New York Public Library
Date: 1896
Technique: Engraving
Illustration for Paradise Lost by John Milton.
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William Strang, Sin and Death at the Gates of Hell
New York Public Library
Date: 1896
Technique: Engraving
Illustration for Paradise Lost by John Milton.
Source
Leanne's Seaview Home
Many thanks to Leanne for hosting the Coffee Crawlers when Lou and I returned from the States with Jeff, Liz, and their friend, Chris.
We arrived in PE on the night of May 16th with the Coffee Crawl being the first order of business early on the 17th. Needless to say, the coffee and various cakes provided a much needed jump start to the jet-lagged day.
We arrived in PE on the night of May 16th with the Coffee Crawl being the first order of business early on the 17th. Needless to say, the coffee and various cakes provided a much needed jump start to the jet-lagged day.
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| Hostess Leanne and a very jet-lagged Chris |
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| Jeff, Liz, and Chris enjoying the puddings |
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| Keith, Jeff, and Chris male bonding |
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| Gail, Keith, Colleen, Liz, Margaret, Jeff, Chris, Beth, Leanne, Fran, June, and Beryl |
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| Enjoying the ocean view from Leanne's back porch |
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Yummmmm Still on vacation for the next few weeks, Coffee Crawls will continue in mid-June! Until then, Ellen |
Alan Virta, Library Professor Emeritus, Receives Award
Welcome, Summer Session Students!
Now that Summer is just around the corner, let us welcome you to a new and improved Albertsons Library. We spent Spring break making the library your go-to place for your research and academic needs. These are a few of the things you can enjoy at the library:
- New carpeting on the entire first floor
- Over 110 computers with Microsoft Office 2010
- Mac and PC laptops for checkout, scanners, and multiple BroncoPrint stations, including wireless printing from your laptop.
- Access the library from your phone via our mobile website.
- Check out an iPad, laptop, netbook, or portable battery chargers
- Bring your mobile device--the whole building is Wi-Fi enabled
- A large collection of eBooks, available via the catalog
- A Starbucks coffee shop on the first floor
- Extensive subject guides in fields such as Public Administration, Radiologic Sciences, Educational Technology and many more, via the library's LibGuides system
- A growing collection of streaming video databases on a wide range of subjects--watch online or on your portable device.
- Access thousands of articles from journals and magazines from the A-Z list of databases. You will find that more and more of our databases are mobile-friendly, too.
- Have questions about research, campus, or anything at all? We’re available to help you via our reference chat, on Facebook, and on Twitter. Or you can text us your questions at (208) 546-9982.
Employment Opportunities for Veterinarians
Posted May 29, 2012
By Donald F. Smith, DVM, Cornell University
Graduation ceremonies for the 28 U.S. veterinary colleges are conferring DVM degrees on 2,630 new veterinarians this spring. Hundreds more U.S. citizens will be graduating from the schools in the Caribbean (especially Ross and St. George's Universities), and from other foreign schools.
What will these new veterinary graduates be doing and who will employ them?
To get an answer, I looked at data from the American Veterinary Medical Association for the graduates who entered the job market in 2009. Data from the more recent classes are not as reliable as a substantial proportion of the veterinarians do not yet have complete records on file. The following summaries do not include the relatively small proportion of graduates who are not members of the professional association.
Species Activity:
Approximately 80% of veterinarians who graduated in 2009 work with small animals (see chart below - SmAn). The predominant species are dogs and cats, but increasing numbers of pet birds, rabbits, small rodents and reptiles are now cared for in veterinary clinics.
Eight percent of the graduates are working in exclusive or predominantly equine practices (EQ in chart below). Livestock and food animal practices (FA) and mixed animal practices (MA) make up the remaining 10% of employment activities.
With respect to large animal employment in general, and food animal in particular, there are significant differences in employment activity based upon college of graduation. For example, students interested in bovine practice tend to self-select colleges that emphasize production animal education and these graduates are much more likely to be employed in that field. A similar trend is evident with graduates seeking equine employment, though the data are not as sharply defined as for food animals.
