Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 352 Collections and/or Records:
Records concerning the Medical Library Association III
Series
Identifier: CPP 13/002-03
Scope and Contents
This collection of records concerning the Medical Library Association is part of the records of the Office of the Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The collection, which spans 1936 to 1966, consists mainly of records from W. B. McDaniel's terms as editor of the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association and as president of the MLA.Series I contains correspondence from McDaniel's time as editor of the Bulletin and from his time as president of the MLA. The...
Dates:
1936-1966
Records concerning the Medical Library Association IV
Series
Identifier: CPP 13/002-04
Scope and Contents
This collection of records concerning the Medical Library Association is part of the records of the Office of the Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The collection, which spans 1951 to 1980, consists ofrecords from Elliott Morse's activities in committees and as president of the MLA and from the meetings and activities of the Philadelphia Regional Group of the MLA.I. Subject Files (1967-1974)
Over half of the collection consists of Morse's MLA files, which he...
Dates:
1951-1981
Records concerning the S. Weir Mitchell Associates
Series
Identifier: CPP 13/005-01
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the records of Elliott H. Morse, Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia from 1954 to 1981, concerning the S. Weir Mitchell Associates. The collection, spanning 1959 to 1988, includes correspondence with S. Weir Mitchell Associates, business correspondence, minutes of the S. Weir Mitchell Associates Committee, financial records, materials pertaining to annual meeting banquets and recruiting dinners, George I. Blumstein papers, and miscellaneous...
Dates:
1959-1988; Majority of material found in 1960-1970
Records of the Section on Public Health, Preventive, and Industrial Medicine of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia II
Collection
Identifier: CPP 12/002-03
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence of the clerks of the
Section on Public Health, Preventive and Industrial Medicine
of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1967-1971,
along with bank account statements and a check register,
showing the financial situation and transactions of the
Section. The correspondence, from clerks Samuel R. Moore,
Jr., and Judith S. Mausner, describes the activities of the
Section, the transition from one clerk to the next, and the
reasons for the discontinuance...
Dates:
1967 - 1971
Records of Committees of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/030
Overview
The College of Physicians was founded in 1787 as a private medical society devoted to the advancement of medical education, research, and guidance of the medical profession itself. In order to help fulfill these goals, the College’s Fellowship have garnered impressive resources including a biomedical library in 1788, a medical museum in 1858, an institute for the history of medicine in 1976, and museum education programs in 2006. These resources are housed in a building constructed in 1909 at...
Dates:
1833-1995 (gaps)
Records of Continuing Medical Education Programs
Collection
Identifier: CPP 19-01
Overview
During the 1970s, there was an emphasis on continuing medical education (CME) for practicing licensed medical doctors. Lifetime licenses to practice medicine were being replaced by limited time licenses that required renewal. In order to renew their state issued medical licenses, doctors were required to obtain continuing education credits. Beginning in 1974, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia offered symposiums, distance education programs, courses in Philadelphia, and additional...
Dates:
1973-1981
Records of Fife-Hamill Memorial Health Center for Southeast Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/003
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the official records and proceedings of
the Board of Managers of Fife Hamill Memorial Health Center
for Southeast Philadelphia, 1947-1960. Minutes and reports
of Fife Hamill's Women's Committee, 1948-1960, and a 16mm motion
picture, circa 1956, showing the services available at the Center,
are also included.Series 1 contains the minute books and related records of the
Board of Managers. In addition to the minutes, the series also
contains a few items...
Dates:
1948 - 1960
Records of Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine III
Collection
Identifier: CPP 14/003-01
Overview
The Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine (Wood Institute) was established in 1976 to promote to the scholarly community the rich historical resources of the College's historical library and the Mütter Museum. From its founding, the Wood Institute also took over printing and editorial duties of the College’s journal, Transactions and Studies, which was published in 1793 and from 1844 to 2002. As of 2018, the Wood Institute sponsors conferences, occasional seminars, and...
Dates:
1976 - 1998
Records of Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine IV
Series
Identifier: CPP 14/003-02
Overview
The Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine (Wood Institute) was established in 1976 to promote to the scholarly community the rich historical resources of the College's historical library and the Mütter Museum. From its founding, the Wood Institute also took over printing and editorial duties of the College’s journal, Transactions and Studies, which was published in 1793 and from 1844 to 2002. As of 2019, the Wood Institute sponsors conferences, occasional seminars, and...
Dates:
1979-2003
Records of Lindsay and Blakiston [publishing firm]
Collection
Identifier: MSS 5/002
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters and fragments of letters, filed
alphabetically, L W, received by Lindsay and Blakiston, 1855-1856.
The letters, from physicians and dentists, many in rural or
remote areas of the United States, contain orders for medical
books and journals, indicating the published materials physicians
were using at this time. There are several letters from a Buffalo, New York, firm,
A. J. Mathews and Company, and physicians, Campbell Morfit, concerning
the...
Dates:
1855 - 1856
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