Talk:Carnegie Collection

Human Developmental Anatomy Center

The following information are excerpts from the Guide to Collections (2014) p198 - 201.

HDAC 1 Arey-Dapeña Pediatric Pathology Collection

• 24 boxes, 5 binders.
• Finding aid, restricted, digitized.
• Over 6,000 lantern slides of various pediatric pathologies, represented by both gross and histological images, created by Marie (Molly) Valdes-Dapeña at the University of Miami.
• All slides have been digitized and a searchable database is available.

HDAC 2 AFIP Sudden Infant Death Collection

• A collection of wet tissue blocks sealed in plastic, glass slides, and detailed case histories documenting cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
• Materials were originally acquired in the 1970s and 1980s at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

HDAC 2.5 Birth Defects Encyclopedia

• Records and photographs used to compile the Birth Defects Encyclopedia by Mary Louise Buyse.
• A printed copy of the 1892-page encyclopedia and an electronic file used to produce the print version are included in the collection.

HDAC 3 Carnegie Collection Of Embryology

• Partially digitized.
• This collection consists principally of serial sections of normal human embryo development in the first eight weeks, as started by the Carnegie Institution of Washington’s Department of Embryology in 1914.
• The collection now forms the core of the Human Developmental Anatomy Center.
• Extensive collateral materials include case histories, photographs, micrographs, models in various media, and comparative materials (mostly rhesus).
• Reprints from the Carnegie Contributions to Embryology, other reprints relating to embryology, films, and personal documents are also available.
• This collection incorporates other embryo collections, such as the Davis Orthopedic Development and Elizabeth Mapelsden Ramsey Collections.