Biography files
Subject
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Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Alexander Rush papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/243
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Alexander Rush's papers, 1931-1984, with
some earlier material, documents his personal life, professional
career, and interest in his ancestor, Benjamin Rush, and includes
lectures and addresses, writings, awards, certificates, diplomas,
and photographs.Series 1 contains letters, a passport, curricula vitae, bibliographies,
and printed material concerning Rush's life and career, 1922-1984.
Material, 1812-1981, concerning Benjamin Rush (1746-1813)
is in...
Dates:
1812 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1931 - 1984
Alfred R. Shands, Jr. papers on William E. Horner
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/090
Scope and Contents
This small collection of correspondence and related materials,
1821-1975, assembled by Alfred Rives Shands, Jr., documents
his research on William E. Horner. The collection is divided into four series. Series 1 contains
Shands' correspondence, 1948-1975, concerning the loan and ultimate
disposition of a collection of Horner papers and relics at the
University of Pennsylvania and Shands' attempt to publish Horner's
1821 European diary. Series 2 contains two printed items...
Dates:
1821 - 1975
Collection of biographies of dermatologists
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/023
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, curriculum vitae, photographs, and printed material providing biographical information about United States and foreign dermatologists. The collections is arranged into 19 series, each covering a part of the alphabet. Materials are filed according to the dermatologist’s name.
Dates:
1923 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1974
Ernest Spiegel papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/251
Overview
Ernest A. Spiegel, M.D., was an Austrian-born internationally
recognized neurologist. He emigrated to the United States in 1930,
where he spent much of his career at Temple University School of
Medicine in Philadelphia. He finished his career at the National
Parkinson FOundation in Miami. Spiegel is well-known for his work
in developing the stereotactic technique. He passed away in 1985. The
papers of Ernest Spiegel reflect his varied interests in neurological
research and publication from his...
Dates:
1895
Francis Clark Wood papers I
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/228-01
Scope and Contents
This collection is the larger of two collections of Francis C. Wood's papers, the other being MSS 2/0228-02. This extensive collection (1892-1989) chronicles the life and career of a 20th century physician, scientist, soldier, administrator, and teacher. The collection is divided roughly evenly among the different phases of his life and career. Because Dr. Wood was a leader in both his community and profession, the collection documents the activities and functioning of many institutions and...
Dates:
1892 - 1989
Lisabeth Holloway collection of biographical information on physicians
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/290
Scope and Contents
Collection contains assembled biographical and educational data on physicians and surgeons, 1663-1977; bulk
of information concerns regular, homeopathic, and eclectic American 19th century practitioners. Collection
includes photocopies of published alumni catalogues and directories, course announcements, membership
directories, and miscellaneous sources. Series 1.1 contains lists of alumni and matriculants, 1749-1955, with
folder of information on Americans attending foreign medical schools,...
Dates:
1663 - 1977
Max B. Lurie papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/115
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, personal papers, addresses,
and writings, 1926-1967, of Max B. Lurie, documenting his life,
professional career, and research into genetic resistance to
tuberculosis.Lurie's professional correspondence, 1928-1966, is preserved
in Series 1. Principal correspondents are Lurie's colleagues
or collaborators in tuberculosis research, many of them associated
with the Henry Phipps Institute of the University of Pennsylvania,
including Samuel...
Dates:
1926 - 1957
Nathan Schlezinger papers on Samuel Leopold
Collection
Identifier: MSS 398
Overview
Dr. Samuel Leopold was born 25 September 1879 in Philadelphia. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School (Penn) in 1902 and completed his internship at the Jewish Hospital. In 1905, he was appointed as an Instructor in Pathology Penn, held the position of Instructor of Neuropathology and Neurology from 1907 to 1917, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1918, a position he held until 1940.In addition to teaching at Penn, Leopold served on the...
Dates:
1979 - 1981
Records of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/014-01
Overview
Established in 1855, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was the first hospital in the United States to care exclusively for children, and was key in establishing the foundations of modern day pediatric medicine. Medical staff members at CHOP have been at the forefront of innovation for decades, and their work has had impacts which can be seen to this day, in the form of the Isolette Incubator, the Measles vaccine, and its participation in The Human Genome Project. The Children's Hospital...
Dates:
1855 - 2006
St. John W. Mintzer papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/019
Scope and Contents
This extensive collection of the papers of St.John Watkins
Mintzer documents the life and career of a 19th century physician,
soldier, and businessman. Although the bulk of the papers concern
his administration of Civil War hospitals, the collection also
contains information about the operation of Philadelphia's eclectic
medical schools, the work of the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas
and Mississippi, and some unusual business ventures of the day.Materials preserved in Series 1...
Dates:
1847 - 1912
