Directory of History of Medicine Collections
Collections by State in the United States
ALABAMA
Birmingham
Reynolds Historical Library Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences UAB Archives University of Alabama at Birmingham
ALASKA
Anchorage
Archives & Special Collections Consortium Library University of Alaska Anchorage
ARKANSAS
Little Rock
Historical Research Center UAMS Library University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
CALIFORNIA
Berkeley
Regional Oral History Office
Davis
Special Collections Shields Library University of California, Davis
Los Angeles
History and Special Collections Division Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
San Diego
Special Collections & University Archives Library and Information Access San Diego State University
San Francisco
Archives and Special Collections Library and Center for Knowledge Management University of California, San Francisco
Arthur E. Guedel Memorial Anesthesia Center
Museum of Vision
San Francisco Public Library
UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion H.M. Fishbon Memorial Library
San Marino
The Huntington Library
Stanford
Lane Medical Library Special Collections Stanford University School of Medicine
COLORADO
Aurora
James J. Waring, M.D., History of Medicine and Health Sciences Collection University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Library
Denver
Saint Joseph Hospital Historic Archives
CONNECTICUT
Farmington
Hartford Medical Society Historical Library
Hartford
Health Science Libraries & Hamilton Archives Hartford Hospital
New Haven
Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library The Historical Library Yale University
Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives
DELAWARE
Newark
Delaware Academy of Medicine
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington
Association of American Medical Colleges Reference Center and Mary H. Littlemeyer Archives
Endocrine Society, Clark T. Sawin Memorial Library and Resource Center
Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions
J. Bay Jacobs, M.D., Library for the History of Obstetrics and Gynecology in America The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History
Saint Elizabeths Hospital
The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology
FLORIDA
Gainesville
George T. Harrell Medical History Center J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center Library, Smathers Libraries University of Florida
Miami
Mary and Edward Norton Library of Opthalmology Bascom Palmer Eye Institute University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
GEORGIA
Atlanta
David J. Sencer CDC Museum
Augusta
Historical Collections and Archives Robert B. Greenblatt, M.D., Library Health Sciences Campus Augusta University
Savannah
Georgia Historical Society
Warm Springs
Archives Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation
ILLINOIS
Chicago
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association Department of Records Management and Archives
American Society for Clinical Pathology Department of Archives
Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History American Hospital Association
Department of Library Services American Dental Association
International Museum of Surgical Science
Museum of Science and Industry Institutional Collections
National Archives and Records Administration Great Lakes Region Archival Operations
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives
Rush University Medical Center Archives
Special Collections Galter Health Sciences Library Northwestern University
Special Collections and University Archives Department, Library of the Health Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
University of Chicago Library (The John Crerar Library & The Special Collections Research Center)
Elk Grove Village
Pediatric History Center Division of Library and Archival Services American Academy of Pediatrics
Normal
Illinois Addiction Studies Archive at Chestnut Health Systems
Northfield
College of American Pathologists Archives
Park Ridge
The Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology (WLM)
Springfield
Special Collections and Archives Department School of Medicine Library Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
INDIANA
Indianapolis
History of Medicine Collection Ruth Lilly Medical Library Indiana University School of Medicine
Indiana Medical History Museum
IOWA
Ames
Department of Special Collections Iowa State University
Davenport
Palmer Family and Chiropractic Museum
Special Collections & Archives David D. Palmer Health Sciences Library Palmer College of Chiropractic
Des Moines
Kendall Reed Rare Book Room
Iowa City
John Martin Rare Book Room Hardin Library of the Health Sciences University of Iowa
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Medical Museum University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics University of Iowa
KANSAS
Kansas City
Clendening History of Medicine Library and Museum University of Kansas Medical Center
Leawood
Center for the History of Family Medicine
Topeka
Kansas Historical Society
KENTUCKY
Lexington
University of Kentucky Libraries
Louisville
Kornhauser Health Sciences Library - History Collections
M.C. Migel Library and Barr Research Library, American Printing House for the Blind
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge
National Hansen's Disease Programs Museum
New Orleans
Amistad Research Center at Tulane University
