Links to Sites Related to the History of Pharmacy
The following links are selected for their connection with the history of pharmacy and related subjects. As always, some of them may be outdated. Please send us an email (mailto:links@aihp.org) if you find them to be outdated, or if you find interesting new links that should be added.
United States Pharmacopeial Convention Records, 1819-1996. Finding aid for the USPC records at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives. Finding aides for some of the other history of pharmacy collections at the Wisconsin Historical Society include:
•Frederick & J. Leon Lascoff papers
•Columbia University College of Pharmacy
•American Council on Pharmaceutical Education
•American College of Apothecaries Records
•American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy records (1871-1984)
•Wilson Monarch Laboratories records
PhB: Pharmaziehistorische Bibliographie Three years of this pharmaco-historical abstracting service are available online. Although the interface is in German (as are the majority of items listed), the bibliography can be search by key word quickly. Probably the best starting place for any online work on the history of pharmacy.
Historical Center for the Health Sciences This ambitiously titled project is centered at the University of Michigan and presently contains information primarily on Michigan subjects. The site does have some nice illustrations of artifacts.
National Library of Medicine, History Division The National Library of Medicine (NLM) possesses one of the great collections of materials related to the history of pharmacy. Links can be found here for sources of illustrations plus NLM's excellent databases.
History of Pharmacy Museum at the University of Arizona This on-line walk around the museum features the UA's excellent collection of show globes.
WPA Life Histories By searching under pharmacy-related rubrics (such as drugstore or pharmacist), one can get texts of interviews from the 1930s with pharmacy workers of various sorts. The search engine of this database works well.
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Pharmacy A (pharmacy) stop of last resort if all else fails. This large and well-maintained site contains scores of links, almost none of them dealing with historical topics in pharmacy.
A History of Pharmacy in Pictures (Parke-Davis). The complete set of Robert Thom illustrations are available at this website from the University of Washington.
International Society for the History of Pharmacy. A good source of links.
Australian Pharmaceutical Society's history page. Home of the "Scandalously Short Introduction to the History of Pharmacy."
PerBo's History of Pharmacy Page. Listing of pharmacy museums internationally, plus links and a lot of Swedish material.
Discovering Lewis & Clark. Greg Higby's analysis of the medicines in the Lewis & Clark expedition.
LLoyd Library and Museum--Cincinnati . Newly revamped web site with a list of links to historical sources.