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| Species Employment Activity for Veterinarians who Graduated in 2009; SmAn (small animal), Eq (equine), FA (food animal), MA (mixed animal practice). Data from the American Veterinary Medical Association, May 2012. |
Despite the fact that many veterinary students arrive at college with aspirations to work with wildlife or in zoos, only a small handful realize that goal when they graduate. Thirty members of the Class of 2009 list activities with wildlife or zoologic species, but the majority of these spend only a small proportion of their time working with these animals and the majority of their time with more traditional species.
Who Employs the Veterinarians: Regardless of the species interest, 87% of the recent graduates are in private clinical practice. The 6% working in universities are usually interns, residents, clinical instructors, or graduate students. Another 4% of recent graduates work in non profit organizations, usually humane associations though a few work in zoos and aquariums. Three percent work for the government, mostly in the army or the federal meat inspection service, and one percent work in industry.
What Type of Practice Work Do Veterinarians Do: Of the veterinarians who graduated in 2009 and who are now working in private practice, almost 75% are employed in general medical and surgical practices. See chart below (Md/Sg). These range from single-doctor practices to large practices employing 8-10 or even 25 or more veterinarians. Emergency and critical care veterinarians (E/C), make up 15% of the private practice workforce and are employed in clinics or services within larger clinics that are solely devoted to emergency work and management of critical-care patients. Six percent of the graduates work in production animal medicine, mostly in cattle practices (PM). Five percent work in referral or specialty clinics (R/S).
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| Type of Private Veterinary Practice for Veterinarians who Graduated in 2009. Md/Sg (general medicine and surgery), E/C (emergency and critical care), PM (production medicine), R/S (referral and specialty clinic or hospital). Data from the American Veterinary Medical Association, May 2012. |
Dr. Smith invites comments at dfs6@cornell.edu.
Artuš Scheiner, Golden Fleece (Zlaté rouno)
Illustration from František Ruth´s Ancient Fairy-Tales; published by Šolc & Šimáček Inc. in Prague; third edition 1920
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K is for Kyphi
Egyptian Kyphi is a sacred incense used in ritual work, especially in kemetic magick. Recipes for it vary and many are passed down from one generation to another.
I have never made kyphi. I've only burned what was supposed to be kyphi incense, which was in stick form and bought at the local head shop, once in all my life and can't really tell you how it smells - I know, I'm horrible. What attracted me to the idea of making this post, however, was not my own experience with this product but other's.
The recipes online vary...a lot. And there's even kits to make this stuff but they're pretty expensive. I'm so curious as to if there are any recipes dating back to during or before the time of Alexandria's prosperity - when the Greeks used kyphi as an aphrodisiac and the Egyptians were no doubt offended by such a usage.
Rowan in a forum wrote "This was a sticky sucker, but I was very pleased with the result. I compounded it, let it sit for a few weeks, then went back and ground it with the sacred coffee grinder. It only improves with age.
Grind snipped prunes with wine and myrrh. Grind in other ingredients one at a time. Add honey gradually. Let sit to age. Break apart (this is a sticky one!) and grind down again. I use a mortar and pestle for most of the first compounding; then I use a coffee bean grinder for the final grind. i would let it sit at least at least a few months after the final grind to develop."
Gypsy Magic Blog has a vague recipe for Kyphi that she has not tried but says looks "adventurous" and asks that if you do make this recipe to let her know how it went. I will say that with the henna and the acids of the other ingredients, this recipe is one for a very red-brown dye and WILL STAIN! So we're gloves when making and don't put anywhere that you don't want hennaed.
Moma Sarah posted about the first stage of her kyphi recipe and mentions that it was a recipe handed down in her family AND takes quite some time to produce. In total she will be using 16-17 different ingredients and it will take 30 days to create.
From what I can tell, kyphi is not for the novice incense maker. I've seen so many different ingredients, arguments on how to let it settle and how long, even arguments over the types of ingredients (black or white copal, fresh apricots or dried, essential oils or no essential oils). It takes a lot of time, energy and ingredients - and the know how of finding a good recipe if you don't already have one passed down to you.
There are some places that sell ready made kyphi, kyphi incense, or even oils. I think it would be more fun, rewarding and spiritual to make your own though...right?
I have never made kyphi. I've only burned what was supposed to be kyphi incense, which was in stick form and bought at the local head shop, once in all my life and can't really tell you how it smells - I know, I'm horrible. What attracted me to the idea of making this post, however, was not my own experience with this product but other's.
