Correspondence
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Found in 357 Collections and/or Records:
Maud Richards collection on the Ashhurst, Eyre, and Leiper family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/073
Scope and Contents
This small collection of genealogical research, photographs, printed
material, and manuscript material, 1813-1964, assembled by Maud
Richards, documents the history of members of the Ashhurst,
Eyre, and Leiper families of Philadelphia.Series 1 contains a manuscript genealogy, compiled circa 1933,
with information on the Eyre, Connolly, Little, and Ashhurst
families. Many original manuscript items, chiefly receipts,
payment orders, and signature cuttings, have been inserted...
Dates:
1813 - 1964
Max B. Lurie papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/115
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, personal papers, addresses,
and writings, 1926-1967, of Max B. Lurie, documenting his life,
professional career, and research into genetic resistance to
tuberculosis.Lurie's professional correspondence, 1928-1966, is preserved
in Series 1. Principal correspondents are Lurie's colleagues
or collaborators in tuberculosis research, many of them associated
with the Henry Phipps Institute of the University of Pennsylvania,
including...
Dates:
1926 - 1957
Medical Society of New Haven County letter to John Redman Coxe
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 3/014
Scope and Contents
Letter, 1790 July 18, opening communications with College of Physicians of Philadelphia in response to letter of April 1789 and expressing support for an American pharmacopoeia and need for pharmaceutical standards. Signed by Committee of Correspondence, Ebenezer Beardsley, Elnathan Beach, Leverett Hubbard, Eneas Munson, and Samuel Nesbitt.
Dates:
1790-07-18
Michael Heidelberger letter to Robert Austrian
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/266
Scope and Contents
Michael Heidelberger discusses state of his health and death of his wife, Charlotte.
Dates:
1988-07-07
Michael O'Hara, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/009
Scope and Contents
This collection of Michael O'Hara's correspondence documents his
professional career as a surgeon. The collection is divided
into three series. Series 1 contains manuscript and typescript correspondence, 1898-1899, principally addressed to George M.
Sternberg, Surgeon General of the United States, from Philadelphia
physicians and other influential figures, such as Senator Boies
Penrose. These letters are testimonials to O'Hara's background,
conduct, and fitness for...
Dates:
1889 - 1903
Minutes of the Training School for Nurses at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MSS 4/001-02
Abstract
The Training School for Nurses at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital opened on 22 Oct. 1890. It was under the direction of a principal and an Executive Committee. This Executive Committee may have developed, in 1915, into the Training School Committee, which had oversight of the education, work, discipline, and living conditions of Hahnemann’s student nurses.Minute book of the Training School Committee, 1915 May 20-1921 Sept. 21. Related correspondence included. Minutes...
Dates:
1915-1921
Mona Spiegel-Adolf papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/252
Scope and Contents
Personal papers and research files of biochemist Mona Spiegel-Adolf, including correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, and laboratory notes. Series 1 contains biographical material and personal journal. Series 2 contains research files, including data, notes, memoranda, tables, and drafts of reports concerning electrophoresis, melanin, steroids, biochemical aspects of Tay-Sachs disease, and vitamins. Includes typescript of Kolloidforschung in der immunbiologie, circa 1930....
Dates:
1930 - 1966
Nathaniel Chapman letter to Dr. Welford
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 403
Scope and Contents
This is a letter written by Nathaniel Chapman, in Philadelphia, Pa., to a Dr. Welford, and is dated 19 July 1839. The letter discusses the case of Mr. Alexander, who suffered from a tumor in his bowel, and offers suggestions for treatment. The collection includes a typed transcription of the letter.
Dates:
1839
Nicholas Chervin papers
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MSS 2/141
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of fifty-seven responses from fifty-six Philadelphia physicians to Chervin's 1821 survey concerning each physician's experiences with and beliefs regarding the contagious nature of yellow fever.
Dates:
1821 - 1832
Otto Rosenthal papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/022
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Otto Rosenthal's papers contains professional
and personal correspondence with colleagues and co workers during
his years at the Harrison Department of Surgical Research and
his work with alkaline phosphatase and cytochrome P 450. Many
of the major correspondents, including Jonathan E. Rhoads, William
S. Blakemore, Shakunthala Narasimhulu, David Y. Cooper, and
Ronald W. Estabrook, were members of the Harrison Department.
Although mention of Rosenthal's...
Dates:
1951 - 1972
