Organization Type: Archive, Library, Museum Address: American Academy of Ophthalmology 655 Beach Street City: San Francisco State Or Province: California Zip / Postal Code: 94109 Country: United States Telephone Number: 415-561-8502 Fax Number: 1-415-561-8567 Abstract: Founded in 1980, the Museum of Vision strives to preserve ophthalmic heritage and to inspire appreciation of vision science, ophthalmology and contributions made toward preventing blindness worldwide. This is accomplished through a collection which includes artifacts, books, and archives. In 2004, Dr. Stanley M. Truhlsen established an endowment to fund the Stanley M. Truhlsen, MD Director of Ophthalmic Heritage within the Museum of Vision, a position currently held by Jenny Benjamin. SERVICES: image rights and reproduction, historical research, object identification (not appraisal), elementary school curriculum (available on-line only). EXHIBITS: Museum of Vision is open by appointment, Monday through Friday 10 am – 5 pm, no admission fee. WEBSITE: includes a searchable collections database, exhibits, and access to biographies, oral histories, and educational resources. Holdings: The museum’s holdings can be divided into museum, library, and archive. MUSEUM: holds over 10,500 artifacts including ancient and modern examples of alternative medicine, art, furniture, instruments, memorabilia, numismatics, philately, pharmaceuticals, and vision aids. Holdings include The Harriet and J. William Rosenthal, MD Collection. LIBRARY: holds over 2,000 books with over 200 rare volumes including the Spencer E. Sherman, MD Antique Ophthalmology Book Collection, the M. Wallace Friedman, MD Rare Book Collection. ARCHIVE: holds over 35 collections of corporate records, personal papers, photographs, oral histories, and film. Corporate records include the American Academy of Ophthalmology and its predecessor, the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and the American Optical Company. Special note should be made of the personal records in the archive of Drs. Rudolf Bock, Charles H. May, George K. Kambara, Carl Koller, Irving Leopold, Robert Machemer, Marshall M. Parks and Bruce Spivey. Contact Name, Title: Jenny E. Benjamin, Director Contact Telephone Number: 1-415-561-8502 Contact Email Address: jbenjamin@aao.org Web Site: http://www.museumofvision.org/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Anesthesiology and Anesthesia, History of Hospitals [show all 12] Organization Type: Library Address: 520 N. Northwest Highway City: Park Ridge State Or Province: Illinois Zip / Postal Code: 60068-2573 Country: United States Telephone Number: 847-825-5586 Fax Number: (847) 825-2085 Abstract: The WLM collects materials in all formats that document the history of anesthesia and the current practice of anesthesiology, world-wide. The WLM is open to the public Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with the exception of certain holidays. The Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology (WLM) will close its museum gallery for remodeling beginning August 1, 2010. The library and other WLM services will remain open throughout this remodeling project. Visitors are advised to make an appointment to be certain of receiving assistance. Reference requests by letter, telephone, fax, or e-mail are also welcomed. SERVICES: Interlibrary loans, production of photographic copy prints, photocopying, online literature searches, research assistance, and traveling exhibits program. Access to some collections may be limited by donor agreements and by the physical condition of the material. The WLM is a private institution, and reserves the right to decline requests for access or other services. Holdings: The library holds one of the largest collections in the world dedicated to anesthesiology and closely allied subjects, with over 13,000 monographs and 100 foreign and domestic journal titles and related newsletters. In addition, the K. Garth Huston Rare Book Room holds a comprehensive collection of rare literature on the introduction of surgical anesthesia, and seminal works leading to the discovery of anesthesia, published from the 16th century to the present. The strengths of the collection include mesmerism, resuscitation, pain medicine, obstetric anesthesia, gas chemistry, pharmacology, and physiology. WLM also endeavors to build a comprehensive collection of 19th-century medical journals in the English language. 150 linear feet in extent, the collections of organizational archives include the records of local, regional, national and international professional societies, as well as those of numerous subspecialty societies. Among these are the archives of the WLM's parent organization, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, as well as the Association of University Anesthesiologists, the International Anesthesia Research Society, the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia, the Society for Education in Anesthesia, and the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists. Over 200 linear feet in extent, the manuscript collections include the personal papers of Drs. Dennis E. Jackson, John S. Lundy, Albert H. Miller, Henry S. Ruth, Ralph M. Waters, Paul M. Wood, and others who have made significant contributions to the specialty. 