Brief Overview of Collection, MC83

Name:                             Max Heldman, Original Drawings from The First Forty Years

Dates:                             1988

Volume:                          31 drawings in two oversized boxes

Historical Note:             In honor of the medical school’s 40^th anniversary in Birmingham, Dean James A. Pittman, Jr., commissioned a local Birmingham artist, Max Heldman, to produce a pictorial history celebrating the anniversary.  After several years of work, The First Forty Years: University of Alabama School of Medicine was published in 1988.  This collection consists entirely of some of the original drawings Heldman created for use in this publication.

Scope and Content:        31 pencil drawings ranging in size from 8” x 8½ ” to 29” x 22” and arranged by size in two oversized manuscript boxes

Arrangement:                 Arranged by size

Accession number:         Various

Provenance:                   Drawings donated by various UAB personnel over the course of several years or transferred to the UAB Archives from the Reynolds Historical Library

Copyright:                      UAB maintains its copyrights and proprietary rights to the these images

Finding Aid:                    Printed descriptive guide by Tim L. Pennycuff available in repository.

Access Points:                Heldman, Max,  d  1897-1989

                                        University of Alabama.  b  School of Medicine.

Document Types:          Pencil drawings

Location:                        Manuscript Stacks

Related Series:              None

Physical Condition:        Acid free box – no preservation measures used on these drawings

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Last Updated 27 November 2007.
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