Guide to Collections Relating to the History of Artificial Internal Organs

Bakken Library and Museum Canada Science and Technology Museum Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum DeWitt Stetten Jr. Museum of Medical Research Dittrick Medical History Center Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences International Center for Artificial Organs and Transplantation International Center for Medical Technologies International Museum of Surgical Science John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center Mayo Foundation Archives, Mayo Clinic Medical History Museum of the University of Copenhagen Medical History Museum of the University of Zurich Medicinhistoriska Museet Minnesota Historical Society Museu Nacional de Historia da Medicina Museum Boerhaave Museum of Health Care at Kingston Mutter Museum National Library of Medicine National Museum of American History National Museum of Health and Medicine Science Museum of London Semmelweis Medical Historical Museum, Library and Archives Thackray Museum University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Medical Museum University of Utah, Marriott Library, Special Collections University of Washington Vanderbilt University Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine

University Of Washington, Libraries, Manuscripts & University Archives Division   Box 352900, Seattle, Washington 98195-2900 (206) 543-1879   mssarch@u.washington.edu   Hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5p.m; Closed weekends and holidays.   The Libraries, Manuscripts and University Archives Division at the University of Washington holds primarily textual records, chiefly relating to the Pacific Northwest, especially western Washington. Materials focus on the following subjects: politics, public administration, urbanization, electric power development, mining, railroads, forest industries, international fisheries, environmental issues, labor movements, ethnic minorities, and the arts. The division also includes the University Archives with both institutional records and faculty papers.     Collections Belding H. Scribner Collection, 1950-1978   MS 87-2068   22 linear ft (papers)   Dr. Belding H. Scribner (b.1921) was a physician, researcher and professor of medicine at the University of Washington who contributed to the development of hemodialysis techniques.   The collection encompasses correspondence, annual reports, research notes, grant files, conference files, and minutes of meetings relating to Dr. Scribner's teaching and research activities, especially his role in the development of hemodialysis techniques. It also contains papers relating to the Seattle Artificial Kidney Center, where Dr. Scribner served as Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee from 1961 to 1964.   Available at repository   Access partially restricted

Last reviewed: 27 August 2008
Last updated: 02 March 2007
First published: 01 March 2002
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