Kevin M. Tuohy Papers
name: label: Donor
content: Wolver, Anita Tuohy
label: Collector
content: Tuohy, Kevin M., 1921-1968 (optometrist, inventor)
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
label: Names
content: Solex Laboratories
topic: label: Topic
content: Optometrists -- 1940-1970
label: Topic
content: Contact lenses
label: Topic
content: Optometry
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Anita Tuohy Wolver.
creator: label: Donor
content: Wolver, Anita Tuohy
label: Collector
content: Tuohy, Kevin M., 1921-1968 (optometrist, inventor)
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content: Kevin M. Tuohy Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: Papers of Kevin M. Tuohy (1921-1986) containing technical information on contact lenses designed to correct vision problems.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Tuohy, a partner at Solex Laboratories, developed the corneal contact lens in the 1940s, which quickly supplanted the scleral lens.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.2 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1897-1959
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Medical Sciences (now Division of Medicine and Science).
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0317
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Audiocassettes
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Flip books
label: Type
content: Color prints (photographs)
label: Type
content: Patents
label: Type
content: Articles
label: Type
content: Course outlines
label: Type
content: Reprints
label: Type
content: Pamphlets
label: Type
content: Manuals
label: Type
content: Lecture notes
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Don Darroch, 1989.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
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content: Audiocassettes
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Flip books
label: Genre/Form
content: Color prints (photographs)
label: Genre/Form
content: Patents
label: Genre/Form
content: Articles -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1850-1900
label: Genre/Form
content: Course outlines
label: Genre/Form
content: Reprints
label: Genre/Form
content: Pamphlets
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuals
label: Genre/Form
content: Lecture notes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Technical information on contact lenses, including manuals, brochures, etc. from Solex Laboratories, and articles from professional journals and other publications. Numerous photographs, including a set of color prints, illustrate techniques of fitting, inserting, and removing contact lens. Medical problems, legal cases involving patent infringement and other aspects of contact lenses are described. Includes an interesting thumb-flip "Movette" movie book demonstrating insertion of contact lenses, and a cassette tape recording.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Tuohy Corneal Lens Collection in the Division of Medicine and Science contains objects, such as contact lens samples, received as part of the same gift.