The library has a large amount of manuscript materials, many of which are uncatalogued; the possibility exists that there are other materials pertaining to Russian science and medicine.
Resources (6)
Anonymous Manuscript
Undated piece on the Russian Imperial College of Medicine.
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)
Papers, 1856–97, 150 items. Nurse. Includes letter by Nightingale from Crimea, 1856, with information on conditions there during the Crimean War.
Henry Pickering Bowditch (1840-1911)
Papers, 1863–1911, several thousand items. Physiologist. A typed letter, 1906, to Bowditch from H. W. van Loon, in St. Petersburg, describes the European and Russian political situation.
Hugh Stalker (b. 1893)
Papers, 1920–70, ca. 550 items. Doctor. Includes a 1923 ALS from Ivan Petrovich Pavlov to Stalker that discusses the state of Russian medicine, and a 1938 letter from Vasilii Nikolaevich Boldyreff to Stalker concerning Pavlov. There are also photographs of Boldyreff.
Radiographs of Nicholas II and Alexandra
8 X-rays of the emperor and empress, 1898, made by a Russian physician who studied in Germany.
Walter B. Cannon (1871-1945)
Papers, 1891–1945. 50,000 pieces. A few folders of correspondence between Cannon and I. P. Pavlov. Unpublished finding aid.
