The Otto Engström Collection

Main collection

Special Collections

Parent collection

Private libraries stored as separate entities

Accrual status

Completed

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Collection description and availability

Collection description

Gynaecologist, Professor of Medicine Otto Ingemar Engström's (1853–1919) collection contains around 6,000 volumes of medical literature, including a wide range of French medical dissertations.

The collection is a comprehensive cross-section of the development of gynaecology and obstetrics in Europe during four centuries.

Catalogue information

The collection has been described in the reference database

Collection materials in format

Analogue

Material type

Books
Aikakauslehdet

Link

Signum

Humanistisen kokoelman signum (numerosignum) + E.

Restrictions of use

Only for Special Collections Reading Room

Contact information:

Special Collections

Kansalliskirjasto

kk-erik@helsinki.fi

Subcollections

Parallel collection

Index terms:

Key words

Collection coverage

Topics

research of learning and science history

Collection languages:

Multiple languages

Collection size

115 linear metres
6000 volumes

Temporal coverage of the collection

beginning of the modern age
modern age (turn of the 18th and 19th century to the 20th century)
modern times (1900-)

Spatial coverage of the collection

Eurooppa

Cataloguing principles

Publications

Kertomus Helsingin yliopiston toiminnasta lukuvuosina 1917–1920. Helsinki 1920, s. 54.
Strandberg, Hindrik, ”Keisarileikkaus. Gynekologian ja obstetriikan historiaa Helsingin yliopiston kirjastossa”, Helsingin yliopiston kirjaston tiedotuslehti 1997:2, s. 33–37.
Strandberg, Hindrik, ”Otto Ingemar Engström som läkare och samlare av medicinsk litteratur”, Finska Läkaresällskapets handlingar 1999:159:1, s. 27–29.
Strandberg, Hindrik, “Otto Ingemar Engström and his collection of old medical books at the Helsinki University Library”, Proceedings of the 37th International Congress on the History of Medicine, September 10-15, 2000. Galveston, Texas, 2000, s. 351–353.
Strandberg, Hindrik, ”Otto Ingemar Engströmin lääketieteellinen kokoelma”, teoksessa Muistiin painettua. Kansalliskirjaston kulttuuriaarteita. Keuruu 2004, s. 140. Myös ruots. ja engl.