The recipes online vary...a lot. And there's even kits to make this stuff but they're pretty expensive. I'm so curious as to if there are any recipes dating back to during or before the time of Alexandria's prosperity - when the Greeks used kyphi as an aphrodisiac and the Egyptians were no doubt offended by such a usage.
Rowan in a forum wrote "This was a sticky sucker, but I was very pleased with the result. I compounded it, let it sit for a few weeks, then went back and ground it with the sacred coffee grinder. It only improves with age.
- 4 parts sweetgrass
- 4 parts cypress
- 4 parts lemon grass
- 2 parts cedar
- 2 parts juniper berries
- 3 parts frankincense
- 3 parts copal
- 1/2 part myrrh
- Port wine
- Honey (cooked down to thicken)
- Prunes
Grind snipped prunes with wine and myrrh. Grind in other ingredients one at a time. Add honey gradually. Let sit to age. Break apart (this is a sticky one!) and grind down again. I use a mortar and pestle for most of the first compounding; then I use a coffee bean grinder for the final grind. i would let it sit at least at least a few months after the final grind to develop."
Gypsy Magic Blog has a vague recipe for Kyphi that she has not tried but says looks "adventurous" and asks that if you do make this recipe to let her know how it went. I will say that with the henna and the acids of the other ingredients, this recipe is one for a very red-brown dye and WILL STAIN! So we're gloves when making and don't put anywhere that you don't want hennaed.
Moma Sarah posted about the first stage of her kyphi recipe and mentions that it was a recipe handed down in her family AND takes quite some time to produce. In total she will be using 16-17 different ingredients and it will take 30 days to create.
From what I can tell, kyphi is not for the novice incense maker. I've seen so many different ingredients, arguments on how to let it settle and how long, even arguments over the types of ingredients (black or white copal, fresh apricots or dried, essential oils or no essential oils). It takes a lot of time, energy and ingredients - and the know how of finding a good recipe if you don't already have one passed down to you.
There are some places that sell ready made kyphi, kyphi incense, or even oils. I think it would be more fun, rewarding and spiritual to make your own though...right?
K is for Kabbalah
Kabbalah (aka Cabala or Qabala) according to the Llewellyn encyclopedia is "A mystical system which forms the mystical underpinnings for the three major Western religions as well as for modern Ceremonial Magick. The word is transliterated Hebrew, and is spelled in English in various ways...a complete system of knowledge about all the dimensions of the universe and of the human psyche organized into "the Tree of Life" diagram showing the inner construction and the connections between levels and forms of consciousness, energy, and matter. It provides a resource for understanding and applying the principles of Magick, for understanding the dynamics of the psyche, and for interpreting human history and action. The present-day Tarot specifically relates to the Tree of Life."
That's a lot to wrap my head around >.<
To me, Kabbalah is a spiritual belief system and practice that stems from Judaism.
I had never had an interest in Kabbalah until I ran into the book Simple Kabbalah by Kim Zetter. I read it all in one day while vacationing at the lake house and it got my head spinning. If I someone had explained this stuff to me when I was younger in the way that Zetter did in this book I would have probably stayed in church.
The best lesson I've received so far was from that book and it was the Kabbalistic break down of the very first verse of the Bible Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
This verse took a few chapters to break down, just to give you an idea of the in-depth outlook on the Bible these scholars have. I don't want to copy all of the chapters here but I will say that in the end the true translation should read "In the mind, God created God and the alphabet of the heavens and the alphabet of the Earth." Don't have a clue as to what that means? Read her book - its enlightening.
Ever since reading that book, I have had a further interest in Kabbalah. I'd love to have a set of books called the Kabbalistic Bible, specifically Genesis and Revelations (which notably are the most studied books of the Bible where Kabbalah is concerned).
Looking back at this post, it's not very detailed on the subject but the said subject is so vast and detailed it's hard to put it all in one lil blog post. My suggestion is if this sounds like something you're interested in, learn more either online or through one of the books I've mentioned.
That's a lot to wrap my head around >.<
To me, Kabbalah is a spiritual belief system and practice that stems from Judaism.
