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Historical/Special Collections       The Historical and Special Collections Department serves as the University of Maryland medical archives documenting the health sciences professional schools on the Baltimore campus. Genealogical and other historical information about the University's medical, dental, pharmacy, nursing, and social work schools is available. The collection includes college catalogs, yearbooks, and selected primary documents such as matriculation ledgers and administrative minutes dating back to the University of Maryland's nineteenth century origins. For research assistance: Ask a Historical/Special Collections Reference Question The Library's rare book collection also resides in this department. Individual historical collections of chiefly pre-1900 imprints are included, featuring significant works in the health sciences fields. Holdings in the field of social work also are included. Currently there are over 7,000 volumes throughout the collections. The library continues to add new acquisitions as funds and availability of materials permit. Donations of pertinent materials are always welcome. The holdings of the historical book collections are included in CatalogUSMAI. The Department is located on the Library’s fifth floor. Rich Behles is the moderator of CADUCEUS-L, an email discussion list devoted to the history of medicine and allied sciences. Rich Behles, MS Historical Librarian/Preservation Officer Phone: 410-706-5048 E-mail: rbehles@hshsl.umaryland.edu. Hours: Weekdays by appointment CORDELL COLLECTION The library's largest historical collection, includes all aspects of medicine   CRAWFORD COLLECTION Origin of the University of Maryland Library System, reflecting Crawford's interest in natural history   GRIEVES COLLECTION Devoted to the history of dentistry KENDALL COLLECTION Physical therapy collection from the personal holdings of Florence P. Kendall   NURSING COLLECTION Includes works by Florence Nightingale and other nursing leaders   PHARMACY COLLECTION Includes early dispensatories, pharmacopoeias, materia medica   SOCIAL WORK COLLECTION Originated from the personal holdings of birth control pioneer Marie Stopes   UMB CAMPUS HISTORY COLLECTION Primary sources, such as yearbooks, college catalogs, etc., documenting the history of the UMB campus   WOODWARD COLLECTION Historical texts and faculty highlights from one of the School of Medicine's most esteemed educators

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