1. Record book, 1885-1901
File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains correspondence, legal and financial documents, reports, and related material, documenting the
work and history of the Trustees of the William F. Jenks
Memorial Fund, 1885-1901. Most of this material was
assembled, addressed to, or produced by James V. Ingham,
secretary of the trustees.
The bulk of the trustees' records are preserved in one bound volume, roughly chronological in order, containing correspondence concerning the establishment and alteration of the Jenks Trust; letters and reports to the trustees from Horace Y. Evans, representing the William F. Jenks Memorial Prize Committee; bills, publishing agreeme11ts, correspondence, and sales statements concerning prizewinning essays; letters from obstetricians and gynecologists, thanking the trustees for sending copies of the published essays; a bank account book; minutes of one 1885 meeting of the trustees; a printed obituary of William F. Jenks; and the trustees' final report to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1901, containing a history of the trust. There are also six folders of loose items, includjng the original deed creating the Jenks Trust; several letters from John Strahan, first recipient of the Jenks Prize; a check book and financial report; and sample essays by Henry Pierce Cuthbert and Alfred Hand, Jr., from the 1901 competition on Jithemia in children.
The bulk of the trustees' records are preserved in one bound volume, roughly chronological in order, containing correspondence concerning the establishment and alteration of the Jenks Trust; letters and reports to the trustees from Horace Y. Evans, representing the William F. Jenks Memorial Prize Committee; bills, publishing agreeme11ts, correspondence, and sales statements concerning prizewinning essays; letters from obstetricians and gynecologists, thanking the trustees for sending copies of the published essays; a bank account book; minutes of one 1885 meeting of the trustees; a printed obituary of William F. Jenks; and the trustees' final report to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1901, containing a history of the trust. There are also six folders of loose items, includjng the original deed creating the Jenks Trust; several letters from John Strahan, first recipient of the Jenks Prize; a check book and financial report; and sample essays by Henry Pierce Cuthbert and Alfred Hand, Jr., from the 1901 competition on Jithemia in children.
Dates
- 1885-1901
Extent
From the Collection: .4 Linear feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Trustees of the William F. Jenks Memorial Award (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
