Books, manuscripts, photographs, and surgical and examining instruments relating to ophthalmology and otolaryngology. (Image: Portrait of Helen Keller with Annie Sullivan and others, Whitman Studio, 1900, Chelsea, Mass.).
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The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary was begun in 1824. The Abraharn Pollen Archives and Rare Book Library, which houses 350 cubic feet of archives and manuscripts, about l,500 rare books and more than 1,000 surgical and examining instruments, all relating to ophthalmology and otolaryngology, was formally established in 1985 as a component of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Libraries. ...
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Infirmary Records
The Infirmary's records document patient care, hospital administration, medical education and medical research. Some infirmary physicians hold joint appointments at Harvard Medical School; their papers in the Pollen Archives document both medical education and patient care. Specialty nursing education began at the Infirmary in 1896; in 1907 the Infirmary became the second hospital in the United States to institute a social service Both these fields are documented in the archives, as are such organizations as the Foundation for Vision and the New England Ophthalmological Society.
Archival Materials
The archival material includes minutes of the Board of Managers and Board of Surgeons; treasurers' reports, vouchers, and invoices; reports of the superintendents and surgeons patient records (1837-1900); Infirmary annual reports; records of the Social ServiceDepartment, some Nursing Services records and records of the infirmary's directors. Also in the archives are the papers of physicians and administrators Hasket Derby, Edwin Blakeslee Dunphy, Lucien Howe, Moses H. Lurie, Henry Lee Morse, Frederick H. Verhoeff and Charles T. Wood. The photograph collection depicts staff, facilities, patient care and medical research.
