Organization Type: Archive, Library Address: 1133 John Freeman Blvd. City: Houston State Or Province: Texas Zip / Postal Code: 77030 Country: United States Telephone Number: 713-799-7139 Fax Number: (713)747-0483 Abstract: The McGovern Research Center collections include rare books, photographs, postcards, manuscripts, medical portraits, and a small number of medical instruments and artifacts. The book collections focus on the history of medicine, rheumatology, and public health in North America. The manuscript collections document health care institutions and physicians in Houston, Texas, and the work of rheumatologists throughout the United States. Postcards depict hospitals, spas, and physicians' homes throughout Texas. SERVICES: Reference service onsite, by mail, or e-mail. Photocopying available. In-house database Gazetteer of Texas Physicians. Catalog web accessible (see address above). Books are listed in OCLC. Digital Library: Seven gout manuscripts by William Stukeley (ca. 1830-1860); two anatomical works (1617 & 1728); multiple works by James P. Warbasse; several of William Osler's titles; multiple titles related to Texas medicine and psychiatry. Holdings: McGovern History of Medicine Collection: 8,000 (est.) titles with emphasis on 19th and early 20th century American imprints; Cora and Webb Mading Public Health Collection: 2,000 titles with emphasis on contagious diseases and U.S. public health; Burbank/Fraser Collection on Arthritis, Rheumatism and Gout: 3,000 (est.) titles; Menninger Clinic Collection of Rare and Historical Titles: 3,000 (est.) titles on psychiatry and psychoanalysis. Photographs: 40,000 (est.), includes 10,000 images of local physicians and health care institutions, and the photo archive of the journal Medical World News. Manuscript Collections: 3,400 (est.) linear feet includes papers from members of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Philip Hench (Nobel Laureate), local physicians, the NASA Life Sciences Collection from the Johnson Space Center, and the Melnick Collection on the History of Poliomyelitis Research. The Gazetteer of Texas Physicians database provides biographical information, references to obituaries, and locations of portraits for over 12,000 deceased physicians licensed in Texas after 1907. The Postcard Collection: 1,100 images of Texas hospitals, clinics, spas, and physicians' homes. The Medical Arts Publishing Foundation Collection: c. 1,500 paintings and drawings of notable historical figures in medicine, cancer research, and Texas medicine. Printed Catalog: A Guide to the Papers of Hilde Bruch. Other guides available on the McGovern Web Page. Contact Name, Title: M. J. Figard, Digital Initiatives Librarian Contact Telephone Number: (713) 799-7141 Contact Email Address: mj.figard@exch.library.tmc.edu Web Site: http://www.library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, History of Medicine, History of Psychiatry [show all 5] Organization Type: Archive, Library, Museum Address: 19 South 22nd Street City: Philadelphia State Or Province: Pennsylvania Zip / Postal Code: 19103-3097 Country: United States Telephone Number: 215-563-3737 Fax Number: (215) 569-0356 Abstract: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia is the largest independent research library devoted to medical history in the United States. In addition to the holdings accumulated while the College Library served as the central medical library of Philadelphia (19th and 20th century monographs and journals), the library also has extensive holdings of rare books, manuscripts, and prints and photographs, as well as the archives of the College and those of other medical organizations, local and national, extant and extinct. SERVICES: Access to the various collections; historical and bibliographic references; extended historical research (there is an hourly charge for this service); no microfilming services; photocopying at the discretion of the Library staff. Finding aids to manuscript and archive collections: <a href="http://cpparchives.org/" >http://cpparchives.org/</a>. Sturgis Collection of Medical Images database and the Historical Medical Digital Library (HDML) are accessible from the home page. Holdings: The Library contains over 250,000 books and journals published before 1966. More than 400 are incunabula, and more than 12,000 are pre 1801 imprints. Strong holdings in anatomy, surgery, dermatology, neurology, embryology, pathology, and ophthalmology. Particularly rich collections in homeopathy, tuberculosis, and yellow fever. Manuscripts number over one million items and include medieval illuminated manuscripts, hundreds of 18th- and 19th century student lecture notes, and the papers of leaders in American medicine, including Robley Dunglison, George Bacon Wood, S. Weir Mitchell, Joseph Leidy, William Williams Keen, and Edward Bell Krumbhaar and Francis Clark Wood. Archives of a number of medical societies and institutions can be found in the Library. The Library also houses the archives of the American Association for the History of Medicine and the archives of the College of Physicians in Philadelphia (founded in 1787). Finding aids at the Web address above. Prints and Photographs: A portrait/picture catalogue containing over 100,000 cards represents reproductions in books and journals, as well as original prints and photographs. Includes the Samuel B. Sturgis collection and the Faber Family collection of medical illustrations. Special Collections: the William H. Helfand-Samuel X Radbill Medical Bookplate Collection (10,000+ bookplates), Samuel D. Gross Library of Surgery, Joseph T. Freeman Gerontology Collection, Samuel Lewis Curio Collection, William Kent Gilbert Autograph Collection, Medical Trade Ephemera Collection (over 7,000 items), and Joseph Carson Collection. Online Systems: Books are entered in OCLC; archives and manuscripts in RLIN. The Library's online catalog can be accessed at above Web address. The Sturgis Collection of Medical Images database and the Historical Medical Digital Library (HMDL) are accessible from