Descriptive Summary
	Creator:	New York University. School of Dentistry.
	Title:	The Records of the New York University College of Dentistry
	Dates:	1550 B.C.E.-2000, (Bulk 1850-1950)
	Abstract:	The New York University College of Dentistry was founded in 1865 with thirty-one students and ten faculty members. In 1925, the College merged with New York University and developed into a leading center for dental care, research and policy. This collection allows the viewer to understand the School’s development through a series of student notebooks and administrative files from the late 1800s and early 1900s. It also contains a wide array of antique dental tools.
	Quantity:	24 boxes
	Call Phrase:	RG 25

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Historical/Biographical Note

The New York College of Dentistry was established in 1865 in a small rental space on Twenty-Second Street and Fifth Avenue. The mission of the College was to promote altruism in dentistry while providing first-rate education. Upon its inception, the school had thirty-one students and ten faculty members. Of the original thirty-one, the first graduating class contained nine students.

When the New York College of Dentistry merged with New York University in 1925, it became known as the New York University College of Dentistry. With the similar philosophies of the two institutions, the merge led to the creation of a dental school at the forefront of research and postdoctoral education.

Today, the College of Dentistry has approximately 1,600 students from across the world. About fifty percent of the student body is female and fifty percent minority. The greater aim of the College is to improve the health of underserved populations, and more generally, to improve health worldwide. The College of Dentistry is also home to the John and Bertha E. Waldmann Memorial Library, which holds more than 38,000 bound volumes and subscribes to 442 professional journals.

The New York University College of Dentistry offers D.D.S., B.S. and A.A.S. degrees. It is now the third oldest and the largest private dental school in the United States.

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Scope and Content Note

The contents of the Records of the New York University College of Dentistry include adminstrative records, student report cards amd notebooks, and a large collection of dental paraphernelia. The latter has been grouped in the series 'memorabilia', and includes dental tools (many from the nineteenth century), model teeth, medallions, pins, and a 16th century dental tool said to have been owned by John Steinbeck.

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Arrangement
	General Administration folders are filed by subject and arranged according to the year of the earliest document. Manuscript collections are arranged in chronological order and student materials are arranged alphabetically.
	The files are grouped into three series:
		Series I: General Administration
		Series II: Memorabilia
		Series III: Student Records

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Separated Material

Promotional Materials, Bulletins, Annual Reports, Publications, Commencement Records, Audio/Video Materials, and Photographs were incorporated into the general NYU Archives collection.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Material pertaining to individual student records may be restricted in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Please contact the Archives with specific questions regarding access to such records.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
New York University Archives
Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, New York 10012
Phone: 212.998.2641
Fax: 212.995.4225
E-mail: university.archives@library.nyu.edu

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Access Points
	Subject Organizations:
		New York University. College of Dentistry.
	Subject Topics:
		Dental equipment.
		Dental instruments and apparatus.
		Dentistry Study and teaching.

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Administrative Information

Provenance

Transferred to the University Archives by the Waldman Library of the New York University College of Dentistry in August, 2003.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); The Records of the New York University College of Dentistry; RG 25; box number; folder number; New York University Archives;New York University

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Container List

[The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.]

