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raphy of Lea's writings. H. C. Lea: Materials toward a history of witchcraft, edited 

 by Arthur C. Rowland, introduction by George Lincoln Burr (3 vols., 1592 p., 

 Philadelphia 1939; Isis 34, 235-36); Minor historical writings edited by the same 

 (420 p., Philadelphia 1942; Isis 34, 235-36). 



There is a Lea Professorship of History in the University of Pennsylvania. The 

 present incumbent, John L. La Monte, is more interested in the Crusades than in 

 the Inquisition, yet he kindly wrote to me (9 Feb. 1949) that the Library is always 

 open to special students and visiting scholars. Dr. Howland, emeritus professor 

 and curator of the Lea Library, is cataloguing and analyzing the Lea MSS and other 

 items, and the library is kept up-to-date. La Monte died in 1949 (Isis 41, 202). 



1931: Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania): 



Collection of books, MSS and prints relative to the history of chemistry, made by 



Edgar F. Smith (1854-1928), professor of chemistry and sometime provost of the 



university. It was reorganized in 1931 as an institute for research in the history of 



chemistry, and publishes Chymia (vol. 1, 1948). 

 Curator and secretary, Eva V. Armstrong. 



1933: The Franklin Institute: 



The Institute dates from 1824; the idea of building a Museum of science origi- 

 nated in 1928 and the Museum was opened in 1933. The Museum includes the Fels 

 Planetarium and many exhibits illustrating the wonders of modern science and tech- 

 nology. Many of the exhibits are of historical interest, the chief of them being 

 Franklin's printing shop and other Frankhniana, early machines, tools, and instru- 

 ments of every kind. 



Sydney L. Wright: The story of the Frankhn Institute (105 p., ill., 1938). 

 Brief guide to the Museum (62 p., ill., no date). 



See also Doylestown, Pa. 



— Waltham, Massachusetts — 



Chronica Botanica Library and Archives ( 977 Main Street and 79 Sartell Road ) : 



One of the largest biological historical libraries in private hands and an institute 

 for the history of biology in statu nascendi. Special sections include: (I) History 

 of botanical gardens, (2) Botanical exploration, (3) Method and philosophy of the 

 natural sciences, {4) Emblem books of a biological interest, (5) Chinese and Japa- 

 nese classics, (6) Natural history poetry, (7) Early horticulture. 



Chronica Botanica Archives (at Sartell Road): (J) Autographs, (2) Portraits, 

 (3) Various memorabiha, (4) Older nursery catalogues, (5) Prints of gardens, and 

 ( 6 ) Early plant geographical maps. 



Card indices: ( 1 ) References to published ( as well as unpublished ) biographical 

 data about plant scientists of the past (ca. 3 million cards), (2) Literature of the 

 history of biology, (3) Bibliography of collective biographical literature, (4) Data 

 on the history of botanical gardens, ( 5 ) Literature of historical plant geography, ( 6 ) 

 Literature of biological methodology, museum, and garden technique, ( 7 ) Literature 

 of hepaticology. 



See Arch. Int. Hist. Sci. 29: 785-787, 1950. 



— Washington, D. C. — 



Army Medical Library and Army Medical Museum (also called Surgeon General's 



Library and Museum ) : 



The Library and Museum are two separate institutions, once located in the same 

 building (7th St. and Independence Ave., Washington 25) and operated as depart- 

 ments of the U. S. Army Medical Services under the authority of the Surgeon General. 



The hbrary is perhaps the richest medical library in the world, and it is known 

 everywhere because of its Index Catalogue which is one of the fundamental tools 

 of the medical historian. Edgar Erskine Hume: The Army medical library (Isis 

 26, 423-47, 2 portr., 1937). See also Claudius F. Mayer ('isis 40, 119). 



The museum is rather a museum of medicine than of the history of medicine, yet 

 it includes a number of exhibits illustrating the development of medicine and of 



