Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology Card Files

Collection

Identifier: MS0446

Staff Only

Content Description

The Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology Card Files contain the original catalog cards compiled by the USDA Bureau of Animal Industry to record and organize references to literature on topics related to parasitology. These cards predate the publication of the Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology, by Charles Wardell Stiles and Albert Hassall, published in USDA Bureau of Animal Industry Bulletin, no. 39., 1902-1912 (call number 1 An5B no. 39). The publication, Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology: Authors, by Albert Hassall and Margie Potter, 1932, constitutes a revision and continuation of Bulletin 39 (call number 1 An5Ind).

Dates

Creation: Circa 1890s-1930s

Conditions Governing Access

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Organizational History

In 1891, USDA Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) zoologist Albert Hassall developed a system of recording references for parasitology-related resources on index cards. He created three sets of bibliographic cards comprising parasite subjects, parasite hosts, and authors. Other BAI employees continued using Hassall's system, and his cards became the nucleus of the Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology. The Index-Catalogue became the world's largest resource of published literature on human and animal parasitology.