Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 348 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine II
Collection
Identifier: CPP 14/002-01
Overview
The Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine was established in 1976 to promote to the scholarly community the rich historical resources of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia's historical library and the Mütter Museum. The Institute sponsors conferences, occasional seminars, and short-term travel grants to researchers who require the resources of the museum and library. This collection documents the operation and programs of the Francis Clark Wood Institute for the...
Dates:
1968 - 2005
Records of The Frederick Brown Company
Collection
Identifier: MSS 5/005
Overview
The Frederick Brown Company was founded by Frederick Brown (March 12, 1796 – February 27, 1864) after he began producing Brown’s Essence of Jamaica Ginger in 1822. Brown began production on the corner of Chestnut and 5th Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Frederick Brown Company was successful as their Essence of Jamaica Ginger was a popular household medicine and remedy. The Frederick Brown Collection consists of two series. Series I contains a variety of personal and family papers,...
Dates:
1895 - 1921
Records of the George D. Feidt Company
Collection
Identifier: MSS 5/004
Scope and Contents
This small collection of records, 1833-1939, documents the Philadelphia
pharmacy and chemical manufacturing business of George D. Feidt
Company and its antecedent firms, Smith and Hodgson and Bullock
Crenshaw. The collection includes a Smith and Hodgson memorandum
book; a Bullock Crenshaw recipe book and commercial product
catalogues; and a George D. Feidt Company stock inventory
register, commercial product catalogues and price lists, order
book, poison register, catalogue mailing...
Dates:
1833 - 1939
Records of the Greater Philadelphia Committee for Medical-Pharmaceutical Sciences
Series
Identifier: CPP 10/038-01
Overview
The Greater Philadelphia Committee for Medical-Pharmaceutical Sciences (GPCMPS) was established by The College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1963, and the Committee held its first meeting on Aril 18, 1963. Members of the pharmaceutical and medical fields in the Philadelphia area formed the GPCMPS in response to the 1962 Drug Amendments of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Its “purpose [was] a broad concern for medical-pharmaceutical research, in all of its phases, and for all related...
Dates:
1963; 1969-1984
Records of the Hall and Grounds Committee
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/012-02
Overview
The Hall Committee of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was first appointed in 1863. It was charged with the maintenance and rental of the College building on 13th and Locust Streets and, later, on 19 South 22nd Street. The committee hired and supervised the College's Superintendent and was also responsible for the preservation of the building's furniture and, until the appointment of the Committee on College Collections, artwork. By 1913, these duties were performed by the...
Dates:
1967-1977
Records of the Hall Committee of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/012-01
Scope and Contents
Reports, minutes, letters, and financial records, 1864-1968,
document the proceedings and business of the Hall Committee
and concern the condition, contents, rental, and use of the
College buildings at 13th and Locust Streets and 19 South
22nd Street.Series 1 contains the Hall Committee's reports, generally
annual reports, to the College of Physicians and, later, its
Council, 1864-1928; later annual reports are filed with the
committee minutes. Many of the early reports, written...
Dates:
1864 - 1968
Records of the Hemlock Society of Delaware Valley
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/022
Scope and Contents
This collection is not processed.The records of the Hemlock Society of Delaware Valley consist of eight accessions received over a four-year period, beginning in 1992.. The last two accessions, 1996-011 and 1997-011, are not represented here as of May 28, 2015.The collection includes minutes and meeting agendas of the Steering Committee; by-laws; correspondence; programs from conferences and congresses; membership lists; press releases; newsletters; newsclippings; and...
Dates:
1987 - [ongoing]
Records of the Hemlock Society of Delaware Valley II
Collection
Identifier: MSS 379
Overview
The Hemlock Society of Delaware Valley was a chapter of the national right-to-die organization The Hemlock Society. The mission of the Hemlock Society was “choice, dignity, and control at the end of life.” The bulk of materials are society newsletters and news clippings about assisted suicide. This collection is separated into three series. The Chapter Papers series comprises miscellaneous papers associated with chapters of The Hemlock Society. Of note are papers detailing the merger of two...
Dates:
1991 - 1995
Records of the Humanism in Medicine Program
Series
Identifier: CPP 12/005-01
Overview
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia developed the Humanism in Medicine Program to help enrich the curriculum of local medical schools in the area. This initiative was conceptualized in the early 2000s and ended in 2007, with funding supported by Horace W. Goldsmith and Arcadia Foundations. The Program aimed to bridge the arts and humanities with medicine, inviting visiting scholars, doubling as successful poets and writers, to present their compositions and artists to exhibit their...
Dates:
1986 - 2007; Majority of material found within 2002 - 2007
Records of the Institute for Advancement of Medical Communication
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/035
Overview
The Institute for Advancement of Medical Communication (IAMC) was founded in 1958 as an independent, non-profit organization devoted solely to promoting better communication among biomedical and health science practitioners.On May 26, 1970, The Council of the College voted unanimously to assume the corporate administration of the IAMC with a Board of Directors under the Chairmanship of Dr. Francis C. Wood. The program was discontinued in late 1972 or 1973.The Records of...
Dates:
1968 - 1973
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