Picker (Frank) collection of medical and surgical equipment and supply catalogs, 1949-1998

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Frank Picker collection of medical and surgical equipment and supply catalogs
Dates:
1949-1998
Creators:
Picker, Frank
Extent:
13.5 Linear Feet (9 cartons)
Language:
Materials are primarily in English.

Background

Scope and content:

The working collection of a physician's office in Garden Grove, California, includes medical and surgical equipment and supply catalogs, price lists, product specification sheets and instruction pamphlets, accumulated from 1949 through 1998. Folders are organized alphabetically by vendor or company name. Boxes 1 and 2 contain typescript cross reference price lists and indexes for medical office, surgical and laboratory supplies, 1969-80 and 1989. Vendors are chiefly headquartered in California or elsewhere in the United States; some companies are located in Europe.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Courtney Dean, 2020.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-11-17 15:42:55 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Location of this collection:
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
12-077 Center for Health Sciences, Box 951798
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1798, US
Contact:
(310) 825-6940