LSU Health Sciences Center Libraries LSUHSC New Orleans History of Medicine & Dentistry
Louisiana Research Collection
Louisiana State Museum Historical Center
Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences Tulane University
The Historic New Orleans Collection
Touro Infirmary Archives
Shreveport
Medical Library Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
MAINE
Augusta
Maine State Library Special Collections
Biddeford
New England Osteopathic Heritage Center (NEOHC) Department of Special Collections University of New England Library Services
Portland
Maine Medical Center Archives
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Center for Biological Sciences Archives Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry
Historical Collection Institute of the History of Medicine Johns Hopkins University
Historical Collections Health Sciences and Human Services Library University of Maryland, Baltimore
University of Maryland School of Nursing Living History Museum
Bethesda
American Occupational Therapy Foundation Institute for the Study of Occupation and Health Wilma L. West Library and Archives
Archives American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research and Office of NIH History
History of Medicine Division National Library of Medicine
James A Zimble Learning Resource Center Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Frederick
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Linthicum
William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History
Silver Spring
History Office Food and Drug Administration
National Museum of Health and Medicine Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Boston University Alumni Medical Library
Center for the History of Medicine Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine Harvard University
Children's Hospital Boston Archives
Howe Library Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Massachusetts General Hospital Archives and Special Collections
North Grafton
Webster Family Library Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Tufts University
Northampton
Sophia Smith Collection Smith College
South Hadley
Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections Library, Information and Technology
Tewksbury
The Public Health Museum in Massachusetts, Inc.
Watertown
Perkins School for the Blind: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library & Archives
Worcester
Office of Medical History and Archives Lamar Soutter Library
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor
Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry University of Michigan School of Dentistry
University of Michigan Library (Special Collections Library)
William L. Clements Library
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis
Hennepin County Medical Center History Museum
The Bakken
Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine Bio-Medical Library University of Minnesota
Rochester
W. Bruce Fye History of Medicine Library
MISSOURI
Columbia
Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books, University of Missouri - Columbia Libraries
Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia
Kansas City
Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City
Kirksville
Museum of Osteopathic Medicine (SM), and the International Center for Osteopathic History
Rolla
Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Rolla
St. Louis
Archives and Rare Books Section Becker Medical Library Washington University School of Medicine
NEBRASKA
Omaha
Special Collections and Archives Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library University of Nebraska Medical Center
NEVADA
Reno
Great Basin History of Medicine Program University of Nevada School of Medicine
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Hanover
Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth College
NEW JERSEY
Long Branch
Monmouth Medical Center Medical Library, Archives and Special Collections
Newark
New Jersey Historical Society Library
Special Collections University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) Libraries
Princeton
New Jersey Hospital Association Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey Center for Health Affairs
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center (HSLIC) New Mexico Health Historical Collection
NEW YORK
Buffalo
Apothecary and Historical Exhibits
Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection Health Sciences Library University of Buffalo, State University of New York
Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Guilderland
Foundation of New York State Nurses Inc. Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History
Ithaca
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library
Latham
New York State Nurses Association
New York
Archives and Special Collections Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library Columbia University
Historical Collections New York Academy of Medicine Library
Medical Center Archives New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Mount Sinai Archives Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York University College of Dentistry
New York University Medical Center Archives
The Burns Archive
The Oskar Diethelm Library DeWitt Wallace Institute for the History of Psychiatry Weill Cornell Medical College
Rochester
Baker-Cederberg Museum and Archives of the Rochester Medical Museum and Archives Rochester General Hospital
