Martha Teach Gnudi Research and Publication
Papers 1540-1977
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Martha Teach Gnudi Research and Publication
Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1540-1977
Collection number: 307
Creator: Gnudi, Martha Teach 1908-1976
Extent:
3 boxes
(50 linear inches)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections
Division
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: The collection consists of materials relevant to the
publication of Dr. Gnudi's major volumes on Renaissance Italians: 1)"The Life
and Times of Gaspare Tagliacozzi." New York: 1950; 2)"The Various and Ingenious
Machines of Captain Agostino Ramelli." Baltimore: 1976; and to a related journal
article: "Agostino Ramelli and Ambroise Bachot", 1974. Included are copies,
transcriptions and translations of original texts, other research materials,
notes, manuscript drafts, photographs, etc.
Physical location: History and Special Collections Division,
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Language of Material: Collection materials in Italian, French,
English
Access
The collection is open for research. Contact the History and Special
Collections Division, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA, for
information.
Publication Rights
Property rights in the physical objects belong to the UCLA Biomedical
Library. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and
their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission
to publish if the Biomedical Library does not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Martha Teach Gnudi research and publication papers (Manuscript collection 307). Louise M. Darling
Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Acquisition Information
These materials were given to the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library by
Lucie C. Gnudi in 2004.
Biography
Dr. Martha Teach Gnudi (1908-1976), scholar, historian and librarian,
received her B.A. cum laude in classics and history at the University of
Southern California, where she laid the foundation for her proficiency in
Italian, French, German and Latin. Upon graduation she was awarded a fellowship
by the Institute of International Education to study in Italy. She received the
doctorate in "belle lettere" from the University of Bologna in 1931.
In the early 1930s she became Research Assistant in the History of Medicine
to the noted plastic surgeon Jerome P. Webster of Columbia University's College
of Physicians and Surgeons. Over the years the scope of her assignment broadened
to include responsibility for the Webster Library of Plastic Surgery (now part
of the Columbia University Health Sciences Library), which led her to obtaining
a Master's degree in librarianship in 1963. A year later she became head of the
new UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections
Division, which she organized and led to great distinction until her death in
1976.
Dr. Gnudi's scholarly pursuits continued in parallel with her other
activities. She published three major works: "The Pirotechnia" of Vannoccio
Biringuccio, with Stanley Smith; "The Life and Times of Gaspare Tagliocozzi",
with Jerome P. Webster; and "The Various and Ingenious Machines of Captain
Agostino Ramelli", with Eugene S. Ferguson; she also wrote articles, book
reviews, and short biographies for the "Dictionary of Scientific Biography".
Scope and Content
The collection consists of research and production materials which mainly
concern Dr. Gnudi's books on Tagliacozzi and Ramelli. Included are copies,
transcriptions, and translations of original texts; secondary research
documents; partial drafts of manuscrips; some galley and page proofs of the
Ramelli volume; and a scrapbook of photographs, speeches and ephemera stemming
from the 1952 honors bestowed on Drs. Gnudi and Webster by the University of
Bologna. The collection is only a partial remnant of Dr. Gnudi's working
papers.
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Tagliacozzi, Gaspare, 1545-1599, 1540-1970. 20 folders and
scrapbook (disassembled)
- Series 2. Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-ca. 1600, 1572-1977. 29 folders
- Series 3. Bachot, Ambroise, 16th cent., 1587, 1598, 1974. 3 folders
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Ferguson, Eugene
S.
Gnudi, Martha
Teach, 1908-1976
Ramelli, Agostino,
1531-ca. 1600
Tagliacozzi,
Gaspare, 1545-1599
Webster, Jerome
Pierce, 1888-1974
Machinery--Early works to
1800.
Surgery, Plastic--History.
Series 1.
Tagliacozzi, Gaspare, 1545-1599
1540-1970
Physical Description: 20 folders and scrapbook (disassembled)
Scope and Content Note
Texts, manuscripts drafts, notes, and other materials pertaining to the
research and publication of: 1) "The Life and Times of Gaspare Tagliacozzi,
Surgeon of Bologna, 1545-1599. With a documented study of the scientific and
cultural life of Bologna in the sixteenth century", by Martha Teach Gnudi and
Jerome Pierce Webster. New York : H. Reichner, 1950; 2) to the earlier
publication in Italian, "Documenti inediti intorno all vita de Gaspare
Tagliacozzi...," by Jerome Pierce Webster and Martha Teach Gnudi, in: "Studi e
Memorie per la Storia dell'Universita di Bologna", v. XIII, 1935.
Subseries 1.
Research Materials for "The Life and Times of Gaspare
Tagliacozzi"
1540-1972
Physical Description: 4 folders
Box 1, Folder 1
Articles on Tagliacozzi.
