The Rare Book and Manuscript Collection at The New York Academy of Medicine contains a wide range of archives and manuscripts. These include archives documenting the history of the Academy as an institution since its founding in 1847, the papers of a variety of medical organizations and societies, and collections of personal papers, as well as letters, student notebooks, diaries, and physicians' case records.
Records for some, but not all, of the archival and manuscript collections in the Library can be found in the online catalog. Many of our holdings, such as the small manuscripts, can only be found in the printed catalog.
The finding aids that appear on this page represent only a small portion of our holdings. Please consult the Library staff in the Drs. Barry and Bobbi Coller Rare Book Reading Room if you have questions about our collections or need additional assistance.
Finding Aids
Altschuller Papers, 1857-1984
American Legion Caduceus Post No. 818 Records, 1919-1932
Alfred Braun Papers, 1898-1983
American Ophthalmological Society Records, 1864-2012
Brooklyn Academy of Pediatrics, Minutes, 1933-1956
Charaka Club Records, 1898-2012
Records of City Hospital at Elmhurst (New York, N.Y.), 1953-1963
Records of City Hospital (Welfare Island, N.Y.), 1877-1961
Clinical Research Society Records, 1920-1966
Lewis Gregory Cole Papers, 1892-1954
Charles Loomis Dana Papers, 1876-1932
Library of Social and Economic Aspects of Medicine of Michael M. Davis, 1920-1966
Eastern Association of Graduates of the Angle School of Orthodontia Records, 1909-1939
Harvard Medical Society of New York City Records, 1901-1943
Hospital Graduates' Club Records, 1886-1959
Minutes of the Hunterian Society (New York, N.Y.), 1912-1920
James IV Association of Surgeons Records, 1960-1996
John B. Deaver Surgical Society Membership Book, 1897-1926
Bertha Johnson Collection, 1848-1956
Lenox Medical and Surgical Society Minutes, 1885-1910
Alexander E. Macdonald Papers, 1865-1906
Mary Ware Dennett Case Collection, 1919-1930
Charles Henry May Collection, 1883-1944
Medical Association of the Greater City of New York Records, 1899-1936
Medical Society of the County of New York Records, 1806-1989
Meyer M. Melicow Collection, 1927-1983
Metropolitan Medical Society Records, 1892-1968
William J. Morton Papers, 1871-1916
New York Academy of Medicine, Salmon Committee on Psychiatry and Mental Hygiene Records, 1931-1999
New York Academy of Medicine, Section on Neurology and Psychiatry Records, 1885-1984
New York Bronchoscopic Club Minutes and Records, 1927-1971
New York Cardiological Society Records, 1949-1995
New York Clinical Society Records, 1877-2007
New York Laryngological Society Records, 1932-1973
New York Medical Union Records, 1865-1938
New York Neurological Society Records, 1874-1935
New York Odontological Society Records, 1867-1912
New York Ophthalmological Society Records, 1864-2012
New York Pediatric Society Records, 1930-2011
New York Regional Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Records, 1943-1969
New York Society for Medical History Records, 1938-1955
Physicians Relief Fund Records, 1974-2005
Riverside Practioners' Society Records, 1900-1939
David E. Rogers Collection, 1951-2007
Schilder Society Records, 1935-1981
Society for the Advancement of Clinical Study, 1912-1924
Street Guides, 1852-1954
Surgical Research Society Minutes and Records, 1915-1946