Rare Books & Manuscripts Section Edward G. Miner Library University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester Public Library Local History and Genealogy Division
University of Rochester Medical Center Health Science Libraries and Technologies Basil G. Bibby Library
Syracuse
Archives and Special Collections Health Sciences Library SUNY Upstate Medical University
NORTH CAROLINA
Chapel Hill
Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Durham
Duke University Medical Center Archives
History of Medicine Collections, Duke University, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscripts Library
Greenville
History Collections, William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library East Carolina University
Winston-Salem
The Dorothy Carpenter Medical Archives The Coy C. Carpenter Library Wake Forest University School of Medicine
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
OHIO
Cincinnati
Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library University of Cincinnati
Lloyd Library and Museum
Cleveland
Dittrick Medical History Center Cleveland Medical Library Association College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
Columbus
John A. Prior Health Sciences Library Medical Heritage Center The Ohio State University
Dayton
Special Collections and Archives University Libraries Wright State University
Youngstown
Rose Melnick Medical Museum at Youngstown State University
OKLAHOMA
Norman
History of Science Collections University of Oklahoma Libraries
Oklahoma City
History of Medicine Collection Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
OREGON
Corvallis
Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections
Portland
National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) Library
OHSU Historical Collections & Archives OHSU Library Oregon Health & Science University
University of Western States
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia
Archives and Special Collections Thomas Jefferson University
Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing School of Nursing University of Pennsylvania
Charles D. Kelman Library Wills Eye Hospital
Leon Levy Library School of Dental Medicine University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Hospital Historic Collections
Science History Institute
Temple University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Historical Library and Wood Institute
The Legacy Center, Archives and Special Collections Drexel University College of Medicine
University Archives and Records Center University of Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Health Sciences Library System University of Pittsburgh
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University
UPMC Mercy Archives UPMC Mercy
Wernersville
Wernersville State Hospital
RHODE ISLAND
Providence
John Hay Library
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston
Waring Historical Library Medical University of South Carolina
Columbia
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
SOUTH DAKOTA
Pierre
South Dakota State Historical Society - State Archives
TENNESSEE
Memphis
Health Sciences Historical Collections, Health Sciences Library, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Nashville
Meharry Medical College Library Archives and Special Collections Meharry Medical College
Special Collections Eskind Biomedical Library Vanderbilt University
TEXAS
Austin
Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin
Texas Medical Association Knowledge Center History of Medicine Collection
Dallas
UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center
Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System
Denton
University of North Texas Archives
Dripping Springs
Dr. Pound Historical Farmstead
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Library
Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library University of North Texas Health Science Center
Galveston
Truman G. Blocker, Jr., History of Medicine Collections Moody Medical Library The University of Texas Medical Branch
Houston
Historical Resources Center Research Medical Library University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library
Memphis
Memphis Public Library
Refugio
The Refugio County Museum The Refugio County Historical Society
San Antonio
AMEDD Museum Located at Historic Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas
Archives of the Sisters of Divine Providence of San Antonio
Special Collections. University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries.
The P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library Briscoe Library University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
UTAH
Salt Lake City
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library University of Utah
VIRGINIA
Alexandria
Mary McMillan Library & APTA Archive Information Resources Department American Physical Therapy Association
Blacksburg
Special Collections and University Archives University Libraries Virginia Tech
Charlottesville
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library Historical Collections and Services University of Virginia Health Sciences System
Falls Church
US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery's Office of Medical History
Richmond
Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences Special Collections and Archives Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
WASHINGTON
Olympia
Washington State Archives
Pullman
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections.
