Overview
Reviews of Lucien Howe's Muscles of the eye and other papers.
Dates
- Creation: 1907-1929
Language of Materials
Materials in English, German, and French.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
This collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 box)Includes transcript and printed reviews of Lucien Howe's 1907 Muscles of the eye. Also includes obituaries on Howe, clippings on his 1926 donation to found the Howe Laboratory of Ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, biographical information on Howe, and a 1929 letter and autograph notes from his wife, Elizabeth Mehaffey Howe.
Biographical / Historical
Howe, an ophthalmologist, was founder of the Buffalo Eye and Ear Infirmary (1876), author of the New York State Howe Law that first made prophylaxis of the eyes of the newborn compulsory, author of a standard text on ocular muscles, and donor-in-chief and first director of the Howe Laboratory of Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
51M-307. Deposited by the Lucien Howe Library of Ophthalmology of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts; received: 1940.
General note
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. See access restrictions below for additional information.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
- Title
- Howe, Lucien, 1848-1928. Lucien Howe additional papers, 1907-1929: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01896
Repository Details
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