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Archives and Special Collections on Women in Medicine and Homeopathy – Drexel University College of Medicine

Address: 3300 Henry Avenue, Room 164C, Philadelphia, PA 19129

Country: U.S.A.

Phone: +1 (215) 842 7331

Fax: +1 (215) 843 6073

Email: archives@drexelmed.edu

Web site: http://med.library.drexel.edu/

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Access library: Researchers by appointment only during regular hours: Monday - Friday 9:30 to 4:30.

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Borrowing: No

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Last update info: 03/2005

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Homeopathic Educational Services

Address: 1) Library: 2036 Blake Street, Berkeley, California 94704
2) Mailing: 2124 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, California 94704

Country: U.S.A.

Phone: +1 (510) 649 0294

Fax: +1 (510) 649 1955

Email: mail@homeopathic.com

Web site: http://www.homeopathic.com

Contact person: Dana Ullman

Financed by: Dana Ullman

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Access library: By permission only.

Access fees: Variable. 

Borrowing: No. Purchase possible.

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No. hom. books: 1200

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No. vol. hom. per.: 700

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Last update info: 03/2003

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Lehigh County Historical Society

Address: Old Courthouse, P.O. Box 1548, Allentown, PA 18105-1548

Country: U.S.A.

Phone: +1 (610) 435 4664

Fax: +1 (610) 435 9812

Email: lchs@voicenet.com

Web site: http://www.voicenet.com/~lchs/library

Contact person: June B. Griffiths (librarian-archivist)

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Target group: Researchers of local history, genealogy.

Access library: Open to public 10 am - 4pm, Monday to Friday.

Access fees: Society members free, non-members 4USD fee.  

Borrowing: No.

Access database: Indirectly via librarian.

Profile: Historical society with 9 historic sites plus research library of local history, genealogy, several special collections including homoeopathy.
First homoeopathic medical school was located in Allentown. Allentown State Hospital, earlier the State Homeopathic Hospital of Pennsylvania, gave most of our homoeopathic books, which we have for historic purposes.
Mainly historical volumes, period 1800 to the present. Most are in English, but a quantity are in German.

No. books: 10000

No. hom. books: 35

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No. vol. hom. per.: 6

Database name: MINARET by Cactus Software

Database content: Archives, book titles

Database records: 38

Search options: Author, title, key words.

Indexing system: Commercial (SEARS with modifications). 

Last update info: 1995

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National Center for Homeopathy

Address: 801 North Fairfax Street #306, 22314 Alexandria, Virginia

Country: U.S.A.

Phone: +1 (703) 548 7790

Fax: +1 (703) 548 7792

Email: info@homeopathic.org

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Contact person: Sharon Stevenson (executive director)

Financed by: Private donations.

Target group: Anyone interested in homoeopathy.

Access library: By appointment.

Access fees: If the NCH has to look for information 25 USD /hour. 

Borrowing: No.

Access database: Via computer in library.

Profile: Many old volumes; many belonging to famous homoeopaths (Boger, Gladwin, Fincke etc.); few volumes later than 1930. Most are in English. Many are annotated. Several original manuscripts; Fincke-translation of Organon; hand-written lecture notes from Kent's school.

No. books: 1870

No. hom. books: Most of the 1870

No. hom. reports: 20

No. vol. hom. per.: 70 (still cataloguing)

Database name: FILEMAKER PRO

Database content: Book titles, author, publisher, date, previous owner of book.

Database records: 1870

Search options: Author, title, key words, publisher, date of publication, who signed book, condition.

Indexing system: Key words 

Last update info: 04/2006

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National College of Naturopathic Medicine - Library

Address: 049 SW Porter Street, Portland, Oregon 97201Country: U.S.A.

Phone: +1 (503) 552 1542

Fax: +1 (503) 219 9709

Email: circulation@ncnm.edu

Web site: http://www.ncnm.edu/library/

Contact person: Rik Severson (Library Director)

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Last update info: 03/2005

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University of California San Francisco – Library and Center for Knowledge Management

Address: 530 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0840

Country: U.S.A.

Phone: +1 (415) 476 8112

Fax: +1 (415) 476 4653

Email: archives@library.ucsf.edu

Web site: http://www.library.ucsf.edu

Contact person: Lisa Mix, Manager, Archives and Special Collections.

Financed by: University of California.

Target group: UCSF graduate students, faculty, staff; research community history of science. 

Access library: Special collections by appointment only.

Access fees: Fees may apply for special services.

Borrowing: No borrowing of historical material.

Access database: Through the internet.

Profile: Contains significant homeopathic journals; library of James Ward, noted SF homeopath physician; archival collection California Homeopathic Institutions 1884-1984; 5th edition of Samuel Hahnemann’s Organon with additions in his own hand.

No. books: 428,700

No. hom. books: 1,200

No. hom. reports: 900 homeopathic pamphlets (reprints, speeches, addresses), alphabetical author list, not catalogued.

No. vol. hom. per.: 175

Database name: GALEN II

Database content: Online catalogue of general collection and most of special collections. Links to internet resources, California Digital Library.

Database records: 500 (homeopathic as keyword).

Search options: Author, title, key words, Library of Congress subject heading, call number. 

Indexing system: Commercial (INNOPAC) lled key words (LC MARC format). 

Last update info: 05/2006

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Christopher Ellithorp (private library)

Address: 114 South William Street, 12095 Johnstown, New York

Country: U.S.A.

Phone: +1 (518) 762 4569

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Contact person: Theresa Ellithorp

Financed by: private

Target group: Researchers in homoeopathy. 

Access library: Homoeopathic practitioners, students.

Access fees: None

Borrowing: No

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Profile: Approx. 850 volumes, on homoeopathy, 1830's to 1950's. Many rare books, many letters & photographs. Volumes mainly in English. A few early German pieces. Approx. 250 bound volumes. Journals. Ephemeral collection.

No. books: 900

No. hom. books: 850

No. hom. reports: 300

No. vol. hom. per.: 200 (+ incomplete volumes)

Database name: FILEMAKER PRO

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Database records: 635

Search options: Author, title, key words, publisher, date of publication, who signed book.

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Last update info: 07/2006

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