Our Collections
Institutional Archives
Medical Center Archives is the official repository for the records of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center (formerly New York Hospital) and Weill Medical College of Cornell University (formerly Cornell University Medical College). Records of Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar are also included in the archives. In addition, the records for several other institutions that have merged or affiliated with the medical center are also available.
For a list of institutions, [click here]Personal Papers and Manuscripts
Medical Center Archives has approximately 150 collections of personal papers and manuscripts from individual physicians, faculty, nurses, students, and administrators who have been associated with the medical center. Included in these collections are the early cytology slides prepared by Dr. George N. Papanicolaou, developer of the "Pap" smear. The papers of Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud, the 1955 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, include research notes scribbled on napkins, as well as correspondence with other Nobel Prize winners. Dr. Connie M. Guion's papers reflect her strong will and gracious spirit, greatly needed in 1913 when she entered Cornell University Medical College. Dr. Walsh McDermott's papers contain reports on a program for improving the health care of the Navajo people at Many Farms, Arizona. The Stimson Family's papers cover the period from the Civil War through World War II, including diaries of Major Julia C. Stimson, head of the Army Nurses Corp during World War I. The papers of Dr. David Rogers chronicle the recent history of AIDS, and the response of government and the medical community to the pandemic. The Benjamin Harrison Kean papers reflect Dr. Kean's research and teaching in the field of tropical medicine and parasitolgy.
For a list of personal papers and manuscripts, [click here].Patient Medical Records
Medical Center Archives holds patient medical records from New York Hospital, Bloomingdale Asylum/Hospital, Lying-In Hospital of the City of New York, and several other institutions. As a whole, these records document the changes in patient population and medical/nursing care over a period of more than 200 years. Because of their confidential nature, there are restrictions on the use of these records.
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