Library Advisory Committee, 1999-2002

File — Box: 1, Folder: 14

Scope and Contents

From the Series: This collection dates from 1999 to 2003, and documents Allen Myers’ time as College President. It contains correspondence, committee meeting reports and documents, information related to College Fellowship, information relating to building restoration projects and facility usage during the presidency, reports from the president and executive director, two public health programs, and press releases from the College.

This collection is divided into six series. Series I: Administration, dating from 2000-2001, consists of three different topics related to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia’s administration: Building restoration, facility usage, including rental of the facility and events held in the facility; and Fellowship.

Series II: Committees documents the meetings and activities of, and some correspondence, from 14 committees during the years of 1999 to 2003, bulk 2000 to 2001. The committees in the collection include: Administration, Admissions, Awards, Finance, Investment, Nominations, Programs, Executive, Development, Library Advisory, Strategic Planning, Women’s, and general information about the composition of committees. Types of records found in this series include minutes and correspondence.

Series III: Correspondence, dating from 1972-2001, with the bulk of records created between 2000 and 2001, consists of undated documents, consists of correspondence to and from Allen R. Myers, College President; Marc Micozzi, Executive Director; Antonia Oberthaler, Director of the Division of Institutional Advancement; and Edward Plocha, Director of External Affairs; and general correspondence by staff and fellows at the college. The correspondence topics include: general College business, emails, and some of Allen Myers’ personal correspondence. Researchers may be interested in correspondence regarding the 2003 Mütter Museum exhibit “Only One Man Died.”

Series IV: Reports covers the annual report of the President for fiscal year 2001, and reports of the Executive Director for April to June 2001.

Series V: Public Health includes correspondence on two topics that the college supported during Allen Myers’ presidency: Tom Ridge’s usage of Tobacco Settlement money to improve public health in Pennsylvania, and the emergence of West Nile Virus.

Series VI: Press Releases consists of releases written by the College, Philadelphia Business Journal, and Physician’s News Digest. The Philadelphia Business Journal article is an interview with Allen Myers and the Physician’s News Digest article is about how the College’s role has changed over time and what their relationship with the Philadelphia Health Department was during the presidency. The final two articles in the series include an article about the College’s commitment to public service written by Allen Myers and another about the two men who were the first non-physicians to become Trustees of the College.