Organization Type: Library, Archive Address: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, 4909 Frew Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 City: Pittsburgh State Or Province: Pennsylvania Zip / Postal Code: 15213-3890 Country: United States Telephone Number: 412-268-2434 Fax Number: 412-268-5677 Abstract: Hunt Institute was originally founded in 1961 as Hunt Botanical Library by Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt (1882-1963), who gave her well-known private collection of botanical rare books, artworks, portraits, letters and manuscripts to Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). Her collections would form the basis for a research institute focused on the history of botany and the history of botanical publication. Of particular interest to users of the National Library of Medicine would be the herbals and the works on medical botany and pharmacy in the library. The archives also includes an extensive file of biographical citations on 3x5 cards, developed over 50 years, that are now being databased. Services include reference assistance, on-site research assistance, provision of scans or photocopies (depending on the condition of the object being copied), photographic reproductions for publication and consultation, occasional lectures by staff, and tours by arrangement. Holdings: In general, we hold (all figures are approximate): 30,150 book and serial titles – 29,270 prints, drawings and watercolors – 29,000+ portraits – 2,000+ letters and manuscripts – 300+ collections of papers – 243,000 detailed bibliographic records of botanical books and periodicals. The library collection includes the following of particular interest to NLM: Herbals: Incunabula, 8 titles – 16th century, 145 titles – 17th century, 56 titles – 18th century, 20 titles – 19th century, 24 titles – also 20th and 21st century material. Medical botany: 16th century, 3 titles – 17th century, 8 titles – 18th century, 58 titles – 19th century, 91 titles – also 20th and 21st century material. Pharmacy: 16th century, 3 titles – 17th century, 8 titles – 18th century, 33 titles – 19th century, 57 titles – also 20th and 21st century material. There are also a few publications of medical interest in the Strandell Collection of Linnaeana, as that was one of the subject areas Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) wrote about, although his primary focus was botany. Contact Name, Title: Charlotte Tancin, Librarian Contact Telephone Number: 412-268-7301 Contact Email Address: ctancin@cmu.edu Web Site: http://www.huntbotanical.org/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Botany, Materia Medica, Botanical art [show all 8] Organization Type: Archive Address: 3401 Market Street Suite 210 City: Philadelphia State Or Province: Pennsylvania Zip / Postal Code: 19104 Country: United States Telephone Number: 215-898-5240 Abstract: University Archives collections document the history of the University of Pennsylvania. The medical history records document the activities of the School of Medicine from its founding in 1765 - including students and faculty; the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and associated institutions; personal papers of physicians, and records related to medical research. The Archives is open to researchers by appointment. Photocopying and image reproduction services are available. Holdings: The University Archives holds over 1,600 cubic feet of records related to medical history. Included are the records of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Presbyterian Hospital, papers of I. S. Ravdin and Helen Octavia Dickens, and the records of the faculty of the School of Medicine. Additionally, the University Archives holds publications and reports related to the School of Medicine and the Hospital. A detailed subject guide on medical history at the University of Pennsylvania can be found at its website. Contact Name, Title: Joseph-James Ahern, Senior Archivist Contact Telephone Number: 215-898-5240 Contact Email Address: jjahern@upenn.edu Web Site: http://www.archives.upenn.edu Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Botany, History of Dentistry [show all 18] Organization Type: Library Address: 10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW City: Washington State Or Province: District of Columbia Zip / Postal Code: 20530 Country: United States Telephone Number: 202-633-1184 Abstract: The Cullman Library holds the Smithsonian's collection of rare books in anthropology and the natural sciences. We make books available to researchers by direct access in the reading room and through reference assistance (including limited photocopying when possible). In addition, the Library shares the collection by means of digital editions, exhibitions, exhibition loans, and public programs. Holdings: The Cullman contains approximately 15,000 volumes published before 1840 in the fields of physical and cultural anthropology, ethnology, Native American linguistics, and archeology; botany; ornithology, mammalogy, herpetology, ichthyology, entomology, malacology, and other zoological fields; paleontology; and geology and mineralogy. The publications of seventeenth- through nineteenth-century voyages of exploration are a special strength, as is the history of museums and scientific collecting. Contact Name, Title: Leslie Overstreet, Curator of Natural-History Rare Books Contact Telephone Number: 202-633-1176 Contact Email Address: overstreetl@si.edu Web Site: http://library.si.edu/libraries/cullman Collection Subject Strengths: History of Botany, History of Medicine, Materia Medica 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] Organization Type: Library, Museum 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]
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