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History of the Health Sciences -- Resource Guide: Resources in Special Collections

Health Science History Resources at Special Collections Locations (alphabetical by subject)

 

Agricultural Medicine

 

Grant White
Agricultural Medicine; Tuberculosis in cattle
Special Collections - MsC0046

Pete Knapp Papers
Agricultural Medicine; University Administration
University Archives - RG99.0333

Cancer

 

Louise Goldman papers
Breast Cancer
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0307​

Judy Klemensrud papers
Cancer
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0094

Hazel Beck Andre papers
Cancer
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0049​

Patricia Filipowska papers
Cancer
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0147

Civil War Medicine

 

Myron Underwood
Civil War Medicine
Special Collections - MsC0027

Bean Family Papers
Civil War Medicine; Medicine; Early Iowa Physician
Special Collections - MsC0452​

Silas B. Silver Diary
Civil War Medicine
Special Collections - MsC0012​

 

Dentistry

 

Ben C. Philips Papers
Dentistry
Special Collections - MsC0071​

Ludwig Unglenk Papers
Dentistry
Special Collections - MsC1044

Dermatology

 

Richard M. Caplan Papers
Dermatology; University Administration
University Archives - RG99.0270

 

Disabilities

 

Archie L. Green papers
Disabilities
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0296

Judy Herron Hoit papers
Disabilities
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0373

Early Iowa Physicians

 

Augustus Sinning Papers
Early Iowa Physician
Special Collections - MsC0391

(Edwin) Lee Allen Card Paintings
Early Iowa Physician
Special Collections - MsC0803​

Harry Harper Papers
Early Iowa Physician
Special Collections - MsC0365​

Donovan Ward Papers
Early Iowa Physician
Special Collections - MsC0397​

Fox Family Papers
Early Iowa Physician
Special Collections - MsC0449

 

Gerontology

 

Institute of Gerontology Records
Gerontology
University Archives - RG27.0016.001

 

JFK Assassination

 

Earl F. Rose Papers on the Assasination of JFK
Iowa Physician
Special Collections - MsC0860

 

Medicine

 

Marjorie Vandervelde papers
Medicine
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0375

William Osler Collection of Medical Material
Medicine
Special Collections - MsC0804

Midwifery

 

The Des Moines BirthPlace papers

Women in the Health Sciences; Midwifery
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0195

Sarah C. Taylor papers
Women in the Health Sciences; Midwifery
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0140

Near-Death Experience

 

Mary Elizabeth Wood papers
Near-Death Experience
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0262

 

Neurosurgery

 

John Martin M.D. Ph.D. Papers
Neurosurgery; University Administration
Special Collections - MsC0501

 

Nursing

 

Arlene Jens papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0499

Barbara Fassbinder Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0410

Barbara M. Calderon Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0247

Cheryl Britton Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0873

Cora Call Whitley Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0154

Des Moines Birthplace records
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0195

Eva Erickson Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0922


Evelyn Crary Bacon Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0012

Geraldene Felton Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0330

Grace Patten Papers
Nursing; Midwifery
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0475

Her Own Story: Ten Benton County Women oral histories
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0134

Iowa League for Nursing records
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0580

Iowa Nurses Association records
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0023

Iowa Nurses Association Fifth District records
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0015

Jean Shoots Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0308

Kay Hata oral history
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives 

Louise Liers Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0570

Lucille Ketchum Carter Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0131

 

 

Margaret Langland Johnson Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0816

Marie Schultz Meyer Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0121

Marie Tener Havel Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0336

Marjorie Elizabeth Lyford Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0051


Marjorie Jean Bertalot Block Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0385

Martha Eimen Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0218

Mary Patricia Donahue Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0512

Mary Ungerer Hauth Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0190

Mavis Stoner Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0428


Myrtle Kitchell Aydelotte Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0036

Neta Andrews Papers
Nursing
​Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0586

Ruth Hager Cousin Papers
Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0522

Ruth Salzmann Becker Papers

Nursing
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0123

Carlyle Jacobsen Papers
Nursing; University Administration
University Archives - RG99.0021

Nursing Service Department Records
Nursing; Women in the Health Sciences
University Archives - RG27.0006.001

Teresa E. Christy Papers
Nursing; Women in the Health Sciences
University Archives - RG99.0292

College of Nursing Records
Nursing; Women in the Health Sciences
University Archives - RG16.0001.001

Shelton Family Papers
Nursing; Women in the Health Sciences
Special Collections - MsC0007

 

Nutrition

 

Eva Donelson Wilson papers
Nutrition
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0355

Margaret Conner papers
Nutrition
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0598

Floy Eugenia Whitehead papers
Nutrition
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0037

 

Occupational Therapy

 

Wanda Edgerton papers
Occupational Therapy
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0603

 

Pediatric and Child Wellness

 

Ralph H. Ojemann Papers
Pediatric and Child Wellness
University Archives - RG99.0310

 

Phlebotomy

 

Robert C. Hardin Papers
Phlebotomy
University Archives - RG99.0277

 

Polio

 

Barbara Burrell Nichols papers
Polio
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0668

 

Psychology

 

Arlene Morris papers
Psychology
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0276

George T.W. Patrick Papers
Psychology
University Archives - RG99.0137

Dr. Kenneth J. Hartman Papers
Psychology
Special Collections - MsC0876

Norman C. Meier Papers
Psychology
University Archives - RG99.0163

Dewey B. Stuit Papers
Psychology
University Archives - RG99.0024

I. Gormezano Papers
Psychology
University Archives - RG99.0161

Mary McDermott Shideler papers
Psychology
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0404

T. Anne Cleary papers
Psychology
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0200

Smallpox

 

Alice Sophia Brant papers
Smallpox
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0170

 

Speech Pathology

 

Dorothy Moeller
Speech Pathology
Special Collections - MsC0869

 

Suicide

 

Ida Bandfield Holden papers
Suicide
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0062

 

Tuberculosis

 

[C] Everett Turling Letters from Oakdale Sanatorium
Tuberculosis
Special Collections - MsC0971

Gladys Homan papers
Tuberculosis
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0261

University Administration

 

C.P. Howard Papers
University Administration
University Archives - RG99.0334

Myrtle Kitchell Aydelotte papers
University Administration
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0036​

Women in the Health Sciences

 

Geraldene Felton papers
Women in the Health Sciences
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0330

Zella White Stewart papers
Women in the Health Sciences; Allergies
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0683

The Des Moines BirthPlace papers
Women in the Health Sciences; Midwifery
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0195

Sarah C. Taylor papers
Women in the Health Sciences; Midwifery
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0140

Carol Hodne papers
Women in the Health Sciences; Women's Health
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0488

Sister Irene Muñoz papers
Women in the Health Sciences; Women's Health
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0923

Emma Goldman Clinic (Iowa City, Iowa) records
Women's Health
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0466

World War II Medicine

 

Edward S. Perkins World War II Letters
WWII Medicine
Special Collections - MsC0951

Pauline Lyon papers
WWII Medicine; Women in the Health Sciences
Iowa Women's Archives - IWA0202