Alfred Stille correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MSS 370

Overview

Dr. Alfred Stille’s personal correspondence is housed in this collection. The main theme of the letters follows the temperance movement, including a newspaper clipping explaining medicine preparation without the use of alcohol. Items found interleaved in a book (The temperance movement or, The conflict between man and alcohol, by Henry William Blair, 1888, call number Ncc 167) in the Library’s collection. Contains correspondence and clipping from 1887 to 1887. This collection was discovered during a survey in the summer and fall of 2015.

Dates

1887 - 1888

Creator

Stillé, Alfred (Person)

Extent

.1 Linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

Small collections

Subjects

Related Names

Creator

Stillé, Alfred (Person)

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Alfred Stille correspondence
Author: Mary Hanes
Date: February 2017
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script

External Documents

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Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository

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