National Institute for Medical Research Pamphlet Collection

The NIMR pamphlet collection consists of approximately 4500 pamphlets and other items of grey literature, formerly part of the NIMR Library collection. This is an unique collection, largely of printed material, but also containing some typescript and a few handwritten manuscripts. Many of these pamphlets have not been located in a sample of major repositories, emphasising the unique nature of this collection which complements and extends the NIMR archive collection.

19th-20th Century

84 boxes

The Library of the Institute was established in 1920; it rapidly amassed a collection to support medical researchers, focused on medical sciences rather than clinical medicine. The holdings reflected the research interests of the Institute, offering a snapshot of 20th century medical research, with particular strengths in neuroscience, molecular and cell biology, biochemistry and biophysics, structural biology, developmental biology, immunology, parasitology, virology and microbiology.

This collection is currently uncatalogued and cannot be ordered online. Requests to view uncatalogued material are considered on a case by case basis. Please contact collections@wellcomecollection.org for more details.