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  1. Organization Type: Archive, Library, Museum
    Address: 6425 SW 6th Avenue
    City: Topeka
    State Or Province: Kansas
    Zip / Postal Code: 66615-1099
    Country: United States
    Telephone Number: 785-272-8681
    Fax Number: 785-272-8682
    Abstract: Established in 1875, the Kansas Historical Society is a state agency, which safeguards and shares the state’s history. The collections consists of books, State records, manuscripts, photographs, and audio-visual materials relating to physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, & veterinarians; military & general medicine; medical schools; pharmacies; patent medicines; John R. Brinkley, the famous “goat gland doctor”; nursing; medical organizations; agricultural veterinary medicine; Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad & other hospitals; and World War II veterans’ oral interviews mentioning health & medical care. Also included in the collections are a notable amount of material on psychiatry, including records of the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas, its founders, and associates. The society’s State archives holdings include licensing files; records of health- and veterinary- related State agencies; and records of State hospitals & other institutions. The society's Kansas Museum of History holds an extensive collection of equipment from Kansas medical personnel, including quack medical devices confiscated by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
    Holdings: Over 1700 manuscript collections, archival series, photographs, and other items relating to all aspects of medicine with related published materials and museum artifacts. Some records and collections have restricted access due to federal or State privacy statutes or donor conditions.
    Contact Name, Title: Lin Fredericksen, Reference staff head
    Contact Telephone Number: 785-272-8681, ext. 117
    Contact Email Address: lfredericksen@kshs.org
    Web Site: http://www.kshs.org
    Collection Subject Strengths: History of Dentistry, History of Health Regulation, History of Hospitals [show all 16]
  2. Organization Type: Library
    Address: 82 Avenue de Provence
    City: Lausanne
    Zip / Postal Code: 1007
    Country: Switzerland
    Telephone Number: +41 21 314 70 52
    Fax Number: +00 41 21 314 70 55
    Abstract: The Institute of Humanities in Medicine (IHM) was founded in 1989 as the University Institute for the History of Medicine and Public Health (IUHMSP) and is part of Lausanne University Hospital. Its library and special collection followed right after and opened their doors to the public in 1990. Today, with total holdings of almost 60’000 catalogued titles and medical heritage objects, the library is the reference centre for research and studies in its subject area.
    Holdings: Total holdings: 60’000 items ; Print materials: 57’000 titles ; Print materials prior to 1801: 1’356 titles ; 19th century print materials: 7’300 titles ; Journal titles: 200 ; Medical heritage collection (medical instruments, devices, iconographic and audiovisual documents, etc.): 3’000 items
    Contact Name, Title: Magdalena Czartoryjska Meier, Head Librarian/Collection Curator
    Contact Telephone Number: +41 21 314 70 52
    Contact Email Address: magdalena.czartoryjska-meier@chuv.ch
    Web Site: https://bihm.lescollections.ch/
    Collection Subject Strengths: History of Hospitals, History of Medical Ethics, History of Medicine [show all 11]
  3. Organization Type: Library, Archive, Museum
    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]