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Alfred Stille correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 370

Overview

Dr. Alfred Stille’s personal correspondence is housed in this collection. The main theme of the letters follows the temperance movement, including a newspaper clipping explaining medicine preparation without the use of alcohol. Items found interleaved in a book (The temperance movement or, The conflict between man and alcohol, by Henry William Blair, 1888, call number Ncc 167) in the Library’s collection. Contains correspondence and clipping from 1887 to 1887. This collection was discovered during a survey in the summer and fall of 2015.

Dates

  • 1887 - 1888

Creator

Extent

.1 Linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Small collections
Title
Alfred Stille correspondence
Author
Mary Hanes
Date
February 2017
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
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Script of description
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Repository Details

Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository

Contact:
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