NLM Publications and Productions
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The NLM Publications and Productions Collection spans the 1860s to the present and includes documents published by the National Library of Medicine and its predecessors: the Library of the Surgeon General’s Office (1836-1922), the Army Medical Library (1922-1952), and the Armed Forces Medical Library (1952-1956).
NLM-created documents and videos in this collection include interviews, biographies, reports, and lectures.
Highlights include:
- • The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion (1861-65) in two volumes in six parts, including illustrations and maps;
- • first edition of the Army Medical Library Classification (1951), for arrangement of monographs on medicine and related sciences, designed for use in conjunction with the Library of Congress Classification;
- • the film, Dedication ceremonies, National Library of Medicine: December 14, 1961, a record of the dedication ceremonies for the new building of the National Library of Medicine, held on December 14, 1961;
- • the study, design, and implementation of MEDLARS (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) in 1964 chronicled in The MEDLARS story at the National Library of Medicine;
- • a catalog named for and based on the NLM exhibition, Dream Anatomy, originally showcased in 2002-2003 and featuring exceptional illustrations and portraits.