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On March 5, 1952, the ISAAC RAY MEDICAL LIBRARY was dedicated and opened at Butler Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. Around a valuable nucleus of books on medical psychology from the libraries of Isaac Ray, M.D., G. Alder Blumer, M.D. and other former superintendents, it is hoped that an unusually good working collection will eventually be assembled—totaling up to 10,000 volumes. So that the library will be equipped to meet more than local needs, it is planned to compile a union catalogue of holdings of other psychiatric libraries in this country, making the library a valuable research instrument for psychiatrists elsewhere.
The project was conceived by Dr. Gregory Zilboorg, consultant in Research and Psychotherapy at Butler Hospital, and received generous support from the Aquinas Fund. Its new and attractive quarters were designed and built entirely by hospital personnel.
At the dedication, Dr. Leo Bartemeier and Dr. Gregory Zilboorg were the principal speakers.