Organization Type: Museum Address: 701 Park Avenue City: Minneapolis State Or Province: Minnesota Zip / Postal Code: 55415 Country: United States Telephone Number: 612-873-6485 Abstract: The collection is focused on the history of Minneapolis' Public Hospital, founded in 1887 as Minneapolis City Hospital, and includes photographs, archival materials, oral histories, medical equipment, and uniforms and other textiles. Historical materials document the diversity of life and work in a busy urban hospital, from the laundry to the operating room. Collections are particularly strong in the history of emergency services, particularly emergency nursing, the history of polio (Minneapolis General Hospital supported Sister Kenny), nursing history, the history of renal transplantation and dialysis, and the planning, development, and building of the 1976 new hospital building. We provide photocopying and reference service in person and via phone, mail and email. Materials may not be removed from the museum. A portion of our photographic collection is available online through the Minnesota Digital Library at: <a href="http://reflections.mndigital.org" >http://reflections.mndigital.org</a>. Holdings: Collection is focused on archival, photographic, and artifact holdings from 1887 to the present. Contact Name, Title: Rodine Mehling, Director Contact Telephone Number: (612) 873-6485 Contact Email Address: rondine.mehling@hcmed.org Web Site: https://www.hennepinhealthcare.org/hennepin-medical-history-center/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Hospitals 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: Library Address: 568 Diehl Hall 503 Essex Street, S.E. City: Minneapolis State Or Province: Minnesota Zip / Postal Code: 55455 Country: United States Telephone Number: 612-626-6881 Fax Number: (612) 626-5822 Abstract: The collection of the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine covers the history of the health sciences and the history of the biological sciences. SERVICES: reference questions, photocopying, and scanning. Holdings: Collection includes over 70,000 titles; artifacts, modern manuscript and archival holdings; journals which ceased publication or had title changes prior to 1920. Holdings may be searched in OCLC, and the University Libraries online catalog, MNCAT above (see above). Contact Name, Title: Elaine Challacombe, Curator Contact Telephone Number: (612) 626-6881 Contact Email Address: e-chal@umn.edu Web Site: http://hsl.lib.umn.edu/wangensteen Collection Subject Strengths: History of Medicine Organization Type: Library Address: 200 First Street, Southwest City: Rochester State Or Province: Minnesota Zip / Postal Code: 55905-9799 Country: United States Telephone Number: 507-284-3676 Abstract: The W. Bruce Fye History of Medicine Library is a specialized library within the Mayo Medical Library, housing important collections in the history of medicine and allied sciences. Several thousand volumes of rare medical classics (from 1479) and early journal literature (from 1665) comprise the core collection of primary literature on all aspects of medicine and allied fields. Early medical imprints (pre-1875) and more recently published histories, biographies, facsimiles, and other support material comprise the remainder of the collection of some 23,000 total volumes. Non-book special collections include: medical bookplates, Vanity Fair caricatures of physicians and scientists; photographs of selected Nobel laureates and Mayo Clinic staff; caricatures of medical specialists by a Bavarian wood carver; Mayo Clinic related cartoons; medical philately, and heraldry. Medical works of scholarly significance, first descriptions, classic accounts and works which help explain the development of medicine, and works which enhance the physician’s understanding of the art of medicine, are selected for the collection. Special strengths include Mayo medicine (all specialties), anesthesiology, cardiology, dermatology, immunology, ophthalmology, and neurology. The W. Bruce Fye History of Medicine Library is located within the Mayo Medical Library and occupies the 15th and 16th floors of the Plummer Building. SERVICES: Although primarily serving Mayo Clinic clientele, the W. Bruce Fye History of Medicine Library answers inquiries from librarians, physicians, and other professionals, and from individuals or institutions in medicine-related fields outside the Mary Clinic community. We may be able to find an illustration for you, locate the original description of a disease, provide information about a medical eponym, or compile bibliographies of medical topics. If your research requires use of our materials, please contact us for an appointment in advance. Reference service is provided without charge, although the library will charge for any prints, photocopies, or computer searches made as a result of an inquiry. Interlibrary loan is provided at the discretion of staff librarian. Holdings: Monographs: 20,000+; 10 incunabula; 20 historical and current journal titles received; 8,700 retrospective journal titles held; 2,500 slides; 7,000 microforms; prints and photographs. Holdings in the W. Bruce Fye History of Medicine Library are computerized and may be searched in OCLC. Printed guides to the collection: W. Bruce Fye Mayo History of Medicine Library and Mayo Medical Library. Contact Name, Title: Hilary Lane, Instructor in History of Medicine, College of Medicine, Coordinator Contact Telephone Number: (507) 284-3676 Contact Email Address: lane.hilary@mayo.edu Web Site: http://libraryguides.mayo.edu/historyofmedicine Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anesthesiology and Anesthesia, History of Cardiology, History of Dermatology [show all 7]
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