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CPP 13. Records of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

 Record Group
Identifier: CPP 13

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Records concerning the Medical Library Association III

 Series
Identifier: CPP 13/002-03
Scope and Contents This collection of records concerning the Medical Library Association is part of the records of the Office of the Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The collection, which spans 1936 to 1966, consists mainly of records from W. B. McDaniel's terms as editor of the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association and as president of the MLA.Series I contains correspondence from McDaniel's time as editor of the Bulletin and from his time as president of the MLA. The...
Dates: 1936-1966

Records concerning the Medical Library Association IV

 Series
Identifier: CPP 13/002-04
Scope and Contents This collection of records concerning the Medical Library Association is part of the records of the Office of the Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The collection, which spans 1951 to 1980, consists ofrecords from Elliott Morse's activities in committees and as president of the MLA and from the meetings and activities of the Philadelphia Regional Group of the MLA.I. Subject Files (1967-1974) Over half of the collection consists of Morse's MLA files, which he...
Dates: 1951-1981

Records concerning the S. Weir Mitchell Associates

 Series
Identifier: CPP 13/005-01
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the records of Elliott H. Morse, Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia from 1954 to 1981, concerning the S. Weir Mitchell Associates. The collection, spanning 1959 to 1988, includes correspondence with S. Weir Mitchell Associates, business correspondence, minutes of the S. Weir Mitchell Associates Committee, financial records, materials pertaining to annual meeting banquets and recruiting dinners, George I. Blumstein papers, and miscellaneous...
Dates: 1959-1988; Majority of material found in 1960-1970

Records of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia Library I

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 13/008-01
Overview Established in 1788, the Library of the College of Physicians served as Philadelphia's central medical library for over 150 years, serving medical schools, hospitals, physicians and other health professionals. Today, it is an independent research library devoted to the history of medicine and serves hundreds of scholars, health professionals, students and popular writers each year. The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Library records (1882 to 2005) extensively documents the administration...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1953-2007; 1807-2007

Records of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia Library II

 Series
Identifier: CPP 13/008-02
Overview Established in 1788, the Library of the College of Physicians served as Philadelphia's central medical library for over 150 years, serving medical schools, hospitals, physicians and other health professionals. Today, it is an independent research library devoted to the history of medicine and serves hundreds of scholars, health professionals, students and popular writers each year. The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Library Records II date from 1923 to 2007. This is a small collection...
Dates: 1923-2007; undated

Records of the Curator of Historical Collections

 Series
Identifier: CPP 13/006-02
Scope and Contents The collection contains records from 1954-1973, encompassing McDaniel's tenure as Curator of the College of Physicians' Historical Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the records are arranged by year or group of years, and then alphabetically and chronologically by correspondent. (In most cases where this system is not in place, materials are arranged chronologically.) Records of McDaniel's tenure as Librarian are cataloged separately. There is overlap between the dates of McDaniel's papers as...
Dates: 1936-1966

Records of the Office of the Librarian I

 Series
Identifier: CPP 13/001-01
Scope and Contents This collection of records of the Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, spanning 1855 to 1909, consists of correspondence, lists of accessions and subscriptions, and miscellaneous material. Included in the collection are the papers of librarians Thomas Hewson Bache (1855-1863), C. S. Boker (1864), J. H. Slack (1865-1867), Robert Bridges (1868-1881), Frank Woodbury (1881-1882), and Charles Perry Fisher (1882-1932).Included in the correspondence are numerous letters...
Dates: 1855-1909

Records of the Office of the Librarian II

 Series
Identifier: CPP 13/006-01
Scope and Contents The collection contains records from 1931 to the 1970s, the bulk of the records dated during McDaniel's tenure as Librarian (1933-1953). Unless otherwise noted, the records are arranged by year or group of years, and then alphabetically and chronologically by correspondent. (In most cases where this system is not in place, materials are arranged chronologically.) Records of McDaniel's tenure as Curator are cataloged separately. There is overlap between the dates of McDaniel's papers as...
Dates: 1931-1973

Records of the Office of the Librarian III

 Series
Identifier: CPP 13/007-01
Scope and Contents The collection contains records from 1948-1981, encompassing Morse's career at the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, primarily as Librarian. The contents of some boxes of records in this collection were haphazard; many boxes, however, had clear indications of Morse's filing system, and where discernible, this arrangement was preserved.The collection contains a great deal of information on Morse, who appears as a conscientious administrator, a librarian dedicated...
Dates: 1948-1984

Records of the Office of the Librarian IV

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 13/008-03
Overview This small collection of Library records was previously catalogued as separate items and as bound manuscripts. Included in this collection Library rules for the early twentieth century; classification and cataloguing rules and guidelines, perepared by former Librarian Charles Perry Fisher; correspondence relating to the retirement of former Librarian W. B. McDaniel in 1973; and visitor logs dating from 1895 to 1953.
Dates: 1882-1975; Majority of material found in 1882; 1902-1922