New York Times article highlight the two-day conference at Yale University on "The Black Woman." Mentioned in the article are Maya Angelou, Shirley Graham DuBois, and Gwendolyn Brooks. 1970.
Creator:
Johnson, Thomas A.
Created:
1970
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.
Sutures. Silk suture thread wound around a piece of off-white cardstock with a rectangular body and oval-shaped ends. Includes manufacturer markings:"YALE -- SURGEONS' SILK -- No. 4," and "WARRANTIED -- Chemically Pure."
Created:
1880 - 1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Yan Fu Between Tradition and Modernity. Daoism, translation, and science on the cusp of the modern era. Kirill O. Thompson, IHS, National Taiwan University. Yan Fu (1853-1921) translated important philosophic and scientific texts of Victorian England into refined Classical Chinese. He made the ideas palatable to Chinese intellectuals by interlac...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Thompson, Kirill
Created:
2013-10-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Yan Fu Between Tradition and Modernity. Daoism, translation, and science on the cusp of the modern era. Kirill O. Thompson, IHS, National Taiwan University. Yan Fu (1853-1921) translated important philosophic and scientific texts of Victorian England into refined Classical Chinese. He made the ideas palatable to Chinese intellectuals by interlac...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Thompson, Kirill
Created:
2013-10-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Anesthetic mask. Oval-shaped metal mask; bottom portion ends in a soft point; domed wire mesh over body of mask; stainless steel frame loop fitted with spring; loop ends in smaller looped handle at bottom. Includes manufacturer markings:"RS M Co."This mask was invented by American surgeon sidney Yankauer in 1904; it is meant to go over the pati...
Creator:
Yankauer, Sidney, 1872-1932
Created:
1904 - 1960?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Eustachian sound set. Glass tube containing 5 slender sounds made from catgut with a colored, resinous coating in red and black; sounds contain graduated markings; sounds have small, hard, bulbous ends; tube is capped with cork stopper. Includes manufacturer marks: "Haslam [??]."
Creator:
Yankauer, Sidney, 1872-1932
Contributor:
Fred Haslam & Co (Brooklyn, New York)
Created:
1906 - 1966?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Eustachian sound. Single eustachian sound contained in glass tube with cotton stopper; sound is made from catgut with a colored, resinous coating in red and black; sound contains graduated markings; sound has small, hard, bulbous end.
Creator:
Yankauer, Sidney, 1872-1932
Created:
1906 - 1966?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Surgical set. Wooden box with no textile lining, two metal hinges, and a clasped enclosure; also included in box: suture hook, knot tightener, crutch forceps, and seven suture needles.
Contributor:
Kny-Scheerer Company (New York, New York)
Created:
1905 - 1915
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Yan's family are Karen refugees from Burma. He was born in Thailand but he and his mother immigrated to the US when he was very young. He was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota for most of his life and he feels very Minnesotan.
Creator:
Naung, Yan; Yi, Kevin
Created:
2014-03-20 - 2014-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
