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Name The P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library
Briscoe Library
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
 
Address 7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78229
 
Contact Penelope Borchers
Special Collections
borchers@uthscsa.edu
 
Telephone (210) 567-2469
(210) 567-2400
 
Online http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/gethelp/help.cfm?category=Nixon
 
Abstract

The historical collections of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio include rare and historic books in the health sciences, manuscripts, photographs, and other materials relating to the history of the health sciences in South Texas. SERVICES: interlibrary loan, historical reference, photocopying. Publications: Friends of the PI Nixon Medical Historical Library Newsletter.

 
Holdings

Incunabula: 2 titles; 16th-20th century: 4,892 titles; pamphlets: 50 folders; theses: 351; bound serials: 261; photographs: 2,000+; University archives and other organizational records: 300 linear feet; modern manuscripts: 30 linear feet. Printed Catalogs: Henry Schuman, comp., Sixty-five Notable Milestones in the History of Medicine in the Bexar County Medical Library (1961). Online Systems: Books, theses, serials, archives, and manuscripts searchable online through Briscoe Library's Library Information System (BLIS). Pamphlets and photographs not included. Books (if original cataloging), theses, archives and manuscripts entered in OCLC.

 
ID
HMD/005
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Last reviewed: 07 May 2008
Last updated: 07 October 2008
First published: 18 September 2007
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