Series I: Correspondence.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
1	1	Accreditation, Kriser Dental Center Waldmann Dental Library	1996
1	2	Act of Incorporation of NYCD	1865
1	3	Agreement between NYU and NYCD	1923
1	4	Alpha Omega Fraternity, 1985-1987	1985-1987
1	5	Book of Contacts	1996
1	6	Centennial Committee	1964-1965
1	7	Centennial History	1965
1	8	Certificates	1999
1	9	Clinical Fee Schedules	1977, 1986
1	10	Clinic book	1980
1	11	Clinics	1889-1890
1	12	Collective Bargaining Agreement	1979-1983
1	13	Dean’s Memoranda	1960-1996
1	14	Dean Edward G. Kaufman Memoranda	1994-1996
1	15	Department of Preventive Dentistry and Community Health, Dental Health Organizations	1974
1	16	Educational Standards	1982-1983
1	17	Faculty, Lectures in Physiology, Professor Stein	1900-1901
1	18	Faculty, Meeting Minutes	1898-1915
1	19	Faculty, Minutes	1869-1895
1	20	Faculty, Minutes	1869-1895
1	21	Faculty, Minutes	1869-1895
1	22	Faculty, Progress Examinations	1913-1914
Box	Folder	Title	Date
2	1	Faculty, Progress Examinations	1914-1915
2	2	Faculty, Records	1915-1917
2	3	Faculty, Records	1918-1919
2	4	Faculty, Records	1920-1921
2	5	Faculty, Records	1922-1923
2	6	Faculty, Records	1924
2	7	Faculty, Records	1925
2	8	Gifts/Donations	1966
Box	Folder	Title	Date
3	1	Investigation into Theft	1916
3	2	Henry Dodge Record of Operations	1968
3	3	Henry Dodge Day Book	1851-1852
3	4	Murray and Leone Guggenheim Foundation for Dental Research	1954
3	5	Newspaper Clippings, Miscellaneous
3	6	Parent Agreement for Minors	1920
3	7	Parent Agreement for Minors	1921
3	8	Peridontia Corresponding Group, Bulletin 1- 25	1942
3	9	Registration, Applications, A-C	1919
3	10	Registration, Applications, D-Z	1919
3	11	Registration, Applications, A-Z	1919
3	12	Registration, Applications, A-Z	1920
Box	Folder	Title	Date
4	1	Registration, Applications, A-Z	1921
4	2	Registration, Applications, A-Z	1921
4	3	Registration, Applications, A-Z	1922
4	4	Registration, Applications, A-Z	1922
4	5	Registration, Applications, A-Z	1925
4	6	Registration, Applications, A-Z	1925
4	7	Report on Oral Surgery Clinic	1890-1891
4	8	Report on Oral Surgery Clinic	1891
4	9	Report on Oral Surgery Clinic	1892-1893
4	10	Report on Oral Surgery Clinic	1892-1893
4	11	Student Record Book	1898-1906
4	12	Student Records, Expelled Students	1917
Box	Folder	Title	Date
5	1	Student Records, Non-attending Students	1895-1910
5	2	Student Records, Qualifying Certificates	1920
5	3	Student Records, Signature Book for Diplomas	1897-1926
5	4	Trustees and Directors	1865-1897
5	5	Trustees and Directors	1904-1913
5	6	Trustees and Directors	1914-1925
5	7	Trustees Roster	1865
5	8	Undergraduate Preventative Dentistry Variety Show	1968-1980

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Series II: Memorabilia
Box	Folder	Title	Date
6	1	Medallions (10)
6	2	Paperweights (3)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
7	1	19th Century Dental Tools (100+)	1800-1900
Box	Folder	Title	Date
8	1	Teeth, Model and Actual
Box	Folder	Title	Date
9	1	Powders (7)
9	2	Small Metal Tools (10)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
10	1	Moldings (2)
10	2	Model Teeth (8)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
11	1	Model Teeth
11	2	Tools (20)
11	3	Film Reel
11	4	Dental tool given to Dr. Waldman by John Steinbeck from 1500 B.C.E. (approximately)
11	5	Metal Plates (2)
11	6	Plaques (6)
11	7	Post Extracter
Box	Folder	Title	Date
12	1	Film
12	2	Condyles (27)
12	3	Pins (6)
12	4	Gysi Trubyte Articulator
12	5	Tools (28)
12	6	Shells (5)
12	7	Facebow
12	8	Antique Instruments (25), Gift from Erum Kaplam
Box	Folder	Title	Date
13	1	Stamps
13	2	Atomizer
13	3	Model Teeth
13	4	Molten Metal Endo File
13	5	Reame Sterilizer
13	6	Dyes
13	7	Paper Disks
13	8	Protractor
13	9	Cloth Strips
13	10	Antique Dental Instruments (15)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
14	1	Plaques
14	2	Saklad Nameplate
14	3	Centennial Certificate
14	4	Framed Faculty Photos (7)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	1	Benjamin R. Hoch Dental Toolkit with Tools
15	2	NYU Banners (2)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
16	1	Antique Dental Tools (20+) with Descriptions
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	1	X-rays (2)
17	2	Records (3)
17	3	Dr. J. Van Chandler Dental Toolkit with Tools
17	4	Saklad Nameplate
17	5	Framed Certificates (3)
17	6	Antique Dental Toolkit and Tools

