11. Committee of Publication annual report, 30 November 1889

This collection of records of the Committee of Publication of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia contains reports, financial reports, minutes, and correspondence, 1874-1890, concerning publication of the College transactions, There is considerable documentation of the 1874 controversy with Isaac Hays which resulted in the College's resolution to publish its own medical journal; letters of John Ashhurst and Edward Hartshorne are included. There are also annual reports of the Committee of Publication, 1881-1889, which discuss the cost and content of each issue of the Transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and minutes, 1889-1890, of the Committee on the Scientific Business of the College, a subcommittee of the Committee of Publication, responsible for the coordination and scheduling of papers and discussions at College meetings.