Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 355 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the Philadelphia Dermatologic Society
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/007
Scope and Contents
The collection of the Philadelphia Dermatological Society contains
minutes, corporate documents, secretarial correspondence, membership
and financial records, and material relating to the Atlantic
Dermatological Conference, principally the meetings held in
Philadelphia. It presents a fairly comprehensive view of the
activities and interests of the organization through about forty
of its ninety years of existence. The early records apparently
have not survived; except for a copy of the...
Dates:
1936 - 1980
Records of the Philadelphia General Hospital Committee on the Celebration at the Philadelphia General Hospital of the 200th Anniversary of the building of the Philadelphia Almshouse
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/005-01
Overview
The Committee on the Celebration at the Philadelphia General Hospital of the 200th Anniversary of the Building of the Philadelphia Almshouse was established in September 1929. The committee, consisting of five members of the Medical Board of the Philadelphia General Hospital, was appointed by the President of the Medical Board. The committee was responsible for fund raising, promotion, planning the program, selecting speakers, and making out the guest list. The bicentennial celebration was...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1931 - 1932; 1929 - 1939
Records of the Philadelphia General Hospital Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum Committee
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/005-05
Overview
The Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum Committee was established in December 1940. The committee was responsible for the daily administration of the Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum of the Philadelphia General Hospital. The committee attended to the maintenance of the museum building, oversaw the care and cataloging of museum pieces, and acknowledged donations to the museum. This committee reported to the Medical Board of the Philadelphia General Hospital. This...
Dates:
1730 - 1960
Records of the Philadelphia General Hospital Osler Memorial Committee
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/005-02
Overview
The Osler Memorial Committee was formed in October 1939. The committee was appointed by David Riesman, President of the Medical Board of the Philadelphia General Hospital. The objective of the committee was to create a museum and memorial to Sir William Osler in the old autopsy house of the Philadelphia General Hospital and to organize a ceremony marking the dedication of the building. After the completion of its duties, the Osler Memorial Committee was discharged in December 1940. At this...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940 - 1941; 1894 - 1941
Records of the Philadelphia Medical Society
Collection
Identifier: Z10c 38
Scope and Contents
The Records of the Philadelphia Medical Society include the original manuscript of the 1827 Society constitution; minutes; reports, including those from the librarian and treasurer; correspondence; records of a committee concerned with quack medicines, patent trusses, and specifics and patents, with reports on Swaim's panacea and H. Chase's truss against hernia; membership records; advertisements; and essays on a variety of medical topics by candidates for membership.
Dates:
1794-1868
Records of the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/009
Scope and Contents
The collection contains minutes, correspondence, records of financial transactions and personnel, and the admission, discharge, and treatment of patients, documenting the organization and administration and patient care at the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases, 1867-1942. Some volumes are in poor condition and need to be handled with extra care.Series 1 contains minutes, 1867-1920, of the hospital's Board of Managers. The board's business, as...
Dates:
1867 - 1942
Records of the Philadelphia Pediatric Society
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/016-01
Scope and Contents
These records of the Philadelphia Pediatric Society, spanning
1896 to 1956, provide a detailed account of the activities of
the Society during its first sixty years. Included in the collection
is the original constitution and by laws of the Society, as
well as subsequent amendments; minutes from regular meetings,
board meetings, and annual business meetings; numerous abstracts
and essays, most unpublished, which were delivered at Society
meetings; the presidential addresses of ten...
Dates:
1896 - 1956
Records of the Search Committee
Collection
Identifier: CPP 2/009-01
Scope and Contents
These records of the Office of the President of the College
of Physicians of Philadelphia, spanning 1974 to 1975,
consist of John P. Hubbard's files concerning the Search
Committee, which was responsible for selecting a new
Executive Director for the College. Included in the
collection is Hubbard's correspondence with applicants and
members of the committee, resumes, memoranda, and minutes
from meetings of the Search Committee.Series 1.1 includes President Hubbard's correspondence...
Dates:
1974 - 1975
Records of the Secretary of the Building Committee of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/021-01
Scope and Contents
This collection of records from the Building Committee of
the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, spanning 1903 to
1915, consists of correspondence, minutes, reports,
financial records, and miscellaneous material such as
photoprints and blueprints. The collection also includes
minutes, correspondence, and financial records from the
Subcommittee on Furniture.The general correspondence of the Building Committee is
contained in Series 1, Included are numerous letters from
Cope and...
Dates:
1903 - 1915
Records of the Secretary Treasurer of the Ballistocardiograph Research Society
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/004
Scope and Contents
The collection was assembled by three of the Society's secretary treasurers,
Abraham Noordergraaf (1965-1967), N. Ty Smith (1967-1970), and
Edward W. Bixby, Jr., (1970-1976), and it presents a comprehensive
view of the duties of that office as well as of the history
of the Society.The existing official minutes of the annual meetings of the BRS,
1963-1976, are contained in Series 1. No minutes for meetings
before 1963 have survived (with the exception of a copy of the
1958...
Dates:
1956 - 1981
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