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Series III: Student Records
Box	Folder	Title	Date
18	1	College of Dentistry Admission Cards	1889-1907
Box	Folder	Title	Date
19	1	Student Report Cards, D-K, First Year Class	1913-1914
19	2	Student Report Cards, A-Z, Third Year Class	1913-1914
19	3	Student Report Cards, Third Year Class	1913-1914
19	4	Student Report Cards, First Year Class	1914-1915
19	5	Student Report Cards, A-H, Second Year Class	1914-1915
Box	Folder	Title	Date
20	1	Student Report Cards, H-P, Second Year Class	1914-1915
20	2	Student Report Cards, P-W, Second Year Class	1914-1915
20	3	Student Report Cards, Third Year Class	1914-1915
20	4	Student Report Cards, A-V, Third Year Class	1914-1915
20	5	Student Report Cards, S-Z, Third Year Class	1914-1915
20	6	Student Report Cards	1915-1916
Box	Folder	Title	Date
21	1	Student Report Cards, A-E	1926
21	2	Student Report Cards, E-K	1926
21	3	Student Report Cards, K-Z	1926
21	4	Student Report Cards, A-M	1927
21	5	Student Report Cards, M-P	1927
21	6	Student Report Cards, P-R	1927
21	7	Student Report Cards, M-R	1927
21	8	Student Report Cards, R-S	1927
21	9	Student Report Cards, S-W	1927
21	10	Student Report Cards, W-Z	1927
21	11	Student Report Cards, A-H	1928
21	12	Student Report Cards, H-P	1928
21	13	Student Report Cards, P-Z	1928
21	14	Student Report Cards, A-F	1929
21	15	Student Report Cards, G-L	1929
21	16	Student Report Cards, S-W	1929
Box	Folder	Title	Date
22	1	J.L. Blass Notebook	1919
22	2	J.L. Blass Notebook	1929
22	3	J.L. Blass Notebook	1929
Box	Folder	Title	Date
23	1	Student Lecture Notes, Anesthesia
23	2	Student Lecture Notes, Anatomy
23	3	Student Lecture Notes, Chemical Lab	1925
23	4	Student Lecture Notes, Chemistry, Second and Third Year
23	5	Student Lecture Notes, Diseases and General Surgery of the Mouth
23	6	Student Lecture Notes, General Pathology
23	7	Student Lecture Notes, Hypnosis
23	8	Student Lecture Notes, Materia Medica, Second Year
23	9	Student Lecture Notes, Materia Medica, Third Year
23	10	Student Lecture Notes, Operative Dentistry
23	11	Student Lecture Notes, George Kaplan, Oral Surgery	1941-1942
23	12	Student Lecture Notes, Oral Case Recording	1941-1942
23	13	Student Lecture Notes, Oral Case Recording	1941-1942
23	14	Student Lecture Notes, Abraham Gralnick, Orthodontia
Box	Folder	Title	Date
24	1	Student Lecture Notes, Orthodontia
24	2	Student Lecture Notes, Physiology
24	3	Student Lecture Notes, Physiology Lab	1920
24	4	Student Lecture Notes, Prosthetic Dentistry, Second and Third Year
24	5	Student Lecture Notes, Jacob Louis Blass	1929
24	6	Student Lecture Notes, Jankelson
24	7	Student Lecture Notes

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