Inventory of the Loren Carey MacKinney Collection on Medieval Medicine, circa 1930-1963

Collection Number 3665


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Items Separated
Related Collections
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
MacKinney, Loren Carey, 1891-1963.
Title
Loren Carey MacKinney Collection on Medieval Medicine, circa 1930-1963
Call Number
3665
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: About 5200
Linear Feet: 9.0
Abstract
Loren Carey MacKinney was a professor of medieval history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1930 until his death in 1963. MacKinney was born in Minnesota and received degrees from Lawrence College and the University of Chicago. He taught at eight colleges and universities before coming to UNC-Chapel Hill, and was regarded as an authority on the history of medieval medicine. His publications included Early Medieval Medicine, with Special Reference to France and Chartres (1937), The Medieval World (1938), and Medical Illustrations in Medieval Manuscripts (1965).
The MacKinney Collection consists mostly of microfilm and photostats chiefly of medieval medical manuscripts, as well as MacKinney's extensive research notes on medieval medicine, medieval medical illustrations, and related topics.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Usage Restrictions
RESTRICTED: Use of microfilm in older formats may require staff assistance or production of a viewing copy.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Mrs. Loren C. MacKinney of Chapel Hill, N.C., in December 1963 with an addition from Thomas C. Herndon in August 1991 (Acc. 91118).
Processing Information
Processed by: Noah Huffman, June 2007
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, June 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A card file providing an index to the microfilm and photostats collected by MacKinney was completed by Michael McVaugh of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill History Department in 1965 and is filed in box 2.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Loren Carey MacKinney Collection on Medieval Medicine #3665, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

MacKinney, Loren Carey, 1891-1963.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Medical illustration--History.
Medicine, Medieval.
Medievalists--United States.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--History--20th century.
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Related Collections

Loren Carey MacKinney Slides in the Rare Book Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MacKinney Collection of Medieval Medical Illustrations, Carolina Digital Library and Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (digitized images of the Loren MacKinney collection of Ektachrome slides of medieval medical illustrations)

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Biographical Note

Loren Carey MacKinney was a professor of medieval history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1930 until his death in 1963. MacKinney was born in Minnesota and received degrees from Lawrence College and the University of Chicago. He taught at eight colleges and universities before coming to UNC-Chapel Hill, and was regarded as an authority on the history of medieval medicine. His publications included Early Medieval Medicine, with Special Reference to France and Chartres (1937), The Medieval World (1938), and Medical Illustrations in Medieval Manuscripts (1965).

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Collection Overview

The collection consists of microfilm and photostats chiefly of medieval medical manuscripts compiled by medievalist Loren Carey MacKinney. Also included are MacKinney's research notes on medieval medicine, medieval medical illustrations, and related topics.

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Arrangement of Collection

1. Microfilm and Photostats, circa 1930-1963
2. Subject Files and Research Notes, circa 1930-1963
3. Glass Negatives, circa 1930s-1940s
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Items Separated

Glass negatives (SF-P-3665/1-4)

Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Microfilm and Photostats, circa 1930-1963.

About 200 items.
Processing Note: Microfilm and photostats were labeled by MacKinney according to the first letter of the location of the original manuscript and then given an arbitrary number (e.g.. C3 for Cambridge). A card file located in box 2 provides an index to the microfilm and photostats. Microfilm of published articles from scholarly journals is labeled with the letter X.
RESTRICTED: Use of microfilm in older formats may require staff assistance or production of a viewing copy.
Microfilm, photostats, and photo prints chiefly of medieval manuscripts mostly related to MacKinney's research on medieval medicine and medical illustrations. Of particular note are photo prints of Chartres Ms. 62, filed as M2 (Montpelier), which were made prior to 1944 when the original manuscript was destroyed during World War II. MacKinney's photostat of the Chartres manuscript is one of only two known copies.
Box 1
Microfilm
Contains items A1-O6, with some exceptions filed in folders in box 2.
Box 2
Microfilm and Photostats
Items P1-X28 and additional photostats filed in folders. Also included is a card file that provides an index to the microfilm and photostats.
Photostats: Items B11-B12 and E7-E8
Photostats: Items M2, L2-L4
Photostats: Item M2 (Chartres Ms. 64)
Photostats: Items P7-P8
Photostats: Items R6-R7
Photostats: Items P12-P13, G3, V4, W1, and X20

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2. Subject Files and Research Notes, circa 1930-1963.

About 5000 items.
Subject files and research notes mostly contain information on topics related to MacKinney's research on the history of medieval medicine and medieval medical illustrations. There are a number of photo prints of particular illustrations and several typescripts of articles, lectures, and other works by MacKinney. Also included are card files that contain MacKinney's research notes on particular manuscripts and other topics related to his research interests.
Box 3
Anatomy
Ape Doctors
Articles and Research
Attitudes Towards Doctors in the Late Roman Age
Baths
Bloodletting
Brain Anatomy
Byzantine Nudity
Caesareans
Case History
Correspondence
Cosmas and Damian
Craniology
Dentistry
Dynamidia
East European Manuscripts
Ethics
Freer Gallery, Smithsonian
Isonomia
Lectures
"My 3 Manuscripts"
Nudes
Pestles
Precatio
Pulse
Skulls
Torun
Tranquilizers and Anesthetic
Ullman Skulls
Miscellaneous
Box 4
Card Files
Five shoe boxes of card files containing MacKinney's research notes mostly on medieval medical manuscripts. One box is labeled "Continent" and another "Italy." The remaining three boxes are not labeled. Most cards cite particular manuscripts, their locations, and a time periods. Some card files are arranged by subject while others are arranged by location.
Box 5
Card File: Manuscripts in Eastern Europe and the United States
Card File: Unidentified
Anatomical and Medical Illustrations
Photostats and photocopies of anatomical and medical illustrations from medieval manuscripts. Also included are MacKinney's notes on some of the illustrations.
Box 6
Animal Substances in Materia Medica
Henri de Mondeville: Illustrations and Notes
Islamic Manuscripts
Paternian Alph (photostat)
Sex Determination: Typescripts and Notes
Book Outline
Lecture Notes
Research Notes
German and Polish Contacts and Addresses
Russian Contacts and Addresses
Spectrum

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3. Glass Negatives, circa 1930s-1940s.

4 items.
Glass negatives of medieval manuscripts and objects related to medieval medicine.
Special Format Image SF-P-3665/1-4
Glass Negatives

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