Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 352 Collections and/or Records:
Records of The Executive Office of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia II
Collection
Identifier: CPP 9/002-01
Overview
The Office of the Executive Director is the lead office in charge of administering the business of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The Executive Director oversees the activities of the College of Physicians staff including staff of the Historical Medical Library, the Mütter Museum, the Francis Clark Wood Institute, and the Finance Department. The Executive Director also oversees the College functions of institutional advancement, communications, membership, and special events. The...
Dates:
1984 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1997 - 2003
Records of The Executive Office of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia III
Collection
Identifier: CPP 9/02-02
Overview
The Office of the Executive Director is the lead office in charge of administering the business of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The Executive Director oversees the activities of the College of Physicians staff including staff of the Historical Medical Library, the Mütter Museum, the Francis Clark Wood Institute, and the Finance Department. The Executive Director also oversees the College functions of institutional advancement, communications, membership, and special events. ...
Dates:
1971 - 2005
Records of the Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine I
Collection
Identifier: CPP 14/001-01
Scope and Contents
This collection of records of the Office of the Director of
the Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine
spans 1879 to 1987. Included are the records of Ronald F.
Kotrc, Director of the Institute from 1977 to 1982, and Diana
E, Long, Director from 1983 to 1989.The papers of Ronald F. Kotrc span 1879 to 1982. Series 1
contains records of the F. C. Wood Institute, including
plans for its establishment, agendas, minutes, and reports.
Also present is correspondence...
Dates:
1879 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1985
Records of the Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine II
Collection
Identifier: CPP 14/002-01
Overview
The Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine was established in 1976 to promote to the scholarly community the rich historical resources of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia's historical library and the Mütter Museum. The Institute sponsors conferences, occasional seminars, and short-term travel grants to researchers who require the resources of the museum and library. This collection documents the operation and programs of the Francis Clark Wood Institute for the...
Dates:
1968 - 2005
Records of The Frederick Brown Company
Collection
Identifier: MSS 5/005
Overview
The Frederick Brown Company was founded by Frederick Brown (March 12, 1796 – February 27, 1864) after he began producing Brown’s Essence of Jamaica Ginger in 1822. Brown began production on the corner of Chestnut and 5th Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Frederick Brown Company was successful as their Essence of Jamaica Ginger was a popular household medicine and remedy. The Frederick Brown Collection consists of two series. Series I contains a variety of personal and family papers,...
Dates:
1895 - 1921
Records of the George D. Feidt Company
Collection
Identifier: MSS 5/004
Scope and Contents
This small collection of records, 1833-1939, documents the Philadelphia
pharmacy and chemical manufacturing business of George D. Feidt
Company and its antecedent firms, Smith and Hodgson and Bullock
Crenshaw. The collection includes a Smith and Hodgson memorandum
book; a Bullock Crenshaw recipe book and commercial product
catalogues; and a George D. Feidt Company stock inventory
register, commercial product catalogues and price lists, order
book, poison register, catalogue mailing...
Dates:
1833 - 1939
Records of the Greater Philadelphia Committee for Medical-Pharmaceutical Sciences
Series
Identifier: CPP 10/038-01
Overview
The Greater Philadelphia Committee for Medical-Pharmaceutical Sciences (GPCMPS) was established by The College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1963, and the Committee held its first meeting on Aril 18, 1963. Members of the pharmaceutical and medical fields in the Philadelphia area formed the GPCMPS in response to the 1962 Drug Amendments of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Its “purpose [was] a broad concern for medical-pharmaceutical research, in all of its phases, and for all related...
Dates:
1963; 1969-1984
Records of the Hall and Grounds Committee
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/012-02
Overview
The Hall Committee of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was first appointed in 1863. It was charged with the maintenance and rental of the College building on 13th and Locust Streets and, later, on 19 South 22nd Street. The committee hired and supervised the College's Superintendent and was also responsible for the preservation of the building's furniture and, until the appointment of the Committee on College Collections, artwork. By 1913, these duties were performed by the...
Dates:
1967-1977
Records of the Hall Committee of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/012-01
Scope and Contents
Reports, minutes, letters, and financial records, 1864-1968,
document the proceedings and business of the Hall Committee
and concern the condition, contents, rental, and use of the
College buildings at 13th and Locust Streets and 19 South
22nd Street.Series 1 contains the Hall Committee's reports, generally
annual reports, to the College of Physicians and, later, its
Council, 1864-1928; later annual reports are filed with the
committee minutes. Many of the early reports, written...
Dates:
1864 - 1968
Records of the Hemlock Society of Delaware Valley
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/022
Scope and Contents
This collection is not processed.The records of the Hemlock Society of Delaware Valley consist of eight accessions received over a four-year period, beginning in 1992.. The last two accessions, 1996-011 and 1997-011, are not represented here as of May 28, 2015.The collection includes minutes and meeting agendas of the Steering Committee; by-laws; correspondence; programs from conferences and congresses; membership lists; press releases; newsletters; newsclippings; and...
Dates:
1987 - [ongoing]
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