Fortney Lynn M. and Plutchak T. Scott
Fri April 23, 2021
Lynn M. Fortney and T. Scott Plutchak's joint oral history has been published
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Naegele, Ray
Mon April 26, 2021
Ray Naegele's oral history has been published
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Plutchak T. Scott and Fortney Lynn M.
Fri April 23, 2021
T. Scott Plutchak and Lynn M. Fortney's joint oral history has been published
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Thibodeau, Patricia L
Mon March 16, 2020
Interviewer: Carol G. Jenkins, AHIP, FMLA
Date of Interview: January 22, 2019
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
81 pages
Date of Interview: January 22, 2019
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
81 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Doyle, Jacqueline Donaldson
Tue October 22, 2019
Intergerview conducted by Mary L. Ryan, FMLA and Julia F. Sollenberger, AHIP, FMLA
January 15-16, 2019
Edited by Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA, Project Director
October 2019
January 15-16, 2019
Edited by Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA, Project Director
October 2019
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Reid, Carolyn Anne, Funk, Mark E.
Fri August 30, 2019
Mark E. Funk and Carolyn Anne Reid's oral history has been published
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Funk, Mark E., Reid, Carolyn Anne
Fri August 30, 2019
Mark E. Funk and Carolyn Anne Reid's oral history has been published
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Dudden, Rosalind Farnam
Wed May 22, 2019
Interviewer: Margaret M. Bandy, AHIP, FMLA
Date of Interview: July 6, 2018
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
77 pages
Date of Interview: July 6, 2018
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
77 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Ryan, Mary L.
Thu October 18, 2018
Interviewer: Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Date of Interview: March 2, 2018
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
67 pages
Date of Interview: March 2, 2018
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
67 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Sollenberger, Julia F.
Tue July 24, 2018
Interviewer: Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Date of Interview: December 5, 2017
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
39 pages
Date of Interview: December 5, 2017
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
39 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Humphreys, Betsy L.
Mon June 4, 2018
Interviewer: Joyce E.B. Backus
Date of Interview: October 23, 2017
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
61 pages
Date of Interview: October 23, 2017
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
61 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
MLA '18 Section Business Meeting
Fri February 9, 2018
MLA 2018 is upon us, so be sure to mark your calendars for the section business meeting:
Blog link: Incipit
Watson, Linda A.
Thu December 7, 2017
Interviewer: Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Date of Interview: June 9-10, 2017
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
68 pages
Date of Interview: June 9-10, 2017
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
68 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Schardt, Connie, AHIP, FMLA
Thu July 13, 2017
Interviewer: Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Date of Interview: October 10, 2016
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
36 pages
Date of Interview: October 10, 2016
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
36 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Bandy, Margaret M.
Tue May 16, 2017
Interviewer: Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Date of Interview: July 6, 2016
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
48 pages
Date of Interview: July 6, 2016
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
48 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Keeping Track of Contributions to Historical Research
Fri April 14, 2017
How are contributions to published historical research shared, recorded, touted, publicized?
For many of us, showing the relevance and impact of specialized historical research services may require a multi-pronged approach. Special displays and open houses can be recorded in websites and reports an
For many of us, showing the relevance and impact of specialized historical research services may require a multi-pronged approach. Special displays and open houses can be recorded in websites and reports an
Blog link: Incipit
What We're Doing: NLM Traveling Exhibits at Northwestern University
Wed March 29, 2017
Have you heard of the NLM traveling exhibits? Perhaps you've hosted one. Did you know they're a great way to combine history and medicine in your library!
At the Northwestern University's Galter Health Sciences Library we've been making the most out of the NLM traveling exhibits by selecting histor
At the Northwestern University's Galter Health Sciences Library we've been making the most out of the NLM traveling exhibits by selecting histor
Blog link: Incipit
Homan, J. Michael, AHIP, FMLA
Thu February 23, 2017
Interviewer: Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Date of Interview: December 18, 2015
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
79 pages
Date of Interview: December 18, 2015
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
79 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Funk, Carla J.
