Emphasis on the history of American medicine and the history of nutrition. SERVICES: research reference and photographic image reproduction.

Monographs: 14,000 volumes. Emphasis on 18th and 19th century. Serials: none. Manuscript collections: 80, including archives of Vanderbilt Medical Center; American Society for Nutritional Sciences; American College of Neuropsychopharmacology; photographic archive of 14,000 images relating to the history of Vanderbilt Medical Center and the history if medicine in Nashville and Tennessee; collection of artifacts including Civil War medical instruments; Research papers of Joseph Goldberger, M.D.; Albert Moll Hypnosis Collection; E. Neige Todhunter Culinary Collection; Papers of Ernest Goodpasture, M.D. and William J. Darby, M.D. Ph.D. Guides to the collection include: Nutrition History Notes, 1983-1992; "The Moll Collection on Hypnotism at Vanderbilt," Bull. Med. Libr. Assoc. 65 (1) January 1977. Printed catalogs of special exhibits (available upon request): Margaret and Amos Christie History of Pediatrics Collection (1985); Special Exhibit of Selected Recent Acquisitions (1985); Bibliography of Selected Titles in the History of Nutrition (1986); Journeys of Discovery. A Special Book Exhibit for the Dedication of the Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library (1994); Portraits, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (1995); The Roscoe R. Robinson History of Nephrology Collection (1997).