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 NYAM 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 New York Academy of Medicine Library can be found in the Library's online catalog, although many of the small manuscript holdings can only be found at the present time by consulting the printed catalog.
The finding aids that appear on this page represent only a small portion of our holdings. Please consult the curatorial staff in the Rare Book 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
- American Ophthalmological Society Records, 1864-2012
- Brooklyn Academy of Pediatrics, Minutes, 1933-1956
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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, 1931-1988
- New York Academy of Medicine, Section on Neurology and Psychiatry Records, 1885-1984
- New York Bronchoscopic Club Minutes and Records, 1927-1971
- New York Laryngological Society Records, 1932-1967
- 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, 1864-2007
- New York Regional Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Records, 1943-1969
- New York Society for Medical History Records, 1938-1955
- 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
- Surgical Research Society Minutes and Records, 1915-1946
