Abstract
A tale of a dentist and his books: classic dental books in the Becker Medical Library.
Highlights
Dr McKellops was highly regarded in the profession and served as the president of the American Dental Association as well as several regional dental organizations
School catalog until 1910, when an entry stated that about 600 volumes of the McKellops library had been acquired in 1905 [4].{ The books were housed at the Ridgley Library, located on what is the Danforth Campus of Washington University, five miles distant from the dental school
The collection remained at the dental school until its closure in 1991, and it became part of the Becker Medical Library’s special collections
Summary
Dr McKellops was highly regarded in the profession and served as the president of the American Dental Association as well as several regional dental organizations. The result was a collection documenting the history of dentistry in both the United States and Western Europe that was widely admired by the St. Louis dental community.
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