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Collection SigH : Henry E. Sigerist Collection

Description

Key

120000

Reference Code Element

SigH

Dates

1932-1947, bulk

1917-1997, inclusive

Extent

99.5 linear feet

Creator

Personal name, Sigerist, Henry E. (Henry Ernest), 1891-1957

Administrative/Biographical History

Henry E. Sigerist
7 Apr 1891-17 Mar 1957
Henry E. Sigerist was born in Paris. He received his M.D. from the University of Zurich in 1917 and, after a period of medical service in the Swiss army, devoted himself to the study of the history of medicine. He taught at the Universities of Zurich and Leipzig and in 1931 came to Johns Hopkins as a visiting lecturer in history of medicine. In 1932, he succeeded William H. Welch as director of the Institute of the History of Medicine. In 1933, Sigerist founded the Bulletin of the Institute of the History of Medicine, which later became the Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Sigerist resigned from his position at Johns Hopkins in 1947 to devote himself to writing an eight-volume history of medicine, of which only one volume had been published before his death in 1957. He published and lectured extensively. A major figure in the socialized medicine movement, Sigerist was also a pioneer in the study of the social history of medicine. Other research interests included medical geography, medieval medicine, health education, art and medicine, Boerhaave, Paracelsus, public health, and medical etymology.

Chronology

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1931-1947

Scope and Content

The Henry E. Sigerist Collection spans his entire career at Johns Hopkins. It contains records related to the his tenure as director and administration of the Institute of the History of Medicine. Additional series include correspondence, research notes, manuscripts for books and articles, lectures, travel files, biographical materials, personal documents, and scrapbooks.

Related Archival Material

Records related to Sigerist's tenure as editor of the "Bulletin of the History of Medicine" are located in the institutional records of the publication.

Language

English

Access and Use

Conditions Governing Access Element

This collection may contain some restricted records. Materials pertaining to patients, students, employees, and human research subjects, as well as unprocessed collections and recent administrative records, carry restrictions on access. For more information about the policies and procedures for access, see Policy on Access and Use: https://medicalarchives.jhmi.edu/for-researchers/how-to-access-materials/

Administration

Archival Arrangement

Numerous photographs can be found in the Scrapbook series. Additional photographs were removed from the Sigerist collection and placed in the Sigerist file within the Medical Archives' Photographic Portraits Collection. Additional photographs including Sigerist can be found in the Institutional and Departmental Group Photos collection: Institute of the History of Medicine file.

Date(s) of Descriptions

2002-2006, 2019

Processing Information

The Henry Sigerist Collection was organized and cataloged by Chesney Medical Archives volunteer Dr. Catherine Neill initially under the direction of Lisa Mix and Phoebe Evans Letocha. ArchProteus converted and encoded the finding aid in 2002. Special thanks to Nicolas Maftei and his colleagues at ArchProteus for the quality controls that they imposed for each entry. After Dr. Neill's death in 2006, Phoebe Evans Letocha completed the finding aid, with assistance from Hope Lomvardias in 2019.

Accession

2021-060

2013-071

2011-092

2010-055

2005-075

2004-054

2001-012

2000-007

1998-061

1997-030

1992-009

1990-135

1990-102

1986-054

1985-073

Composed Of

Found 8 record(s)

Reference Code and Titlesort by Reference Code and Title ascending	Key (Collection)sort by Key (Collection) ascending	Dates	Record Levelsort by Record Level ascending	Hierarchysort by Hierarchy ascending
1- Records pertaining to the administration of the Institute of the History of Medicine	124089		Series	CollectionSigH- Henry E. Sigerist Collection
2- Records pertaining to other divisions of Johns Hopkins	124027		Series	CollectionSigH- Henry E. Sigerist Collection
3- Correspondence of Henry E. Sigerist	120001		Series	CollectionSigH- Henry E. Sigerist Collection
4- Research and Publishing Files	124265		Series	CollectionSigH- Henry E. Sigerist Collection
5- Travel (for research)	124599	1935-1940	Series	CollectionSigH- Henry E. Sigerist Collection
6- Biographical Materials	124712		Series	CollectionSigH- Henry E. Sigerist Collection
7- Personal and Professional Documents	124502		Series	CollectionSigH- Henry E. Sigerist Collection
8- Scrapbooks	124781	1935-1947	Series	CollectionSigH- Henry E. Sigerist Collection

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