In addition, this is the only AMA Archive collection that is open to collegiate and historical researchers from the public. Public access to this collection will be provided according to an established fee schedule. Photographs, Memorabilia, and other Artifacts Used for AMA Archives exhibits at the Annual and other selected meetings, this collection contains photographs, posters, and artifacts that tell the story of the AMA and American Medicine. Artifacts range from founder Nathan Davis' s microscope and 19th century surgical kits to member badges worn at Annual Meetings. The extensive photograph collection records medical events and AMA activities from the late 19th century until the present and is highly utilized by members, medical societies and AMA staff researchers for videos, documentaries, slide presentations, publication illustrations and exhibits.
Photos are only available to members and medical societies.
Use policies and reproduction fees apply. Some AMA-produced films have been converted to VHS format and are available for loan to AMA members and medical societies. Medicare speech presented in the same amphitheater. Some audio tapes are also available for loan to AMA members and medical societies. Audio tapes chronicle public health issues, graduate medical education, lives of well known doctors, and the first Conference on Ethics and American Medicine held in 1997 as part of the AMA sesquicentennial celebration.