800 liner feet in extent, the museum collection includes hand-held instruments, anesthesia machines, anesthetic and analgesic agent packaging, and memorabilia. These artifacts date from ancient times to the present, with an emphasis on the era of modern surgical anesthesia, beginning in the 1840s. Highlights of this collection are exhibited in a gallery that comprises fifty unique displays. A list of the WLM's traveling exhibits is available on request. Over 100 linear feet in extent, the ephemera collections include vertical files of biographical information, reprints, advertising, product literature and histories of the companies producing and distributing anesthetic agents and equipment, organizational histories, and related subject files. The Defalque Chloroform Collection and the Gill Curare Collection are of special interest. Additional materials include issues of newspapers and other publications, programs of events, and posters. The audiovisual collection consists of over 40 linear feet of photographic images, 250 audio recordings, and 500 reel-to-reel films and videotapes. These include images, films and recordings produced by individuals, academic institutions and professional organizations, as well as commercial productions. The John W. Pender Living History Collection is an ongoing series of videotaped interviews with leaders in the profession. To date, over 200 of these interviews have been produced by the WLM. Together with the Anesthesia History Association, the WLM co-publishes the quarterly "Bulletin of Anesthesia History." The WLM also functions as a non-profit publisher, on the model of a university press. New books on the history of anesthesia are published annually, including the series of popular autobiographies, "Careers in Anesthesiology," as well as original translations of medical classics pertaining to this field. The WLM also publishes facsimile reprints of selected titles from its collection of rare books. A catalog of WLM publications is available on request. Contact Name, Title: Karen Bieterman, Librarian Contact Telephone Number: (847) 825-5586 Contact Email Address: k.bieterman@ASAHQ.org Web Site: http://www.woodlibrarymuseum.org/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anesthesiology and Anesthesia, History of Gynecology and Obstetrics, History of Medicine [show all 8] Organization Type: Archive Address: 515 North State Street City: Chicago State Or Province: Illinois Zip / Postal Code: 60654 Country: United States Telephone Number: 312-464-4083 Fax Number: (312) 464-5826 Abstract: The American Medical Association Department of Investigation Records, 1843-1990 (bulk: 1906-1975); 371 cubic feet, or 1,000 boxes. Also known as the Historical Health Fraud and Alternative Medicine Collection, it is the only collection within the AMA Archives that is accessible to non members. Researchers wishing to use the Collection should contact the AMA Archives to request an appointment to view the records at AMA headquarters in Chicago. All researchers will be asked to complete a "Letter of Intent" stating name, address, telephone number, and institutional affiliation; the principal materials desired; the purpose of the research, including publication plans; and the proposed date of arrival and estimated length of the visit. Non-members of the AMA will pay a fee for use of the collection, which is stored off-site due to its size: $43.00 for the first carton of records; $2.25 for each additional carton to cover transportation costs. At this writing, the photocopy charge is $1.00 per page for non members of the AMA. This charge and other conditions for use of the Collections are subject to change without notice. Researchers should be aware that exceptionally fragile materials might not be available for use or reproduction. Holdings: The Historical Health Fraud and Alternative Medicine collection consists of letters of inquiry received from physicians, governmental agencies, Better Business Bureaus, the news media, and members of the general public, together with responding letters by the AMA. Records also include correspondence with the practitioners themselves, governmental agencies, and other correspondents; news clippings and magazine articles concerning the various products and practices; advertisements, circulars, books, and other promotional materials; products and packaging samples; and copies of legal and government documents produced during proceedings