
Farrah LawrenceUniversity College London | UCL · Department of Science and Technology Studies
Farrah Lawrence
BA Ancient History, University of Exeter; MA History, University of Nottingham
About
Introduction
Farrah Lawrence currently works at the Science Museum, London as a Medicine Galleries Research Fellow. She works on the history of medical technologies in the twentieth century, specifically the iron lung and dialysis machines and focuses on these technologies in physical and mental spaces
Questions
Question (1)
I am currently in Washington (will be heading to New York, Boston and Harvard as well as Philidelphia while I am here) I am already looking into the Library of Congress, Smithsonian (Anthro & NMAI archives), American Philosophical Society, Penn State University Library and Harvard University Libraries.
I have been told that collections in New York have been moved to Boston, and also that there are good archives in Boston anyway that I should look into.
I am working on my PhD that is focusing on the history of medicine (meaning both the material culture and remedies and the ceremonial practices that relate to healing) of Native American communities, primarily I am focusing on Mi'kmaq communities outside of Halifax Nova Soctia in the mid 19th Century. I am interested in medical approaches (outlined above) generally but mainly in attitudes of Mi'kmaq peoples and healers toward Euro-Canadian medicine and vice-versa.
If anyone is able to provide me with any helpful advice on archives that I may not have considered/know about then please contact me
All the best
Farrah