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Correspondence

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Found in 355 Collections and/or Records:

Charles A. Oliver papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/102
Scope and Contents This small collection of letters received and copies of letters sent by Charles A. Oliver as chairman of the Committee for the Organization of the Class of 1876 of the Department of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, 1901, contains information about the planned reunion, held 11 June 1901, and members of the class. Principal correspondents are: A. Y. Gerhard, John G. Hersh. J. Craig Miller, R. Harvey Reed, and J. Francis Walsh. Also included are Oliver's notes concerning the...
Dates: 1901
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Charles C. Chapple papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/207-01
Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts, printed material, and photographs, drawings, and slides, 1901-1983, documenting the career and research of pediatrician Charles C. Chapple. The bulk of the collection concerns Chapple's work on congenital dislocation of the hip in infants; fetal abnormalities and developmental defects; and the development of the Chapple Incubator and Isolette.Series 1 contains miscellaneous correspondence and printed...
Dates: 1901 - 1983
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Charles F. Guillou papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/253
Scope and Contents The collection, 1818-1899, contains autobiographical reminiscences and sketchbooks documenting the naval career and voyages of surgeon Charles F. Guillou. Also included are several letters, family papers and obituaries, and photographs.Series 1 contains several volumes of Guillou's incomplete autobiographical reminiscences, describing his childhood; education, classmates, and faculty at the American Classicaljand Military Lyceum; experiences in Cuba in 1836; courtship and...
Dates: 1818 - 1899
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Charles H. Frazier papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/033
Scope and Contents The Charles H. Frazier Papers are divided into three series: a general file, 1901-1941; medical manuscripts, papers, and reprints, 1914-1942; and a medical case file [patient records], 1900-1945. Series 1 contains biographical and bibliographical data of Charles H. Frazier; his correspondence; instructional notes and other documents related to his teaching of medicine; records of the various activities, medical as well as social, in which he was engaged; and personal and...
Dates: 1900 - 1945
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Charles Osgood correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 404
Scope and Contents note

This collection consists of five letters from Charles Osgood to Benjamin Dansard, who may have been a sales agent for Osgood in Monroe, Michigan. The letters were written between 1841 and 1849 and discuss business affairs between the two men, including shipments of and payment for patent medicine, real estate in Monroe owned by Osgood, and travel plans. The letters also discuss the general business environment of Monroe.

Dates: 1841-1849
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Collection of biographies of dermatologists

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/023
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, curriculum vitae, photographs, and printed material providing biographical information about United States and foreign dermatologists. The collections is arranged into 19 series, each covering a part of the alphabet. Materials are filed according to the dermatologist’s name.

Dates: 1923 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1974
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

College of Physicians Early Records

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/001-02
Abstract The College of Physicians Early Records document some of the College of Physicians' earliest activities, including attempts by Fellows to diagnose and treat the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. The collection, which was discovered by chance in 2001 by College foreman Leroy Green, contains letters, manuscripts, and committee reports. Founded in 1787, the College assembled prominent Philadelphia physicians "to advance the science of medicine and to thereby lessen human misery." The...
Dates: 1788-1847; 1889; 2001
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Correspondence concerning Robert Abbe from the Office of the Secretary of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/003-02
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. His original duties were to record the minutes and transactions of the College and preserve its documents and correspondence.

This collection includes correspondence, printed material, and photographs pertaining to Associate Fellow Robert Abbe and the custodianship of the Abbe Cabinet.

Dates: 1919 - 1939; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1929
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Correspondence file of James C. Wilson

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 2/005-01
Scope and Contents Collection, 1912-1916, containing original incoming letters with copies of outgoing letters of James Cornelius Wilson (1847-1934), President of the College of Physicians from 1913 to 1915. Letters are arranged chronologically. Addressed in the letters are general matters of the presidency, such as appointing committee members and chairmen; planning the College lecture schedule; and corresponding with Treasurer John B. Roberts about finances. Also included is correspondence with Secretary...
Dates: 1913 - 1916
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Correspondence of the Office of the Curator

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 7/002-07
Scope and Contents This collection of correspondence with related reports and committee minutes of the curators and custodians of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia's Mutter Museum and College Collections, 1828-1981, documents the acquisition of specimens, instruments, portraits, and medals, as well as the use and development of the collections.Series 1 contains records of the museum curators, including a disbound letterbook, 1849-1894, and letters, 1828-1939, concerning the acquisition,...
Dates: 1828 - 1981
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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