History & Special Collections Division

Manuscripts: Personal Papers and Records

20th Century :

• Clara Barton Hospital School of Nursing. Records.
• Lulu Wolf Hassenplug. Personal papers and memorabilia.
• Adrian C. Kannaar, M. D. papers and manuscripts
• Los Angeles Coroner's Case books, toxicology case book, autopsy books.
• Tracy J. Putnam, M.D. Collection, 1938-1975.
• History of Pain Collection: (Newly formed) Will consist of oral histories, records of the American Pain Society and the International Association for the Study of Pain, personal papers of major players from the boundary field of pain studies.
• Prednisone, First Use to prevent rejection of transplant organs (UCLA Patient Record)
• Southern California Society of Anaesthetists : Notes of meetings
• Western Urologic Forum Scrapbooks
• Western Vascular Society. Records
• William Frederick Windle (1898-1985). Research Papers - neuroanatomy/neurosciences.
• Zilboorg-Friedmann Suicide File

18th and 19th Century:

• Maison Belhomme. [Patient Register]. 1775-1810
• John A. Benjamin Manuscript Collection. 18 Manuscripts on a variety of medical topics with a focus on urology
• *Bornhaupt, Leo. Erinn'rung Gruesst durch Sturm und Wetter {manuscript}. 2 volumes. 1904-05. (Russo-Japanese War)
• Bucquet (Physician): Medical Records of Mentally Ill Convicts.1815-1838
• Diaries, Daybooks and financial ledgers of physicians and dentists
• Esquirol, Etienne. [Patient Register]. Le present registre. 1808
• *Hospital for Children with Hip Disease, The Vines, Sevenoaks, Kent. L.M. Hill in {memorium} : Jan. 1893 to Apr. 1894. Pictures of children with tuberculosis of the hip : photograph album
• Dr. Mules of Bowden. Diseases of the Eye. Ms. with watercolors. 2. volumes. 1888-1890
• Notes on lectures on the theory and practice of medicine. John Elliotson, 1833
• Park, John B. Materia medica notes. 2 volumes. 1870 .
• *Ivan Pavlov Photographs of Laboratory and experiments
• Miscellaneous Manuscripts on medical topics
• Florence Nightingale. Letters.

Near Eastern Manuscripts. (12th-18th century)

• Arabic Medical Manuscripts
• Persian Medical Manuscripts

Records and Papers about Biomed Collections

• Barlow Medical Library Collection. Records of the workings of the Library prior to transfer to LACMA in 1934. The Barlow Medical Library was transferred to the Biomedical Library in 1991.
• John A. Benjamin Collection. Papers. (Documentation of the building of his book collection donated to UCLA in 1963).

Historical Research Files of Historians

• Charles Donald O'Malley. Papers. (Historical research files)
• Webb Haymaker. Papers. (Historical research files on the Founders of Neurology)
• Mary A. B. Brazier. (Historical photographic research files)