Radbill, Samuel X.
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1901 - 1987
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel X. Radbill correspondence concerning bookplates I
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-02
Scope and Contents
This collection of Samuel X Radbill's correspondence concerning
bookplates spans 1898 to 1987. The correspondence reveals how
Radbill developed his extensive medical bookplate collection.
The major correspondent in the collection is Sara Eugenia ("Sally")
Blake (1886-1973), Librarian of the Tufts College Medical and
Dental Schools, who was herself an avid bookplate collector.
In addition to correspondence, the collection includes photographs
of Sally Blake and samples of her...
Dates:
1898 - 1987
Samuel X. Radbill correspondence concerning bookplates II
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-03
Scope and Contents
This collection of Samuel X Radbill's correspondence concerning
bookplates spans 1936 to 1963. Included among the correspondents
are bookplate collectors, as well as bookplate designers and
engravers. The major correspondent in the collection is Dutch
bookplate engraver E. ReitsmaValenca. In addition to correspondence,
the collection contains one of Radbill's bookplates as designed
by ReitsmaValenca and photographs of bookplate engraver Ernest
Huber.Radbill corresponded...
Dates:
1936 - 1963
Samuel X. Radbill letters to Eleanora C. Gordon
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-04
Scope and Contents
Five letters, 1985-1986, from Samuel X Radbill to Eleanora C. Gordon concerning her research and manuscript on medieval child care and pediatrics.
Dates:
1985 - 1986
Samuel X. Radbill papers I
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-01
Scope and Contents
Extensive collection of correspondence, subject files, and photographs of Samuel X Radbill documenting professional associations with Philadelphia County Medical Society and College of Physicians of Philadelphia and his interest in medical history and medical bookplates. Collection contains notes made by Radbill on topics of interest and rough drafts of articles, papers for presentation, and informal speeches. Series 1 is divided into two subseries: A. Personal Correspondence and B. Subject and...
Dates:
1907 - 1987
Samuel X. Radbill papers II
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-05
Overview
Samuel X Radbill (1901-1987) began his medical career as a general practitioner in 1926 and became a pediatrician in 1938, when he was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. Radbill was perhaps better known as a medical historian, and collector of bookplates and old and rare medical texts than as a pediatrician. He believed that the study of medicine’s past was useful to its practice, and he encouraged many of his professional colleagues to examine the history of their specialties. The...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1800 - 1987; 1635 - 1987
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