title: The legacy of New Jersey physician book collectors.
abstract: For 70 years New Jersey physicians generously gave books from their personal libraries to create a medical library in the state.  Today, the old and rare medical books they collected are available to new generations of physicians and scholars in the history of medicine collection at UMDNJ Smith Library.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Irwin
mesh_terms: D001868:Book Collecting / Q000266:history*; D006663:Historiography; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007991:Libraries, Dental / Q000266:history*; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000266:history*; D016243:Library Collection Development / Q000266:history*; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States