Center is open by appointment only Monday–Friday, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Stanford Medical History Center is a unit of Lane Medical Library and located at Lane Building.
Stanford Medical History Center
300 Pasteur Drive
Room
L109
Stanford, CA 94305-5123
Upcoming events
Explore the History of
Stanford Medicine
Stanford University School of
Medicine and the Predecessor Schools: An Historical PerspectiveJohn Wilson, 1998
Stanford University School of Medicine: A
Legacy of Medical Innovation Stanford University School of Medicine, 2000
Medicine and The Stanford University School
of Medicine circa 1932: The Way It Was David A. Ryland, 1984
Dedication of the Lane Medical Library,
Leland Stanford Jr. University, San Francisco, November 3, 1912Stanford University, 1912
The University and the Medical School: A View of the Relationship at StanfordWilliam H. Northway, Jr., M.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine: Forty Careers in MedicineStanford University School of Medicine Office of Alumni Relations
Images
We have thousands of images in a variety of formats.
Our Flickr collections are covered by a Creative Commons license. We require a credit line, "Stanford Medical History Center." For online displays, the credit line must be a link to the History Center.
The Stanford Medical History Center has many thousands of images beyond those on Flickr. The History Center is equipped with a digital imaging station so you can reproduce images from our collections. You are also welcome to use your own digital camera.
Other Historical Image Resources
- Wellcome Library
- National Library of Medicine
- PMC
- Flickr Commons
- Flickr – University College Dublin
- Flickr – Warwick Center
- Flickr - Wellcome Images
- Flickr – Dittrick Museum
- Flickr – National Museum of Health and Medicine
- Flickr – Johns Hopkins Medical Images
- Internet Archive Book Images
- Springer Images
Permissions to use these images varies depending upon the institution managing the collections.
Publication, broadcast, commercial license fees
Still Images
| Application | Quantity | Academic and 501(c)3 | Commercial | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books, Periodicals, Catalogs, Posters, CDs, DVDs | Print run | up to 5,000 | $25 | $50 |
| 5,001 -10,000 | $100 | $100 | ||
| 10,001 and above | $150 | $150 | ||
| Subscription Databases and Software Applications | $25 | $100 | ||
| Promotional Materials (including brochures, dust jackets, and album covers) | Print run | up to 5,000 | $50 | $100 |
| 5,001 -10,000 | $100 | $100 | ||
| 10,001 and above | $250 | $250 | ||
| Exhibitions | Up to one year | Free | $100 | |
| Permanent exhibit | $50 | $150 | ||
| Film and Video | $50 | $150 | ||
| Dissertations and Theses | Free | - | ||
| Broadcast on Network TV, Cable or Satellite | Local to National | $125 | ||
| Worldwide | $200 | |||
Moving Images
| One minute (minimum charge) | |
|---|---|
| All Media and Formats | $250 |
Personal Papers
The Stanford Medical History Center has the personal papers of selected individuals who have been affiliated with Stanford Medicine or its predecessor institutions.
Currently Open Papers
- Dickson, Ernest Charles
- Ellinwood, Charles Norman
- Eloesser, Leo D.
- Ely, Leonard Wheeler
- Faber, Harold Kniest
- Fox, Leon Parrish
- Goldstein, Dora B.
- Greenwell, James Oliver
- Hoisholt, Andrew William
- Holman, Emile Frederic
- Hunter, William Strobel
- Lane, Levi Cooper
- Lane, Pauline
- Lee, Russel Van Arsdale
- Loveless, Mary Hewitt
The Stanford Medical History Center has a treasure trove of over 7,600 rare books related to health care going back to the 13th century.
The rare and fragile state of these books requires that they not circulate. However, they are available to be viewed on-site. For most of our materials researchers are welcome to use History Center's digitization equipment to reproduce the content.
This collection includes:
- herbals
- illustrated anatomies
- guides for midwives
- historical medical dictionaries
- English, German, French, Latin, Arabic, Italian, and many other languages
To find books, use Lane Library catalog, click the "limits" icon , limit your search to specific years of publication (e.g., 1500-1600, or up to 1725).
The Stanford Medical History Center has selected inactive administrative records from:
- Stanford University School of Medicine
- Stanford Hospital and Clinics
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Allied Arts Guild
- Cooper Medical College (predecessor institution)
- Stanford School of Nursing
Some records may be restricted to researchers for legal or other reasons.
- Palo Alto Historical Association
- Menlo Park Historical Association
- Stanford Historical Society
- Santa Clara County Historical & Genealogical Society
- San Mateo County History Museum - Archives
- University of California, San Francisco - Archives
- California State Library - Sutro Library
- The National Archives at San Francisco
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Museum of Vision
- Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System Museum of Medical History
