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Joseph T. Freeman papers (unprocessed)

 Collection
Identifier: 1990-022

Scope and Contents note

This is a collection of papers of Joseph T. Freeman. Materials include: manuscript, drafts, research materials, card file, and related correspondence for an unpublished "Bibliography of Aging to 1900"; manuscript and drafts for "Aging in Penn's Own Town: Three Centuries of Old Age in Philadelphia"; photocopies of an illustrated article on aging and philately by Freeman; various framed and unframed awards and certificates from 1944-1988; and reprints by Freeman.

Dates

  • 1944-1989

Conditions Governing Access note

The collection is open for research.

Biographical/Historical note

Joseph Theodore Freeman (1908-1989) earned his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1930 and his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1934. He worked at Philadelphia General Hospital and Rush Hospital from 1937 to 1941, and was Chief, Department of Geriatrics, Doctor’s Hospital from 1942 to 947. Freeman was a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania from 1956-1964 and a lecturer in medicine from 1964 to 1967. He was a professor of medicine in gerontology, University of Nebraska Medical Center from 1971-1972. Freeman was vice-president of the American Geriatrics Society, and a president and fellow of the Gerontological Society.

Extent

14.5 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Joseph T. Freeman

Year acquired: 1990

Accession number: 1990-022

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Joseph T. Freeman papers 1944-1989 1990-022
Date
2012
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English
Sponsor
This collection-level EAD record is a product of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Consortial Survey Initiative, which was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Repository Details

Repository Details

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