Teratology Society records (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: 2003-007
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection of records of the Teratology Society. Materials include photographs, slides, and postcards from meetings; meeting agendas and programs; council notebooks from 1992 to 1994, which include minutes and committee reports; information on the history of the Society, including reprints of articles from the journal Teratology; items used in an exhibit at the 2003 meeting; an article entitled "Historical Reflections."; a supplement from the third teratology workshop, 1966; and an administrative report from the 1964 workshop.
Dates
- 1964-2003
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical note
The Teratology Society was founded by Drs. F. Clarke Fraser, Josef Warkany and James G. Wilson in 1960 with the first annual meeting in 1961. The purpose of the society was to foster exchange of information relating to congenital (birth) defects including their nature, cause, mechanism and prevention. Members are drawn from a wide range of scientific fields including pediatrics, anatomy, epidemiology, pharmacology and industrial toxicology, developmental biology, obstetrics, pathology, genetics and dentistry. The Society through its officers and council members plans the annual meetings and carries out the business related to the interests of its members. A number of committees aid the society in such areas as elections, education, publications, student affairs, legislative affairs and other mostly ad hoc groups. Symposia and refresher courses are included in the annual meeting.
Extent
2.8 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Accession number: 2003-007 and 2003-015
- Title
- Teratology Society records 1964-2003 2003-007
- Date
- 2012
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- This collection-level EAD record is a product of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Consortial Survey Initiative, which was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
