Thomas Grier Miller papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains biographical and genealogical information,
correspondence with individuals and institutions, addresses,
writings, photographs, and awards, certificates and diplomas,
1890-1981, documenting T. Grier Miller's life, interests, and
career, particularly his gastroenterological research at the
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Major correspondents in the collection are: William Bennett Bean,
T. H. Boon, W. Russell Brain, Katharine O'Shea Elsom, Abraham
Flexner, Franz J. Ingelfinger, Thomas E. Machella, William S.
Middleton, George Richards Minot, Walter L.jPalmer,
Oliver Hazard Perry Pepper, Isidore S. Ravdin, Otho B. Ross,
Nanna Svartz, and William B. Terhune. There is also a file
of correspondence concerning Miller's use of ephedrine to control
asthma in the 1920s. Institutional correspondence files document
Miller's work with the American College of Physicians; College
of Physicians of Philadelphia, in particular the development
of its Building Fund and a 1934 meeting concerning state sponsored
medicine; International Society of Internal Medicine and arrangements for
the Fifth International Congress of Internal Medicine, held
in Philadelphia in 1958; and the Silver Hill Foundation for
the Treatment of Psychoneuroses.
The collection also includes typescripts of several of Miller's
addresses, many concerning intestinal intubation or cancer of
the colon; a small collection of photographs of Miller's colleagues;
and some miscellaneous items, including letters to Frank C.
Brown, former husband of Mary Henkel Miller, from Ellen Anderson
Gholson Glasgow, John K. Mitchell, and Owen Wister, and Miller's
examination of the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, in 1949.
Dates
- Creation: 1890 - 1981
Creator
- Miller, T. Grier (Thomas Grier) (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Grier Miller, gastroenterologist, was born in Statesville,
N.C., on 18 September 1886. He married Sarah Fenner George
in 1915; they later divorced, and Miller married Mary Henkel
(d. 1975) in 1951. Miller died at the Hospital of the University
of Pennsylvania on 15 November 1981.
Miller received an A.B. from the University of North Carolina
in 1906 and an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1911.
He served an internship at the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania. In 1926, Miller founded the Gastro Intestinal
Section of the Medical Clinic at the Hospital of the University
of Pennsylvania and was chief of the section from 1928 to 1952.
One of Miller's developments, in conjunction with W. Osler
Abbott, was the production of the Miller Abbott tube to treat
intestinal obstructions. From 1913 to 1952, he also held posts
in the School of Medicine at the University, becoming professor
of clinical medicine in 1934.
T. Grier Miller was a member and president of many professional
organizations including the American Clinical and Climatological
Association, American College of Physicians, American Gastroenterological
Association, and the Philadelphia County Medical Society. He
received the Julius Friedenwald Medal and the Alfred Stengel
Memorial Award. Miller became a fellow of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia in 1921 and during his presidency, 19491951, helped
to develop financial support for the College.
Full Extent
3.5 Linear feet (8 boxes and 1 oversize folder )
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The collection of T. Grier Miller's papers was formally donated
to the Historical Collections of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia by T. Grier Miller on 23 April 1977. Some additional
material was received in 1982 from the Miller estate.
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1990.
Separated materials - oversize
Flat file case 1, drawer 4
Contents: 12 certificates, diplomas, photographs
Subject
- Title
- Thomas Grier Miller 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
