No place like Holmes: the rare books and special collections department of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Hall, the reading room of the Countway Library's Rare Books & Special Collections department, re-opened its doors to researchers on May 1 7, 1999 after being closed for two months while the department moved into newly renovated quarters. Holmes Hall-or the "new," elegant Holmes Hall-is the crown jewel ofthe "new" Rare Books & Special Collections department. The department, formerly located on the 5th floor of the Countway Library, had outgrown its space soon after the Countway Library opened in 1965. The department has just moved into
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Watermark
دوره 22 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999