I had never had an interest in Kabbalah until I ran into the book Simple Kabbalah by Kim Zetter. I read it all in one day while vacationing at the lake house and it got my head spinning. If I someone had explained this stuff to me when I was younger in the way that Zetter did in this book I would have probably stayed in church.
The best lesson I've received so far was from that book and it was the Kabbalistic break down of the very first verse of the Bible Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
This verse took a few chapters to break down, just to give you an idea of the in-depth outlook on the Bible these scholars have. I don't want to copy all of the chapters here but I will say that in the end the true translation should read "In the mind, God created God and the alphabet of the heavens and the alphabet of the Earth." Don't have a clue as to what that means? Read her book - its enlightening.
Ever since reading that book, I have had a further interest in Kabbalah. I'd love to have a set of books called the Kabbalistic Bible, specifically Genesis and Revelations (which notably are the most studied books of the Bible where Kabbalah is concerned).
Looking back at this post, it's not very detailed on the subject but the said subject is so vast and detailed it's hard to put it all in one lil blog post. My suggestion is if this sounds like something you're interested in, learn more either online or through one of the books I've mentioned.
Andre (Moul) Ross: One of the Few Women to Become a Veterinarian During World War II
Posted May 24, 2012.
By Dr. Donald F. Smith, Cornell University
This historical blog is in recognition of the 150th anniversary
of the American Veterinary Medical Association (1863-2013)
This historical blog is in recognition of the 150th anniversary
of the American Veterinary Medical Association (1863-2013)
Seven women were admitted to Cornell’s veterinary college in 1935 and 1936. This represented about eight percent of those classes, an astonishingly high proportion for that period. However, by the end of the decade, fewer women were admitted to Cornell and only one in the class that arrived in 1939.
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| Andre (Moul) Ross, Cornell DVM 1943 Graduation Photo, Cornell University |
Andre Moul was raised in Gloversville, NY. While helping deliver piglets from the sow of a family friend, she became hooked on the idea of becoming a veterinarian. Despite her mother’s encouragement to become a teacher, a nurse, or a secretary, 11-year-old Andre couldn’t be dissuaded from wanting to become a veterinarian.
“Back in the thirties, girls seldom went to college”, Dr. Ross said in a 1998 interview. “The belief was that educating a girl to become a veterinarian robbed a worthy boy of his education as the girl would most likely marry and never practice”.
With her mother’s support, Andre enrolled in Cornell’s agricultural college in 1938 for her requisite year of pre-veterinary education. A year later, she began her veterinary studies as the sole woman in the class of 40 students.
The horse (not dog) was still the principal species used in first-year dissection classes. Clinical experiences during the final two years were divided equally between the small and large animal clinics. Though there were occasional class exercises in which she was not allowed to participate because of her gender, she shared most learning activities with her male colleagues.
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| Andre (Moul) Ross, the only woman in Cornell's Veterinary Class of 1943 with four of her classmates and an equine patient. Photo provided by Ms. Carol Shank, 2012 |
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| Male veterinary students from several classes in uniform during WWII at Cornell University Photo by Cornell University. |
Cornell was transformed into a quasi-military base during WWII with most male veterinary students enrolled in some form of military training. Summers were used for instruction to accelerate the curriculum and enable the male veterinarians to be commissioned upon graduation.
In May 1942, Andre married a recently-graduated engineering student named Donald Gunn Ross, Jr. They had met as members of the Cornell Radio Guild where he was the chief engineer and she the sound effects engineer. Andre moved from the dorm where single students were required to live, to married student housing.
“For nearly 15 years after graduation, I took on the role of wife and mother”, Andre wrote in 1998. Then she gradually returned to veterinary medicine, first as part-time small animal practitioner, and eventually as practice owner. She finished her career in Stone Ridge, New York until her retirement in 1993.
The author is grateful to Dr. Ross' daughter, Ms. Carol Shank, for providing stories and photographs of her mother. The quotations of Dr. Ross are from an article she wrote, "On Becoming a Vet", Blue Stone Press, October 16, 1998. Dr. Ross died in 2006.
Dr. Smith welcomes comments at dfs6@cornell.edu.
