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Collection LarS : Sanford V. Larkey Collection

Description

Key

87199

Reference Code Element

LarS

Dates

1930-1968, inclusive

Creator

Personal name, Larkey, Sanford Vincent

Administrative/Biographical History

Sanford V. Larkey was born in Oakland, California. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with an A.B. in 1921 and received his M.D. from the same school in 1924. After a year's internship at the University of California Hospital, San Francisco, Larkey studied at the Honours School of English Literature, Pembroke College, Oxford University receiving a B.A. in 1928 and an M.A. in 1931. He was appointed as assistant professor of the history of medicine and librarian at the University of California Medical School in 1930 and worked to merge the Dental and Hooper Foundation libraries at the school. In 1935, Larkey succeeded Fielding H. Garrison as the second librarian and director of the Johns Hopkins University William H. Welch Medical Library. He was also appointed as a lecturer in the history of medicine. Larkey was a noted lecturer and writer on medieval medicine and literature. He served as an officer in World War I and achieved the rank of colonel in World War II, receiving the Bronze Star. Larkey was active in several professional organizations, serving as president of the Medical Library Association from 1949 to 1950, as a member of the Advisory Council of the Folger Library, Washington, and as a member of the executive committee of the Chemical-Biological Coordination Center of the National Research Council. He was also active in state and city organizations such as chairman of the Citizens Commission on Public Welfare in Maryland and the Baltimore Democratic Club. Larkey retired as director of the William H. Welch Medical Library in 1963. He was appointed as lecturer emeritus in the history of medicine in 1968.

Chronology

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1935-1969

Johns Hopkins University William H. Welch Medical Library, 1935-1963

Scope and Content

The Sanford V. Larkey collection contains Johns Hopkins University William H. Welch Library correspondence spanning his long career as its medical librarian (1935 to 1963), as well as his personal papers and a few photographs. Items of interest include correspondence related to work on the J. Singer Sargent portraits, "The Four Doctors" and "Mary Garret" from 1936 to 1950.

Subjects - Name

Corporate name, William H. Welch Medical Library

Administration

Date(s) of Descriptions

2003

Processing Information

The Sanford V. Larkey Collection was described by Chesney Medical Archives volunteer Elizabeth Peterson in 2003 under the direction of Phoebe Evans Letocha.

Composed Of

Found 7 record(s)

Reference Code and Titlesort by Reference Code and Title ascending	Key (Collection)sort by Key (Collection) ascending	Record Levelsort by Record Level ascending	Hierarchysort by Hierarchy ascending
Correspondence with Individuals	87202	Series	CollectionLarS- Sanford V. Larkey Collection
Family and Personal Materials	87204	Series	CollectionLarS- Sanford V. Larkey Collection
Johns Hopkins Institutional Records	87205	Series	CollectionLarS- Sanford V. Larkey Collection
Other Institutional Records	87206	Series	CollectionLarS- Sanford V. Larkey Collection
Photographs	87210	Series	CollectionLarS- Sanford V. Larkey Collection
Reprints	87209	Series	CollectionLarS- Sanford V. Larkey Collection
Writings, Speeches, and Research Interests	87208	Series	CollectionLarS- Sanford V. Larkey Collection

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