University of Arizona Health Sciences Library Special Collections
A postcard depicting a bird's eye view of the University of Arizona College of Medicine in 1967.
Collection area: History of Science
Collection dates: Varies
The University of Arizona Health Sciences Library Special Collections document the history of health sciences in the American Southwest, border region, and the University of Arizona.
The collection focuses on the University of Arizona College of Medicine, especially its founding and early years. Also includes other health sciences items of significant historical interest.
Errol Payne Palmer, Sr. Papers (MS 688)
Merlin Kearfott DuVal, Jr. Papers (MS 689)
Oscar Andreas Thorup, Jr. Papers (MS 690)
Southern Arizona Biomedical Librarians records (MS 691)
Jack Malcolm Layton Papers (MS 692)
Frederick J. Margolis Photographs (MS 693)
Personal Names in Arizona Medical History
Pima County Medical Society Minutes (MS 700)
Max Lee Morrison Boone papers (MS 701)
University of Arizona College of Medicine founding faculty interviews (MS 702)
Arizona Health Sciences Center Office of Public Affairs records (MS 703)
Arthur Jerome Present papers (MS 707)
Library Faculty Assembly Records of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Library (MS 708)
Arizona Health Sciences Library Frankenstein Exhibition records (MS 713)
Contact us about accessing the following collections:
- Scrapbooks relating to the University of Arizona College of Medicine
- Orville Harry Brown, M.D. Collection
- Hugh H. Smith, M.D., Collection
- Other Collections, University of Arizona Health Sciences Library
Materials were transferred from the University of Arizona Health Sciences Library to University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections in 2018.
However, a number of archival collections remain at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Library, this includes: Space Technology Applied to Rural Papago Advanced Health Care Archive (STARPAHC also known as the Telemedicine Collection), UA College of Medine Alumni Affairs, UA College of Medicine photographic essay by Jerry McDaniel, and additional instruments and memorabilia.
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