Wed February 22, 2017
Interviewer: Ruth Holst, AHIP, FMLA
Dates of Interview: September 23-24, 2015
Editor: Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
60 pages
Dates of Interview: September 23-24, 2015
Editor: Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
60 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Happy Holidays From Your Leaders at HHSS
Mon December 19, 2016
Happy Holidays from your leaders at HHSS!
Wishing you a very happy holiday season. We may be a small section but we have a wonderful, diverse group of individuals scattered around the country. I hope wherever you are and however you celebrate that it is a very happy and peaceful time of the year fo
Wishing you a very happy holiday season. We may be a small section but we have a wonderful, diverse group of individuals scattered around the country. I hope wherever you are and however you celebrate that it is a very happy and peaceful time of the year fo
Blog link: Incipit
What We're Doing: New History of Medicine Area at Harrell Library
Fri December 16, 2016
At the Harrell Health Sciences Library: Research and Learning Commons we have just completed a spectacular renovation. Not only did the entire library undergo a wall-to-wall renovation taking the space down to the studs, but we’ve added lots of new technologies including 3D printing, virtual reality
Blog link: Incipit
Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus by William Harvey is known as the first book to correctly describe the human circulatory system. Not having a medical background, this tidbit of medical history trivia was foreign to me until several months ago when I discovered an edit
Blog link: Incipit
Jenkins, Carol G. (AHIP, FMLA)
Tue October 18, 2016
Interviewer: Joan S. Zenan, AHIP, FMLA
Date of Interview: April 13, 2015
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
57 pages
Date of Interview: April 13, 2015
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
57 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Lindberg, Donald, A.B., MD
Tue October 18, 2016
DONALD A.B. LINDBERG, MD
Interviewer: Linda A. Watson, AHIP, FMLA
Date of Interview: October 31, 2014
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
48 pages
Interviewer: Linda A. Watson, AHIP, FMLA
Date of Interview: October 31, 2014
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
48 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Welcome to the Incipit Blog!
Mon August 22, 2016
Greetings from the Chair:
Welcome to the new History of the Health Sciences blog, “The Incipit”. At the HHSS business meeting in May, we decided to move from our section newsletter, also named “The Incipit”, to a blog. Our hope is to write more frequently and informally. We will continue to use
Welcome to the new History of the Health Sciences blog, “The Incipit”. At the HHSS business meeting in May, we decided to move from our section newsletter, also named “The Incipit”, to a blog. Our hope is to write more frequently and informally. We will continue to use
Blog link: Incipit
McClure, Lucretia W. (AHIP, FMLA) (2015 Interview)
Thu June 2, 2016
Interviewer: Julia F. Sollenberger, AHIP, FMLA
Date of Interview: November 10, 2015
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
38 pages
Date of Interview: November 10, 2015
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
38 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Veterinary Medical Libraries Section Oral History
Interviewers:
Vicki Croft, AHIP and Ana Ugaz
Date of Interview:
March 3, 2011
Editors:
Vicki Croft, AHIP and Diane McKenzie, FMLA
50 pages
Interviewers:
Vicki Croft, AHIP and Ana Ugaz
Date of Interview:
March 3, 2011
Editors:
Vicki Croft, AHIP and Diane McKenzie, FMLA
50 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Marshall, Joanne Gard (AHIP, FMLA)
Mon March 21, 2016
Interviewer:
Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Date of Interview:
November 19, 2014
Editor and Project Director:
Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
60 pages
Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Date of Interview:
November 19, 2014
Editor and Project Director:
Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
60 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
T. Mark Hodges: International Pioneer
Wed November 25, 2015
T. (Terrence) Mark Hodges didn’t set out to be a librarian, but like many of us, he fell into the love of organized books. While serving in the British Army, Mark was stationed in Egypt at the Army Education Center in Suez, where he was placed in charge of the library.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
Hamlyn, Grace*
Mon September 14, 2015
Interview Date:
April 22, 1983
Interviewer:
M.A. Flower
Number of pages:
31 leaves
April 22, 1983
Interviewer:
M.A. Flower
Number of pages:
31 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Troxel, Wilma (AHIP, FMLA)*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
February 14, 1986
Interviewer:
M.A. Flower
Number of pages:
55 leaves
February 14, 1986
Interviewer:
M.A. Flower
Number of pages:
55 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Taylor, Madeline V. (AHIP, FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA, Editor and Project Director
Interview Date:
April 18, 2011
Interviewer:
