The collection consists of approximately 2 million 4x6 inch negatives and accompanying descriptive 3x5 inch index cards. A great percentage of the images are text, graphs, and simple illustrative material meant to accompany lectures and presentations. Some are histology or x-ray imagery generated in research or to accompany patient records. Some are photographs of patients documenting their condition for their records or for clinical and pathological lectures. A smaller percentage of images are staff ID portraits or photographs of buildings and facilities. The collection is in the process of being weeded to retain historically relevant images and descriptive cards.

This collection consists of 6 photographs and negatives depicting interior and exterior views of Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital, including views of Barnard's predecessor St. Louis Skin and Cancer Hospital at 410 N. Jefferson Avenue.

This collection consists of 10 images scanned from slides in the possession of David B. Clifford, MD. The images depict the St. Louis City Hospital wards circa 1976, and the surrounding area of the hospital circa 1985.

Composite photographs of students, faculty, and members of colleges and institutions with no affiliation or relation to Washington University.

5 editions of Stereoscopic Studies of Anatomy. One of the 5 editions is on the Pathological Anatomy of the Eye, while the other 4 are a complete atlas of the human body and include 250 stereoscopic views. Includes 2 stereoscopic views, wood with glass lenses.

This collection consists of 10 photographs related to Henry Clay Davis, including views of his home, a church, and his gravestone. Also included in this collection is a photograph from the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to the memory of Kate McSorely, who was a nurse to Dr. Davis when he succumbed to Yellow Fever in 1878, and who died shortly after he did.

Microscopes.

This collection consists of 8 photographs depicting John M. Olin posing with his catch after a fishing trip in Florida. The photographs were sent to Glover H. Copher along with a letter. A copy of the letter and Copher's response is included in the collection.

6 Prints.

This collection consists of 10 photographs, 1 course card, and 1 architectural drawing from Saint Louis Medical College and Missouri Dental College. The photographs are bound in a booklet; there are three copies of the booklet in this collection.

60 Prints.

This collection consists of 6 drawings depicting portraits of notable physicians from the 16th to the 20th centuries. These portraits were published as art supplements to the German Medical Weekly, and gathered to create the Bildersammlung aus der Geschichte der Medizin, or the Picture Collection from the History of Medicine.

The hearing devices in the collection range from small hand-held trumpet type devices; long rubber conversation tubes that allow for the user to hold one end to their ear and the other end directly to the speaker’s mouth; large London-dome shaped devices; animal horns; acoustic fans; walking sticks; a leather and metal device manufactured to resemble a water canteen; telescopic devices that could be discreetly folded within a pocket; headpieces for women; beard receptacles for men; the first electronic hearing device model; devices that resemble radios or cameras; devices hidden within barrettes and eyeglasses; early cochlear implant models, and many more. There are very few duplicate devices with many representing the only known extant models in existence.

This collection consists of 8 drawings, photographs, and artifacts from Andrew B. Jones. The photographs are group portraits of Barnes Hospital staff and Washington University School of Medicine faculty, the drawings depict the human peripheral nervous system, and the artifact is a human skull used by Jones for anatomical study.

This collection consists of a bound Sinhalese Ola (book-manuscript).

This collection consists of 10 prints reproduced from original caricatures depicting scenes related to the creation and dissemination of the smallpox vaccine. The original caricatures were created by French, German, and Italian artists in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.