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This collection contains lectures, memoranda, data, correspondence, notes, clippings, and reprints.

This collection includes items related to The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis. From early community attempts to raise funds for a Jewish hospital; to the hospital’s construction at sites on Delmar Boulevard (completed in 1902), and later, on Kingshighway Boulevard (completed in 1926); and continuing up to and beyond its merger with Barnes Hospital in 1996, the history of Jewish Hospital is documented in a variety of material formats. The collection includes hospital statistics; correspondence; scrapbooks; newspaper and magazine clippings; VHS and cassette tapes; photographs; artifacts; hospital publications; administrative records; and staff biographical files. Also included are the files of multiple subsidiary and associated hospital organizations.  Of note is a set of key organizational documents for Jewish Hospital covering the years 1878-1977 ( series 11, sub-series 1); three large scrapbooks documenting hospital events and occurrences of the years 1927-1958 (series 5); and the collection of hospital publications ( series 9, sub-series 3), which includes serial magazines and annual reports of the hospital. Also of interest are the partial contents of the Delmar Boulevard hospital building’s 1901 cornerstone _(series 2, sub-series 1)and a collection of files documenting the 1962 hepatitis outbreak at Jewish Hospital (series 2, sub-series 2)._

This collection includes items related to St. Louis Children’s Hospital, one of the first children’s hospitals in the country. The history of the hospital, beginning with its opening in 1879, is documented in a variety of material formats.

The collection includes hospital publications; photographs in various forms; tapes and film reels; scrapbooks; newspaper and magazine clippings; artifacts and printing blocks; administrative records; hospital contracts and legal materials; financial records; press releases and media queries; and hospital histories and chronologies. Also included are some departmental records, as well as records of institutions and organizations associated with the hospital.

Of note is the collection of hospital publications (series 1), which includes serial publications and annual reports of the hospital, and photographs (series 2) of various hospital events, employees, patients, and building areas. Also included are records (series 11) of the Martha Parsons Free Hospital for Children (previously the Augusta Free Hospital for Children), which merged with St. Louis Children’s Hospital in 1910. Of further note are early financial records of St. Louis Children’s Hospital (series 9), as well as early Board of Managers meeting minutes (series 12). Early contracts and written histories of the hospital (series 14) and a variety of staff and departmental files (series 17) are included in the collection.

This small collection contains notebooks kept by Thomas S. Watson and several miscellaneous documents. The notebooks include those kept by Watson while he was a student at Missouri Medical College, and notebooks containing medical prescription formulas. The documents include medical treatment notes and documents related to Watson’s drug store.

The collection is comprised of material gathered by John B. Shapleigh, II concerning his grandfather. Although most of the files were created posthumously, notably the memorial addresses and newspaper clippings, some are contemporary to the elder Shapleigh. Of special interest are the miscellaneous personal memorabilia and the report on the Washington University Hospital.

Reprints of papers, essays, and addresses by Walter Wyman, MD, Surgeon General, 1883-1911... secured through courtesy of Messrs Henry P. and Frank Wyman for the St. Louis Medical History Club by George Homan, MD,... 1911.

This collection consists of 4 drawings and 2 certificates from John B. Shapleigh. Three of the drawings are cartoon caricatures that include a cut-out photograph of the subject's face and a drawn body.

The collection includes minutes of faculty meetings, a student register, and annual catalogs of courses offered for the years 1886-1896.

This collection consists of a scrapbook containing photographs, verse, and signatures of friends and colleagues of Warren B. Outten. Outten was gifted the scrapbook as a souvenir when the Missouri Pacific Railway Hospital was moved from its original office in Carondelet to a more central location in St. Louis. Outten was the organizer and chief surgeon of the office. The 25 photographs in the srapbook pertain to the Carondelet area and to Outten's office. Each photograph is matched with a quote or verse.

Statistics of Cholera in Saint Louis in 1866...by Robt. Moore, a 3 by 5 inch notebook containing mortality data for all blocks of the city in that year. The folder also contains related printed matter.

This collection consists of 24 documents and photographs related to the education of Heinrich Wilhelm Homeyer in Germany in the late 19th century. The majority of the documents refer to Homeyer's medical education, but the collection also includes his high school matriculation certificate and his undergraduate matriculation certificate, as well as his credentials to study medicine. Homeyer's medical school disseration was translated from the original German in 1986 by Marion McGuinn, former Rare Book Librarian at Becker Library. His translation and an annotated photocopy of the dissertation are also included in this collection.

This collection consists of 60 lithographic prints that primarily duplicate those found in Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erläuterndem Texte : Atlas zur Pharmacopoea germanica, austriaca, belgica, danica, helvetica, hungarica, rossica, suecica, neerlandica, British pharmacopoeia, zum Codex medicamentarius, sowie zur Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America. In some cases, there are differences between the prints in VC186 and the published plates.

This collection consists of a disbound souvenir booklet produced by Anheuser-Busch that features 16 lithographs of views from St. Louis and the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association.

This small collection includes a notebook kept by William P. Rowland with brief notes on obstetrical patients, 1888-1916. The notebook also includes 75 pages of notes in German, circa 1885.

The collection also includes a reprint of an address given by Rowland at the 1907 meeting of the North Missouri Medical Association.

This collection consists of 8 photographs and 2 certificates related to Martin Silberberg. Photographs include portraits of Silberberg and the Silberberg family and scenes from the reception for the Martin Silberberg Memorial Fund Exhibit displayed in the Washington University School of Medicine Library. The certificates are the Doctor of Medicine diplomas for Martin Silberberg and his father, Nathan Silberberg, from the University of Breslau in Poland.

This collection consists of 10 photographs depicting group portraits of St. Louis City Hospital interns and House Staff, taken between circa 1886 and 1932.

This collection consists of 231 photographs and negatives depicting scenes from Washington University School of Dental Medicine. Depicted subjects include interior and exterior views of school buildings, scenes of students at work in classrooms and laboratories, and single and group portraits of students and alumni. Also included in this collection are two groups of negatives depicting scenes from a 25th Anniversary party for Naomi Davidian and scenes from William Koch's retirement party in 1978.

This collection consists of 6 photographs from the Saint Louis Medical Society. Depicted subjects include two building exteriors, including the first Lutheran Hospital building, and four group portraits.