Cynthia L. Henderson, AHIP
Number of pages:
15 pages
Interview Date:
April 18, 2011
Interviewer:
Cynthia L. Henderson, AHIP
Number of pages:
15 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Taine, Seymour*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
October 4, 1982
Interviewer:
Carol Fenichel
Number of pages:
80 leaves
October 4, 1982
Interviewer:
Carol Fenichel
Number of pages:
80 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Smith, Kent A. (FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Editor:
Linda A. Watson, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
September 1 and October 5, 2011
Interviewer:
Sheldon Kotzin, FMLA
Number of pages:
44 pages
Linda A. Watson, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
September 1 and October 5, 2011
Interviewer:
Sheldon Kotzin, FMLA
Number of pages:
44 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Sheridan, Alice (Bethesda 11)
Thu September 10, 2015
Editor:
Jo Anne Boorkman, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
December 22, 2005
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Number of pages:
20 pages
Jo Anne Boorkman, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
December 22, 2005
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Number of pages:
20 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Sewell, Winifred (AHIP, FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
May 11, 1984
Interviewer:
Carol Fenichel
Number of pages:
101 leaves
May 11, 1984
Interviewer:
Carol Fenichel
Number of pages:
101 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Sargent, Charles W. (PhD, AHIP, FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
February 28, 1985
Interviewer:
Ann Gilmer
Number of pages:
22 leaves
February 28, 1985
Interviewer:
Ann Gilmer
Number of pages:
22 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Runge, Elisabeth D. (AHIP, FMLA)*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
March 12, 1980
Interviewer:
David A. Kronick, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
42 leaves
March 12, 1980
Interviewer:
David A. Kronick, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
42 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Roper, Fred W. (AHIP, FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
November 9, 1998
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Number of pages:
40 page interview, 3 tapes
November 9, 1998
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Number of pages:
40 page interview, 3 tapes
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Rogers, Frank Bradway (AHIP, FMLA)*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
January 19, 1979
Interviewer:
Mrs. Bertell and others, and Nancy Whitten Zinn, FMLA
Number of pages:
97 leaves
January 19, 1979
Interviewer:
Mrs. Bertell and others, and Nancy Whitten Zinn, FMLA
Number of pages:
97 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Prime, Margueriete (AHIP, FMLA)*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
May 7, 1985
Interviewer:
M.A. Flower
Number of pages:
30 leaves
May 7, 1985
Interviewer:
M.A. Flower
Number of pages:
30 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Postell, William D. (AHIP, FMLA)*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
October 29, 1977
Interviewer:
Estelle Brodman, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
23 leaves
October 29, 1977
Interviewer:
Estelle Brodman, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
23 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Poland, Ursula H. (AHIP, FMLA)*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
December 19, 20 1982; January 4, 1983
Interviewer:
Estelle Brodman, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
52 leaves
December 19, 20 1982; January 4, 1983
Interviewer:
Estelle Brodman, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
52 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Pings, Vern (AHIP, FMLA)*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
April 1, 2001
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
April 1, 2001
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Pelley, E. Jean Antes (FMLA)*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
November 7-9, 1997
Interviewer:
Elizabeth Figa
Number of pages:
61 leaves
November 7-9, 1997
Interviewer:
Elizabeth Figa
Number of pages:
61 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Peay, Wayne J. (FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Editor:
Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Interview Date:
April 26, 2012
Interviewer:
Joan S. Zenan, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
48 pages
Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Interview Date:
April 26, 2012
Interviewer:
Joan S. Zenan, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
48 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Oppenheimer, Gerald J. (AHIP, FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
June 25, 1999
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA and Janet Schnall, AHIP
Number of pages:
59 page interview
June 25, 1999
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA and Janet Schnall, AHIP
Number of pages:
59 page interview
