College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Organization
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
List of physicians of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/218
Scope and Contents
Document, circa 1797, written in hand of Benjamin Duffield, listing twenty-one physicians who are members of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Reverse contains list, written in hand of Caspar Wistar, of twelve physicians who are not members of the College. Internal evidence indicates list compiled after William Annan became a member, June 1796, and before his death on 4 Oct. 1797.
Dates:
circa 1797
Medical Society of New Haven County letter to John Redman Coxe
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/014
Scope and Contents
Letter, 1790 July 18, opening communications with College of Physicians of Philadelphia in response to letter of
April 1789 and expressing support for an American pharmacopoeia and need for pharmaceutical standards.
Signed by Committee of Correspondence, Ebenezer Beardsley, Elnathan Beach, Leverett Hubbard, Eneas
Munson, and Samuel Nesbitt.
Dates:
1790-07-18
Oliver Wendell Holmes lines on the presentation of his portrait
Collection
Identifier: MSS 417
Overview
Oliver Wendell Holmes was an American physician, poet, and humorist notable for his medical research and teaching, and as the author of the “Breakfast-Table” series of essays. He was born in 1809 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died in 1984. He received his M.D. in 1836 from Harvard Medical School. His most well-known essay was the controversial "The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever" (1843). In 1886, he received honorary degrees from Oxford, Cambridge, and Edinburgh Universities. He was...
Dates:
1892
Publications of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 17
Overview
The Publications collection ranges in date from 1910 to circa 2012 and consists of brochures and pamphlets, calendars, newsletters, and directories published by the College of Physicians, as well as several brief histories of the College written by former Fellows. Of note are short-lived staff newletters, dating from 1988 to 1995; the Fellows Forum, a monthly newletter produced for Fellows of the College from 1974-2006, and eventually replaced with monthly email updates in 2006 (printed); and...
Dates:
1891 - 2012
Records of Committees of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/030
Overview
The College of Physicians was founded in 1787 as a private medical society devoted to the advancement of medical education, research, and guidance of the medical profession itself. In order to help fulfill these goals, the College’s Fellowship have garnered impressive resources including a biomedical library in 1788, a medical museum in 1858, an institute for the history of medicine in 1976, and museum education programs in 2006. These resources are housed in a building constructed in 1909 at...
Dates:
1833-1995 (gaps)
Records of Continuing Medical Education Programs
Collection
Identifier: CPP 19-01
Overview
During the 1970s, there was an emphasis on continuing medical education (CME) for practicing licensed medical doctors. Lifetime licenses to practice medicine were being replaced by limited time licenses that required renewal. In order to renew their state issued medical licenses, doctors were required to obtain continuing education credits. Beginning in 1974, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia offered symposiums, distance education programs, courses in Philadelphia, and additional...
Dates:
1973-1981
Records of Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine III
Collection
Identifier: CPP 14/003-01
Overview
The Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine (Wood Institute) was established in 1976 to promote to the scholarly community the rich historical resources of the College's historical library and the Mütter Museum. From its founding, the Wood Institute also took over printing and editorial duties of the College’s journal, Transactions and Studies, which was published in 1793 and from 1844 to 2002. As of 2018, the Wood Institute sponsors conferences, occasional seminars, and...
Dates:
1976 - 1998
Records of Philly Health Info
Series
Identifier: CPP 21
Overview
The Records of Philly Health Info span the years 1999 to 2010, and include documentation from pre-planning phases of the project, background information, correspondence, advisory committee meeting minutes, grant funding reports, outreach and partnership files, and website design and maintenance details. The collection is divided into nine series, which resemble the original order in which the material was received. Researchers interested early 21st-century public health initiatives by...
Dates:
1999-2010; undated
Records of the Building Committee and Related Committees
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/018-02
Overview
The Building Committee of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was appointed on 6 April 1904, shortly after the Fellows elected to construct a new College building on 22nd and Ludlow Streets in Philadelphia. The Building Committee continued to meet through 1914, when the furnishing and construction of the College building on 22nd Street was completed.Several short-term committees were established previously, while the decision was made to construct a new building and purchase...
Dates:
1859-1979; undated
Records of the Executive Office of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia I
Collection
Identifier: CPP 9/001-01
Overview
The Office of the Executive Director is the lead office in charge of administering the business of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The Executive Director oversees the activities of the College of Physicians staff including staff of the Historical Medical Library, the Mütter Museum, the Francis Clark Wood Institute, and the Finance Department. The Executive Director also oversees the College functions of institutional advancement, communications, membership, and special events. As a...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1977 - 2002; 1951 - 2003
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