauthor on Benjamin Silliman, 1779-1864, Pathfinder in American Science. In 1949, Thomson wrote Harvey Cushing: Surgeon, Author, Artist. She also served as editor of the Journal of the History of Medicine. Her biography of Fulton was unfinished at the time of her death on December 29, 1991.
- Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939
- Fulton, John F. (John Farquhar), 1899-1960
- Keele, Kenneth D. (Kenneth David), 1909-
- Light, Richard Upjohn, 1902-1994
- Medical historians
- Medicine -- History -- Study and teaching
- Poynter, F. N. L. (Frederick Noël Lawrence), 1908-
- Stanton, Madeline E. (Madeline Earle)
- Thomson, Elizabeth Harriet, 1907-
- Women
- Yale Medical Library. Historical Library
- Yale University. Department of the History of Medicine
- Title
- Guide to the Elizabeth Harriet Thomson papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Bella Z. Berson
- Date
- July 1992
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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Location
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