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1. [Letter from John F. Kennedy to the leadership of the library]

Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Correspondence as Topic
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

2. [Bust of John F. Kennedy in main entranceway of the National Library of Medicine]

Author(s):: Greenberg, Stephen J., photographer
Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Sculpture
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

3. [Cornerstone of the new National Library of Medicine building]

Author(s):: Greenberg, Stephen J., photographer
Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

4. [Demolition of the "Old Red Brick"]: [view looking north]

Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Original version: February 20, 1969
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

5. [Dr. Donald Lindberg presents Dr. Michael DeBakey with a gift at his birthday celebration]

Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Anniversaries and Special Events
Gift Giving
Lindberg, Donald A. B., 1933-2019.
DeBakey, Michael E. (Michael Ellis), 1908-2008.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

6. [Printed card on recovered brick from the "Old Red Brick"]

Author(s):: Greenberg, Stephen J., photographer
Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Construction Materials
Gift Giving
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

7. In observance of the sesquicentennial year of the National Library of Medcine 1986

Publication:: [United States?] : [Medical Library Association], [1986]
Subject(s):: Anniversaries and Special Events
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

8. [National Library of Medicine staff gather on the front steps for a sesquicentennial photograph]

Publication:: Produced: [1986]
Subject(s):: Anniversaries and Special Events
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

9. National Library of Medicine: sesquicentennial 1836-1986

Publication:: [Bethesda, MD] : [U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services], [1986]
Subject(s):: Anniversaries and Special Events
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

10. [National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins swears in Patricia Flatley Brennan as the 19th director of the library]

Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Anniversaries and Special Events
Leadership
Nurses
Collins, Francis S.
Brennan, Patricia Flatley.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

11. [Collage of the National Library of Medicine and predecessor institution locations]

Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Riggs and Co.
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

12. [Catalogs of library exhibitions]

Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Exhibitions as Topic
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

13. [Staff signatures on the 1986 sesquicentennial photograph]

Publication:: Produced: [1986]
Subject(s):: Anniversaries and Special Events
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

14. [Interior view of the roof, looking up from the library's rotunda]

Author(s):: Greenberg, Stephen J., photographer
Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Medicine in the Arts
Sculpture
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

15. [National Library of Medicine staff gather on the front steps for this photograph which helped to mark the library's 175th anniversary]

Publication:: Produced: [2011]
Subject(s):: Anniversaries and Special Events
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

16. [MedlinePlus magazine cover of Mary Tyler Moore]

Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Periodicals as Topic
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

17. [New plaque for the "Tree of Hippocrates"]

Author(s):: Greenberg, Stephen J., photographer
Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Trees
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

18. ["Tree of Hippocrates" plaque]

Author(s):: Greenberg, Stephen J., photographer
Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Trees
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

19. [Demolition of the "Old Red Brick"]: [view from northwest]

Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Original version: February 20, 1969
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

20. [The library's new "Tree of Hippocrates"]

Author(s):: Greenberg, Stephen J., photographer
Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Trees
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

21. [Demolition of the "Old Red Brick"]: [close-up view]

Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Original version: February 13, 1969
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

22. [Demolition of the "Old Red Brick"]: [view from above building]

Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Original version: February 20, 1969
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

23. [Public law designating 1986 as the 'Sesquicentennial Year of the National Library of Medicine']

Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Anniversaries and Special Events
Legislation as Topic
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

24. [National Library of Medicine's Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLARS) III Task Force meeting]

Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: MEDLARS
Congresses as Topic
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

25. National Library of Medicine 1836-1986: a century of science for health : a world of knowledge for the nation's health

Publication:: [Bethesda, MD] : [U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services], [1986]
Subject(s):: Anniversaries and Special Events
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

26. [Internal memo from Dr. Donald Lindberg regarding Grateful Med]

Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Grateful Med
Correspondence as Topic
Lindberg, Donald A. B., 1933-2019.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

27. Happy birthday NLM!: from the Medical Library Association annual meeting 1986 : National Library of Medicine sesquicentennial 1836-1986

Publication:: [Chicago] : [Medical Library Association], [1986]
Subject(s):: Anniversaries and Special Events
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

