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Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School charter and certificate of incorporation

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/001

Dates

  • Creation: 1896-04-10

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Hospital founded in 1895 at 16th and Lombard Streets, Philadelphia. Incorporated in 1896. Staffed by white and black physicians to care for poor patients and train blacks in health care. Merged with Mercy Hospital and School for Nurses of Philadelphia to form Mercy-Douglass Hospital in 1948. Hospital closed in 1973.

Full Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

Flat file no. 1, drawer 1

Contents: 1 charter

Alternate Form Available

Manuscript copy available at. City of Philadelphia Department of Records.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School charter and certificate of incorporation
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

External Documents

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository

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