Unidentified artist, Great Moon Hoax - "Ruby Amphitheater"
Date: 1835
Technique: Lithograph
New York Sun, 4th article of 6
"The Great Moon Hoax" refers to a series of six articles that were published in the New York Sun beginning on August 25, 1835, about the supposed discovery of life and even civilization on the Moon. The discoveries were falsely attributed to Sir John Herschel, perhaps the best-known astronomer of his time.
The articles described fantastic animals on the Moon, including bison, goats, unicorns, bipedal tail-less beavers and bat-like winged humanoids ("Vespertilio-homo") who built temples. There were trees and oceans and beaches. These discoveries were supposedly made with "an immense telescope of an entirely new principle".
The author of the narrative was supposedly Dr. Andrew Grant, who described himself as the travelling companion and amanuensis of Sir John Herschel, but Dr Grant was fictitious.
Eventually, the authors announced that the observations had been terminated by the destruction of the telescope, by means of the sun causing the lens to act as a 'burning glass', setting fire to the observatory.
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David Henry Friston, Carmilla
Illustration from The Dark Blue.
Carmilla is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. Carmilla predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by 25 years, and has been adapted many times for cinema.
Carmilla was first published in the magazine The Dark Blue in 1872, and then in the author's collection of short stories, In a Glass Darkly the same year.
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African-American Veterinary Students at Kansas State University (1910-1950)
By Donald Smith, Cornell University; with Howard Erickson, Kansas State University
Posted May 21, 2012
This historical blog is in recognition of the 150th anniversary
of the American Veterinary Medical Association (1863-2013)
This historical blog is in recognition of the 150th anniversary
of the American Veterinary Medical Association (1863-2013)
Cornell has always been proud of her contribution to the education of African-American veterinarians in the early years of the profession. However, of the 70 Blacks who received DVM degrees before Tuskegee University (Institute) was established in the mid 1940s, about a third of them were graduates of Kansas State University. Moreover, unlike Cornell and Penn where the majority of the Black students studied during the early decades of the 20th century, Kansas State’s Black veterinary population was distributed evenly between 1910 and 1950.
Kansas State professor and veterinary historian Dr. Howard Erickson feels that the development of the meat packing industry may have been one of the contributing factors to the leadership role that his university played in the education of African-American veterinarians. “The Kansas City stockyards were built in 1871, and the growth of the meat packing industry followed. Former slaves migrated north and more than 50,000 southern Blacks arrived in Kansas during the 1870s. Unable to procure land for farming as they had hoped, they settled in Kansas City in a community that bordered on what would become the meat packing district.”
By 1905, 25% of the meat packing employees in Kansas City were African-American. Some of the best positions for veterinarians at that time were in the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), which was the meat inspection service of the Federal government. “I think the black workers in the packing plants observed the veterinarian as a respected and successful professional and they encouraged their children to study veterinary medicine.”
Erickson believes that the college administration also had an impact on the fact that 22 African-American veterinarians studied at Kansas State. “Dr. Ralph Dykstra, who served as dean of the college from 1919-1948, may have been more receptive to accepting Black students than leaders of other colleges.” There are anecdotal reports that previous administrators were also supportive of diversifying the student body.
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| Dr. John William Brown was the first DVM graduate of Kansas State University in 1912. Photograph provided by Kansas St. Univ. |
John William Brown was the first Black student to graduate from Kansas State, receiving his DVM in 1912. He eventually worked in the BAI and finished his career engaged in meat inspection in Cleveland, Ohio.
Thomas G. Perry (1921) established the first small animal hospital in Wichita, KS and became Head of the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery when the veterinary college opened at Tuskegee.
Theodore Williams (1935) and Walter C. Bowie (1947) each became deans at Tuskegee, and Eugene Adams (1944) became associate dean and university vice provost. Dr. Adams is also known as the author of the definitive history of Tuskegee’s School of Veterinary Medicine. (1)
Twenty-two graduates may not seem like a very large number. However, during a period when becoming a veterinarian was almost never considered a possibility by the African-American community, Kansas State provided an important beacon of hope. Whether in the meat inspection service or in clinical practice, Black graduates served as role models to other young African-American students. The greater impact, however, was the education of those young men who became deans, department chairs and faculty members at Tuskegee’s veterinary college during its formative years.
