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Archives and Rare Books
In her own words: Caroline Whitney
Dear Sir: – Before I left St. Louis last Spring, I spoke to you about certain aspirations of mine towards a Fellowship with the National Research Council. You may not remember the conversation, but I am taking advantage of your offer to help me if I should need advice.
Mastering Information
New Library Resource Guide for LGBT Health
The new LGBT Healthcare Resource Guide is designed to assist health professionals with finding health and research information related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and gender-questioning communities.
Archives and Rare Books
Women in the Print Shop
Our rare book collections hold several editions of Ambroise Paré’s surgical works. This is not unusual. Paré (1510-1590) is one of the most famous early modern surgeons, and his writings were very popular during that time period. While he published short treatises on distinct subjects beginning in 1545, the large folio editions of his collected [Read more]
Scholarly Publishing
Scholarly Publishing Round-up March 2016
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Archives and Rare Books
A Socialite, A Baby, and Blackmail: Scandal and High Society in Prohibition Era St. Louis
This article continues the Becker Brief of March 17, 2016 on the events surrounding the 1931 kidnapping of Dr. Isaac Kelley, a St. Louis area physician. During the trials of his kidnappers three years later, a St. Louis socialite was implicated in the plot to abduct Dr. Kelley. Her trail for the kidnapping was followed by accusations of illegal baby purchasing and blackmail.
Science and Informatics
Workshop at WUSM on Microarray and NGS Data Analysis in Partek Genomics Suite with Pathway
A Field Application Scientist from Partek will lead a full day training workshop on March 31, 2016, at WUSM in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center Room 602, focused on Microarray and NGS data analysis in Partek® Genomics Suite with Pathway.
Archives and Rare Books
A Doctor, A Reporter, and A Kidnapping: A Physician’s Abduction in Prohibition Era St. Louis
April 20, 1931, a night which would eventually set into motion a kidnapping, a murder, the theft of a baby, and multiple trials, was appropriately dark and stormy.
Archives and Rare Books
Women’s History Month: Mary Putnam Jacobi
March is Women’s History Month! Here in Archives and Rare Books, we’re going to celebrate by highlighting some of the remarkable women represented in our collections.
Mastering Information
Announcing a new resource guide for medical faculty
The new Medical Education Resource Guide is a convenient place to find medical education resources from Becker Medical Library.