Center for Biological Sciences Archives

NLM's History of Medicine Division collects, preserves, makes available, and interprets for diverse audiences one of the world's richest collections of historical material related to human health and disease.

The American Philosophical Society Library is a major national center for research in the history of the sciences, medicine, and technology. With its roots extending back to the founding of the Society in 1743, it houses over 350,000 volumes and bound periodicals, eleven million manuscripts, 250,000 images, and thousands of hours of audio tape.

The Boston Children's Hospital Archives was established in 1993 to acquire, preserve and make available the historical records that document the ongoing history of Boston Children's, its staff, support personnel, patients and families.

The Historical Medical Library of the College is one of the world's premier research collections in the history of medicine. The unique holdings of the library include over 400 incunables (books printed before 1500), an extensive collection of manuscripts and archives, and a comprehensive collection of 19th and early 20th-century medical journals.

The Oskar Diethelm Library is a special collection devoted to the history of psychiatry.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is affiliated with two outstanding medical schools - Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medical College.

The Otis Historical Archives (OHA) was established in 1968 to take custody of the National Museum of Health and Medicine's institutional records, historical manuscript collections, photographic collections, and rare books, which were previously held by the other four collections divisions.

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Historical Collections & Archives is the repository of primary and secondary source materials pertaining to the history of the institution, the history of health sciences education and practice in the Pacific Northwest, and the history of the health sciences generally.

The Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College is an internationally recognized repository of manuscripts, archives, photographs, periodicals and other primary sources in women's history.

Archives and Special Collections at the UCSF Library preserves and maintains rare and unique materials to support research and teaching in the history of the health sciences.

The Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing makes possible innovative research on the history of nursing and health care through one of the largest and most accessible collections of documents and images in the country focusing specifically on the historical development of nursing.

The Truman G. Blocker Jr., History of Medicine Collections, at the Moody Medical Library, hold over 18,000 titles and 10,000 pamphlets and reprints documenting the development of Western medicine and allied sciences. The Library's holdings of books published prior to 1501 place it among the top medical sciences libraries in the United States.

The Archives and Rare Books section of the Bernard Becker Medical Library is home to one of the nation’s finest collections of historical medical materials.

Contains a list of the National Science Foundation's holdings at the National Archives.

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An electronic archive for preprints in the philosophy of science. It is offered as a free service to the philosophy of science community.

"The Caltech Archives were formally established in 1968 to serve as the collective memory of the California Institute of Technology. Our mission is to preserve and make accessible the institutional records, personal papers, documents, artifacts and pictorial materials that tell the school's history."

The NRC Archives' goal is to preserve the history of scientific research in Canada.

In addition to a large collection of rare and historical scientific instruments, the archives also have many early pamphlets and scientific journals.

"The Dittrick Medical History Center is comprised of the museum, archives, and collections of rare books, artifacts, and images. The Center originated as part of the Cleveland Medical Library Association (est. 1894) and today functions as an interdisciplinary study center within the College of Arts and Sciences of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. "

"The Dorothy Carpenter Medical Archives serves Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center as a permanent repository and reference center for documents – written, oral and visual. The purpose of the Archives is to provide reference services, maintain and collect materials, and tape oral histories."

"Located in the Widener Stacks, level B-East, the History of Science library consists of a limited-access "cage" with non-circulating volumes and an office (S-91) with non-circulating bound journals. The collection is almost entirely pre-1965, although there have been some acquisitions since then, as well as continuous journal acquisition."

"The library's History of Science Collections house one of the world's finest selections of rare scientific books. More than 35,000 volumes document the historical development of the physical and biological sciences, technology, and nonclinical medicine from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century, focusing mainly on developments in Europe and America."

"The division’s biological sciences collections include molecular biology and biotechnology instrumentation, special apparatus and instrumentation used for field and laboratory research and in classroom education, artifacts documenting the social and political history of biology, artifacts relating to the roles of women and minorities in science, and trade literature associated with these areas. "