1. The Legacy. A History of The Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine, by Eugene W. Adams. Published by The Media Center Press, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 1995.
Dr. Smith welcomes comments at dfs6@cornell.edu.
Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov, Dobrynya Nikitich Fights the Seven-Headed Zmey Gorynych (Бой Добрыни Никитича с семиглавым Змеем Горынычем)
The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (Государственная Третьяковская Галерея)
Date: 1913-18
Technique: Oil on canvas
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New Primary Source Databases
Albertsons Library recently purchased and made available to the campus several databases funded by the Mobile Learning Initiative. These databases are mobile friendly, and all-around incredible resources that add to the value of the library's offerings.
Each resource was purchased in support of the Masters of Applied Historical Research (MAHR) program, which is the chosen Mobile Learning Program for 2012-2014. All students in this program will be required to purchase an iPad as part of their studies. Each faculty member that is listed as part of the program is learning how to incorporate the mobile technology into their classroom and assignments.
Though these collections were purchased in support of the MAHR program, they have broad uses for many other subject areas.
Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries from the American Antiquarian Society: Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries from the American Antiquarian Society brings together 105,000 pages of the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, displayed as high-quality images of the original manuscripts, Semantically Indexed and online for the first time. The collection is drawn entirely from the extensive holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. It currently contains over 103,000 pages
Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives 1960 - 1974: Wow!! What a resource!! The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives 1960–1974 brings the 1960s alive through diaries, letters, autobiographies and other memoirs, written and oral histories, manifestos, government documents, memorabilia, and scholarly commentary. With 150,000 pages of material at completion, this searchable collection is the definitive electronic resource for students and scholars researching this important period in American history, culture, and politics. Please visit What's New to learn about new archives and other great content additions for 2012! The database currently has over 100,000 pages. We also welcome your suggestions about additional material for this collection.
Social Explorer: Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to current and historical census data and demographic information. The easy-to-use web interface lets users create maps and reports to better illustrate, analyze and understand demography and social change. In addition to being a comprehensive data resource, Social Explorer also offers features and tools to meet the needs of both demography experts and novices.
Contact us if you have any questions!
Each resource was purchased in support of the Masters of Applied Historical Research (MAHR) program, which is the chosen Mobile Learning Program for 2012-2014. All students in this program will be required to purchase an iPad as part of their studies. Each faculty member that is listed as part of the program is learning how to incorporate the mobile technology into their classroom and assignments.
Though these collections were purchased in support of the MAHR program, they have broad uses for many other subject areas.
Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries from the American Antiquarian Society: Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries from the American Antiquarian Society brings together 105,000 pages of the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, displayed as high-quality images of the original manuscripts, Semantically Indexed and online for the first time. The collection is drawn entirely from the extensive holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. It currently contains over 103,000 pages
Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives 1960 - 1974: Wow!! What a resource!! The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives 1960–1974 brings the 1960s alive through diaries, letters, autobiographies and other memoirs, written and oral histories, manifestos, government documents, memorabilia, and scholarly commentary. With 150,000 pages of material at completion, this searchable collection is the definitive electronic resource for students and scholars researching this important period in American history, culture, and politics. Please visit What's New to learn about new archives and other great content additions for 2012! The database currently has over 100,000 pages. We also welcome your suggestions about additional material for this collection.
Social Explorer: Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to current and historical census data and demographic information. The easy-to-use web interface lets users create maps and reports to better illustrate, analyze and understand demography and social change. In addition to being a comprehensive data resource, Social Explorer also offers features and tools to meet the needs of both demography experts and novices.
Contact us if you have any questions!
Harvard's Most Accomplished Veterinary Graduates
Posted May 14, 2012
By Donald F. Smith, Cornell University
This historical blog is in recognition of the 150th anniversary
of the American Veterinary Medical Association (1863-2013)
The New York Times called Harvard Veterinary School the “leading school of the science in the country and the one to which the present development of veterinary medicine in the United States is largely due”. The date was Dec. 2, 1900 and the Times was mourning the anticipated closure due to lack of funding.
