Guide to Oral Histories in Medicine and the Health Sciences

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Archives of the Mount Sinai Medical Center Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library   Box 1102, Mount Sinai Medical Center 1 Gustave L. Levy Place New York, New York 10029-6574   (212) 241-7239   (212) 831-2625   http://www.mssm.edu/library/services/archives/   Barbara J. Niss, Archivist Barbara.Niss@mssm.edu     Transcripts/tapes may be accessed on site. Requests to photocopy are considered on an individual basis.   The collection consists of interviews with members of the staff of The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, primarily the Medical Staff, as well as alumni of our training programs and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The interviews date from 1965 to 2005. There are also tapes of events held at Mount Sinai (1965-96), investiture ceremonies (1965-82), meetings (1963-95), and History of Medicine lectures (1969-89).   There are now 146 taped interviews with individuals and 118 tapes of events, meetings and lectures. Resources added infrequently.   Topics include Mount Sinai Hospital/School of Medicine Founding of Mount Sinai School of Medicine House staff experiences at Mount Sinai Hospital Medical student experiences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine Anti-Semitism in medicine Development of Crohn's Disease/gastroenterology at Mount Sinai Research at Mount Sinai INTERVIEWEES LIST   Mostly audio   None   Many of the interviews are transcribed, in particular the earliest interviews. These are available on site. They are not now available online, although many are catalogued into our Library online catalog.

Last reviewed: 21 May 2009
Last updated: 14 July 2006
First published: 14 July 2006
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