Transatlantic voyages

Scope and Contents This photograph album documents the 1925 European tour of the Society of Clinical Surgery. The Society visited clinics and surgeons in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and England. Included are photographs of scenic views, tourist attractions, and members of the Society. Of special interest, however, are the numerous photographs of clinics, hospitals, and famous European surgeons. Many of these photographs where taken while the surgeons were performing...

Scope and Contents This small collection contains the holograph diary of the physician from his 1910-1911 voyage to Arabia, India, and Africa, as well as the itinerary from his 1929 voyage to Sweden and Poland, and a few poems.The 1910-1911 diary contains the physician's account of his experiences and sights on his journey from Philadelphia, across the Atlantic and Mediterranean to Egypt, around Arabia and through the Persian Gulf to India, around the coast of Africa, and back across the...

Scope and Contents The William W. Keen papers are comprised of six separate collections, including correspondence, photographs, diaries, and newsclippings. Much of the correspondence deals with eithr family matters or the controversy vivisection. For more detail on the materials contained the Keen papers, please see the "Scope and Content" note for each series.

Scope and Contents This small collection of Wilson Jewell's letters, marriage certificates, and other items provides documentation of his personal life, 1824-1867, as well as the history of the Jewell family. The collection is divided into three series: letters and documents relating to Wilson Jewell, 1824-1867; a letter of his son, Howard L. Jewell, 1905; and papers relating to the Jewell family, 1821-1977.Items of note in the collection are, in Series 1, a letter, 1 May 1867, from Jewell to...