There were only 128 veterinary graduates during the 20-year history of the school, but two are known to have made major contributions to medicine and science. One was Richard P. Lyman, Jr, (MDV 1894). The son of the School’s dean, the younger Lyman was in clinical practice for 17 years and also taught at the Kansas City Veterinary School before becoming the founding dean of Michigan State’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 1910.
By Donald F. Smith, Cornell University
This historical blog is in recognition of the 150th anniversary
of the American Veterinary Medical Association (1863-2013)
The New York Times called Harvard Veterinary School the “leading school of the science in the country and the one to which the present development of veterinary medicine in the United States is largely due”. The date was Dec. 2, 1900 and the Times was mourning the anticipated closure due to lack of funding.
Harvard’s veterinary school and clinics closed the following year. Established in 1882 as a department within the medical school, Harvard maintained the Village Street Hospital for the treatment and observation of sick animals. The hospital had an entrance door large enough to accommodate a circus elephant. According to the Times, more small and large animal patients were admitted to Harvard at that time than to any other veterinary college in the United States.
Despite being self-supported with neither endowment income nor appropriation from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the school also maintained a free clinic on Piedmont Street for charity, and to improve the teaching resources of the school.
Despite being self-supported with neither endowment income nor appropriation from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the school also maintained a free clinic on Piedmont Street for charity, and to improve the teaching resources of the school.
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| Harvard School of Veterinary Medicine, circa 1883 Image from Countway Library of Medicine (Alliance of the Boston Medical Library and Harvard Medical School) |
There were only 128 veterinary graduates during the 20-year history of the school, but two are known to have made major contributions to medicine and science. One was Richard P. Lyman, Jr, (MDV 1894). The son of the School’s dean, the younger Lyman was in clinical practice for 17 years and also taught at the Kansas City Veterinary School before becoming the founding dean of Michigan State’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 1910.
The other was Langdon Frothingham (MDV 1889). His initial job was at the University of Nebraska where he was director of the pathobiology laboratory. He was also the university’s first football coach, and the only undefeated (2-0) and unscored-upon coach in the history of Nebraska football.
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| Langdon Frothingham, Harvard veterinary graduate (MDV, 1889) |
Frothingham’s more memorable achievement occurred in Dresden, Germany (1892-94) where he worked with Heinrich Johne and co-discovered the infectious disease that caused chronic diarrhea and weight loss in cattle and was originally thought to be intestinal tuberculosis. A new organism was discovered by the two scientists and the disease was called “pseudotuberculous enteritis”. It is know today as Johne’s Disease.
Returning to the United States in 1895, Frothingham worked briefly at Yale, then as instructor in pathology at his alma mater (Harvard Veterinary). His brilliant research in veterinary pathology, including important articles on rabies, spanned three decades until he retired in 1928 from Harvard’s medical school, where he was employed after the veterinary school closed. The late E.L. Stubbs, veterinary pathologist and historian, wrote that Frothingham “reigned alone during the 19thcentury as a veterinary pathologist in the United States” and was a “leading authority on animal pathology in Boston medical circles".
One can only speculate how much greater our veterinary profession would be today if Harvard’s veterinary school was still in existence, and integrated within the Boston medical community as it was over a century ago.
Dr. Smith thanks Professor Howard K. Erickson, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, for his support, especially with reference to the contributions of Langdon Frothingham.
Selected References:
The New York Times, Dec 2, 1900
E.L.Stubbs, Biographical Sketch: Langdon Frothingham (1866-1935). Vet Path 1966 2:565.
Dr. Smith welcomes comments at dfs6@cornell.edu.
Dr. Smith thanks Professor Howard K. Erickson, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, for his support, especially with reference to the contributions of Langdon Frothingham.
Selected References:
The New York Times, Dec 2, 1900
E.L.Stubbs, Biographical Sketch: Langdon Frothingham (1866-1935). Vet Path 1966 2:565.
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Émile Bayard, Mélusine
Cornell University, New York
From Histoire de la magie by Paul Christian, Paris, 1884.
Melusine (or Melusina) is a figure of European legends and folklore, a feminine spirit of fresh waters in sacred springs and rivers.
She is usually depicted as a woman who is a serpent or fish from the waist down (much like a mermaid). She is also sometimes illustrated with wings, two tails or both, and sometimes referred to as "nixie" or Neck.
