11. 1968 March 25-July 12

File — Box: 1

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The records of the Chairman of the S. Weir Mitchell Associates Committee of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, spanning 1959 to 1979, consist of minutes from committee meetings, correspondence, membership information, and miscellaneous material, including resolutions, clippings, programs, and sketches. The collection consists of the records of George I. Blumstein, chairman of the S. Weir Mitchell Associates Committee from 1960 to 1968.

Series 1 contains typescript and holograph minutes from meetings of the S. Weir Mitchell Associates Committee. Many of the typescript minutes contain Blumstein's holograph notes.

Blumstein's correspondence as Chairman of the S. Weir Mitchell Associates Committee is contained in Series 2, Blumstein corresponded with Jonathan E, Rhoads, Thomas Durant, and John H. Gibbon, Jr., all of whom served as honorary chairmen of the committee. Also present are letters from committee members J. Montgomery Deaver, S. Leon Israel, Edmund B, Spaeth, and O. Spurgeon English. Most of the correspondence pertains to special dinner parties held by these individuals to reach potential sponsors and to increase awareness of the S. Weir Mitchell Associates program, Blumstein also corresponded with College Librarian Elliott H. Morse and with some of the S. Weir Mitchell Associates.

Series 3 contains S, Weir Mitchell Associates membership information. Present are form letters distributed to sponsors and potential sponsors, and lists of S. Weir Mitchell Associates and the journals they endowed. Also present in Series 3 are lists of Fellows who were elected between 1960 and 1965; these lists were distributed to the members of the Membership Committee, who aided the S. Weir Mitchell Associates Committee by recommending newly elected Fellows who were likely to become S. Weir Mitchell Associates.

Miscellaneous material is contained in Series 4. Included are resolutions and clippings pertaining to the S. Weir Mitchell Associates and programs from the 1962, 1964, and 1967 meetings of the S, Weir Mitchell Associates. Also present are items pertaining to the design of a paperweight which was being considered as a possible gift for the S. Weir Mitchell Associates. Included are seven sketches, some in color, of different designs for the paperweight.