1952, 1968
Scope and Content Note
two reprints by: Luigi Belloni; A. Gallassi and W. Vallieri
Box 1, Folder 2
16th century anatomy and anatomists, especially in
Bologna.
1540-1930
Scope and Content Note
typed translations and transcriptions of published materials
Box 1, Folder 3
Three presentations.
1926-1956
Scope and Content Note
Typescripts of: "The Greek language and the Greek mind," [no author]; "Il
'terzo umanesimo' nalla storia della medicina del Rinascimento," by Tito
Ferruccio Barbiari; "The restoration of the anatomical theater at Bologna," by
Vincenzo Gabelli
Box 1, Folder 4
History of plastic surgery.
1969-1972
Scope and Content Note
correspondence in the journal "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery" concerning
the early practice of nose reconstruction in India
Subseries 2.
Publication Drafts, Proofs for "The Life and Times of Gaspare
Tagliacozzi"
1950-1954
Physical Description: 2 folders
Box 1, Folder 5
Figure captions for "The Life and Times ...".
Scope and Content Note
a pre-publication version
Box 1, Folder 6
Preface to "The Life and Times ...", by Arturo
Castiglioni.
1950
Scope and Content Note
reprint
Subseries 3.
Publication Reviews, Publicity and Advertising for "The Life and
Times of Gaspare Tagliacozzi"
1935-1954
Physical Description: 5 folders
Box 1, Folder 7
Book reviews of: "The Life and Times..."
1951-1952
Scope and Content Note
includes some translations of Italian reviews
Box 1, Folder 8
Book reviews of "Documenti inediti intorno..."
1935
Scope and Content Note
includes translation of an Italian review
Box 1, Folder 9
Publisher's advertisements.
1950-1954
Scope and Content Note
includes short biography of Gnudi from dust jacket
Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence concerning publication of "Documenti inediti intorno
al vita de Gaspare Tagliacozzi...", and Tagliacozzi's biography in "Enciclopedia
Italiana".
1934-1936
Box 1, Folder 11
Correspondence concerning gift copies of "The Life and
Times..."
1950-1951
Subseries 4.
Honors Bestowed for Publication of the Tagliacozzi Volume
1952-1954
Physical Description: 4 folders
Scope and Content Note
In 1952, to celebrate publication of the volume, the University of Bologna
conferred an honorary doctorate in medicine and surgery upon Dr. Jerome Webster
and a silver medal of merit upon Dr. Gnudi. At the same time, la Societa
Italiana di Storia delle Scienze Mediche e Naturali made Dr. Gnudi an honorary
member. In 1954, the American Association for the History of Medicine awarded
its William H. Welch Medal to Drs. Webster and Gnudi.
Box 1, Folder 12
Medal, University of Bologna.
1952
Scope and Content Note
photocopy and translation of the citation
Note
photographs and ephemera of the presentation and related events are
contained in the scrapbook [Box 3, Folder 1]
Box 1, Folder 13
Società Italiana di Chirurgia Plastica. Convention program,
reports.
1952
Scope and Content Note
meeting held in conjunction with the University of Bologna's celebration:
program of the proceedings; convention and celebration report by Henry E.
Sigerist, reprinted from "Bulletin of the History of Medicine", 26(5): 483-486,
1952; news note and photograph from an unindentified newsletter
Box 1, Folder 14
"Tagliacozzi and plastic surgery in Italy".
1952
Scope and Content Note
translation of article by Arturo Castiglioni, from "Annali Ravasini", June 1,
1952, which starts by describing the University of Bologna presentation and the
subsequent plastic surgery society meeting
Box 1, Folder 15
American Association of the History of Medicine William H. Welch
Medal.
1950, 1954
Scope and Content Note
photocopy of the diploma; award letter and subsequent correspondence with the
Association Secretary; report from the Committee on the William H. Welch Medal,
transcribed from the "Bulletin of the History of Medicine", 24: 566-567, 1950;
newsnote with photographs from "The Stethoscope", 9(6), June, 1954
Subseries 5.
Photographs, Scrapbook
1952
Physical Description: 2 folders and a scrapbook
Box 1, Folder 16
Illustrations from "The Life and Times...".
Scope and Content Note
Figs. 11-14, 16, 41, 49, 51-54; photographs of various sizes
Box 1, Folder 17
Miscellaneous photographs.
Scope and Content Note
Jerome Webster and Martha Gnudi with copies of "The Life and Times...", two
poses (5 x 7", color); leather and gold-stamped binding of "The Life and
Times..." (4 x 6", black and white); unused map of Bologna similar to Fig. 1 in
"The Life and Times..."
Box 3, Folder 1
Scrapbook.
April 26th, 1952.
Physical Description: 28 11 x 14" leaves, disassembled.
