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Howard Childs Carpenter slide collection (unprocessed)

 Collection
Identifier: CoPSp.ACC2307

Scope and Contents note

The collection contains approximately 250 glass lantern slides, measuring 3.25 x 4". Most of the slide are in black and white. The diverse images relate to child healthcare, nutrition, and disease prevention. Subjects include: the activities of the Department of Prevention of Disease; foreign children; infant care; sanitary kitchens and farms; portraits of physicians; cartoons; and graphs and diagrams. These slides probably accompanied lectures given by Carpenter to community groups, mothers attending clinics at the Department for Prevention of Diseases, and students attending the Pennsylvania School of Social and Health Work.

Dates

  • undated

Conditions Governing Access note

The collection is open for research.

Biographical/Historical note

Howard Childs Carpenter (1878-1955) received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1900. In 1914 Carpenter founded the Department for the Prevention of Disease at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He was appointed Professor of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania in 1929. He was a member of the Philadelphia Pediatric Society, the Philadelphia County Medical Society, The American Pediatrics Society, and many other societies and associations. Carpenter was elected a fellow of College of Physicians in 1925.

Extent

3.25 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Provenance: Gift of Samuel Radbill?

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Howard Childs Carpenter slide collection undated CoPSp.ACC2307
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

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

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