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, Archive, Museum Address: Youngstown State University One University Plaza City: Youngstown State Or Province: Ohio Zip / Postal Code: 44555 Country: United States Telephone Number: 330-941-3487 Fax Number: 330-941-3734 Abstract: The Rose Melnick Medical Museum collects artifacts that document the history of medicine, particularly in the Mahoning Valley. The exhibits focus on the history of the practice of medicine through office recreations, polio (including an iron lung), nursing education, and x-ray technology. A small library supports these exhibit topics. The collections are available for onsite research but do not circulate. Some library or archival materials may be scanned for research use. Holdings: The library consists of about 250 titles mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries. We maintain a complete run of the Bulletin of the Mahoning County Medical Society (1931- present). The Archival collection consists of papers of local practitioners and some papers of the Youngstown Hospital. The founder of the museum, Dr. John C. Melnick, discovered Melnick Needles Syndrome and some of research and publications are in the Archives. There is also a collection of 75 glass plate photographs of Base Hospital 31, which was funded and staffed by Youngstown during World War I. Contact Name, Title: Cassie Nespor, Curator Contact Telephone Number: 330-941-3487 Contact Email Address: clnespor@ysu.edu Web Site: http://melnick.ysu.edu Collection Subject Strengths: History of Hospitals, History of Medicine, History of Military/Naval Medicine [show all 8] Organization Type: Library, Archive, 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] Organization Type: Library, Archive, Museum Address: 410 Chartres St City: New Orleans State Or Province: Louisiana Zip / Postal Code: 70130 Country: United States Telephone Number: 504-598-7171 Abstract: The Historic New Orleans Collection's holdings are available to the general public in the Williams Research Center (WRC). The major research fields are colonial Louisiana, the Louisiana Purchase, the Battle of New Orleans, the Civil War, Mississippi River life, cartography, transportation, plantations, urban development, Louisiana artists and writers, architecture, the French Quarter, jazz and other forms of early New Orleans music, historic preservation, and Mardi Gras. The collections reflect aspects of the history and culture of the Gulf South, Louisiana, and New Orleans. Most materials are available to researchers in our Reading Room. Holdings: Through the assistance of the Center's experienced reading room staff, patrons have access to more than 30,000 library items, more than two miles of documents and manuscripts, a microfilm collection, and more than 500,000 photographs, prints, drawings, and paintings, as well as beautiful and unusual three-dimensional objects. Rare documents and manuscripts are available in microform and in the original. Contact Name, Title: Dr. Alfred Lemmon, Director of the Williams Research Center Contact Telephone Number: 504 598 7124 Contact Email Address: alfredl@hnoc.org Web Site: https://www.hnoc.org/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Alternative Medicine, History of Hospitals, History of Surgery [show all 7] Organization Type: Library Address: 6065 Webster Ave City: Hanover State Or Province: New Hampshire Zip / Postal Code: 03755 Country: United States Telephone Number: (603) 646-0538 Abstract: Historical collections relating to the establishment and history of the Dartmouth Medical School and regional medical centers, including Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. Other than records deemed confidential by federal law or Dartmouth College policy, records are open to the public and available for viewing in Rauner Special Collections Library. Materials do not circulate; fee-based photocopying may be available by request. The staff at Rauner are available to assist with reference inquiries. Please visit https://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/rauner/research/ for detailed policies. Holdings: -Account Books: 24 account books (4,600 pages) ca. 1780-1915, of rural physicians, documenting costs of care, diagnoses, and treatments prescribed. Some include diary entries and vital statistics for communities served. -Physician Papers: 7 manuscript collections (44 ft.) of the records of seven area physicians, including the founder of the Dartmouth Medical School, Nathan Smith (1762-1829), documenting their practices between 1796-1956. -Medical Lecture Notes: 33 volumes (12,000 pages) and one linear foot of loose material. Notes taken by students in the Dartmouth Medical School, between ca. 1806 and 1901, covering an array of health and medical issues taught at Dartmouth with an emphasis on epidemiology in rural settings. -Medical Theses: 1,150 theses, 1815-1882, covering health issues current at the time in rural areas: from puerperal fever to small pox to water-borne diseases such as cholera. -Institutional Records: Records of the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital,1893-1985, (21 ft) documenting the early activities of a small rural hospital and its growth into a major regional medical center. -Departmental Records: Community and Family Medicine Department of the Dartmouth Medical School (188 ft), 1970-2001, including the records of Center for the Study of Evaluative Sciences. Contact Name, Title: Rauner Special Collections Library Contact Telephone Number: (603) 646-0538 Contact Email Address: Rauner.Special.Collections.Reference@dartmouth.edu Web Site: https://www.library.dartmouth.edu/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Hospitals, History of Medical Education, History of Medicine [show all 6]
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