Scope and Content Note
photographs, programs and invitations, speeches, and ephemera documenting the
bestowing of an honorary doctorate on Dr. Jerome Webster and a silver medal on
Dr. Martha Teach Gnudi for the publication of The Life and Times of Gaspare
Tagliacozzi..." at the Archiginnasio of the University of Bologna, and other
related gatherings
Subseries 6.
Miscellaneous Materials
1951-1963
Physical Description: 3 folders
Box 1, Folder 18
Newspaper clippings, etc.
1952
Box 1, Folder 19
Webster Library of Plastic Surgery, Columbia University.
1951, 1963
Scope and Content Note
two reprints and booklet
Box 1, Folder 20
Reprints of Gnudi publications.
1954
Scope and Content Note
includes a recollection and a book review
Series 2.
Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-ca. 1600
1572-1977
Physical Description: 29 folders
Scope and Content Note
Original and secondary texts, manuscripts drafts, notes, and other materials
pertaining mainly to research and publication of "The Various and Ingenious
Machines of Agostino Ramelli (1588), translated from the Italian and French with
a biographical study of the author by Martha Teach Gnudi; technical annotations
and a pictorial glossary by Eugene S. Ferguson. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 1976".
Subseries 1.
Copies and Translations of Ramelli Texts and Early
Commentaries.
1572-1620
Physical Description: 9 folders
Box 2, Folder 1-2
Ramelli, Agostino. "Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano
Agostino Ramelli... A Parigi : in casa del'autore ..., 1588".
Scope and Content Note
photocopy; text alternately in Italian (italic letters) and French (roman
letters); 338 leaves
Box 1, Folder 21
German edition of "Le diverse et artificiose machine...":
"Schatzkammer mechanischer Künste des...Augustini de Ramellis.... Leipig:
Henning Gross, 1620".
1620
Scope and Content Note
8x10" photographs of title page and plates I - LXXIX
Note
missing plates XVI and XLIII
Box 1, Folder 22
German edition: "Schatzkammer mechanischer Künste
des...Augustini de Ramellis.... Leipig: Henning Gross, 1620".
1620
Scope and Content Note
8x10" photographs of plates LXXX - CXLIX
Box 1, Folder 23
German edition: "Schatzkammer mechanischer Künste
des...Augustini de Ramellis.... Leipig: Henning Gross, 1620".
1620
Scope and Content Note
8x10" photographs of plates CL - CXCV
Box 2, Folder 3
Ramelli, Agostino. "La fabrica, et l'uso del triangolo del
capitan...che faccia professione del arte militare...".
Scope and Content Note
photocopy of printed title page and 100 pages of manuscript text and
drawings
Note
undated manuscript in the library of the Duke of Devonshire at
Chatsworth; see Gnudi chapter notes #34 and #35, from p. 18
Box 2, Folder 4
Unknown commentary on Ramelli's "Le Diverse et artificiose
machine...".
Late 16th or early 17th century
Scope and Content Note
photocopy of English annotations in two distinct hands; bears stamp of Kenney
Collection
Note
see Gnudi chapter note #46, from p. 37
Box 1, Folder 24
Unpublished journal of M. de Nevers.
1572?
Scope and Content Note
manuscript pages 119-128, recto and verso; "Sr. Augustin" is mentioned on p.
122v.
Note
Manuscript #3950, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; see Gnudi
chapter notes #6 and #11, from pp. 13 and 14
Box 1, Folder 25
Three documents concerning Ramelli property.
1608
Scope and Content Note
photocopies of ca. 30 French manuscript pages, from the Archives Nationales,
Paris; some of the pages bear Ramelli's signature and that of his wife,
Philiberte Prevost
Note
see Gnudi chapter note #16 from p. 14
Subseries 2.
Other 15th and 16th Century Texts and Commentaries
1540-1584
Physical Description: 6 folders
Scope and Content Note
Includes Bannoccio Biringucci, Giuseppe Ceredi, Jean Errard, and Petrus
Ramus.
Box 1, Folder 26
Biringucci, Vannoccio. "De la pirotechnia: libri X: dove ampiamente
si tratta non solo di ogni sorte..." Veneto: V. Rossinello, 1540.
1540
Scope and Content Note
photocopy of title pages of first edition, 1540, and of Smith and Gnudi's
translation, "The Pirotechnica...", 1943
Box 1, Folder 27
Ceredi, Giuseppe. "Tre discorsi sopra il modo d'alzar acque da'
luoghi bassi." Parma: Appresso Seth Viotti., 1567.
1567
Scope and Content Note
photocopy of dedication and of second discourse, pp. 40-68, 72, 78
Box 1, Folder 28
Errard, J. (Jean). "Le Premier livre des instruments
mathématiques méchaniques." Nancy: J. Janson, 1584.
