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#HappyBirthdayHarvey Instagram Challenge from @YaleMedHistLib

March 28, 2016 - 2:35pm by Andy Hickner

(by Charlotte Abney Solomon, Medical Historical Library)

#HappyBirthdayHarvey Instagram Challenge

In celebration of Harvey Cushing's birthday and our 75th Anniversary Year, the Medical Historical Library invites all Instagram users visiting the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale to share their best photos taken here! Enter the contest by posting photos that are publicly visible on Instagram and tag them with our hashtag #HappyBirthdayHarvey and our account, @yalemedhistlib. One winner in each contest category will receive a prize package (listed below) and have their photo included in our new exhibit, Life of the Library, opening next week in the Foyer of the Medical Library.

Photos must be taken, tagged #HappyBirthdayHarvey and @yalemedhistlib, and posted between midnight on April 1, 2016 and noon on April 8, 2016. A team of judges from the Medical Historical Library staff will select the winners. Winners will be notified and the winning photos announced and reposted through our account on Friday afternoon. Winners will be invited to directly submit the highest-resolution copy of the image they have available for inclusion in the exhibit.

Prize Categories

Judges’ Favorite Instagram: Best photo overall
Prize package: An extended private tour of the Cushing Center with photographer and Cushing Center Coordinator Terry Dagradi, for up to six people, arranged by appointment; photo included, and featured as the overall winner, in the Life of the Library exhibit; and Library travel mug gift pack.

Brainiest Instagram: Best photo taken in the Cushing Center
Prize package: A private showing of a selection of important rare books of science and medicine in the Medical Historical Library collections with Historical Librarian Melissa Grafe, Ph.D., for up to four people, on a theme of your choice and arranged by appointment; photo included in the Life of the Library exhibit; and Library travel mug gift pack.

Happiest Birthday Instagram: Best selfie or other photo including an image of Harvey Cushing or the words “Happy Birthday Harvey”
Prize package: A copy of Harvey Cushing: A Biography; photo included in the Life of the Library exhibit; and Library travel mug gift pack.

Most Collectible Instagram: Best photo taken of an image, book, or other item in any CWML current or historical collections
Prize package: A custom-made poster of any image of your choice from the CWML collections; photo included in the Life of the Library exhibit; and Library travel mug gift pack.

Most Studious Instagram: Best photo taken while studying in the library
Prize package: A copy of Medicine at Yale: The First 200 Years; photo included in the Life of the Library exhibit; and Library travel mug gift pack.

Most Helpful Instagram: Best photo with library staff
Prize package: A custom-made poster of any image of your choice from the CWML collections; photo included in the Life of the Library exhibit; and Library travel mug gift pack.

Best Staff & Family Member Instagram: Best photo taken by CWML staff or staff family member.
(CWML staff and family members are not eligible for any other categories.)
Prize: Baked treats for the winner's office on a date of your choosing.

Rules for submission

  • The contest is open to anyone visiting the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library between April 1- April 8, 2016. CWML staff members and their families are only eligible to enter the Staff & Family Member category.
  • Photos must be original and have been taken and posted by the entrant between midnight on April 1, 2016 and noon on April 8, 2016. Photos must be posted, tagged, and publicly visible within this time period to be eligible.
  • Post photos on Instagram and use the hashtag #HappyBirthdayHarvey and the account @yalemedhistlib.
  • By submitting to this contest, you consent to the following:  I grant to Yale University (“Yale”) and the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library the right to copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, exhibit, display, edit, or otherwise use my photograph, my name, and biographical information for educational, promotional, or other purposes that support Yale’s mission. I understand that these rights are granted to Yale and may be used in whole or in part without compensation. I affirm that the subjects in my photo have agreed that their likenesses may be used with the terms and conditions of this contest as listed above.