Includes more monographs and documents concerning the history of nursing, medicine and hospitals, from the 15th through the early 20th centuries; publication dates range from 1603 to 1982, with the bulk having been issued in the 19th and 20th centuries

The textbook collection includes U.S. imprints of primary and secondary schoolbooks, textbooks for post-high school non-degree schools such as business and trade schools, and foreign language grammars and readers through college level. The publication dates range from the 18th century, although most holdings were published in the 20th century. There are 70,000 volumes in the collection occupying 8,000 linear feet of shelf space.

James A. Mears selected 4,679 important works in plant taxonomy from Stafleu and Cowan's Taxonomic Literature (second edition). These works are included in this microfiche collection. The collection has been analyzed and individual works are best found using the guide to the collection. The catalog record link below is a canned search on the series title.

This set, Series I of the Renaissance Man microfilm collection, contains the reconstructed library of John Dee. The reconstruction is based on Roberts & Watson’s John Dee’s Library Catalogue published by the Bibliographical Society, London, in 1990. Dee was a pioneer of scientific exploration in Renaissance England and an avid collector of contemporary and historic works of scientific value. Manuscripts and books include works by Roger Bacon, Aristotle, Euclid, and a host of other scholars in the Arabic, Hebrew, and Greek schools of thought.