Organization Type: Library Address: 1111 North Fairfax Street City: Alexandria State Or Province: Virginia Zip / Postal Code: 22314-1488 Country: United States Telephone Number: 703-706-8534 Abstract: Access to both the library and the archive resources are by appointment only. Contact the Information Resources Department to discuss your project and make arrangements. Library and archival materials are not available for loan. Reference service is provided and photocopying is permitted at a cost of 15 cents per page. Holdings: Monographs – historical collection of rehabilitation reports and clinician books dating from the early 1900s to 1960. Journals – Association journals dating back to vol. 1 (1921). Names of the journal: P.T. Review (1921-1926), Physiotherapy Review (1926-1949), Physical Therapy Review (1949-1961), Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (1962-1963), and Physical Therapy (1964-present). Periodicals (other)-newsletters and journals from the associations’ state chapters and interest sections. Magazines, tabloids and other publications produced by the national headquarters (Progress Report, Clinical Management, PT Magazine, etc.) Images – 1921-1960s in a variety of formats: prints, slides, 8mm and 16mm film. Collection includes a lantern slide presentation. Special collections: Audio/Audiovisual – 130+ oral histories of prominent physical therapists from across the United Sates, including association leaders, educators, authors, clinicians, etc. Participants include: Florence Kendall, Jules Rothstein, Bella May, Eugene Michaels, and former association presidents. Signe Brunnstrom – presentations, images, and papers. (Uncataloged). Contact Name, Title: Gini Blodgett Birchett, Director of Information Resources Contact Telephone Number: (703)706-8534 Contact Email Address: inforesources@apta.org Web Site: http://www.apta.org Collection Subject Strengths: History of Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy Organization Type: Library Address: 1350 Jefferson Park Avenue Box 800722 University of Virginia Health System City: Charlottesville State Or Province: Virginia Zip / Postal Code: 22908-0722 Country: United States Telephone Number: 434-924-0052 Fax Number: 434 243-5873 Abstract: Historical Collections and Services department is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Reference services provided; photocopying and electronic imaging services available upon request. Materials do not circulate. Holdings: The Historical Collections include approximately 19,000 books, the majority of which are 19th century titles, and one incunabulum (1493). Many of the printed materials in the Historical Collections concern yellow fever, febrile diseases, public health, epidemiology, ophthalmology, health care in wartime, and nursing. The Kerr White Health Care Collection of approximately 2,600 works on Health Services Research, the field Dr. White pioneered, is in Historical Collections. Historical Collections holdings include the Adolph Lomb Optical Library, which consists of approximately 2,000 printed works on the history of optics and physiological optics. There are approximately 1,900 19th and 20th century medical journals in Historical Collections; these journals contain landmark articles in the history of the health sciences. Approximately 19,000 photographs and 3,500 artifacts also reside in Historical Collections. Large portions of the department's cornerstone manuscripts collection, the Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection, are now accessible via the Web. (<a href="http://yellowfever.lib.virginia.edu" >http://yellowfever.lib.virginia.edu</a>); this Web site received the 2003 Waldo Gifford Leland Award for writing of superior excellence and usefulness in the field of archival history, theory, or practice from the Society of American Archivists. Other manuscripts and archival holdings in Historical Collections include the University of Virginia Hospital Director's Office Collection; the American Lung Association of Virginia Collection; the Papers of Henry Rose Carter; the 8th Evacuation Hospital Collection; the Wade Hampton Frost Collection; the Blue Ridge Sanatorium Collection; the Thomas H. Hunter Collection; the University of Virginia Hospital Auxiliary Collection; the Alexandria Hospital School of Nursing; and the Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection. Guides to the University of Virginia Health Sciences Library manuscripts and archival collections are accessible on the Web via the Virginia Heritage Guide to Manuscript & Archival Collections in Virginia (<a href="http://vaheritage.org/" > http://vaheritage.org/</a>). Photographs are being digitized and are accessible on the Web via the University of Virginia Visual History Collection (<a href="http://mcgregor.lib.virginia.edu/prints" >http://mcgregor.lib.virginia.edu/prints</a>). Historical Collections staff has created many web exhibits featuring rare materials in the collections. These exhibits may be viewed at <a href="http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/" >http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/</a>. Contact