2. Biographical memoirs for the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1962-1975
Scope and Contents
This collection contains biographical and genealogical information,
correspondence with individuals and institutions, addresses,
writings, photographs, and awards, certificates and diplomas,
1890-1981, documenting T. Grier Miller's life, interests, and
career, particularly his gastroenterological research at the
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Major correspondents in the collection are: William Bennett Bean,
T. H. Boon, W. Russell Brain, Katharine O'Shea Elsom, Abraham
Flexner, Franz J. Ingelfinger, Thomas E. Machella, William S.
Middleton, George Richards Minot, Walter L.jPalmer,
Oliver Hazard Perry Pepper, Isidore S. Ravdin, Otho B. Ross,
Nanna Svartz, and William B. Terhune. There is also a file
of correspondence concerning Miller's use of ephedrine to control
asthma in the 1920s. Institutional correspondence files document
Miller's work with the American College of Physicians; College
of Physicians of Philadelphia, in particular the development
of its Building Fund and a 1934 meeting concerning state sponsored
medicine; International Society of Internal Medicine and arrangements for
the Fifth International Congress of Internal Medicine, held
in Philadelphia in 1958; and the Silver Hill Foundation for
the Treatment of Psychoneuroses.
The collection also includes typescripts of several of Miller's
addresses, many concerning intestinal intubation or cancer of
the colon; a small collection of photographs of Miller's colleagues;
and some miscellaneous items, including letters to Frank C.
Brown, former husband of Mary Henkel Miller, from Ellen Anderson
Gholson Glasgow, John K. Mitchell, and Owen Wister, and Miller's
examination of the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, in 1949.
Dates
- Creation: 1962-1975
Creator
- From the Collection: Miller, T. Grier (Thomas Grier) (Person)
Full Extent
From the Collection: 3.5 Linear feet (8 boxes and 1 oversize folder )
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States


