Records of the Massachusetts Medical Library

Records of the Massachusetts Medical Library

Massachusetts Medical Society

Circulation (collections management)

The Massachusetts Medical Society formed its own library in 1782. Although the Boston Medical Library surpassed it in size, this record of the library's circulation from the mid-1820s indicates several of the Boston Medical Library Proprietors—Drs. Warren, Ware, Channing, Coffin, and Strong—were also borrowing books from the Society's collection. Most of the librarians for the Boston Medical Library held that same office for the Massachusetts Medical Society. The Society's collection was kept at John Fleet's house for a time, just as the Boston Medical Library had been, and then moved to 49 Marlborough Street—along with Harvard Medical School until it opened its own building in 1816.

Excerpt from the circulation records of the Massachusetts Medical Library

Massachusetts Medical Society

1822-1855

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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (B MS b75.15)

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From the Collections of the Boston Medical Library