President's newsletter, 1972-1973

File — Box: 1, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

From the Series: The Katharine R. Sturgis presidential papers date from 1972 to 1974, and consists of Council minutes; correspondence; files related to a memorial service for former College President John H. Gibbon and a symposium on open heart surgery, both held in 1973; and the roof repair project in 1972.

The correspondence included in the collection concerns the wine tasting party held in September 1972 to celebrate the sesquicentennial of Louis Pasteur’s birth; committee meetings; financial gifts to the College; and planning for the city of Philadelphia’s Bicentennial Celebration. The Council minutes and the President’s newsletters account for the years 1972 and 1973. In February of 1973, former College President (and inventor of the Gibbon Heart-Lung Machine), John H. Gibbon, died, and Sturgis held a memorial service at the College. A symposium related to open heart surgery, and related to Gibbon’s work, was held at the College in May 1973. In 1972, the skylight leaked and caused water damage to the building, and the roof was repaired. Correspondence and blueprints related to this project are held in this collection.

Researchers will find this collection completes the records found in CPP 2/002-01, Presidential papers of Katharine Sturgis, and CPP 2/002-02, General correspondence file of Katharine R. Sturgis.

This collection was discovered during a survey in the summer and fall of 2015. It was processed in the fall of 2018.