Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 355 Collections and/or Records:
Lecture and Event Files of the Communication and Development Departments
Collection
Identifier: CPP 11/01-02
Abstract
The Office of Advancement of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia was formed in 2015 by the merging of two departments: the Communications Department and the Development Department, which were created in 1988 and 1987, respectively. The functions of the Office of Advancement include all aspects of fundraising; public relations for the entire College; and administration of the Fellowship and Friends of the Mütter, a membership program open to the public which supports the Mütter...
Dates:
1992-1995
Lecture and Event Files of the Office of Operations
Collection
Identifier: CPP 8/002-01
Abstract
In 2010, the Office of Operations was organized to oversee hospitality, front of house and receptionist, visitor services, hall and grounds, renovations, security, and the parking lot. Previously, at least as far back as 1991, the management of facilities and special events fell under the responsibilities of the Office of Institutional Advancement (as of 2015, merged with Office of Development and External Affairs and Office of Communications into the Office of Advancement). While the...
Dates:
1975-2019; Majority of material found in 1991-2007
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
Ledgers of the Office of the Treasurer
Collection
Identifier: CPP 5/003-01
Scope and Contents
The collection contains three ledgers, 1883-1908, maintained
by the Treasurer of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia, containing the College's account current of
its income and expenditures as well as accounts of the
Building Fund, Permanent Fund, special Library book funds,
and mortgages. An index to account names is included in
each volume. The 1901-1908 ledger also contains brief notes
on the establishment and intent of the s~ecial funds. One
folder of letters received by Richard H....
Dates:
1883 - 1908
Leidy family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/155
Scope and Contents
The Leidy family papers consist of two discrete collections, including lecture and admission cards, correspondence, and newsclippings. The first collection of Leidy family material, MSS 2/155-01, contains lecture admission cards and related material, 1830-1866, from the medical educations of Napoleon B. Leidy and Philip Leidy at the University of Pennsylvania and the pharmaceutical education of Thomas Leidy at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. The series includes several...
Dates:
1830 - 1933
Lester Lovett Powell papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 435
Abstract
Lester Lovett Powell was born in 1875 in either Saco or Biddeford, Maine. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1905. Powell served in the U.S. military as a physician in France during World War I. He died in 1938.His military service:
Drafted into Federal Serv: as 1st Lt MC from NG; Capt Nov. 15/18. Org: 1st Me HFA; 101 Inf to Dec. 25/17; 101 MG Bn; Unasgd to disch. Eng: Aisne-Marne; St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Wounded in action: Oct....
Dates:
1918; undated
Letter from George F. Lehman to Samuel Jackson
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/142
Scope and Contents
Letter written by George F. Lehman from the Lazaretto, 14 June 1821, reporting on voyage of London Packet from New Orleans to Philadelphia in 1821 to illustrate non-contagious nature of yellow fever. Lehman describes habits and symptoms of passengers who fell ill with the disease.
Dates:
1821-06-14
Letter to Miss Smith
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/079
Scope and Contents
Letter, 17-18 Oct. 1850, concerning daily life, food, hydrotherapeutic treatment, and general conditions for first patients at Henry Foster’s Clifton Springs Water Cure, Clifton Springs, N.Y., during its opening weeks. Correspondent, known only as "A.", describes Henry Foster and physical plant at Clifton Springs.
Dates:
1850
Letterbooks of the Committee on the Mütter Museum
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/007-03
Scope and Contents
Letterbooks of John H. Brinton as chairman of Committee on Mütter Museum of College of Physicians of Philadelphia with related material concerning museum and Mütter Trust and Lectureship, 1858-1939. Bulk composed of two numerically-arranged letterbooks, 1895-1904 and 1905-1907, containing letters received, drafts and copies of outgoing letters, and annual and financial reports. Correspondence concerns acquisition and preservation of pathological specimens, surgical instruments, and...
Dates:
1858 - 1939; Majority of material found within 1895 - 1907
Letters acknowledging associate fellowship from the Office of the Secretary of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: CPP 1/007-02
Scope and Contents
This small collection of acknowledgments of election to
associate fellowship in the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia, 1839-1850, contains autograph letters from
distinguished American and English physicians, including
Richard D. Arnold, John L. Atlee, Theodric Romeyn Beck,
Benjamin W. Dudley, Samuel D. Gross, John Hubbard, James
McNaughton, Peter Parker, Jonathan Pereira, John Revere,
Thomas Sewall, George Cheyne Shattuck, Thomas Stewardson,
Amos Twitchell, John Ware, John Collins...
Dates:
1839 - 1850