1584
Scope and Content Note
photocopy of text and 36 plates
Box 1, Folder 29
Ramus, Petrus, 1515-1572. "P. Rami Scholarvm mathematicarvm, libri
vnvs et triginta." Basileae: per Evsebivm Episcopivm, and Nicolai fratris
haeredes, 1569.
1569
Scope and Content Note
photocopy of title page, introductory matter, last text page and index; also
handwritten transcription from Lib. I, p. 8-9
Box 2, Folder 5
"Disegni a descrizioni di mulini, machine da alzar l'aqua,
ponti...".
Note
Manuscript #1077, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze
Box 2, Folder 6
"Disegni militari e macchine a penna". Manuscript #3202 from
Biblioteca Riccardiana Firenze.
Scope and Content Note
photocopy of ca. 150 leaves of drawings of siege machinery, cannons, other
machinery
Subseries 3.
Secondary Materials, Notes.
1900-1971
Physical Description: 3 folders
Box 1, Folder 30
History of technology and engineering: reprints and
photocopies.
1900-1971
Scope and Content Note
article authors include: Alfred Chapuis; David G. Jones; A. G. Keller; Joseph
Needham; Salvatore Raineri; Ladislao Reti; Francois Russo; Charles Singer, et
al.
Box 1, Folder 31
Eugene S. Ferguson: two speeches on the history of
technology.
1968, 1971?
Scope and Content Note
1) "On the Origins of Modern Machines," Management Conference, IBM Rochester,
May 1, 1968 (with 4 x 5" photos of the slides); 2) "Little Answers to Big
Questions: the History of Technology in the Twentiesth Century"
Box 1, Folder 32
Miscellaneous notes, etc.
Subseries 4.
Publication Drafts.
1970-1973?
Physical Description: 4 folders
Box 1, Folder 33
Partial manuscript typescript.
Scope and Content Note
Preface (incomplete); Introduction; Chapter Notes; Pictorial Glossary;
Bibliography; Index; Captions for illustrations
Note
this version is close, but not identical, to the printed
version
Box 1, Folder 34
Illustrations for the "Pictorial Glossary".
Scope and Content Note
list of various machine elements for inclusion and their illustration
sources
Box 1, Folder 35
Corrections and changes for "Pictorial Glossary", by E.S.
Ferguson.
Box 1, Folder 36
Corrections and changes, notes to publisher, by M.T.
Gnudi.
Subseries 5.
Galley and Page Proofs.
1973?
Physical Description: 3 folders
Box 1, Folder 37
Translated text.
Scope and Content Note
galley proofs
Box 1, Folder 38
Editorial texts.
Scope and Content Note
galley proofs
Box 1, Folder 39
Editorial texts.
Scope and Content Note
page proofs
Subseries 6.
Publication Marketing, Reviews.
1974?-1977
Physical Description: 2 folders
Box 1, Folder 40
Published reviews of "The Various Ingenious Machines of Agostino
Ramelli".
1975-1977
Box 1, Folder 41
Publishers' announcements from Scolar Press, London, and The Johns
Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Scope and Content Note
contain specimen pages and illustration
Subseries 7.
Miscellaneous Materials.
Physical Description: 2 folders
Box 1, Folder 42
Miscellaneous illustrations, reprints.
Box 1, Folder 43
Unidentified manuscript.
1478-1483?
Scope and Content Note
photocopy in bad condition, and a very partial transcription
Series 3.
Bachot, Ambroise, 16th cent.
1587, 1598,
1974
Physical Description: 3 folders
Scope and Content Note
Original and secondary texts, manuscripts drafts, notes, and other materials
pertaining mainly to research and publication of "Agostino Ramelli and Ambroise
Bachot", in: "Technology and Culture" vol. 15(#4): 614-625, 1974. Bachot was
Ramelli's student.
Subseries 1.
Copies and Translations of Original Texts
1587-1598
Physical Description: 2 folders
Box 1, Folder 44
Bachot, Ambroise. "Le Timon du Capitaine AB Bashot le quel conduira
le lecteur parmi les guerrieres mathematiques...". Paris: [1587].
1587
Scope and Content Note
photocopy, with some transcription and translation of text
Box 1, Folder 45
Bachot, Ambroise. "Le Gouvernail d'Ambroise Bachot, Capitaine
ingénieur du Roy...". Paris: 1598.
1598
Scope and Content Note
photocopy
Subseries 2.
Gnudi Article
1974
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 46
Gnudi, Martha Teach. "Agostino Ramelli and Ambroise Bachot" in:
"Technology and Culture", 15(4): 614-625, 1974.
1974
Scope and Content Note
drafts of the article, reviewer's comments, and reprints