Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 348 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the Office of Secretary of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/018
Scope and Contents
The records of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery consist of membership lists; minutes of regular meetings and Council
meetings; reports; fellowship applications; and subject files.
Dates:
1953 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1988
Records of the Office of Secretary-Treasurer of the Ophthalmic Club of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/012
Scope and Contents
This small collection of miscellaneous records, 1922-1934, preserved
by Jay Besson Rudolphy, Secretary Treasurer of the Ophthalmic
Club of Philadelphia, documents the formation of the organization,
its membership, and its typical activities. The collection
includes a copy of the Club's constitution, financial reports,
a membership list, several letters from newly elected members,
a 1928 report of the Program Committee which describes plans
for the coming year, and minutes of a meeting...
Dates:
1922 - 1934
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
Records of the Office of the Librarian I
Series
Identifier: CPP 13/001-01
Scope and Contents
This collection of records of the Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, spanning 1855 to 1909, consists of correspondence, lists of accessions and subscriptions, and miscellaneous material. Included in the collection are the papers of librarians Thomas Hewson Bache (1855-1863), C. S. Boker (1864), J. H. Slack (1865-1867), Robert Bridges (1868-1881), Frank Woodbury (1881-1882), and Charles Perry Fisher (1882-1932).Included in the correspondence are numerous letters...
Dates:
1855-1909
Records of the Office of the Librarian II
Series
Identifier: CPP 13/006-01
Scope and Contents
The collection contains records from 1931 to the 1970s, the bulk of the records dated during McDaniel's tenure as Librarian (1933-1953). 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 Curator are cataloged separately. There is overlap between the dates of McDaniel's papers as...
Dates:
1931-1973
Records of the Office of the Librarian III
Series
Identifier: CPP 13/007-01
Scope and Contents
The collection contains records from 1948-1981, encompassing Morse's career at the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, primarily as Librarian. The contents of some boxes of records in this collection were haphazard; many boxes, however, had clear indications of Morse's filing system, and where discernible, this arrangement was preserved.The collection contains a great deal of information on Morse, who appears as a conscientious administrator, a librarian dedicated...
Dates:
1948-1984
Records of the Office of the Librarian IV
Collection
Identifier: CPP 13/013-01
Overview
The Office of the Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was established in 1854. In 1997, governance voted to officially make the Library an historical library. The Director of the Library was in charge of the historical collections, with Public Services in charge of modem reference. In July 2001 the Director's position became that of College Librarian, with the added title of Director of the Francis C. Wood Institute for the History of Medicine. While the Library continued to...
Dates:
1999
Records of the Office of the Librarian IV
Collection
Identifier: CPP 13/008-03
Overview
This small collection of Library records was previously catalogued as separate items and as bound manuscripts. Included in this collection Library rules for the early twentieth century; classification and cataloguing rules and guidelines, perepared by former Librarian Charles Perry Fisher; correspondence relating to the retirement of former Librarian W. B. McDaniel in 1973; and visitor logs dating from 1895 to 1953.
Dates:
1882-1975; Majority of material found in 1882; 1902-1922
Records of the Office of the Secretary
Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/009
Overview
The office of the Secretary of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was created during the organization of the College in 1787. The Secretary is the appointed officer of record. The position's original duties were to record the minutes and transactions of the College and preserve its documents and correspondence.This collection contains correspondence of the Office of the Secretary of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia from the 1890s to 1908, along with several letters...
Dates:
1999; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1908
Records of the Office of the Secretary of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/002-01
Overview
The office of the Secretary of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia was created during the organization of the
College in 1787. The Secretary is the appointed officer of
record. His original duties were to record the minutes and
transactions of the College and preserve its documents and
correspondence.This collection of records, spanning 1854 to 1909, consists
of backup files maintained by the secretaries of the College
of Physicians of Philadelphia to provide...
Dates:
1854 - 1909
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