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Library Summer Hours
The Albertsons Library will begin Summer semester hours on Monday, May 14th. To prepare for the new semester the library will be closed Saturday, May 12 and Sunday, May 13.
Starting May 14th the library will be open:
- Monday thru Thursday: 7AM - 7PM
- Fridays: 7AM - 6PM
- Saturdays & Sundays: 10AM - 6PM
Have a great Summer!
Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko, The Student (Студент)
The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (Государственная Третьяковская Галерея)
Date: 1881
Technique: Oil on canvas, 87 x 60 cm
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Theology, Eucharist, and Ministry Conference
William J. Abraham is the Albert C. Outler Chair in Wesleyan Studies at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, TX. He is the author of Wesley for Armchair Theologians and Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology: From the Fathers to Feminism.
Ron Anderson is Ernest and Bernice Styberg Professor of Worship at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL. He is the author of Taught by God: Teaching and Spiritual Formation and Worship and Christian Identity: Practicing Ourselves.
Daniel Castelo is Associate Professor of Theology at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, WA. He is the author of The Apathetic God: Exploring the Contemporary Relevance of Divine Impassibility.
Paul W. Chilcote is Professor of Historical Theology and Wesleyan Studies at Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland, OH. He is the author of Recapturing the Wesleys’ Vision.
John Drury is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ministry at Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, IN.
Richard Eslinger is Professor of Homiletics and Worship at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH. He is the author of Web of Preaching: New Options in Homiletic Method and A New Hearing: Living Options in Homiletics.
Elaine Heath is McCreless Associate Professor of Evangelism at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, TX. She is the author of We Were the Least of These: Reading the Bible with the Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Longing for Spring: A New Vision for Wesleyan Community.
Sarah H. Lancaster is Professor in the Werner Chair of Theology at Methodist Theological School of Ohio in Columbus, OH. She is the author of The Pursuit of Happiness: Blessing and Fulfillment in Christian Faith and Women and the Authority of Scripture: A Narrative Approach.
Matthew Levering is Professor of Religious Studies at The University of Dayton and the author or editor of numerous books, including The Betrayal of Charity and The Oxford Handbook of the Trinity.
Rebekah Miles is Associate Professor of Ethics and Practical Theology at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, TX. She is the author of numerous articles and books, including The Pastor as Moral Guide and Wesley and the Quadrilateral: Renewing the Conversation.
Andrew Sung Park is Professor of Theology and Ethics at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH. He is the author of Triune Atonement: Christ’s Healing for Sinners, Victims and the Whole Creation and From Hurt to Healing: A Theology of the Wounded.
Brent Peterson is Associate Professor of Theology at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, ID. He is the promotional secretary of the Wesleyan Theological Society and the author of Created to Worship: God’s Invitation to Become Fully Human.
Don E. Saliers is William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Theology and Worship, Emeritus, at Candler School of Theology in Atlanta Georgia. He is the author of Worship as Theology and Worship and Spirituality.
Jason E. Vickers is Associate Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH. He is the author of Minding the Good Ground: A Theology for Church Renewal and Wesley: A Guide for the Perplexed.
Geoffrey Wainwright is Robert Earl Cushman Professor of Christian Theology at Duke Divinity School in Durham, NC. He is the author of dozens of books and articles, including Doxology: A Systematic Theology and Lesslie Newbigin: A Theological Life.
Robin Knowles Wallace is Professor in the Taylor Endowed Chair of Worship and Music at Methodist Theological School of Ohio in Columbus, OH. She is the author of The Christian Year: A Guide for Worship and Preaching and Worshipping in the Small Membership Church.
Karen B. Westerfield Tucker is Professor of Worship at Boston University School of Theology in Boston, MA. She is the author of American Methodist Worship and editor of The Sunday Service of the Methodists.
Edward P. Wimberly is Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost of the Interdenominal Theological Center in Atlanta, GA. He is the author of African American Pastoral Care: The Politics of Oppression and Empowerment and Moving from Shame to Self-Worth: Preaching and Pastoral Care.
Joyce Ann Zimmerman is a Sister of the Precious Blood, Dayton, OH, the founding Director of the Institute for Liturgical Ministry, and the author of The Ministry of Liturgical Environment.
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