Organization Type: Library, Museum, Archive 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: Photographic History of Medicine, History of Alternative Medicine, History of Anatomy [show all 50] Organization Type: Museum, Library Address: 819 Rue du Mas Rillier City: Rillieux-La-Pape Zip / Postal Code: 69140 Country: France Telephone Number: 0437900658 Abstract: The MS2 is a new institution which gathers a large collection of objects and books in all field of medicine and medical sciences. Subjects include (surgery, dentistry, pharmacy, pharmacognosy, natural history, parasitology, egyptology, paleopathology, teratology, radiology…). The major part of the current collection comes from the Testut-Latarjet Anatomy Museum, a (now closed) which was based in Lyon, a high place of French medicine and pharmacy: it includes archives and memories of famous physicians such as Lacassagne or Locard, both fathers of forensic medicine. In addition, at term, the MS2 project will be enriched with other medical collections from local sources, notably the Lyon dental private museum.The museum main project is to save and gather all these prestigious medical collections in a unique place. Since 2015, the museum is temporarily installed in a warehouse equipped with storage and exhibition rooms and offices in Rillieux-la-Pape, near Lyon. It is still awaiting to relocate into permanent premices. At the moment, the holdings are partially open to public, artists, students or searchers in Rillieux-la-Pape on special demand. Holdings: Collections from the Testut-Latarjet museum: hold approximately 1.500 old books in the field of medicine and medical sciences (natural history, pharmacy…), 3000 objects (wet specimen, instruments, photography, sculptures, medals, and medical equipment) Unique medicine collections and specimens: Ollier (oteopathology), Gall (craniology), Destot (radiology), Lacassagne (forensic and legal medicine), Testut (anatomy, drawings…) with a focus on the history of pathology, wax moulages, embryology and teratology specimen…Bones and skeletons from the Laboratory of anthropology and paleopathology. Some other rare and remarkable pieces: crane of Lambert Gregoire Ladré (a popular street singer and storyteller who becomes « Gnafron », the famous character from Mourguet’s Guignol puppet show) –mortuary masks of Jacquard, inventor of the loom – a unique exemplary of a non-genuine Mesmer’s baquet –egyptian and modern mummies – peruvian shrunken heads Collections from the Lyon Dental museum includes around 6.000 pieces including dentist's chair and tooth-extraction equipements, milling device, spitoons, models, pictures and photographies, prosthetics, dental x-ray systems, old dental lab replica, ancient books, posters, and postal cards. Contact Name, Title: Adenot Marc, Dr. Contact Telephone Number: (+33)4 37 90 06 58 Contact Email Address: marc.adenot.01@orange.fr Web Site: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://museetl.univ-lyon1.fr/actu/musee-des-sciences-medicales-de-lyon-medecine-pharmacie-odontologie-medecine-veterinaire/&prev=search Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Anesthesiology and Anesthesia, History of Botany [show all 17] Organization Type: Library Address: National Museum of American History 12th Street and Constitution Avenue N.W. City: Washington State Or Province: District of Columbia Zip / Postal Code: 20560 Country: United States Telephone Number: 202-633-3872 Abstract: Special Collections Department libraries are open for use by appointment only to Smithsonian curators, researchers, and other staff and by other scholars and researchers. In keeping with tradition, people making use of the collections in SIL Special Collections Dept. libraries are called "Readers." All books and manuscripts must be examined in the library reading room and cannot be checked out. There is no browsing in the library stacks. All books and manuscripts are kept in a secure area and readers need to ask for a specific item that is then brought out to them in the reading room. Materials are available for use at the discretion of library staff and may be restricted because of fragility or poor condition. Holdings: The most widely recognized portion of the Dibner Library are the "Heralds of Science:" 200 works selected by Bern Dibner as the most significant titles in the formation and development of Western science and technology. They were presented (with apologies for other important works omitted) in his classic book, Heralds of Science (Norwalk, Conn.: Burndy Library, 1955; reprinted in 1969 by Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press; revised edition in1980 by Burndy Library and Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution). Dibner came up with eleven general categories and briefly described his choices of the greatest works that represented those disciplines. The Heralds of Science website can be viewed here. The approximately 11,000 volumes of rare books and the 1,600 manuscript groups in science and technology donated by the Burndy Library in 1974 form the core of the Dibner Library's collection. Over the years the collection has been supplemented by the Smithsonian's own holdings and gifts from individuals and institutions and now numbers some 35,000 rare books and approximately 2,000 manuscript groups. The Library's holdings are contained within and searchable via the Smithsonian Libraries' online catalog, SIRIS. Contact Name, Title: Lilla Vekerdy, Head of Special Collections Contact Telephone Number: 202-833-3870 Contact Email Address: vekerdyl@si.edu Web Site: https://library.si.edu/libraries/dibner-library-history-science-and-technology Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Anesthesiology and Anesthesia, History of Botany [show all 24]
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