About the records

Title	Records of Dental Museum Collection
Date Range	1600 - 2000
Extent	1,781 items
Repository	Dental Museum, The University of Melbourne
Abstract	The Odontological Society of Victoria, founded in 1884, laid the foundations of a dental museum and library. These collections exist today as the Dental Museum and the Dental Section of the Brownless Biomedical Library at the University of Melbourne. Much of this material was collected and catalogued by Professor H. F. Atkinson, former Dean of the Faculty of Dental Science, who introduced the display of special and historical museum items for teaching and research in dentistry at the University of Melbourne.

Administrative Information

The records have been allocated to 12 series. The codes used to uniquely identify each series range from DMCS000 to DMCS011.
Through the processing of the records, 103 provenance entities were identified. The codes used to uniquely identify each provenance entity, i.e. records creator or custodian, range from DMCP001 to DMCP108.
The inventory covers 1,781 items, and may include records of continuing value, records sentenced for destruction and records that have been destroyed. The codes used to uniquely identify each inventory item range from DMC00001 to DMC01921. The total collection occupies linear cm of shelf space (or its equivalent).
The documentation of the records at inventory level started on 11 February 2003. The latest additions were made on 15 September 2004. The latest modifications were made on 26 October 2004. This collection profile was updated on 31 January 2008.

Scope and Content

A small selection of items have been digitally imaged, including:

Published by the Centre for the Study of Health and Society, September 2003
Listed by Professor Henry Atkinson and Louise Murray
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Updated 31 January 2008
http://www.jnmhugateways.unimelb.edu.au/dhm/about.htm

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