CPP 1. Records of the Office of the Secretary of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia (CLOSED)
Record Group
Identifier: CPP 1
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the Office of the Secretary
Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/009
Abstract
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...
Dates:
1999; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1908
Lecture and Event Files of the Office of the Secretary
Series
Identifier: CPP 1/010
Abstract
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.As of 2018, the Office of the Secretary is still active; however, these records are now documented through the Executive Office. The Lecture and Event...
Dates:
1875-1988
List of Alvarenga Prize entries
Item
Identifier: CPP 1/011
Abstract
This volume dates from 1920 through 1933, and contains lists of entries for the annual Alvarenga Prize essay, as well as the winner. Each entry includes the title of the essay, its "motto," the author's name, and the status - either destroyed, returned, or "won prize."The Alvarenga Prize was established in 1887 or 1888, when Associate Fellow Da Costa Alvarenga of Lisbon, Portugal, left the College approximately $4000.00 to fund an annual prize in his name. The essay could be on...
Dates:
1920-1933
Record of the Fellows of the College of physicians who participated in the World War
Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/012
Biographical sketches and memories of Fellows
Item
Identifier: CPP 1/013
Abstract
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 volume dates from 1836 through 1841, and includes brief biographies of some of the Fellows of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Fellows included are:...
Dates:
1836-1841
College of Physicians Early Records
Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/001-02
Abstract
The College of Physicians Early Records document some of the College of Physicians' earliest activities, including attempts by Fellows to diagnose and treat the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. The collection, which was discovered by chance in 2001 by College foreman Leroy Green, contains letters, manuscripts, and committee reports. Founded in 1787, the College assembled prominent Philadelphia physicians "to advance the science of medicine and to thereby lessen human misery." The...
Dates:
1788-1847; 1889; 2001
