Libraries & Archives

Libraries by Country by State

United States

• Directory of History of Medicine Collections (from the National Library of Medicine)
• American Academy of the History of Dentistry Dentistry Collections Database

Alabama

• University of Alabama at Birmingham - Reynolds Historical Library
• University of Alabama at Birmingham - Archives

Arkansas

• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library - Historical Research Center

California

• San Diego Historical Society - Research Archives
• Stanford University - Stanford Medical History Center
• University of California at Berkeley - Bancroft Library Regional Oral History Office
• University of California at Davis - Loren D. Carlson Health Sciences Library 
• University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) - Special Collections
• University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) - Neuroscience History Archives 
• University of California at San Francisco - Archives and Special Collections

Connecticut

• University of Connecticut - Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
• Yale University Cushing/Whitney Medical Library - Medical Historical Library

District of Columbia (Washington, DC)

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists - Resource Center
• Association of American Medical Colleges - Mary H. Littlemeyer Archives
• George Washington University - Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library 
• National Museum of Health and Medicine - Historical Collections
• National Museum of Health and Medicine - Otis Historical Archives
• Smithsonian Institute Museum of American History - Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology

Florida

• University of Miami - Louis Calder Memorial Library

Georgia

• Georgia Regents University - Historical Collections & Archives of the Robert B. Greenblatt, M.D. Library 

Illinois

• American Academy of Pediatrics - Pediatric History Center
• American Dental Association - Library
• American Medical Association - Archives
• Northwestern University - Galter Health Sciences Library, Special Collections 
• Southern Illinois University School of Medicine - Special Collections and Archives 
• University of Illinois at Chicago - Library of the Health Sciences Special Collections

Indiana

• Indiana University School of Medicine - Ruth Lilly Medical Library Special Collection & History of Medicine 

Iowa

• Iowa State University - Special Collections Department 
• University of Iowa - John Martin Rare Book Room

Kansas

• American Academy of Family Physicians - Center for the History of Family Medicine
• Clendening History of Medicine Library and Museum
• University of Kansas - Kenneth Spencer Research Library, Special Collections

Kentucky

• University of Kentucky - Agriculture Library
• University of Louisville - Kornhauser Health Sciences Library History and Archives Collections

Louisiana

• Amistad Research Center
• Tulane University - Rudolph Matas Medical Library Historical Collections
• Tulane University - Howard-Tilton Library Special Collections

Maryland

• Johns Hopkins - Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives
• Johns Hopkins Institute of the History of Medicine - Welsh Medical Library Historical Collections
• National Library of Medicine - History of Medicine Division
• University of Maryland at Baltimore Health Sciences Library - Historical & Special Collections Department

Massachusetts

• Boston University - History of Nursing Archives
• Harvard University - Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine Center for the History of Medicine
• Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - Library

Michigan

• University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine 
• University of Michigan - Taubman Health Sciences Library Special Collections Library

Minnesota

• Bakken Library 
• Mayo Clinic Libraries: Special Collections
• University of Minnesota - Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology & Medicine

Missouri

• Washington University School of Medicine - Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives and Rare Books
• Western Historical Manuscripts Collection - Columbia
• Western Historical Manuscripts Collection - Kansas City
• Western Historical Manuscripts Collection - Rolla
• Western Historical Manuscripts Collection - St. Louis

New Jersey

• Rutgers University Libraries - George F. Smith Library History of Medicine Special Collections 

New Mexico

• University of New Mexico Health Science Library - Special Collections

New York

• Baker-Cederberg Museum and Archives
• City College of New York, CUNY - Archives and Special Collections
• Columbia University - A. C. Long Health Sciences Library Archives & Special Collections
• Cornell University - Carl A. Kroch Library Rare and Manuscript Collections
• Foundation of the New York State Nurses Association - Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History
• Genesee Hospital Archives
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Archives
• New York Academy of Medicine Library 
• New York Weill Cornell Medical Center Archives
• New York State Nurses' Association - Library
• New York University School of Medicine - Lillian & Clarence de la Chapelle Medical Archives and Special Collections
• Rockefeller Archive Center
• State University of New York at Buffalo - Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection
• State University of New York Upstate Medical University - Health Sciences Library Special Collections
• SUNY Downstate Medical Center at Brooklyn - Medical Research Library Archives and Special Collections
• Teacher's College, Columbia University
• University of Rochester - Miner Library Historical Services

