[SOA] Lloyd Library receives records of American Societyof Pharmacognosy

[Anna Heran]

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Press Release


 

Contact:               Maggie Heran, Director

                                Lloyd Library and Museum

                                513-721-3707

 

For Immediate Release

 

May 29, 2009

 

Lloyd Library and Museum and American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP)
Announce the Agreement for the Transfer of ASP Archives to the Lloyd
Library and Museum, Historical Research Center for the Natural Health
Movement

 

American Society of Pharmacognosy leaders and the Lloyd Library and
Museum, under the leadership of Director, Maggie Heran, recently
finalized an agreement to transfer the archives of the ASP to the Lloyd
Library, to make the Lloyd Library the permanent site for deposit of
Society materials, and also to encourage ASP members to deposit their
personal papers at the Lloyd Library.  The Library already holds the
papers of Varro "Tip" Tyler and Norman R. Farnsworth, both well-known
pharmacognosists and founding members of the ASP.  The Library is also
the repository for noted pharmaceutical chemist George Rieveschl, Jr.,
the inventor of Benadryl.  In addition to books, papers and photographs,
the Library collects related historical artifacts, from old
pharmaceutical bottles, especially those of the Lloyd Brothers,
Pharmacists, Inc., microscopes and chemical scales and larger items such
as the recently acquired large Soxhlet extractor, an important tool in
the extraction of Taxol courtesy of the efforts of Nick Oberlies from
Research Triangle Institute.

 

The American Society of Pharmacognosy was formed in 1959 as an outgrowth
of the Plant Science Seminars, with Tip Tyler serving as the
organization's first president.  Its goal was to create a forum for the
exchange of ideas and research advances among pharmacognosists, a goal
which it continues to fulfill fifty years later.  Archival materials are
slated for transfer to the Lloyd Library in the upcoming year, as part
of the ASP 50th anniversary celebration.  Other activities of the ASP in
connection with the anniversary include publication of a book, "The
American Society of Pharmacognosy. 50 Years of Progress in Natural
Products Research, 1959-2009," and the annual meeting of the society in
Honolulu, Hawaii in June of this year.

This agreement presents an opportunity for all current and former
members of ASP who may be holding historical materials to forward them
to the Lloyd Library for inclusion in the ASP archival holdings.  The
Lloyd Library archival staff will sort and order all materials, making a
finding aid available online, for researcher use around the world.

 

The Lloyd Library and its Historical Research Center for the Natural
Health Movement, launched in 2008, seeks to collect historical materials
- books, journals, and archival materials - that document the growth and
changes within the natural health movement, including the development of
drugs from natural sources.

 

In general, the Library holds, acquires, preserves, and provides access
to both historic and current books and journals, as well as archival
materials, on a wide variety of disciplines that fall under the subjects
of natural history, botany, pharmacy, and medicine. Lloyd's resources
are in fact an eclectic blend of a host of related sciences. Despite the
scientific focus, the collections have relevance to the humanities, such
as visual arts and foreign languages through resources that feature
botanical illustrations, original artworks, and travel literature. The
collection consists of over 200,000 volumes, with the earliest volume
dating from 1493 to the most current published research in the fields of
natural medicine, botany, and pharmacy.  The Lloyd is open to the
public-we invite you to explore this unique establishment.

 

Contacts:

John A. Beutler 301-846-1942 beutlerj at mail.nih.gov

Maggie Heran 513-721-3707 mheran at lloydlibrary.org

 

Websites:  

ASP: http://www.phcog.org/

Lloyd Library: http://www.lloydlibrary.org 

 

 

Maggie Heran, MLS, Director

Lloyd Library and Museum/

Historical Research Center for the Natural Health Movement

917 Plum Street

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

mheran at lloydlibrary.org

Phone: 513-721-3707

Fax: 513-721-6575

www.lloydlibrary.org

 

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