28. [The U.S. National Library of Medicine on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland]

Publication:: Produced: [between 1995 and 2010?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Maryland
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

29. [MedlinePlus magazine cover of Cristina Saralegui]

Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Periodicals as Topic
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

30. [Bricks recovered from the "Old Red Brick"]

Author(s):: Greenberg, Stephen J., photographer
Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
Subject(s):: Construction Materials
Gift Giving
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

31. [Aerial view of the library in the winter]

Publication:: Produced: [1980]
Subject(s):: Snow
Maryland
Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

32. [NIH guard in the lobby of the National Library of Medicine]

Publication:: Produced: [between 1960 and 1969?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

33. [Mrs. Johnson, Photographic Services section]

Publication:: Produced: [between 1960 and 1969?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

34. [Stack area]

Publication:: Produced: [between 1960 and 1969?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

35. [Public catalog area]

Publication:: Produced: [1960?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

36. [National Library of Medicine administrative staff]

Publication:: Produced: [1957]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

37. [Howard Drew giving a lecture]

Publication:: Produced: [1978]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

38. [Frank Roger's boardroom at the National Library of Medicine]

Author(s):: Pruyn, Peter N., photographer
Publication:: Produced: [between 1960 and 1969?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

39. [Supply store room at the National Library of Medicine]

Publication:: Produced: [1962?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

40. [Mr. Weinstock pushes a book truck in the stack area]

Publication:: Produced: [between 1960 and 1969?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

41. [Main catalog area of the National Library of Medicine]

Author(s):: Pruyn, Peter N., photographer
Publication:: Produced: [1962?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

42. [Reception area on the mezzanine of the National Library of Medicine]

Author(s):: Pruyn, Peter N., photographer
Publication:: Produced: [1962?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

43. [Lobby design]

Publication:: [1962]
Subject(s):: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

44. [A fine prints collection]

Publication:: [1948?]
Subject(s):: Librarians
Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

45. [National Library of Medicine facility expansion drawing, aerial view from the north]

Publication:: Produced: [2002]
Subject(s):: Facility Design and Construction
Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

46. [National Library of Medicine facility expansion drawing, view from the southeast]

Publication:: Produced: [2002]
Subject(s):: Facility Design and Construction
Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

47. [National Library of Medicine facility expansion drawing, overview of new facility]

Author(s):: Comazzi, Robert, artist
Publication:: Produced: [2002]
Subject(s):: Facility Design and Construction
Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

48. [National Library of Medicine facility expansion drawing, forecourt in the evening]

Publication:: Produced: [2002]
Subject(s):: Facility Design and Construction
Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

49. [Building condition three men examine pool of water]

Publication:: [1953?]
Subject(s):: Facility Design and Construction
Libraries, Medical
Black People
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

50. The emergence of experimental embryology in the United States

Publication:: Bethesda, Md. : U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1990
Subject(s):: Embryo Research
Exhibitions as Topic
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

51. [Bookbinders, Holman and Kinslow]

Publication:: Produced: [1963?]
Subject(s):: Bookbinding
Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

52. [National Library of Medicine's main reading room]

Publication:: [1966?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

53. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, April 7, 1961, general view - front entrance: [construction]

Publication:: Produced: [1961]
Subject(s):: Facility Design and Construction
Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

54. [National Library of Medicine at night]

Publication:: [1972]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

55. [Steps leading to the National Library of Medicine]

Publication:: [196-?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

56. [Arrival of library materials shipment]

Publication:: [1947?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
Library Technical Services
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

57. [Mrs. Templeton with an open Recordak]

Publication:: [195-?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
Library Technical Services
Microfilming
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

58. [An Eastman Kodak Recordak]

Publication:: [195-?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

59. [Templets used with a Recordak]

Publication:: [1954?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Library Technical Services
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

60. [Sorting serials in the Catalog Division]

Publication:: [1948?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
Library Technical Services
Black or African American
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

61. Photoclerk camera, Mr. Jordan

Publication:: [1954?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Library Technical Services
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

62. [Trash cans]