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Morton, Leslie T.*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
August 9, 1999 and February 27, 2000
Interviewer:
T. Mark Hodges, AHIP, FMLA and Shane Godbolt
Number of pages:
44 leaves
August 9, 1999 and February 27, 2000
Interviewer:
T. Mark Hodges, AHIP, FMLA and Shane Godbolt
Number of pages:
44 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Mirsky, Phyllis S. (AHIP, FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Editor:
Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Interview Date:
April 24, 2009
Interviewer:
Joan S. Zenan, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
39 pages
Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Interview Date:
April 24, 2009
Interviewer:
Joan S. Zenan, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
39 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Miller, Lois*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
October 6, 1981
Interviewer:
Estelle Brodman, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
33 leaves
October 6, 1981
Interviewer:
Estelle Brodman, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
33 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Messerle, Judith (AHIP, FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Editor:
Holly Shipp Buchanan, AHIP, FMLA, and Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
November 13, 2008
Interviewer:
Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
33 pages
Holly Shipp Buchanan, AHIP, FMLA, and Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
November 13, 2008
Interviewer:
Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
33 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Messerle, Judith (AHIP, FMLA) (Bethesda 11)
Thu September 10, 2015
Editor:
Holly Shipp Buchanan, AHIP, FMLA; Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
May 18, 2002
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Number of pages:
18 pages
Holly Shipp Buchanan, AHIP, FMLA; Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
May 18, 2002
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Number of pages:
18 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Medical Library Center of New York with Erich Meyerhoff (AHIP, FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
August 7, 2003
Interviewer:
Rachael K. Anderson, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
26 pages
August 7, 2003
Interviewer:
Rachael K. Anderson, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
26 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
McDonald, Isabel G.
Thu September 10, 2015
Editor:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Interview Date:
September 23, 2008
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA, and Vicki Croft, AHIP
Number of pages:
43 pages
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Interview Date:
September 23, 2008
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA, and Vicki Croft, AHIP
Number of pages:
43 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Zenan, Joan S. (AHIP, FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Editor:
Phyllis S. Mirsky, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
November 5, 2005
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Number of pages:
64 pages
Phyllis S. Mirsky, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
November 5, 2005
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Number of pages:
64 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Yast, Helen T. (AHIP, FMLA)*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
April 27, 1982
Interviewer:
Nancy Whitten Zinn, FMLA
Number of pages:
47 leaves
April 27, 1982
Interviewer:
Nancy Whitten Zinn, FMLA
Number of pages:
47 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Wooten, Jo Ann Hardison Bell (AHIP, FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
September 9, 1999
Interviewer:
Susan C. Speer
September 9, 1999
Interviewer:
Susan C. Speer
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Whitcomb, Dorothy (AHIP)
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
November 30, 2001
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
November 30, 2001
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Weise, Frieda O. (FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Editor:
Virginia M. Bowden, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
May 23, 2007
Interviewer:
Joan S. Zenan, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
49 pages
Virginia M. Bowden, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
May 23, 2007
Interviewer:
Joan S. Zenan, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
49 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Washburn, Donald (FMLA)*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
May 9, 1983
Interviewer:
Nancy Whitten Zinn, FMLA
Number of pages:
76 leaves
May 9, 1983
Interviewer:
Nancy Whitten Zinn, FMLA
Number of pages:
76 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
McClure, Lucretia W. (AHIP, FMLA) (1998 Interview)
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
May 28-29, 1998
Interviewer:
Ursula H. Poland, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
87 pages
May 28-29, 1998
Interviewer:
Ursula H. Poland, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
87 pages