@lamphhs

This Association serves the interests of librarians, archivists, and museum professionals engaged in the curation of the history of the health sciences.

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Discover the fascinating past of @nyphospital Morgan Stanley Children's Hosp, once known as Babies Hosp, in 'The Babies Hospital of New York: A History.' Congrats to co-author Stephen Novak on winning the 2023 Best Monograph prize from @lamphhs! #history @columbialib #CUArchives
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That's a wrap for LAMPHHS 2023! We hope everyone staying on in Ann Arbor for #AAHM has a good meeting.
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Proud day for the Osler. Congratulations to curators @RFDelMaestro and J. Mario Molina, each of whom was selected for a @lamphhs Recognition of Merit Award for their service to medical historical repositories. Well done, well deserved. #LAMPHHS2023
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Key question for those of us whose collections involve human remains: how should we steward collections that were originally envisioned as teaching collections and have now outgrown that purpose? #LAMPHHS
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Welcome @Dr_C_Thompson!
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A major theme today: access to records. Who's being denied access? Whose privacy is being violated?
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Key point from our keynote: Good public health policy in a pandemic is not just pivoting to individual responsibility and saying, “Be safe, it’s on you now!” True in 1918, true now. #LAMPHHS
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"It's not every day that historians get to impact public policy." -- @JAlexNav on @UMich's Center for the History of Medicine's 1918 influenza work influencing CDC guidelines for flattening the COVID curve
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It’s always good to take a minute to remember all the things library/archives work teaches us about *life*, and how the relationships we build are key. #LAMPHHS
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Archivists on receiving the incredible @DukeU Midwifery Records thanks to *complete* serendipity!
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Steve Hussman @uarizona: documenting the tragic impact of Nevada nuclear testing sites on health (including many of the cast and crew of 1955 film The Conqueror).
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Image of the morning: an "unsettling" lipstick tester from Duke's Consumer Reports collection. We won't forget that soon, Brooke Guthrie!
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During the first session of our LAMPHHS conference: Dr. Rick Fraser on the development of @McGill_MAMM. We want to visit!
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More about the fascinating Maude Abbott: this, by @gabebrownstein: Hen Medic: Maude Abbott and the Dawn of Cardiology | The Common (thecommononline.org)
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Good morning from Ann Arbor! #LAMPHHS
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Mercury and asbestos and nitrate film, oh my! 😬 The LAMPHHS Ad Hoc Hazardous Materials Committee has compiled resources and guidelines to help us cope with those scary things we find in our collections: lamphhs.org/resources/guidel…
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The LAMPHHS conference kicks off with a steering committee meeting tonight in beautiful (and warm!) Ann Arbor. Looking forward to seeing some familiar and some new faces. #histmed
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