Records of the Child Psychiatry Clinic at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Collection
Identifier: MSS 401
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection of records of the St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Child Psychiatry Clinic, 1956 to 1988. Materials include: statement of purposes for the clinic; memoranda on policies; information on staff members; reports of activities to the Orthopedic Foundation; brochures for the clinic; invitations and programs; reprints and copies of articles; and photographs of staff. The collection also includes a small amount of historical information on St. Christopher's and correspondence of Carol Krusen Scholz and Mildred R. Lauster.
Dates
- 1956-1989
Creator
- St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Organization)
Biographical/Historical note
The Child Psychiatry Clinic was founded in 1936 at Temple University Medical School. In 1952 the clinic moved from Temple Hospital to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. The Orthopedic Foundation helped fund this move and continued to be involved in funding the clinic.
Extent
0.2 linear feet (1 half document box)
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Organization)
- Title
- Records of the Child Psychiatry Clinic at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
- Date
- 2012; revised October 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- This collection-level EAD record is a product of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Consortial Survey Initiative, which was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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