Diplomas
Subject
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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Alexander Rush papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/243
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Alexander Rush's papers, 1931-1984, with
some earlier material, documents his personal life, professional
career, and interest in his ancestor, Benjamin Rush, and includes
lectures and addresses, writings, awards, certificates, diplomas,
and photographs.Series 1 contains letters, a passport, curricula vitae, bibliographies,
and printed material concerning Rush's life and career, 1922-1984.
Material, 1812-1981, concerning Benjamin Rush (1746-1813)
is in...
Dates:
1812 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1931 - 1984
Awards and certificates collection
Collection — Flat file no. 2, Drawer: 2
Identifier: AC.1
Overview
This collection consists of awards, certificates, and diplomas found during the archives survey in the summer and fall of 2015. This is an artifical collection, meaning that few of the items have connections amongst them, and are related only by form.
These items also seemingly have no links to any collections currently in the Archives.
These items also seemingly have no links to any collections currently in the Archives.
Dates:
1833 - 1924
Dixon family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 382
Overview
Edward H. Dixon (1808-1880) was a New York City surgeon. Dixon earned his M.D. from Rutgers Medical College in 1829 or 1830, and then studied material medica, theory and practice, and therapeutics under Dr. John Francis; and surgery under Dr. Alexander Mott. Afterwards, Dixon accepted positions at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum and House of Refuge. Later, he opened his own practice as a consulting surgeon, as well as a private surgical hospital.He married his wife, Sarah S. Hart, in...
Dates:
1842 - 1893
Ludwig Loeb diploma and certificates
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/198
Scope and Contents
This small collection documenting Ludwig Loeb's medical education
in 1890 contains his M.D. diploma from Jefferson Medical College,
a certificate of attendance in an anatomy course at the Philadelphia
School of Anatomy and Surgery, and a certificate of attendance
in a course of practical obstetrics at the Philadelphia Lying
in Charity.
Dates:
1890
Myles Synnott papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/011
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Myles Synnott's diploma from
Jefferson Medical College, 1831, and financial records, 1834-1866,
from his Glassboro practice. These financial records consist
of a daybook, 1854-1861, with a chronological listing of patients
and a summary of the transaction, and four ledgers, numbered
B through E, 18341866. The ledgers are organized by name of
patient with the date and reason for transaction. Each volume
contains an index to the patients' names. There are...
Dates:
1831 - 1870
Samuel Reed Shaner diploma and certificate
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/212
Scope and Contents
The collection contains Samuel Reed Shaner's diploma from the
Medico Chirurgical College of Philadelphia and his certificate
of graduate fellowship in the college's James M. Anders Medical
Society, 9 June 1916.
Dates:
1916
William D. Frazier papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/288
Scope and Contents
The William D. Frazier Papers, spanning 1874 to 1984, contain
professional papers relating to Frazier's career as a surgeon
and specialist in occupational medicine; personal papers; papers
of his father, neurosurgeon Charles H. Frazier; and numerous
photographs. Included among William D. Frazier's professional papers is correspondence,
reports of operative experience, and other items concerning
his work at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
and the Hospital of...
Dates:
1874 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1913 - 1963
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