By Kenneth M. Koyle ~ January is National Soup Month, and for obvious reasons. This is the middle of winter for those of us in
Category: Collections
Posts highlighting the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine
Narratives of Pandemics Past: Archival Approaches to Understanding the COVID-19 Pandemic
Alexandre White, PhD will speak on Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 2:00 PM ET. This program will be live-streamed globally, and archived, by NIH VideoCasting.
“Human bullets,” A Russo-Japanese War Photo Album
By Alexander Bay ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. This essay takes a look at an album of 50
The National Commission on AIDS, 1989–1993
By Susan L. Speaker ~ The National Library of Medicine recently launched a new Profiles in Science site! Unlike most of our earlier Profiles, which
A New Year’s Day in the Life
A new year can be a turning point, a start of something new, a break from routine, a celebration. The historical collections of the National
Telling the National Cancer Story: Nearly 50 Years of the SEER Program
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the National Cancer Act of 1971. Its passage created programs like the Surveillance, Epidemiology,
Wartime Incarceration of Deaf Japanese Americans
Circulating Now welcomes Selena Moon, MA, a public historian researching Japanese American mixed race history, military history, and disability history. Today she joins us to
NLM Collections Tour: HIV/AIDS
Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. To commemorate the 40 years that the US has been responding to the crisis, this post features materials related to HIV/AIDS.
AIDS Posters: A Community Tool Used to Save Lives
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Theodore (ted) Kerr to discuss his research in the AIDS poster collection at the National Library of Medicine and his
Hospital Postcards: A Visual Chronicle by Collector W. Bruce Fye
Recently, a collection of more than 2,200 illustrated and real-photo postcards was generously donated to the National Library of Medicine by Dr. W. Bruce Fye,