Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of the Office of the Curator
Collection
Identifier: CPP 7/002-07
Scope and Contents
This collection of correspondence with related reports and
committee minutes of the curators and custodians of the
College of Physicians of Philadelphia's Mutter Museum and
College Collections, 1828-1981, documents the acquisition of
specimens, instruments, portraits, and medals, as well as
the use and development of the collections.Series 1 contains records of the museum curators, including
a disbound letterbook, 1849-1894, and letters, 1828-1939,
concerning the acquisition,...
Dates:
1828 - 1981
Records of the Office of the Curator
Collection
Identifier: CPP 7/002-06
Scope and Contents
The collection, 1865-1922, contains correspondence and
reports of curators of the Mutter Museum, particularly
Thomas Hewson Bache, and letters received by members,
generally chairmen, of the Committee on the Mutter Museum,
including S. Weir Mitchell, William Hunt, George McClellan,
and Henry Morris. Some drafts of minutes and reports of ,the
committee are included. The collection documents the early
growth and development of the Mutter Museum.Series 1, records of the curators,...
Dates:
1865 - 1926
