Records of the Hall Committee of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Scope and Contents
Reports, minutes, letters, and financial records, 1864-1968,
document the proceedings and business of the Hall Committee
and concern the condition, contents, rental, and use of the
College buildings at 13th and Locust Streets and 19 South
22nd Street.
Series 1 contains the Hall Committee's reports, generally
annual reports, to the College of Physicians and, later, its
Council, 1864-1928; later annual reports are filed with the
committee minutes. Many of the early reports, written by
Edward Hartshorne, describe conditions in the Locust Street
building.
Monthly reports of the Superintendent, 1927-1939, are in
Series 2. These reports concern the physical state of the
22nd Street building and its repairs, improvements, and
problems. Later Superintendent's reports also are filed
with the committee minutes.
Minutes of the Hall Committee, 18~4-1968, along with
correspondence and reports, are in Series 3.
Series 4 contains three subseries of letters of the Hall
Committee chairmen, particularly Morris J, Lewis and Horace
Y. Evans. There are two small chronological files, 1882-
1883 and 1900-1909, which are generally concerned with
rental matters, and a larger alphabetical subject file,
1886-1896, concerning College furnishings and lighting as
well as the donation, acquisition, and loan of portraits and
other artworks. An 1888 inventory of all College
furnishings and artworks in included.
Series 5 contains cashbooks, receipt books, and a checkbook
of the Hall Committee, documenting rental of College
facilities and other income and expenditures, 1885-1908.
Dates
- Creation: 1864 - 1968
Creator
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Hall Committee (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
The Hall Committee of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was first appointed in 1863. It was charged with the maintenance and rental of the College building on 13th and Locust Streets and, later, on 19 South 22nd Street. The committee hired and supervised the College's Superintendent and was also responsible for the preservation of the building's furniture and, until the appointment of the Committee on College Collections, artwork. By 1913, these duties were performed by the Superintendent. By 1972, the oversight of the Superintendent had fallen under the jurisdiction of the Executive Director with whom the Hall Committee worked. In 1973, the name of the committee was changed to the "Hall and Grounds Committee." In 1990, the duties of this committee were assumed by the Committee on Administration.
Full Extent
2.5 Linear feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The bulk of the collection was transferred from the Hall
Committee to the Library of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia in several lots. Minutes, 1884-1908 [143783,
143784], and the cashbook, 1904-1908 [143785], were
transferred on 15 October 1935. Reports of the
Superintendent, 1934-1939 [169645], and Minutes, 1924-1944
[169646, 169647, 169648, 169649, 169650], were transferred
on 1 March 1949. Minutes, 1945-1948 [169849], were
transferred on 2 April 1949. Minutes, 1949-1953 [181525],
were transferred on 6 April 1954. The 1886 report of the
Hall Committee (215536] was donated by an unknown source,
10 April 1963. The remainder of the material in the
collection was also probably transferred from the Hall
Committee.
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1992.
Genre / Form
- Title
- Records of the Hall Committee of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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
