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Barlow Medical Library records, 1899-1951
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Series 1. Guest Book of Library. 1907-1938

Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 1

Guest book. 1907-1930

Scope and Content Note

Guest book.
 

Series 2. Financial Records of the Barlow Medical Library. 1905-1935

Physical Description: 16 folders
Box 2, Folder 1A

Abstracts of receipts and expenses, Barlow Medical Association. 1907-1929

Physical Description: ledger book
Box 2, Folder 2

Tax receipts and correspondence. 1908-1910

Box 7, Folder 2A

Ledger book, cash accounts, Barlow Medical Library Assoc. 1905-1913

Box 2, Folder 3

Check stubs. 1932

Box 2, Folder 4

Check stubs, checks, and bank statements. 1933

Box 2, Folder 5

Receipts. Jan-Jun 1933

Box 2, Folder 6

Receipts. Jul-Dec 1933

Box 2, Folder 7

Vouchers. 1933

Note

missing April
Box 3, Folder 8

Check stubs, checks, and bank statements. 1934

Box 3, Folder 9

Receipts. Jan-Jun 1934

Box 3, Folder 10

Receipts. Jul-Dec 1934

Box 3, Folder 11

Vouchers. 1934

Note

missing November and December
Box 3, Folder 12

Check stubs, checks, and bank statements. 1935

Box 4, Folder 13

Savings book account with Pacific-Southwest Bank. Aug 1, 1928-Oct 9, 1934

Box 4, Folder 14

Life Membership-Endowment Fund. 1920-1925

Scope and Content Note

small notebook with record of disposal of Endowment Fund
Box 4, Folder 15

Income receipts. 1928-1936

 

Series 3. Library Operations. 1907-1951

Physical Description: 36 folders
Box 5, Folder 16-27

Correspondence. 1907

Note

one folder for each month
Box 5, Folder 28

Subscriptions and exchanges. 1907

Scope and Content Note

includes: "Medical Publications on the Shelves of the Barlow Medical Library," printed in "The Southern California Practitioner", pp. 104-111
Box 5, Folder 28A

Information regarding membership in specialty sections of the Los Angeles County Medical Association.

Scope and Content Note

lists of members, mostly from 1920s; lists of journals on hand and desiderata compiled for various specialties, especially eye, ear, nose and throat; form letter, invitation, receipts
Box 5, Folder 29

Library activities. [1907]-1934

Box 6, Folder 30

Library activities.

Box 6, Folder 31

Barlow Medical Library property deed. 1907-1930

Scope and Content Note

1926 typed copy of W. Jarvis Barlow's deed of property to the Los Angeles College Clinical Association
Box 6, Folder 32

History of the Barlow Medical Library. 1899-1934

Scope and Content Note

miscellaneous articles, letters, photographs
Box 6, Folder 33

Barlow Medical Library dedication. 1907

Scope and Content Note

invitation and dedicatory pamphlet (4 copies)
Box 6, Folder 34

Library operations, notes of Library meetings. 1907-1908

Box 6, Folder 35

Tentative plans for branch libraries. 1907

Box 6, Folder 36

Barlow Medical Library Association finances. 1915

Scope and Content Note

request for financial support from LA County Board of Supervisors
Box 6, Folder 37

Secretary-Treasurer's Report of the Barlow Medical Library. 1923

Note

two copies
Box 6, Folder 38

"Annual Report of the Barlow Medical Library". 1924-1933

Scope and Content Note

missing 1927 and 1929; 2 copies each of 1930-32
Box 6, Folder 39

Property inventory. Oct. 1932

Box 6, Folder 40

Barlow Medical Library Association. 1933-1934

Scope and Content Note

constitution, by-laws, officers
Box 6, Folder 41

Barlow Medical Library Association. 1932

Scope and Content Note

discussions and resolution for transferring the Barlow Medical Library to the L.A. County Medical Association
Box 6, Folder 42

L.A. County Medical Association library building. 1932-1933

Scope and Content Note

correspondence, newspaper clipping
Box 6, Folder 43

George Kress, M.D. correspondence with the Library. 1922-1935

Note

George Kress was Dean, Los Angeles Medical Dept., University of California
Box 6, Folder 44

Institutional relationships of Barlow Medical Library. 1923-1951

Scope and Content Note

documents relating to the University of California and to the Los Angeles County Medical Association
Box 6, Folder 45

Outline of relationship with Los Angeles Medical Dept., University of California. 1951

Scope and Content Note

outline dated Feb. 21, 1951, prepared by Dr. George H. Kress, former dean
 

Series 4. Ephemera. 1914-1945

Physical Description: 3 folders
Box 6, Folder 46

Issues of "The Bulletin of the Los Angeles County Medical Association" ("LACMA Bulletin") with information on the Library. 1923-1943

Scope and Content Note

v. LIII, no.11, June 2, 1923, p.246; v. LXII, no.22, Nov. 17, 1932, p.830-831 (2 copies); v. LXIV, no.5, Mar.1, 1934, p.177; v. LXXIII, no.9, May 6, 1943, p.353; and v. LXXV, no.14, Jul.19, 1945, p.653
Box 6, Folder 47

Issue of "Pacific Bindery Talk". 1932

Scope and Content Note

v. IV, no.9, June 1932, with an item on the Library
Box 6, Folder 48

"Bulletin of the Barlow Medical Library". 1914

Scope and Content Note

issued Oct. 1914

Note

6 copies
 

Series 5. Photographs. n.d.

Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 49

Three mounted photographs.

Scope and Content Note

1) Stanley P. Black, M.D., President of the Barlow Medical Library Assoc. in 1909 and 1916-1921; 2)the Barlow Medical Library Building; 3) the Hendryx Laboratory Bldg. that housed the first library
 

Series 6. Miscellaneous Items.

Physical Description: 2 items
Box 7, Folder item 1

Lantern slides of Barlow TB Sanatorium.

Physical Description: 3½ x 4½" glass slides

Scope and Content Note

seven slides, four in color
Box 7, Folder item 2

Half-tone plates of Barlow Medical Library.

Physical Description: 2½ x 3½ blocks, etched on copper

Scope and Content Note

views of interior and exterior of library building
 

Series 7. Blueprints.

Physical Description: 1 folder
Box map case

Blueprints for Barlow Medical Library, Buena Vista St. (later Broadway), Los Angeles.

Note

these items are housed in the Special Collections Drawer, Map Cabinet, History and Special Collections Dept., Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA