Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 348 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the Section on Medical History V
Collection
Identifier: CPP 12/003-05
Overview
On 2 November 1904, the Secretary of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia announced that President Arthur V. Meigs had authorized the formation of a new section of the College, the Section on Medical History. Starting in 1905, the section began holding meetings at which lectures on medical history were presented. The section invited papers from physicians and scholars from a variety of backgrounds; most of these papers were published in Transactions and Studies. By the 1970s, the section...
Dates:
1934-1957
Records of the Section on Medicine and the Arts
Series
Identifier: CPP 12/009-01
Overview
The Section on Medicine & the Arts was established on April 26, 1994, by approval of the College Council. The first informational meeting was held on April 20, 1995. As of 2019, the Section on Medicine & the Arts is still an active section. Its programs explore and nurture a more humanistic understanding of health, illness and medicine through the literary, visual and performing arts.The Records of the Section on Medicine & the Arts span the years 1982 through 2006,...
Dates:
1982-1984; 1993-2005; undated
Records of the Section on Otolaryngology
Collection
Identifier: CPP 12/007-01
Overview
The Section on Otology and Laryngology (later Otolaryngology) was established December 12, 1893, under Section 1 of the Rules Governing Sections. The original Executive Committee of the Section included J. Solis Cohen, Charles Burnett, and B. Alexander Randall. Its first meeting was held December 20, 1893, where Harrison Allen was elected as Chairman and Charles Burnett as Clerk. The Section continued to meet on the first Tuesday of every month.In late 2005 or 2006, nearly all...
Dates:
1894-1934; 1983; 1991-1992
Records of the Section on Otolaryngology II
Collection
Identifier: CPP 12/007-02
Overview
The Section on Otology and Laryngology (later Otolaryngology) was established December 12, 1893, under Section 1 of the Rules Governing Sections. The original Executive Committee of the Section included J. Solis Cohen, Charles Burnett, and B. Alexander Randall. Its first meeting was held December 20, 1893, where Harrison Allen was elected as Chairman and Charles Burnett as Clerk. The Section continued to meet on the first Tuesday of every month. In late 2005 or 2006, nearly all College sections...
Dates:
1934-1953
Records of the Section on Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Series
Identifier: CPP 12/002-04
Overview
Established in 1994, the Section on Public Health and Preventive Medicine creates a forum for deliberation of relevant issues in public health, and provides information for the development of health policy. The Section brings together public health professionals from all across the region to study public health problems and assess potential responses.The Records of the Section of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) document the 1994 establishment and later activities of...
Dates:
1992-2010
Records of the Sections of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 12/006
Overview
The College of Physicians was founded in 1787 as a private medical society devoted to the advancement of medical education, research, and guidance of the medical profession itself. In order to help fulfill these goals, the College’s Fellowship have garnered impressive resources including a biomedical library in 1788, a medical museum in 1858, an institute for the history of medicine in 1976, and museum education programs in 2006. These resources are housed in a building constructed in 1909 at...
Dates:
1894-1977
Records of the Silas Weir Mitchell Associates Committee
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/024-01
Scope and Contents
The records of the Chairman of the S. Weir Mitchell
Associates Committee of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia, spanning 1959 to 1979, consist of minutes from
committee meetings, correspondence, membership information,
and miscellaneous material, including resolutions,
clippings, programs, and sketches. The collection consists
of the records of George I. Blumstein, chairman of the S.
Weir Mitchell Associates Committee from 1960 to 1968.Series 1 contains typescript and...
Dates:
1959 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1969
Records of the Steering Committee for Fundraising and Public Affairs
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/031
Overview
The Steering Committee for Fundraising and Public Affairs was established at the Council meeting of December 1976, and the Committee met for the first time in February 1977. Its purpose was to advise the Council, and it was responsible for the planning, organization, and direction of a selective fundraising appeal (the Third Century Program) to secure major financial commitments to the strengthen the College and expand is programs and services. It is unclear when the Committee was disbanded,...
Dates:
1976-1978
Records of the Sydenham Medical Coterie
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/005
Scope and Contents
The records of the Sydenham Medical Coterie span the duration
of its existence, from 1870 to 1980, and give a reasonably complete
account of its proceedings and activities.The organizational records of the Coterie (Series 1) contain the
original manuscript constitution, adopted in 1870 with emendations
to 1873. Bound with the constitution is the socalled "black
list" (ca.1873-1896), a record of patients who were delinquent
in payment of bills. The members of the Coterie...
Dates:
1870 - 1980
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