Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 348 Collections and/or Records:
George S. Crampton papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/189
Scope and Contents
This small collection of biographical information, correspondence,
photographs, maps, and awards, 1894-1988, highlights notable
events in the career of George Sumner Crampton.Series 1 contains biographical information, primarily printed,
1894-1988, concerning George S. Crampton, his work, and his
wife's family, the Smedes family. A miscellaneous collection of Crampton's correspondence, 1903-1959,
is in Series 2. Most of these letters are personal, though
many...
Dates:
1894 - 1959
George Thomas letter to Uncle
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/296
Scope and Contents
Letter, 20 Mar. 1865, addressed to unidentified uncle of George Thomas and member of board of managers of Preston Retreat concerning plans for the institution and inadvisability of appointing a woman to position of resident physician.
Dates:
1865-03-20
George W. Binkley papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/257
Scope and Contents
The papers of George W. Binkley, spanning 1930 to 1974, document
his career as a dermatologist, professor, and frequent contributor
to dermatological publications; the collection also provides
evidence of Binkley's special interest in skin diseases associated
with diabetes. Included in the collection are personal papers, correspondence,
records of Binkley's involvement in various professional organizations,
his research materials on diabetes, and samples of his essays
and speeches. ...
Dates:
1930 - 1974
George W. Outerbridge papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/138
Scope and Contents
The George W. Outerbridge Papers, 1916-1919, contain letters
and postcards, a fragment of a diary, and photographs, documenting Outerbridge's
experiences as a member of the Pennsylvania Hospital Unit in
France during World War I.Series 1 contains letters, 1917-1918, addressed by Outerbridge
to family members, particularly his father, A. E. Outerbridge,
and aunt, Laura C. Outerbridge. The letters describe Outerbridge's transatlantic
voyage, conditions in France, and the daily...
Dates:
1916 - 1919
Germantown Dispensary and Hospital correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 431
Overview
This small collection of correspondence relates to and documents some of the activies of the Germantown Dispensary and Hospital during the years 1903 tp 1908. Much of the correspondence is between doctors T. H. Shoemaker and Burton Chance regarding Chance's appointment as Ophthalmologist of the Hospital. Other letters involve the assigments and resignations of other staff members.The Germantown Dispensary (later Germantown Dispensary and Hospital) opened modestly in one room in...
Dates:
1903-1908
Gibbon family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/287
Scope and Contents
This bulk of this small collection of personal material from members
of the Gibbon family of Philadelphia, 1901-1929, is comprised
of letters of Marjorie Young Gibbon and surgeon John H. Gibbon
concerning their engagement, daughter Marjorie, and Gibbon's
1905 transatlantic voyages. The collection also includes letters
of the young John Heysham Gibbon, physician and inventor of
the heart lung machine.
Dates:
1901 - 1929
Gove Saulsbury letter to George Bacon Wood
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/187
Scope and Contents
Saulsbury refers patient, Caleb H. Sipple, with indigestion to Wood’s care and describes case history and treatment, 11 Mar. 1851.
Dates:
1851-03-11
Gustavus Ferdinand Theel correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 375
Overview
The professional correspondence of Dr. Gustavus Ferdinand Theel comprises the Gustavus Ferdinand Theel correspondence collection. Dr. Theel worked as a physician in the Philadelphia area for 52 years. Included are letters to and from Dr. Theel regarding various medicine regimes, payment, and questions about courses of treatment. This collection was discovered during a survey in the summer and fall of 2015.
Dates:
1899 - 1901
Henry Baird papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 2/003
Scope and Contents
Recounts Henry W. Baird’s life and career in neurological research in series of letters addressed to his
son, Douglas Gordon Baird, 19841985,
to describe "how I happened to write the papers which include
my name as author." Also includes biographical information, curriculum vitae, and bibliography. Baird
describes his career through his published writings and recounts work with Ernest A. Spiegel in
electroencephalography, pediatric neurology, and drug therapy for brain and neurological...
Dates:
1984 - 1985
Henry Hartshorne papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/030
Scope and Contents
This extensive collection of Henry Hartshorne's papers documents
his professional life and activities, concentrating on texts
of his lecture courses to students and manuscripts of his published
and unpublished writings.Series 1 consists of sketchy records of Hartshorne's private medical
practice which began in 1848. The series contains a journal
with a chronological account of his patients from the opening
of the office until 20 October 1848. The journal includes financial...
Dates:
1836 - 1897
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