Historical Library of the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University is pleased to announce its third annual research travel grant for use of the Historical Library

The . The award honors
Ferenc A. Gyorgyey, Historical Librarian emeritus.

The Historical Library holds one of the country's largest collections of
rare medical books, journals, prints, photographs, and pamphlets. It was
founded in 1941 by the donations of the extensive collections of Harvey
Cushing, John F. Fulton, and Arnold C. Klebs.  Special strengths are the
works of Hippocrates, Galen, Vesalius, Boyle, Harvey, Culpeper, Haller,
Priestley, and S. Weir Mitchell, and works on anesthesia, and on
inoculation and vaccination for smallpox. The Library owns over fifty
medieval and renaissance manuscripts, Arabic and Persian manuscripts, and
over 300 medical incunabula.  The notable Clements C. Fry Collection of
Prints and Drawings has over 2,500 fine prints, drawings, and posters from
the 15th century to the present on medical subjects.  Although the
Historical Library does not house the official archives of the Medical
School, it does own a number of manuscript collections, most notably the
Peter Parker Collection, papers of Harvey Cushing, and the John Fulton
diaries and notebooks.  The Historical Library website is
http://www.med.yale.edu/library/historical/

The travel grant is available to historians, medical practitioners, and
other researchers who wish to use the collections of the Historical
Library.  There is a single award of up to $1500 for one week of research
during the academic fiscal year 2010-2011 (July1-June 30).  Funds may be
used for transportation, housing, food, and photographic reproductions.
The award is limited to residents of the United States and Canada.

Applicants should send a curriculum vitae and a description of the project
including the relevance of the collections of the Historical Library to
the project, and two references attesting to the particular project.
Preference will be given to applicants beyond commuting distance to the
Historical Library.  This award is not intended for primary use of special
collections in other libraries at Yale.  An application form can be found
at http://www.med.yale.edu/library/historical/travelaward.html.
Applications are due by March 19, 2010.  They will be considered by a
committee and the candidates will be informed by May 14, 2010.

Ferenc A. Gyorgyey, born in Hungary, emigrated to the United States at the
time of the Hungarian Revolution.  He received his library degree at
Southern Connecticut State University in 1961 and a master's degree in
history from Yale in 1967.  Hired by Madeline Stanton as a cataloger in
the Historical Library in 1962, he was named Historical Librarian when
Miss Stanton retired in 1968.  Known for his graciousness, devotion to
patrons, a thorough knowledge of the collection, and a remarkable sense of
humor, he held this position for 26 years until his retirement in 1994.

Requests for further information should be sent to:

Toby Anita Appel, John R. Bumstead Librarian for Medical History

Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

Yale University

P.O. Box 208014

New Haven, CT 06520-8014

Telephone: (203) 785-4354

Fax: (203) 785-5636

E-mail: toby.appel@yale.edu