involving alleged health fraud and quackery. The Guide to the American Medical Association Historical Health Fraud and Alternative Medicine Collection (ed. Arthur, W. Hafner, 1992) is available in many libraries, or contact the AMA Archivist for online access to the searchable Guide. Contact Name, Title: Allen J. Podraza, Director Contact Telephone Number: (312) 464-4183 Contact Email Address: allen.podraza@ama-assn.org Web Site: http://www.ama-assn.org/go/history Collection Subject Strengths: History of Alternative Medicine, History of Quackery and Health Fraud, History of the Practice of Medicine Organization Type: Library, Museum Address: 3537 Zenith Avenue South City: Minneapolis State Or Province: Minnesota Zip / Postal Code: 55416 Country: United States Telephone Number: 612-926-3878 Fax Number: (612) 927-7265 Abstract: The Bakken, established in 1976 by Earl Bakken, inventor of the first wearable cardiac pacemaker, is a non-profit institution. Its collections of books, manuscripts, and instruments document the historical role of electricity and magnetism in the life sciences and medicine, encompassing the history of electricity, electrophysiology, and electrotherapeutics, and their accompanying instrumentation. In addition, the collections include primary sources in mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnotism, as well as works documenting the history of para-psychology, psychical research, and phrenology. These collections serve as material for research, exhibits, and educational activities. The collections are open to researchers 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Researchers should make appointments in advance with a member of the curatorial staff. Materials may be used only on the premises, but photocopies, scans, or photographs may be made, depending on the condition of the item. SERVICES: Reference service is provided by the librarian and the curator of instruments onsite, by telephone, email, mail, and fax. Although works do not circulate locally or via interlibrary loan, every effort is made to provide information to researchers need. Holdings: Monographs: Incunabula: 8 titles; 16th century: 42; 17th century: 116; 18th century: 800; 19th century: 2,400; 1900-1940: 1,850. Monograph count includes about 400 trade catalogs, mostly from 1875-1930 -- cf. Davis and Dreyfuss, The Finest Instruments Ever Made, 1986, pp. 383-385, for partial listing. Manuscripts and archives: collections of papers and book-length manuscripts: 25; A.L.S., T.L.S., short items: about 100; archive collections: 2. Thorough inventories of archival materials exist at the library and photocopies of many of the items are available. The collection is catalogued on OCLC’s WorldCat and may be searched there or on the local search box on the Bakken’s web page (“Library Catalog”). Ephemera (ads, programs, broadsides, circulars, instructional pamphlets): about 400. This collection is informally cataloged. Journals: 231 titles. Of these titles, over half (168) are represented by four volumes or fewer. These volumes were usually acquired for single articles. Of these 168 titles, 11 are 18th century, 106 are 19th century, and 51 are 20th century. The remaining 63 titles are represented by longer or complete runs. Two are 17th century, 11 are 18th century, 31 are 19th century (or begin in those centuries), and 19 are 20th century. Journal titles and holdings are informally cataloged on cards. Instruments and Apparatus Collection: about 2,000 items Prints, Slides and Photographs: about 1,000 items, not cataloged. The collection also includes transcripts of oral history interviews done by the Minnesota Historical Society for the "Pioneers of the Medical Device Industry in Minnesota" project. Contact Name, Title: Juliet Burba, Phd, Chief Curator Contact Telephone Number: (612) 926-3878 ext.217 Contact Email Address: burba@thebakken.org Web Site: http://www.thebakken.org Collection Subject Strengths: History of Cardiology, History of Medicine, History of Quackery and Health Fraud [show all 7] Organization Type: Archive, Library, Museum Address: 448 Wylie Drive City: Normal State Or Province: Illinois Zip / Postal Code: 61761 Country: United States Telephone Number: 309-451-7852 Fax Number: (309) 451-7761 Abstract: Collection focused on materials related to the history of addiction treatment and recovery in the United States. Access by appointment only. No interlibary loan. Holdings: 15,000+ books, monographs, articles, artifacts dating from early 1800s to present. Contact Name, Title: William White, Emeritus Senior Research Consultant Contact Telephone Number: 941- 575-9882 Contact Email Address: bwhite@chestnut.org Collection Subject Strengths: History of Medicine, History of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, History of Psychiatry [show all 5]
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