Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 353 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the Committee on the Mütter Museum and the Museum Council of Philadelphia
Series
Identifier: CPP 10/07-07
Overview
The Committee on College Collections of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was established in 1935. Over the years, the Committee on College Collections worked closely with the Committee on the Mutter Museum; by 1939, the same Fellows served on both committees. The Museum Council of Philadelphia is the oldest and one of the largest regional associations of museums in the United States. Gretchen Worden was an avid supporter of local, national, and international professional organizations....
Dates:
1923-2006; undated
Records of the Committee on the Nathan Lewis Hatfield Prize and Lectureship
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/004-01
Scope and Contents
The rPcords of the Committee on the Nathan Lewis Hatfield
Prize and Lectureship, spanning 1900 to 1935, consist of
committee reports and correspondence. Included is
correspondence concerning the selection of the first
recipie11t of the award, H. F. Harris, and committee reports
from subsequent years in which additional winners are
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a1111ounced. .-\ 1 so i 11c l uded are an nua 1 financial s ta temen ts
from the Trustees of the ~athan lewis Hatfield Prize and
Lectureship....
Dates:
1900 - 1935
Records of the Committee on the Pathological Museum of Dr. Mutter
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/016-01
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes,
and legal documents, 1856-1859, describing the labors and
negotiations of the committee of the College of Physicians
of Philadelphia charged with responding to the proposal of
Thomas D. Mutter to establish a pathological museum and
lectureship in surgical pathology. Notable items include:
letters from Thomas D. Mutter and his original proposal to
the College (written in the hand of S. Weir Mitchell) with
its subsequent modifications; the...
Dates:
1856 - 1859
Records of the Committee on the Salting of Railroad Tracks
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/023-01
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a letter from James Lynd of the
Special Committee of the City Select Council, referring the
question of salting railroad tracks to the College of
Physicians of Philadelphia; R, E, Rogers' statement to
Caspar Morris, attesting to the salubrious effects of salt
in the atmosphere; and a printed pamphlet, compiling all
documentation on the question, including the report of the
College committee.
Dates:
1862
Records of the Committee on the Sesquicentennial Celebration
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/040
Overview
The Committee on the Sesquicentennial Celebration held its first meeting on January 27, 1937. The Committee were tasked with planning the 150th anniversary celebration of the College, including choosing dates, finding speakers, and hiring caterers for the banquet. The Records of the Committee on the Sesquicentennial Celebration date from 1937, and document the activities of the Committee. Included in the collection are meeting minutes, correspondence amongst committee members,...
Dates:
1937
Records of the Communication and Development Departments
Collection
Identifier: CPP 11/01-01
Overview
The Office of Advancement of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia was formed in 2015 by the merging of two departments: the Communications Department and the Development Department, which were created in 1988 and 1987, respectively. The functions of the Office of Advancement include all aspects of fundraising; public relations for the entire College; and administration of the Fellowship and Friends of the Mütter, a membership program open to the public which supports the Mütter Museum....
Dates:
1978 - 1999
Records of the Consumer Health Information Center (CHIC)
Collection
Identifier: CPP 20
Overview
In 1995, the C. Everett Koop Community Health Information Center (CHIC) opened, operated by the Katherine A. Shaw Public Services Division of the Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The CHIC was a community resource that provided the public with access to the latest information about medical and health concerns. Available resources included electronic information, journals, newsletters, pamphlets, videocassettes, and a circulating collection of books. The CHIC was operated...
Dates:
1991 - 2001
Records of the Council of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia II
Collection
Identifier: CPP 6/002
Scope and Contents
This collection is part of the records of the Council of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The collection, spanning 1868 to 1988, correspondence, and minutes of committee meetings which were submitted to the Council by committee chairmen and officers of the College.The first record group (1896-1909; 1976-1988), Adminstrative records, is comrised of two series: Meetings (Series I) and Minutes and Correspondence (Series 2). Series I: Meetings contains much more than Council...
Dates:
1896-1909; 1976-1988
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 Elm Hill Private School and Home for the Education of Feeble-Minded Youth
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/013
Overview
Elm Hill Private School and Home for the Education of Feeble-Minded Youth was founded in 1848 in Barre, Massachusetts, by physician Hervey Backus Wilbur (1820-1883). Wilbur left Elm Hill in 1851 to establish a similar but state-sponsored school in New York. His assistant, George Brown (1823-1892), took over the institution. The records of Elm Hill span the years 1842-1951. The records consist of Administrative records, Correspondence, Financial records, Medical records, Teaching records, and...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1870 - 1920; 1842 - 1951
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