the home page. Guides to the Collection: A Catalogue of the Manuscripts and Archives of the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia (1983); Lisabeth M. Holloway, "The Historical Collections of the Library..." in Transactions and Studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 4th ser. 41 (1974): 151-162; Thomas A. Horrocks, "As Far as the Eye Can See: Ophthalmology in the Historical Collections of the Library...", T & S, 5th ser. 11 (1989): 37-49; Horrocks and Jack Eckert, "Manuscript Resources in Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry in the Historical Collections of the Library...", T & S, 5th ser. 12 (1990): 93-101. Contact Name, Title: Annie Brogan, College Librarian Contact Telephone Number: (215) 399-2304 Contact Email Address: abrogan@collegeofphysicians.org Web Site: http://www.collegeofphysicians.org/library/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Dermatology, History of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases[show all 11] Organization Type: Archive Address: 5801 Smith Ave, Suite 235 City: Baltimore State Or Province: Maryland Zip / Postal Code: 21209 Country: United States Telephone Number: 410-735-6800 Fax Number: 410-735-6770 Abstract: The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives is the official archival repository of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, and the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Archival holdings include institutional records, personal paper collections of individuals associated with the institutions, photographs, fine arts and medical and scientific artifacts which date from the late nineteenth century to the present. Holdings are available for use whenever legal, regulatory, and ethical conditions permit. The Archives staff provides a range of free and fee based services for on site and remote users. Our reading room is open Monday through Friday by appointment only. Holdings: The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives contains over 24,000 cubic feet of holdings, which includes over 50 institutional record collections, personal paper collections of nearly 500 individuals, biographical files on over 18,000 individuals, over 400,000 still images, over 1300 cans of film, and over 10,000 art and artifact objects. Contact Name, Title: Nancy McCall, Director Contact Telephone Number: 410-735-6800 Contact Email Address: nmccall@jhmi.edu Web Site: http://www.medicalarchives.jhmi.edu/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Anesthesiology and Anesthesia, History of Cardiology[show all 38] Organization Type: Archive, Museum, Library Address: Karolinska Institutet SE-171 77 Sweden City: Stockholm Zip / Postal Code: SE-171 77 Country: Sweden Telephone Number: 8 5248 6828 Abstract: The Hagströmer Library is a research library as well as a museum of book history and scientific print culture. Dedicated to old and rare books in the history of medicine and allied sciences, the library was founded in 1997. The holdings comprise the historic collections of the Swedish Society of Medicine (founded in 1807), and Karolinska Institutet (founded in 1910), including medical books from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (donated in 1848). The Library also holds manuscripts and books from the Swedish Collegium Medicum (1663-1830), and deposited collections from the Swedish Pharmaceutical Society, Stockholm’s Institute of Metallography, and the Swedish Odontological Society. For further information, please contact Gertie Johansson, Librarian at: gertie.johansson@ki.se. Holdings: Some 40,000 volumes, including 12 incunabulas, and 16th - 20th century books, tracts, and pamphlets. An art collection with original paintings, prints, and photographs, including portraits of physicians and scientists. Contact Name, Title: Eva Åhrén, Director Contact Telephone Number: + 46 8 5248 6245 Contact Email Address: eva.ahren@ki.se Web Site: https://hagstromerlibrary.ki.se Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Botany, History of Cookery and Nutrition[show all 37] Organization Type: Archive, Museum, Library Address: 140 East 38th Street City: New York State Or Province: New York Zip / Postal Code: 10016 Country: United States Telephone Number: 212-889-1938 Abstract: From the birth of photography through the modern age, The Burns Archive with over one million historic photographs is best known for providing photographic evidence of forgotten, unseen and disquieting aspects of history. The cornerstone of The Burns Archive is its unparalleled collection of early medical photography, but it is also renowned for its iconic images depicting the darker side of life: Death, Disease, Disaster, Mayhem, Crime, Racism, Revolution and War. Over the past forty years, thousands of publishers, exhibitors, authors, researchers, artists and filmmakers have utilized this unique source of visual documentation. Having produced dozens of books and having curated and contributed to frequent national and international museum and gallery exhibitions, The Burns Archive actively acquires, donates, researches, lectures, exhibits, consults, and shares its rare and unusual photographs and expertise worldwide. Holdings: Largest private archive of early medical photography (1847-1960), containing over 70,000 images related to the history of medicine, especially strong in nineteenth century imagery (daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, etc). Our library contains hundreds of original journals, especially those related to medical photography, 1865-1930. Several books and articles on various aspects of medical specialties have been published from the collection. Contact Name, Title: Elizabeth Burns, Creative & Operations Director Contact Telephone Number: 212-889-1938 Contact Email Address: liz@burnsarchive.com Web Site: http://www.burnsarchive.com Collection Subject Strengths: History of Alternative Medicine, History of Anatomy, History of Anesthesiology and Anesthesia[show all 50]
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