San Francisco County Medical Society Library Standard accession books, 1909-1945

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Summary

Title:
San Francisco County Medical Society Library Standard Accession Books
Dates:
1909-1945
Creators:
San Francisco County Medical Society Library
Abstract:
Three Standard Accession Books: the official record of each volume added to the San Francisco County Medical Society Library from March 12, 1909 to October 22, 1945. Identification of the institution was aided by a 1944 letter found between the pages of one of the volumes, addressed to F. L. Reichert, M.D., San Francisco County Medical Society. Dr. Reichert was listed as the Librarian in the Society's Bulletin.
Extent:
3 v. ; 1 linear ft.
Language:
Collection materials in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], San Francisco County Medical Society Library Standard accession books (Manuscript collection 28). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Handwritten bibliographic records of each volume added to the library, entered into three hard-bound, preprinted ledgers (Melvil Dewey's Standard accession book: the official record of each volume added to the library; also known as the A.L.A. standard accession book) sold by Library Bureau, Chicago. Author, title, place and publisher, date, source of acquisition, and remarks have been entered for each accession number. The name of the librarian is also added when authority to bind material was given.

The name of the library is not indicated in the volumes. Identification was aided by a letter addressed to F. L. Reichert, M.D., Librarian, San Francisco County Medical Society, which was found between the pages; Dr. Reichert's name is indeed entered entered in the ledgers from October 1935 on.

Among the earliest acquired works are books and sets of journals sent from London by Dr. William Osler.

Physical location:
Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using DACS

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by and machine-readable finding aid created by UCLA Biomedical Library staff.
Date Prepared:
©2011
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from ColdFusion web application and SQLServer relational database. Date of source: November 2010

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], San Francisco County Medical Society Library Standard accession books (Manuscript collection 28). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.

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
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