Organization Type: Library, Archive, Museum Address: 231 Albert Sabin Way City: Cincinnati State Or Province: Ohio Zip / Postal Code: 45267-0574 Country: United States Telephone Number: 513-558-5120 Fax Number: (513) 558-0472 Abstract: The historical library and museum, established at the Cincinnati Medical Heritage Center in 1974, includes collections dating from the merger of the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine Library, the Cincinnati General Hospital Library, the College of Pharmacy, and private collections of David Tucker, Reuben Dimond Mussey, and others. The Mussey collection contains over 4,000 volumes and originated at the Medical College of Ohio. This collection is an intact working medical library of the early 19th century, comprising what the practitioner and student of that era used for study. The major strengths of the combined collections are: anatomy, physiology, materia medica, obstetrics, surgery, dermatology, and otology; more specifically, cholera, Civil War medicine, midwifery, eclectic, botanic, and homeopathic works, medical education in the 19th century West, and polio. The center also contains archives, photographs, medical artifacts and art works, as well as a video oral history collection of local physicians and scientists. SERVICES: Reference assistance in person, by phone, mail, and email. Interlibrary loans limited. Photocopying provided at cost. Holdings: Collection includes 40,000 volumes; 2 incunabula; 5,000 photographs; 1,500 medical instruments; 51 oral history videotapes; 150 diplomas; pre-Columbian and modern art collection; 5,000+ pamphlets; 1,637 linear feet of archives and manuscripts; hospital patient records from 1837 to 1881; a replica of a 15th century pharmacy (the 109-jar exhibit was first shown at the Paris Exposition in 1899.) Archive and manuscript collections include papers of Daniel Drake, Christian R. Holmes, Robert A. Kehoe, Leland Clark, Albert B. Sabin, and others. Contact Name, Title: Doris Haag, Manager Contact Telephone Number: (513) 558-5123 Contact Email Address: Doris.Haag@uc.edu Web Site: http://www.libraries.uc.edu/hsl/history/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Botany, History of Dermatology [show all 12] Organization Type: Library Address: University of Connecticut Health Center P.O. Box 4003 263 Farmington Avenue City: Farmington State Or Province: Connecticut Zip / Postal Code: 06034-4003 Country: United States Telephone Number: 860-679-3200 Fax Number: (860) 679-2278 Abstract: The Hartford Medical Society has been in continuous existence since 1846. Society's library was a resource for continuing education for its members for more than 100 years. Strength are in 19th century American medicine. Collection is non-circulating and is still being added to the UConn Medical School online catalog. One, part-time librarian can provide ILL (digital copies only), reference, photocopying and scanning as time allows. Some of these services are fee-based. Some materials may be too fragile to photocopy/scan. Holdings: Collection consists of approximately 3000 volumes of monographs. Roughly 80% of these are 19th century. 10% are 20th century and 10% are 18th and earlier. No true incunabula, but a few 16th century volumes. The roughly 3000 volumes of bound journals are divided roughly 40% 19th century and 60% 20th century. Most are American publications. Archival collections consist of a small amount of correspondence, mostly of New England practitioners during the 18th and 19th centuries. Library holds an excellent collection of pamphlets with strengths in anesthesia and New England medicine. There are very few photographs, which are not cataloged. The collection also contains medical artifacts including surgical kits from the 19th century, cupping sets and the like. These too, alas, waiting to be cataloged. Contact Name, Title: Jennifer D. Miglus, Librarian Contact Telephone Number: (860) 679-3200 Contact Email Address: miglus@uchc.edu Web Site: http://library.uchc.edu/hms/index.html Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anesthesiology and Anesthesia, History of Dermatology, History of Homeopathy [show all 8] 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]
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