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Directory of History of Medicine Collections
Collections by State in the United States
- ALABAMA
- ALASKA
- ARKANSAS
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CALIFORNIA
- Berkeley
- Davis
- Los Angeles
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- San Marino
- Stanford
- COLORADO
- CONNECTICUT
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DELAWARE
- Newark
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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
- Washington
- FLORIDA
- GEORGIA
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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 Feinberg School of Medicine
- 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
- Normal
- Northfield
- Park Ridge
- Springfield
- Chicago
- INDIANA
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IOWA
- Ames
- Davenport
- Des Moines
- Iowa City
- KANSAS
- KENTUCKY
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LOUISIANA
- Baton Rouge
- 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
- MAINE
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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
- Linthicum
- Silver Spring
- Baltimore
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MASSACHUSETTS
- Boston
- North Grafton
- Northampton
- South Hadley
- Tewksbury
- Watertown
- Worcester
- MICHIGAN
- MINNESOTA
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MISSOURI
- Columbia
- Kansas City
- Kirksville
- Rolla
- St. Louis
- NEBRASKA
- NEVADA
- NEW HAMPSHIRE
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NEW JERSEY
- Long Branch
- Newark
- Princeton
- NEW MEXICO
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NEW YORK
- Buffalo
- Cold Spring Harbor
- Guilderland
- Ithaca
- Latham
- 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
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NORTH CAROLINA
- Chapel Hill
- Durham
- Greenville
- Winston-Salem
- NORTH DAKOTA
-
OHIO
- Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Columbus
- Dayton
- Youngstown
- OKLAHOMA
- OREGON
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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
- Wernersville
- Philadelphia
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RHODE ISLAND
- Providence
- SOUTH CAROLINA
- SOUTH DAKOTA
- TENNESSEE
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TEXAS
- Austin
- Dallas
- Denton
- Dripping Springs
- Fort Worth
- Galveston
- Houston
- Memphis
- Refugio
- 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
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UTAH
- Salt Lake City
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VIRGINIA
- Alexandria
- Blacksburg
- Charlottesville
- Falls Church
- Richmond
- WASHINGTON
- WEST VIRGINIA
- WISCONSIN
- WYOMING
Collections by Country
- ARGENTINA
- AUSTRALIA
- East Melbourne
- Melbourne
- Edgecliff, New South Wales
- Melbourne, Victoria
- BELGIUM
- Brussels
- Gent
- BRAZIL
- Rio De Janeiro
- CANADA
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Guelph
- Hamilton
- Kingston
- London
- Toronto
- Montreal
- CYPRUS
- Larnaca
- DENMARK
- FRANCE
- GERMANY
- HUNGARY
- INDIA
- IRELAND
- ISRAEL
- ITALY
- LEBANON
- MEXICO
- NEW ZEALAND
- POLAND
- SOUTH AFRICA
- SPAIN
- SWEDEN
- SWITZERLAND
- SYRIA
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Manchester
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Hampshire
- Kent
- Leeds
- 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
- Warwickshire