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"Black History Presentation", 2-2005

 File — Box: 94, Folder: 17
Identifier: vi

Series Description

From the Series: Series VIII: Images

The images in this series originate from the Public Relations department of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, with the exception of the medical lecture slides. The images range in date from circa 1855 to the early 2000’s. The bulk of images date from the 1960’s through the 1990’s, with a significant number of photographic prints from the 1920’s.

The series is broken into subseries according to medium: Prints, Slides, Contact Sheets, Negatives, Film, and Paintings. Subseries are divided into sub-subseries according to subject.

Highlights, all from the “Prints” subseries, include: images of the interior of the third building (at Bainbridge) from the 1920s, in the “Buildings” sub-subseries; large numbers of formal and informal portraits of C. Everett Koop, M.D., Jean Cortner, M.D., Audrey E. Evans, M.D., Richard D. Wood, and images of the Rodriguez conjoined twins, in the “People” sub-subseries; extensively documented construction and dedication of CHOP’s fourth building, especially the dedication ceremony on May 6, 1974 and the visit of HRH Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon for that event, in the “Events” sub-subseries; and a number of prints from the 1950s, a decade otherwise scarcely represented in this series, in the “Scrapbooks” sub-subseries.

Prints

This series is divided into the following sub subseries, according to subject: “Buildings,” “People,” “Departments,” “Procedures,” “Events,” and “Scrapbooks.”

The "Buildings" sub-subseries contains photographic prints of buildings belonging to CHOP, including exterior and interior shots and aerial views. Only one exterior image of the first building appears to have survived. There are a particularly large number of images of the interior of the third building on Bainbridge Street from the 1920’s. The prints are arranged so that the four main buildings appear first, in chronological order, succeeded by all other buildings in chronological order of their construction.

The “People” sub-subseries contains formal and informal portraits of doctors, residents, nurses, other hospital staff, patients, administrators, donors, and members of voluntary organizations. Highlights include large numbers of photographs of C. Everett Koop, M.D., Jean Cortner, M.D., Audrey E. Evans, M.D., Richard D. Wood, and images of the Rodriguez conjoined twins. The "Doctors" and "Administrators" categories are arranged alphabetically according to last name; the "Residents", "Nurses", "Staff", "Patients", and "Donors" categories are arranged chronologically. The "Voluntary Organizations" category is arranged alphabetically according to the name of the organization.

The images in the “Departments” sub-subseries document the activity of particular departments at CHOP. Highlights are prints of the pioneering Department for the Prevention of Disease and collections of images compiled by the Public Relations department, including a complete collection of photographs and illustrations from v.36-76 (1891-1931) of CHOP’s Annual Reports, in the form of low-quality computer printouts of digitally scanned copies, accompanied by captions. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by department name; prints for each department are arranged chronologically.

While the “Procedures” sub-subseries is sparse, it documents a few of the many procedures, techniques, and treatments which were developed at CHOP, such as: ultraviolet light treatment, a treatment for whooping cough, incubators for premature infants, and fetal surgery. It is arranged chronologically.

The “Events” category is arranged chronologically. It includes social events, presentations of awards to doctors and administrators, and visits of dignitaries such as Hillary Rodham Clinton. A major highlight of this category are photographs extensively documenting the construction and dedication of CHOP’s fourth building, especially the dedication ceremony on May 6, 1974 and the visit of HRH Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon for that event. Also notable are photographs of events celebrating CHOP’s 125th Anniversary, held by institutions such as the Philadelphia Free Library, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The “Scrapbooks” sub-subseries is arranged chronologically. When possible, these materials have been left in their original form. Other scrapbooks, because of preservation and access issues, have been removed from their original housing, but foldered and boxed to reflect their original order. These scrapbooks contain newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs of patients, photographs documenting the construction and dedication of CHOP’s fourth building, and milestones and innovations at CHOP. The “CHOP and CAD Scrapbook” is notable for containing photographs from the 1950s, a decade otherwise scarcely represented in the collection.

