John I. McGuigan papers
Scope and Contents
This small collection of John I. McGuigan material, 18991935, contains correspondence, accounts and bills from McGuigan's guardianship of Julius T. Lentz and John E. Lentz, a few miscellaneous bills, and his business and calling cards. Notable in the correspondence are two letters, 1902 and 1905, from Eugene N. Whiting concerning McGuigan's order of surgical instruments from the Electro Surgical Instrument Company of Rochester, New York.
Dates
- Creation: 1899 - 1935
Creator
- McGuigan, John I. (John Ignatius) (Person)
Biographical / Historical
John Ignatius McGuigan, Philadelphia physician, was born in 1866. He received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1887 and practiced in Overbrook, Pennsylvania. McGuigan was also on the staff of Chestnut Hill Hospital. He died of arteriosclerosis on 19 February 1937 in Bangor, Maine.
Full Extent
1 folder (37 items)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Small collections
Custodial History
The John I. McGuigan Papers were donated to the Historical Collections
of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia as part of a larger
gift by Samuel X Radbill, circa April 1984.
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1990.
Genre / Form
- Title
- John I. McGuigan papers
- 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