Publication:: [195-?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

63. Cutting photo-prints, Mr. Jordan

Publication:: [1954?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Library Technical Services
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

64. [Duplicate Exchange receipts]

Publication:: [195-?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
Library Technical Services
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

65. [Descriptive catalog section]

Publication:: 1948
Subject(s):: Librarians
Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
Library Technical Services
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

66. [Catalog Division work area]

Publication:: [1948?]
Subject(s):: Librarians
Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
Library Technical Services
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

67. Photoclerk camera

Publication:: [1954?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Library Technical Services
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

68. [Comparing a catalog card to the title page]

Publication:: [1948?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
Library Technical Services
Black or African American
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

69. [Women working in the processing section]

Publication:: [1948?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
Library Technical Services
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

70. [A section of the cataloging area]

Publication:: [194-?]
Subject(s):: Catalogs, Library
Libraries, Medical
Library Technical Services
Black or African American
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

71. [Michael J. Filippi]

Publication:: [1953]
Subject(s):: Librarians
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.). Current List Division.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

72. [Ruth Martin]

Publication:: [1944?]
Subject(s):: Librarians
Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

73. [Documents division staff Gertrude Hutton and Charles Roos]

Publication:: [1948?]
Subject(s):: Librarians
Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

74. [Photocopying material]

Publication:: [1958?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
Black or African American
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

75. [Book truck of material to photocopy]

Publication:: [1958?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
Black or African American
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

76. [NLM- interior view, Reading Room]

Subject(s):: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

77. [Allan Mackenzie]

Publication:: [194-?]
Subject(s):: Librarians
Libraries, Medical
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

78. [A view of the stacks in Library Hall]

Publication:: [1951?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

79. [Miss Harvin and Mr. Weaver confer in the stacks]

Publication:: [1958?]
Subject(s):: Librarians
Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

80. [Top shelves in reference division's reading room]

Publication:: [1951?]
Subject(s):: Facility Design and Construction
Libraries, Medical
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

81. [Sultan Abdul Hamid's gift to the Army Medical Library]

Publication:: 1947
Subject(s):: Library Materials
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

82. [Razi al-Hawi]

Publication:: [194-?]
Subject(s):: Library Materials
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

83. [Spine and cover of a rare book]

Publication:: [1953?]
Subject(s):: Library Materials
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

84. [Glass enclosed shelves in the Cleveland Branch incunabula room]

Publication:: [1949 or 1950]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

85. [Man sitting in front of a typewriter]

Publication:: [194-?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

86. [Mrs. Lesher at the author card file]

Publication:: 1948
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

87. [Index Catalogue Division]

Publication:: [1948?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

88. Claudius F. Mayer

Publication:: [1944?]
Subject(s):: Librarians
Physicians
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

89. [View of back platform loading dock]

Publication:: [1953?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

90. Basement corridor

Publication:: [1953?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

91. Loading dock

Publication:: [1953?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

92. [Back platform]

Publication:: [1953?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

93. [Subject Index room]

Publication:: [1947?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

94. [Building condition floor sag, 1 1/2 "]

Publication:: [1953?]
Subject(s):: Facility Design and Construction
Libraries, Medical
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

95. [Building condition extent of floor support damage]

Publication:: [1953?]
Subject(s):: Facility Design and Construction
Libraries, Medical
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

96. [Building condition deteriorating walls in stack area]

Publication:: [1953?]
Subject(s):: Facility Design and Construction
Libraries, Medical
Library Materials
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

97. Building condition deteriorating floor supporting beams

Publication:: [1953?]
Subject(s):: Facility Design and Construction
Libraries, Medical
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

98. Dr. Thomas S. Cullen

Publication:: 1947
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Physicians
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

99. [Joseph McNinch and Harold Jones]

Publication:: 1948
Subject(s):: Librarians
Libraries, Medical
Jones, Harold Wellington, 1877-1958.
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

100. [Chauncey Leake at head table]

Publication:: [1948?]
Subject(s):: Libraries, Medical
Advisory Committees
Jones, Harold Wellington, 1877-1958.
Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978.
Army Medical Library (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)