UCLA Library Acquires Historical Collection of Medical Texts
Collection Confiscated by the Gestapo in the 1930s
The UCLA Library has acquired a historical collection of books and
journals from Germany, primarily medical texts in the field of
otorhinolaryngology. The materials were originally in the private
library of Dr. Cäsar Hirsch, a specialist in the field, who was forced
to leave all his belongings behind when he and his family fled Germany
in 1933.
The collection comprises 191 book titles and 37 journal titles
(filling 733 bound volumes) in a number of languages, including
English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Most were published in
the first three decades of the 20th century, although there are rare
texts from the 1800s and earlier. The collection, which will be added
to the History & Special Collections Division of the Louise M. Darling
Biomedical Library, strengthens the holdings of historical materials on
general medicine and otorhinolaryngology in the UCLA Library as well as
in the entire University of California system.
To read more about this collection, please go to:
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/biomed/his/hirschpressrelease.html
Katharine E.S. Donahue
Head, History & Special Collections,
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
12-077 CHS, Box 951798,
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1798
kdonahue@library.ucla.edu
(w)310 825-6940
(fax) 310 825-0465
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/biomed/his/index.html