Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 352 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel W. Gross papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/203
Scope and Contents
Autographs of Philadelphia physicians, formerly in the possession of Samuel W. Gross, contains circa 900 death or interment certificates written by Philadelphia area physicians from 1806 to 1835. The certificates, arranged in a rough chronological order, indicate the common causes and ages of mortality in the city during the early 19th century.Each certificate attests to the cause and date of death, giving the name and age of the deceased. Many of the certificates concern...
Dates:
1806-1835
Samuel X. Radbill correspondence concerning bookplates I
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-02
Scope and Contents
This collection of Samuel X Radbill's correspondence concerning
bookplates spans 1898 to 1987. The correspondence reveals how
Radbill developed his extensive medical bookplate collection.
The major correspondent in the collection is Sara Eugenia ("Sally")
Blake (1886-1973), Librarian of the Tufts College Medical and
Dental Schools, who was herself an avid bookplate collector.
In addition to correspondence, the collection includes photographs
of Sally Blake and samples of her...
Dates:
1898 - 1987
Samuel X. Radbill correspondence concerning bookplates II
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-03
Scope and Contents
This collection of Samuel X Radbill's correspondence concerning
bookplates spans 1936 to 1963. Included among the correspondents
are bookplate collectors, as well as bookplate designers and
engravers. The major correspondent in the collection is Dutch
bookplate engraver E. ReitsmaValenca. In addition to correspondence,
the collection contains one of Radbill's bookplates as designed
by ReitsmaValenca and photographs of bookplate engraver Ernest
Huber.Radbill corresponded...
Dates:
1936 - 1963
Samuel X. Radbill letters to Eleanora C. Gordon
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-04
Scope and Contents
Five letters, 1985-1986, from Samuel X Radbill to Eleanora C. Gordon concerning her research and manuscript on medieval child care and pediatrics.
Dates:
1985 - 1986
Samuel X. Radbill papers I
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-01
Scope and Contents
Extensive collection of correspondence, subject files, and photographs of Samuel X Radbill documenting professional associations with Philadelphia County Medical Society and College of Physicians of Philadelphia and his interest in medical history and medical bookplates. Collection contains notes made by Radbill on topics of interest and rough drafts of articles, papers for presentation, and informal speeches. Series 1 is divided into two subseries: A. Personal Correspondence and B. Subject and...
Dates:
1907 - 1987
Samuel X. Radbill papers II
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-05
Overview
Samuel X Radbill (1901-1987) began his medical career as a general practitioner in 1926 and became a pediatrician in 1938, when he was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. Radbill was perhaps better known as a medical historian, and collector of bookplates and old and rare medical texts than as a pediatrician. He believed that the study of medicine’s past was useful to its practice, and he encouraged many of his professional colleagues to examine the history of their specialties. The...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1800 - 1987; 1635 - 1987
Saul Jarcho papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/157
Scope and Contents
The collection contains Saul Jarcho's files on three paleopathology
projects, 1961-1975. Series 1 contains four folders of correspondence,
1966-1968, concerning the formation of the International Paleopathology
Association. The bulk of this correspondence is between Jarcho
and Abner Irving Weisman, who founded the Association in 1966.
The International Paleopathology Association seems to have
been discontinued circa 1968.Series 2 contains Saul Jarcho's correspondence files,...
Dates:
1961 - 1975
Silas Weir Mitchell collection
Series
Identifier: MSS 2/241-04
Scope and Contents note
The Silas Weir Mitchell collection contains material related to the personal and professional activities of Philadelphia-area physician and author Silas Weir Mitchell, as well as members of his family. This collection consists of selected manuscripts, photographs, and published material that have been separated from a larger collection by Norman Kane (A.B.A.A., Emeritus), and acquired by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.This collection is arranged into five series; “Letters...
Dates:
1888-1930
Silas Weir Mitchell correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 436
Overview
Silas Weir Mitchell was born in Philadelphia in 1829. He earned his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1850. During the American Civil War (1861-1865), Mitchell worked as a contract surgeon in Turner's Lane Hospital in Philadelphia, an army hospital for nervous diseases. was actively involved in numerous local and national medical societies. He was founder and first president of the American Neurological Society and first president of the Philadelphia Neurological Society. In later...
Dates:
1865-1938; Majority of material found in 1883-1887; 1910-1911
Silas Weir Mitchell letter to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/241-02
Scope and Contents
Letter, 1911 Mar. 26, naming John Shaw Billings as custodian of Benjamin Rush watch (later part of Abbe Cabinet of College of Physicians of Philadelphia), following Mitchell’s death. Note from College Secretary John H. Girvin indicating, since Billings’ death preceded Mitchell’s, Simon Flexner appointed next custodian.
Dates:
1911-03-26
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