Description
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
E. Lee Dorsett Photographs and Artifacts
Date(s)
- 1906 (Creation)
Extent
0.7 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Name of creator
Scope and content
This collection consists of 143 photographs, certificates, and artifacts primarily related to the old City Hospital #1. The majority of the photographs were originally bound into two albums and depict scenes from City Hospital #1 including buildings, equipment, staff, and patients undergoing treatment. This collection also includes two imperial Roman coins, a series of photographs of conjoined twin infants, and two certificates.
System of arrangement
The photographs in the collection were originally bound in two albums that were disbound in 1991 for the preservation and identification of the contents.
Conditions governing access
The collection is open and accessible for research.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Users of the collection should read and abide by the Rights and Permissions guidelines at the Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives.
Users of the collection who wish to cite items from this collection, in whole or in part, in any form of publication must request, sign, and return a Statement of Use form to the Archives.
For detailed information regarding use of this collection, contact the Archives and Rare Book Department of the Becker Library (arb@wusm.wustl.edu).
Preferred Citation:
Item description, Reference Code, Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives, Washington University in St. Louis.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
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Rules or conventions
"Describing Archives: A Content Standard, Second Edition (DACS), 2013."
Sources used
Archivist's note
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