science and technology

History of Nursing

Includes more monographs and documents concerning the history of nursing, medicine and hospitals, from the 15th through the early 20th centuries; publication dates range from 1603 to 1982, with the bulk having been issued in the 19th and 20th centuries

Textbooks

The textbook collection includes U.S. imprints of primary and secondary schoolbooks, textbooks for post-high school non-degree schools such as business and trade schools, and foreign language grammars and readers through college level. The publication dates range from the 18th century, although most holdings were published in the 20th century. There are 70,000 volumes in the collection occupying 8,000 linear feet of shelf space.

Papers of Emma Hart Willard, 1787-1880

Emma Hart Willard pioneered expanding women’s education to include the teaching of science and mathematics. Willard’s Troy Female Seminary, founded in 1821, became a model for its academic program shattering the then popular myth that women were not fit to handle academic subjects.  In 1866 she was elected an honorary member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Science and Technology



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Science, Technology & Engineering

The History of Science, Technology, and Engineering (STE) is an eclectic discipline, with faculty working with an extensive range of sources and utilizing a variety of methodologies. The history of science attracts a broad range of interest in its various domains, from philosophy and mathematics, to physical and biological sciences, to technology and agriculture. Scholars are interested in all eras of history, from the pre-modern era to the 20th and now into the early 21st century.



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Human environment.

GUIDE: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The human environment. D-9594

This microfiche set contains a selection of the documents and reports prepared for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, 1972. The guide to the set is a two-volume publication: one volume is a bibliography of all the reports and documents prepared for the conference; the other volume contains summaries of the reports.