Note: One folder of oversized of oversized prints, depicting events and the Rodriguez conjoined twins (1964-1974), are filed in the “Negatives” subseries because of their size. They can be found in Box 100, Folder 21.

Slides

Much of the contents from the “Slides” sub-subseries are duplicates from the “Prints” subseries; it is divided into similar sub-subseries: “Buildings,” “Departments,” “Events,” “Procedures,” and “People.” The only unique sub-subseries is “Presentations,” which includes both Public Relations presentations and an extensive number of medical lecture slides. The "Buildings" sub-subseries is arranged so that the four main buildings appear first, in chronological order, and then all other buildings in chronological order of construction.

“Departments” documents the activity of particular departments at CHOP. It is arranged alphabetically by department name; prints for each department are arranged chronologically. “Procedures” is arranged chronologically and documents a few of the many procedures, techniques, and treatments which were developed at CHOP. The “Events” category is arranged chronologically. It includes social events, presentations of awards to doctors and administrators, visits of dignitaries such as Hillary Rodham Clinton, and events relating to the construction and dedication of new buildings.

The “People” sub-subseries contains formal and informal portraits of doctors, residents, nurses, and other hospital staff, patients, administrators, donors, and members of voluntary organizations. The "Doctors" and "Administrators" categories are arranged alphabetically according to last name; the "Residents", "Nurses", "Staff", "Patients", and "Donors" categories are arranged chronologically. The "Voluntary Organizations" category is arranged alphabetically according to the name of the organization.

“ Presentations: Public Relations” consists of slides from the PR department used for presentations. Slide presentations are arranged chronologically. Some slides were no longer in their original order and are arranged by subject (“Newspaper Clippings”, “Graphics”, “Plaques and Works of Art.” The “Medical Lecture Slides” sub-subseries consists of medical lecture slides created by doctors for teaching residents. Many are undated. Some medical lecture slides are labeled with the name of a doctor; C. Everett Koop, M.D.’s name is prominent. Original order was according to disease or by lecture. However, the original order was disturbed at some point and slides were rehoused according to the order in which they were found.

Contact Sheets

The subseries is divided into the following sub subseries, according to subject: “People”, “Events”, “Buildings”, and “Graphics”. Many are duplicates of images in the “Prints” subseries. Each sub subseries is arranged chronologically.

Negatives

This sub series contains many duplicates of images from the “Prints” subseries and is divided into the following sub-subseries: “Unnamed,” “People,” “Buildings,” “Departments,” “Procedures,” and “Events.” The arrangement is similar to that of the “Prints,” “Slides,” and “Negatives” subseries, and is in chronological order.

The exception to this is the sub-subseries entitled, “Unnamed” which did not have any metadata. The numbering system, which constitutes original order, appears to reflect the order in which the photographs were taken but may be arbitrary. Negatives are primarily formal and informal portraits of patients, staff, and other people (none of whom are identified), with some images of events and buildings. They seem to date from the 1990s. These negatives do not appear to correspond to any prints or slides. At least some of the negatives may be from the Children's Seashore House (CSH) (please see the collection "Children's Seashore House").

Film

This subseries contains educational films and news spots. They are predominantly on 16 mm reels of film. There are also several UMatic tapes, some of them reproduced from films on 16 mm, Betamax, and VHS tapes. There are three educational kits with resources on audio cassettes and 35 mm reels. Interviews conducted by Shirley Bonnem of the CHOP PR Department with staff and researchers are on audiocassettes. Please refer to the “Biographical Files” series for transcribed copies of these recorded interviews.

Paintings

Two of the paintings are oil portraits of donors Rose and Harold Lecks (1974) and the other is a lithograph print “Indian Faces” by Leonard Baskin.

Dates

  • 2-2005

Conditions Governing Access

Access to this collection is restricted and requires permission from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia PR/Marketing department. Reproduction is restricted and requires additional permission from the department.

Series V, "Biographical," contains some restricted materials: Box 75 has been restricted as per Shirley Bonnem's request, and a number of the CV's included in the individual biographical files contain Social Security numbers.

Extent

From the Series: 23.0 boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository

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