The resources of the Manuscript Division of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center provide extensive documentation of African American life and history, offering unique insight into the growth and development of black families, organizations, institutions, social and religious consciousness, and the continuing struggle for civil rights and human justice. Currently more than 200 processed manuscript collections, approximately 800 oral histories, as well as 50,000 photographs, are available for research. The collections documenting African Americans in the health professions provide accounts of medical doctors and nurses from the late 19th century to the present, all of whom made significant contributions in their respective fields. Many were graduates of Howard University's College of Medicine.