Name, Title: Dan Cavanaugh, Alvin V. and Nancy Baird Curator for Historical CollectionsCollections Contact Telephone Number: 434-924-0052 Contact Email Address: dmc7be@virginia.edu Web Site: http://www.hsl.virginia.edu/historical Collection Subject Strengths: History of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, History of Hospitals, History of Medicine [show all 7] Organization Type: Library Address: Box 980582 City: Richmond State Or Province: Virginia Zip / Postal Code: 23298-0582 Country: United States Telephone Number: 804-828-9898 Abstract: Special Collections and Archives consists of the historical records of the Medical College of Virginia, VCU; the personal papers of Virginia health practitioners; the records of Virginia health organizations, particularly nursing; a medical history book collection, and a medical artifact collection. The unit is open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, appointments are recommended. Reference, photocopy, photography and scanning services are available. No microfilming service. Collection is non-circulating; however, some items are loaned for exhibit. Holdings: Incunabula: none; 16th century: 8; 17th century: 14; 18th century: 187; 19th century: 7,061; bound journals: 912; prints and photographs: 5,000; archives and manuscripts: 2,311 linear feet; medical artifacts: 5,517. Contact Name, Title: Jodi Koste, Archivist Contact Telephone Number: (804) 828-9898 Contact Email Address: libtmlsca@vcu.edu Web Site: https://www.library.vcu.edu/spaces-tech/tompkins-mccaw-library/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Medical Education, History of Medicine, History of Nursing Organization Type: Archive, Library Address: Special Collections University and University Archives (0434), 560 Drillfield Drive City: Blacksburg State Or Province: Virginia Zip / Postal Code: 24061 Country: United States Telephone Number: 540-231-6308 Abstract: Special Collections and University Archives is open Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm and by appointment (contact us at specref@vt.edu to schedule). Reference services available in person, and via telephone and email. Our materials do not circulate, but we offer some photocopy and scanning services for researchers unable to visit us and for those on-site. All books and publications are listed in the library's catalog. Brief descriptions of manuscript collections are in the catalog; full descriptive finding aids are available through the Virginia Heritage consortium (<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/search" >http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/search</a>). Holdings: The History of Food and drink collecting area has over 4,500 publications in Special Collection Rare Book Collection and University Archives' and more than 1,300 in the circulating library collection spanning over 300 years. Emphasis on: recipes/cookbooks; nutrition/dietetics; children's cooking/nutrition; household management and home remedies; food processing/technology; domestic science/social/economic history; cocktail history. Digitized items from the Rare Book collection are available online: <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/HFDBooks"> http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/HFDBooks</a>; digitized items from manuscript collections are available online: <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/HFDMss">http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/HFDMss</a>. Over 100 manuscript collections, especially handwritten receipt books (some which include home remedies); faculty papers; and food-related pamphlets. Some photographs, particularly those that relate to the history of domestic sciences at Virginia Tech and the Virginia Cooperative Extension. Contact Name, Title: Kira A. Dietz, Archivist Contact Telephone Number: 540-231-6308 Contact Email Address: kadietz@vt.edu Web Site: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Cookery and Nutrition, History of American Food Organization Type: Archive Address: Four Skyline Place, Suite 602, 5113 Leesburg Pike City: Falls Church State Or Province: Virginia Zip / Postal Code: 22042-5113 Country: United States Telephone Number: 703-681-2539 Abstract: Institutional and organizational records of the US Navy's Medical Department; personal papers; oral histories; subject files including biographies and hospitals; and photograph collections. All are on the medical history of the Navy. Services include reference, photocopying, on-site research by appointment. Holdings: A few hundred 19th-20th century books in the Stitt Rare Book Collection; ~22,000 photographs (21,000 available digitally); 103 archival collections ranging from 1 folder up to 250 boxes. Arrangement and description is new as of 2011 and ongoing. Contact Name, Title: Michael Rhode, Archivist / Curator Contact Telephone Number: 202-762-3813 Contact Email Address: michael.rhode@med.navy.mil Web Site: http://usstranquillity.blogspot.com/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, History of Health Regulation, History of Hospitals [show all 11]
Results 1-5 of about 5|