Minnesota Collections

Walton Lillehei Papers
The collection documents the history of the development of open-heart surgery and related technologies at the University of Minnesota.
Owen H. Wangensteen Papers
The collection contains personal and professional correspondence, research and notes, and publications while at the University of Minnesota and during his retirement.
University of Minnesota Department of Surgery Records
The collection consists primarily of correspondence files that were compiled during the period when Owen Harding Wangensteen was head of the Department of Surgery, 1941-1967.
Open Heart: Intracardiac Surgery at the University of Minnesota
This online exhibit includes correspondence, articles, photographs, and ephemera contained within collections at the University Archives that document the history and development of open-heart surgery at the University of Minnesota and illuminate a critical period in medical history.

Surgical Collections at the University of Minnesota