H, 1887-1933

File — Box: 1, Folder: 8

Scope and Contents

From the Series: The collection contains letters received, 1875-1942, by the Office of the Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The bulk of the letters, 1884-1934, are addressed to Charles Perry Fisher, and several contain drafts of his replies. Most of these letters concern donations of books, pamphlets, reprints, manuscript material, photographs, bookplates, medals, and oil paintings to the College of Physicians and its Library. There are also letters concerning medical library policies and procedures; requests for circulating books and periodicals; and internal College and Library administrative matters.

Principal correspondents are physicians and medical librarians, including: Robert Abbe, Walter F. Atlee, Edwin H. Brigham, Harvey Cushing, J.M. Da Costa, W, A. Newland Dorland, Fielding H. Garrison, Samuel Weissell Gross, Richard H. Harte, Frederick P. Henry, James H. Hutchinson, J. Ewing Mears, Francis R. Packard, and J. C. Reeve.