FAQ: History of the National Library of Medicine®
Question: What is the history of the National Library of Medicine®?
Answer:
The National Library of Medicine started in 1836 as a small collection of medical books and journals in the office of the United States Army Surgeon General. Before the collection moved in 1962 to National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD campus, it was housed at these locations:
- (1862-1866) Riggs Bank Building at 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
- (1866-1887) Ford's Theatre at 513 10th Street NW
- (1887-1962) Army Medical Museum and Library Building at 7th Street and Independence Avenue SW
For more information go to:
- Milestones in NLM History
- We Were Here First - history of the NLM building site
- NLM Legislative Chronology
- NLM Legislation
- The Story of NLM Historical Collections
- Brief History of NLM
- National Library of Medicine
- DeBakey ME. The National Library of Medicine: Evolution of a Premier Information Center. JAMA. 1991 Sep 4;266(9):1252-8
- Finding Aid to the Wyndham D. Miles Papers on the History of the National Library of Medicine, 1864-1984
- Miles, Wyndham D. A history of the National Library of Medicine. Bethesda (MD): The Library; 1982. (NIH publication; no. 82-1904). Available from: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
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