North Carolina

• Duke University - David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library
• East Carolina University, W. E. Laupus Health Sciences Library - History Collections
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Health Sciences Library Special Collections
• Wake Forest University School of Medicine - Coy C. Carpenter Library
• Wake Forest University School of Medicine - Dorothy Carpenter Medical Archives

Ohio

• Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland Health Sciences Library - Dittrick Medical History Center
• Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions
• Lloyd Library and Museum
• Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine - Oliver Ocasek Regional Medical Information Center
• Ohio Academy of Medical History
• Ohio State University - Prior Health Sciences Library Online Medical Heritage Center
• Ohio University - Robert E. and Jean R. Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections
• Wright State University - Fordham Health Sciences Library Special Collections

Oklahoma

• University of Oklahoma - History of Science Collections

Oregon

• OHSU Historical Collections and Archives

Pennsylvania

• Barbara Bates Center for The Study of The History of Nursing (University of Pennsylvania) - Collections
• College of Physicians of Philadelphia
• Drexel University College of Medicine Archives & Special Collections on Women in Medicine & Homeopathy
• Pennsylvania Hospital Historic Library
• Thomas Jefferson University Archives and Special Collections
• University of Pennsylvania - Health Sciences Libraries 
• University of Pittsburgh - Falk Library for the Health Sciences Rare Books and Special Collections 
• Wills Eye Hospital - Kelman Medical Library

South Carolina

• Medical University of South Carolina - Waring Historical Library
• University of South Carolina - Thomas Cooper Library, Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

Tennessee

• University of Tennessee Health Sciences Historical Collections
• Vanderbilt University Eskind Biomedical Library Special Collections

Texas

• M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Research Medical Library
• Texas Medical Center - The John P. McGovern Historical Collections & Research Center 
• University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio - P.I. Nixon Library
• University of Texas Medical Branch - Moody Medical Library, Truman G. Blocker History of Medicine Collection
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas - Library Special Collection

Vermont

• University of Vermont - Dana Medical Library Special Collections

Virginia

• Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry 
• University of Virginia Claude Moore Health Sciences Library - Historical Collections
• Virginia Commonwealth University - Tompkins-McCaw Library Special Collections and Archives

Washington

• University of Washington - Special Collections
• Washington State University - Manuscripts, Archives & Special Collections

Wisconsin

• University of Wisconsin-Madison - Health Sciences Libraries - Historical Collections

International Resources

Argentina

• Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires

Australia

• Brownless Biomedical Library - University of Melbourne
• Australian Society of Anaesthetists - Harry Daly Museum

Brazil

• Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Biblioteca da Casa de Oswaldo Cruz

Canada

• British Columbia History of Nursing Group - Archives
• Margaret M Allemang Centre for the History of Nursing Archives
• McGill University - Osler Library of the History of Medicine
• University of British Columbia - Charles Woodward Memorial Room 
• University of Guelph Library - Archival and Special Collections
• University of Manitoba - Ross Mitchell Rare Book Room 
• University of Toronto - Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Denmark

• Københavns Universitet - Medicinsk Museion 

France

• Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Santé: Histoire de la santé 

Germany

• Institut für Geschichte der Medizin der Robert Bosch Stiftung - Bibliothek 

Ireland

• Marsh's Library, Dublin 
• The Royal College of Physicians of London - Heritage Centre
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Library - Rare Books and Archives

Italy

• Institute and Museum of History of Science, Florence Italy - Library

Switzerland

• Institut Universitaire d'Histoire de la Médecine et de la Santé Publique 
• ETH-Bibliothek - History of Science Collections 
• Medizinhistorisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zürich - Die Medizinhistorische Bibliothek 
• World Health Organization Library - Historical Collections 

United Kingdom

• Association of Anaesthetists - Archives 
• Association of Anaesthetists - History of the Anaesthesia Library 
• Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives and Museum 
• College of Optometrists - BOA Rare and Historical Books Collection
• Jenner Museum Archive 
• John Rylands University of Manchester Special Collections 
• Lothian Health Services Archive, Edinburgh Scotland 
• Royal College of Nursing - Archives
• The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow - Archive and Heritage
• The Royal College of Physicians of London - Archives
• The Royal College of Physicians of London - Library
• The Royal College of Surgeons - Library 
• Royal Society of Medicine - Library
• The Royal Veterinary College Library 
• UK Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery - Archives
• UK Centre for the History of Nursing - Archives
• University of Glasgow Special Collections
• Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine

Last updated: 14 August 2015

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