Organization Type: Library, Archive Address: Special Collections and Rare Books 401 Ellis Library Columbia, MO 65201 City: Columbia State Or Province: Missouri Zip / Postal Code: 65201 Country: United States Telephone Number: 573-882-0076 Abstract: The Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books (SCARaB) is comprised of two departments responsible for collections of primary source materials: rare books, manuscripts, documents, and the administrative records of the University of Missouri. The collections are diverse, containing materials of local and national importance. The majority of materials date from the sixteenth century through the present. Finding aids, collection descriptions, and information about hours and other services may be accessed through either of the departmental websites. Photocopying, digital scanning, and interlibrary loan are available in many cases. Reference archivists and librarians may be contacted through email, telephone, or mail. The collections are open to all users. Please note that the Archives is located at a different location on campus: University Archives 703 Lewis Hall Columbia, MO 65211-4320 Holdings: The University Archives contain administrative records of the University of Missouri School of Medicine (1865-present), the first public medical school west of the Mississippi River, and the College of Veterinary Medicine (1885-1996, bulk 1914-1940). The University of Missouri Collection in the Special Collections department also contains numerous internal and faculty publications that supplement this documentation. The Rare Book Collection contains many early landmarks in the history of medicine. The collection is particularly strong in the history of anatomy, including a 1555 edition of Vesalius’ De humani corporis fabrica, a 1664 edition of Descartes’ L’homme, and a collection of the Dance of Death which dates from the sixteenth century through the twentieth. The department also contains a number of important early works on medical botany, including a hand-colored first edition of Fuchs’ Historia Stirpium (1542) and a 1517 edition of Hortus Sanitatis. Numerous other early texts document the history of medicine and the life sciences from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. Contact Name, Title: Michael Holland, Director of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books Contact Telephone Number: (573) 882-4602 Contact Email Address: hollandm@missouri.edu Web Site: http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Botany, History of Medical Education [show all 5] Organization Type: Museum Address: Ecole nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort City: Maisons-Alfort Zip / Postal Code: 94700 Country: France Telephone Number: 1 43 96 71 72 Fax Number: 00 33 1 43 96 70 44 Abstract: The Fragonard museum is one of the oldest museums in France. It was established in 1766 in the new veterinary school of Alfort, the second created in the world after Lyon 1762). The collections are made of more than 5.000 items and 4.200 of them are displayed to the public. The museum is made of four rooms ; the first one is devoted to normal anatomy and teratology with an amazing collection of colored plaster casts. Skeletons and paper maché models made by Auzoux are presented in the second room. The third one deals with old diseases that were very common during the XIXth century. And the fourth room is the cabinet of curiosities in which are presented the écorchés de Fragonard, an amazing collection of dehydrated bodies that were dissected by the first director of the school, and first professor of anatomy, Honoré Fragonard (1732-1799). Holdings: More than 5.000 objects in the collection. 4.200 displayed to the public. Some masterworks : the rider, and the horse holding a horse jaw, by Honoré Fragonard (prepared between 1766 and 1771) ; the anatomical and zoological models of Louis Auzoux, including the horse, the beatle, the fish... ; a collection of hundreds of colored casts made of wax or plaster. The museum also preserve a collection of old books dealing with veterinary medicine : XVIth century : 130 titles ; XVIIth century : 310 titles ; XVIIIth century : 800 titles ; more than 3.000 titles from the XIXth century. Contact Name, Title: Christophe Degueurce, Curator of the Fragonard Museum Contact Telephone Number: 00 33 1 43967052 Contact Email Address: cdegueurce@vet-alfort.fr Web Site: http://musee.vet-alfort.fr Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Veterinary Medicine, Anatomical preparations made by Honoré Fragonard (1732 - 1766) Organization Type: Library Address: Terrell Library Room 12 PO BOx 654610 Pullman, WA 99164-5610 City: Pullman State Or Province: Washington Zip / Postal Code: 99164-5610 Country: United States Telephone Number: 509-335-6691 Abstract: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) is a unit in Washington State University's Holland and Terrell Library that is primarily responsible for acquiring, administering, and preserving millions of non-circulating items, many of which are rare and unique. Collections consist of records and documents of historical value, including manuscripts, photographs, audio and video tapes, films, printed and published materials (books, maps, broadsides, etc.). We provide remote photocopying and scanning service to patrons. Holdings: MASC hold roughly 60,000 rare books, 20,000 linear feet of archives and manuscripts, 1,000 maps and 750,000 historical photographs. The Smithcors Collection of Veterinary History was formed over a period of 35 years by J.F. Smithcors, DVM, PhD, who developed the first course in veterinary history (1955) to be taught in America. The collection is distinguished not only by its scope (more than 1,300 titles), but also its deep holdings of multiple editions of individual authors, for example 19 editions of works by Henry Bracken 1697-1764 and 18 books by William Gibson 1680-1750. One of the unusual and interesting holdings in the Smithcors collection is its materials on vivisection. Contact Name, Title: Trevor James Bond, Head, MASC Contact Telephone Number: 509 335-6693 Contact Email Address: tjbond@wsu.edu Web Site: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/MASC/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Botany, History of the Practice of Medicine, History of Veterinary Medicine [show all 5] Organization Type: Library Address: 3330 Hospital Dr NW City: Calgary State Or Province: Alberta Zip / Postal Code: T2N 4N1 Country: Canada Telephone Number: 403-220-6855 Abstract: The Mackie Family History of Neuroscience collection includes 2500 books and journal articles spanning over 350 years in the development of neuroscience and is of national and international significance. The earliest volume is Jean Fernel’s De Abditis Rerum Causis Libri Duo. Editio postrema, published in 1560 by Andream Wechel, Paris. Other highlights include Rene Descartes’s classic 1662 work, De Homine, and the rare first neurological text, Cerebri Anatome, published in 1662, written by Thomas Willis, the “Father of Neurology” and illustrated by Christopher Wren. Holdings: The Mackie Family History of Neuroscience collection has 2500 books and journal articles. Some volumes for conservation reasons, reside in Special Collections at the Taylor Family Digital Library on the University of Calgary's main campus. Contact Name, Title: Susan Powelson, Director, Health Sciences, Libraries and Cultural Resources Contact Telephone Number: 403 220 6855 Contact Email Address: susan.powelson@ucalgary.ca Web Site: https://science.ucalgary.ca/neuroscience Collection Subject Strengths: History of Neurology, History of Neurosciences, History of Neurosurgery Organization Type: Archive, Museum, Library Address: 4765 Ogletown Stanton Road Suite L-10 City: Newark State Or Province: Delaware Zip / Postal Code: 19713 Country: United States Telephone Number: 302-733-3900 Fax Number: (302) 733-3949 Abstract: The Academy collects materials related to the history of medicine in Delaware, including books, photographs, papers, organizational records, photographs, and artifacts, among other things. Archival materials do not circulate but the archivist is available to provide reference service and photocopies or photographs, as necessary. Archival materials are also frequently displayed in the Lewis B. Flinn Library and elsewhere in Christiana Hospital. Holdings: The Academy holds 1,200 volumes in its rare book collection, 1580-1970 (bulk 1880-1950s); 3,000 medical artifacts, including instruments, doctor’s bags, memorabilia, medicine bottles, and artwork; 31 cubic feet papers and manuscripts (includes photo collection). Contact Name, Title: Tim Gibbs, Executive Director Contact Telephone Number: (302) 733-3919 Contact Email Address: tgibbs@delamed.org Web Site: https://delamed.org/programs/archives-and-history/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Gynecology and Obstetrics, History of Hospitals, History of Nursing [show all 5]
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