Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 352 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the Women's Committee III
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/025-04
Overview
The Women’s Committee of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was organized in 1971 by Mrs. Frank Elliott to promote the welfare of the College through volunteer activities, publicity, and financial support. As of 2005, it was still an active organization. The organization is not an official College committee but exists in an independent relation to the institution. The Women’s Committee was accorded official recognition by College Council on October 26, 1971. Its officers were a...
Dates:
1972-1978; undated
Records of the Wood Institute, Library, and Museum Committee
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/037-01
Overview
Originally called the Library Advisory Committee, the Wood Institute, Library, and Museum (WILM) Committee was first established in 1998, as a result of the recommendations of the earlier Library Task Force. The purpose of the WILM Committee was “to oversee implementation of adopted recommendations and report through standing committees to the Council.” WILM held its first meeting on February 12, 1998.In May of 2001, the Committee voted to officially combine the Francis C. Wood...
Dates:
1998-2006
Rene La Roche papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/186
Scope and Contents
The Rene La Roche papers consist of two collections: one of correspondence, and one of manuscripts. For a more detailed description of the materials, please see the "Scope and Contents" note for each series.
Dates:
1818 - 1867
Reverend John Clark letter to Otis Jones
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/330
Scope and Contents
The collection contains an autographed signed letter dated 11 Jan. [18]43 from Reverend John Clark to Otis Jones. The letter descibes an epidemic among the populace of Burke, [Vt.]. Reverend Clark describes the symptoms suffered by the afflicted and the mounting death toll. He observes that women seemed more susceptible than men to the illness and notes those sections of the town most affected by the epidemic. Reverend Clark also describes the work of the physicians and the treatments they...
Dates:
1843-01-11
Richard J. H. Hatchett letter
Item
Identifier: MSS 395
Content Description
This collection contains a single letter, circa 1889, written by Richard J. H. Hatchett to a colleague about Hatchett's strong belief in bloodletting.
Dates:
circa 1889
Richard Sutton papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 367
Overview
The Sutton Papers contains the correspondence of Dr. Richard L. Sutton (1908-1990), a prominent dermatologist and professor at the University of Missouri Kansas City. This collection is comprised of three folders of correspondence, both personal and professional. Includes correspondence with editors and publishers from Doubleday and Company, Inc. regarding his book The Skin: a Handbook. This collection was discovered during a survey in the summer and fall of 2015.
Dates:
1972
Richard von Volkmann papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/227
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters received by Richard
von Volkmann and one letter sent by him. The letters, spanning 1867
to 1889, cover the last twenty years of Volkmann's life, when
he had achieved international fame and recognition. The correspondents
in the collection are notable physicians, surgeons, and professors
from Germany, England, France, Russia, and the United States.
Most of the letters are written in German; some are written
in French and English. English...
Dates:
1867 - 1889
Robert Abbe papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/146
Content Description
This collection was assembled by Robert Abbe and contains scrapbooks and other memoranda relating to Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Joseph Lister, Edward Jenner, and Benjamin Rush. Included in the scrapbooks are correspondence, portraits, and newslippings. For a more detailed description of the materials included, please the "Scope and Content" note for each item.
Dates:
1781 - 1927
Robert Blake Cruice papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/274
Scope and Contents
The papers of Robert Blake Cruice, spanning 1861 to 1899, consist
of a biographical sketch, correspondence and general business
papers from his tenure as an assistant surgeon in the U.S. Army
during the Civil War, papers pertaining to his military pension
claim, and miscellaneous material concerning various societies
and institutions with which Cruice was associated.Series 1 contains a biographical sketch on the life of Robert
Blake Cruice; the author of this undated...
Dates:
1861 - 1899
Robert Campbell correspondence
Collection
Identifier: CPP 2/011
Overview
This collection contains a small amount of Robert Campbell’s correspondence, 1978-1980, from his tenure as President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Robert E. Campbell was born in 1931. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1957 and specialized in diagnostic radiology. In 1975, Campbell was elected a Fellow of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and served as its President from 2006 to 2008.
Robert E. Campbell was born in 1931. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1957 and specialized in diagnostic radiology. In 1975, Campbell was elected a Fellow of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and served as its President from 2006 to 2008.
Dates:
2006-2008
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