Collection: Kane-Foulke family papers | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Scope and Contents

This small collection of letters and printed material, 1886-1932, concerning members of the Kane and Foulke families contains a memorial resolution on John K. Kane by the Board of Health of the State of Delaware, 1886; newsclippings, 1894, which document a controversy between J. Cheston Morris and George Rhyfedd Foulke over tuberculosis in cattle; and a letter, 8 August 1932, from Emlen Wood, Acting Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, to Mrs. George Rhyfedd Foulke, soliciting books, manuscripts, and relics of physicians John Foulke and John K. Kane.

Dates

1886 - 1932

Creator

Du Pont, Jean Kane Foulke (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Mrs. E. Paul (Jean Kane Foulke) duPont of Montchanin, Delaware, was the daughter of George Rhyfedd and Jean Kane Foulke. Her mother was the daughter of John K. Kane (18331886). George Rhyfedd Foulke was a descendant of John Foulke (1757-1796).

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

Small collections

Custodial History

The collection was donated to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by Mrs. E. Paul (Jean Kane Foulke) duPont on 28 July 1978. It was processed and catalogued in 1990.