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Humanities Connection

Piecing Together Stories In The Chesney Medical Archives

The Chesney Medical Archives for Johns Hopkins Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health

Natalie Elder read about a simple clothing accessory one day at her job in the Chesney Medical Archives for Johns Hopkins Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health. The Curator of Cultural Properties is still on a continuous quest to find it.  What can items like these teach us about a person and an organization’s past? How can medical archives help piece together someone’s story? Elder tells us more.