My point of sending this email is to show you where I finally obtained my information. When you get down to the fifth url where the medical collections are divided up into states, don't overlook looking into some of the other states where the war between the states took place. Nevada state has some wonderful medical information that pertains to other states. I fell over this information and when I saw all the knowledge and remembering many of the questions people have ask over a period of time, I thought these special collections held many of the answers and wanted to share that their shelved information could be obtained via interlibrary loan or via a request/question, I could resist sharing this information. Rhonda Houston http://www.hmc.psu.edu/library/Links/librarystaff.htm LIBRARY-OPERATION- RELATED WEB SITES Founded in 1901, the Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) is the state's oldest and most diverse professional library organization serving libraries, library employees, library trustees, and Friends of the Library groups. PaLA represents more than 1500 personal, institutional, and commercial members affiliated with public, academic, special, and school libraries throughout the Commonwealth. The association represents the profession in Harrisburg and provides opportunities for professional growth, leadership development, and continuing education for librarians. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/resources.html National Library of Medicine Resource Lists and Bibliographies http://www.nlm.nih.gov/libserv.html Library Services http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/research.html History of Medicine Resources for historical scholarship in medicine and related sciences Directory of History of Medicine Collections http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/directory/directoryhome.html *****Medical Collections held by state This is the ONE you can pick the state in which there are Historical Collections held. Be sure to check ALL of the out and read which ones have that pertain to Revolutionary and Civil War medicine!! Note the first of the second paragraph about the Directory and what an individual can participate in this wonderful government exchange of information. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/directory/about.html About the Directory The collections described in this Directory provide research, reference, and interlibrary loan services to scholars interested in the history of the health sciences, including medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, nursing, and pharmacy. While the Directory is by no means exhaustive, it serves to draw attention to the depth and variety of history of medicine collections available to researchers. In the future, we expect that more institutions will wish to be included. The records are arranged alphabetically by U.S. state and city, followed by foreign collections grouped alphabetically by country. For each record, the Abstract field indicates the collection's scope of coverage and services provided. The Holdings field lists the substance of the collection and identifies guides to the collection. The person named as Contact has provided information about the collections. Interested researchers should get in touch with the contact person for more details. The Directory is an online version of the History of Medicine component of DIRLINE (Directory of Information Resources Online), a National Library of Medicine (NLM) database, which contains location and descriptive information about a wide variety of health and biomedical resources. Developed by NLM's History of Medicine Division (HMD), the DIRLINE History of Medicine component aims to assist scholars and researchers in identifying useful medical history collections throughout the world. For further information about the DIRLINE database, please consult the DIRLINE Factsheet at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/dirlinfs.html. We invite libraries, archives, and museums, which include in their collections holdings in the history of medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, nursing, and pharmacy, to become part of the DIRLINE History of Medicine component. Participating institutions must be able to respond to relevant reference questions and, in the case of libraries, interlibrary loan requests. To ensure that information is up to date, participating institutions are encouraged to keep their records current. New and revised data can be sent to the History of Medicine Division via mail, e-mail or fax. Please contact: Elizabeth Tunis History of Medicine Division National Library of Medicine Bethesda, MD 20894 Phone: (301) 402-6134 Fax: (301) 402-0872 tunise@mail.nlm.nih.gov