Scrapbook on Mütter lectures, 1869 - 1906
File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 portraits; construction of cases and lighting for museum; insurance; and arrangements for Thomas Dent Mütter Lectureship in surgical pathology. Major correspondents are: Oscar H. Allis, Harvey Cushing, Charles H. Frazier, Aloysius O. J. Kelly, Louis A. La Garde, William James Mayo, George H. Monks, John B. Roberts, and William Henry Welch. Collection includes Brinton’s scrapbook on lectureship and legal and financial papers concerning income and use of Mütter Trust. Also includes 1887 catalogue of portrait collection; list of citations to articles describing or utilizing Mütter Museum specimens; and letterbook of curator, Guy Hinsdale, concerning purchase, use, and restoration of specimens and payment authorizations for curatorial bills.
Dates
- 1869 - 1906
Extent
From the Collection: 5 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Brinton, John H. (John Hill) (Person)
- From the Collection: College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Mütter Museum (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
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org