Seattle
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
University of Washington Libraries Special Collections
Virginia Mason Medical Center Historical Archives
WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington
Touma Museum of Medicine Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Marshall University
WISCONSIN
Madison
American Institute of the History of Pharmacy (AIHP) School of Pharmacy University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ebling Library Historical Services Unit University of Wisconsin-Madison
Milwaukee
Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries
WYOMING
Buffalo
Johnson County Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum
Collections by Country
ARGENTINA
Bueno Aires
Academia Nacional de Medicina Buenos Aires Biblioteca
AUSTRALIA
East Melbourne
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RANZCOG)
Melbourne
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA)
Edgecliff, New South Wales
Australian Society of Anaesthetists Harry Daly Museum
Melbourne, Victoria
Museum Victoria Medicine in Society Collection
BELGIUM
Brussels
Belgian Museum of Radiology (Asklepios)
Gent
Museum Dr. Guislain
BRAZIL
Rio De Janeiro
Biblioteca de História das Ciências e da Saúde
CANADA
Calgary
Mackie Family History of Neuroscience Collection Health Sciences Library University of Calgary
Edmonton
University of Alberta - Rawlinson Rare Book Collection
Guelph
Ontario Veterinary College Learning Commons University of Guelph Library
Hamilton
History of Health and Medicine Collection, Health Sciences Library, McMaster University
Kingston
Archives of Queen's University
Museum of Health Care at Kingston
London
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
Medical Artifact Collection at Western
Toronto
Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA)
Gerstein Science Information Centre, University of Toronto
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library University of Toronto
Montreal
Osler Library of the History of Medicine McGill University
CYPRUS
Larnaca
Kyriazis Medical Museum
DENMARK
Aarhus
The Steno Museum, Science Museums, University of Aarhus
Copenhagen
Medical Museion University of Copenhagen
FRANCE
Maisons-Alfort
Musée Fragonard de l'Ecole nationale vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort
Paris
Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Santé
Bibliothèque de l'Académie nationale de medecine
Rillieux-La-Pape
Musee Des Sciences Medicales Et De La Sante (MS2)
GERMANY
Berlin
Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité
Gottingen
Georg-August-University Gottingen Centre for Psychosocial Medicine Department for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
Stutttgart
Bibliothek Institut für Geschichte der Medizin der Robert Bosch Stiftung
HUNGARY
Budapest
Semmelweis Museum, Library and Archive of the History of Medicine
INDIA
Aligarh
Iba Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences
IRELAND
Dublin
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Mercer Library
University College Dublin Library
Dublin 2
The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
ISRAEL
Jerusalem
Muriel & Philip Berman Medical Library Library Authority Hebrew University of Jerusalem
ITALY
Cagliari
Collection of Clemente Susini's Wax Anatomical Models University of Cagliari
Florence
Museo Galileo - Institute and Museum of the History of Science
Rome
Museum of the History of Medicine - Sapienza University of Rome
LEBANON
Beirut
American University of Beirut
MEXICO
Distrito Federal
History of Medicine Historical Archive Faculty of Medicine Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
Veracruz
Museum of Medicine Spanish Mutual Benefit Society of Veracruz Sociedad Española de Beneficencia de Veracruz
NEW ZEALAND
Dunedin
University of Otago Medical & Dental Libraries
POLAND
Kraków
Museum of Pharmacy at the Jagiellonia University, Collegium Medicum
SOUTH AFRICA
Johannesburg
Adler Museum of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
SPAIN
Lejona
Basque Museum of the History of Medicine and Science Jose Luis Goti
Terrassa, Barcelona
Museum of the History of Medicine of Catalonia, Barcelona
SWEDEN
Stockholm
Hagströmer Medico-Historical Library; Unit for Medical History & Heritage, Karolinska Institutet
SWITZERLAND
Geneva
Bibliothèque Institut d'histoire de la médecine et de la santé et Institut d’éthique biomédicale Université de Genève
WHO Library and WHO Archives
Lausanne
Bibliothèque de l’Institut des humanités en médecine (BIHM)
Zurich
Bibliothek Medizinhistorisches Institut und Museum Universität Zürich
SYRIA
Aleppo
History of Medicine Department Institute for the History of Arab Science Aleppo University
UNITED KINGDOM
Manchester
University of Manchester Special Collections
Edinburgh, Scotland
Lothian Health Services Archive
Glasgow, Scotland
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
University of Glasgow Glasgow University Archive Services
Hampshire
Historic Collections Library Institute of Naval Medicine
Kent
Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives & Museum
Leeds
Thackray Museum
London
Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum St Mary's NHS Trust Imperial College Healthcare NHS
College of Optometrists
Florence Nightingale Museum
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Hunterian Museum The Royal College of Surgeons of England
King's College London Archives and Corporate Records Services
King's College London Foyle Special Collections Library
Royal College of Physicians of London
The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland The Anaesthesia Heritage Centre
The Freud Museum London
The Old Operating Theater Museum
Wellcome Library
Swansea
Swansea University Library and Information Services South Wales Coalfield Collection (SWCC) Richard Burton Archives and South Wales Miners' Library
Warwickshire
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum The Royal Pump Rooms