Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 352 Collections and/or Records:
Friedrich L. J. Boettcher letter and typescript
Item
Identifier: MSS 396
Overview
Friedrich L. J. Boettcher could possibly be the artist born 1852, known for illustrator-agricultural subjects, and who lived in the Washington, D.C., area and Germany.Dr. J. Parsons Schaeffer (1878-1970) received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1907, a Master of Arts degree in 1909 from Cornell University, and Doctor of Philosophy in 1910, also from Cornell. He served as Professor of Anatomy at Jefferson Medical College from 1914 until 1948. ...
Dates:
9 November 1908
General correspondence file of Katharine R. Sturgis
Collection
Identifier: CPP 2/002-02
Scope and Contents
The general correspondence files of Katharine R. Sturgis, spanning 1972 to 1978, consist primarily of correspondence and photographs. The majority of the correspondence spans 1972 to 1973 and pertains to Sturgis' role as President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and as an active member in numerous Philadelphia area medical organizations. Also present is material relating to the September 1972 Louis Pasteur Wine Tasting Party and photographs documenting the October 1972 banquet held...
Dates:
1972 - 1978
George Bacon Wood financial records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/039-01
Scope and Contents
This small collection of George B. Wood's personal financial papers
documents his interests and activities in Philadelphia in the
mid 19th century. There is a small folder of financial correspondence (18451847)
including a letter (dated 15 May 1847) from Joseph Warrington
concerning lecture tickets for private pupils and an extract
from the minutes of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (dated
September 1846) concerning relinquishing loans to the College.The bulk...
Dates:
1845 - 1872
George Bacon Wood letters to Caroline Wood
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/039-03
Scope and Contents
This collection, spanning 1856 to 1858, consists of signed autograph
letters sent by George Bacon Wood to his wife, Caroline, while
she was visiting family in Greenwich, New Jersey. In these
letters, Wood describes the events at home in Philadelphia,
including his lectures at the University of Pennsylvania; the
visits of friends, family members, and students; the progress
of his latest book; and meetings of the College of Physicians
of Philadelphia. Other letters in the collection were...
Dates:
1856 - 1858
George Bacon Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/039-04
Overview
The George Bacon Wood Papers collection documents George Bacon Wood’s professional and personal life from 1813 to 1870. Dr. George Bacon Wood was an accomplished physician and author, and also lectured at several medical institutions in the Philadelphia region. Materials located in the collection include correspondence, manuscript drafts, lecture notes, financial material, and some graphic material. The collection contains six series arranged by their relative size: “Correspondence,”...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1813-1870; 1793-1921
George Combe correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/089
Scope and Contents
The first letter contains Combe’s defense of phrenology to correspondent who will soon attack system at a lecture
before the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, 1829. Combe asks correspondent to provide him
with objections beforehand and maintains that although phrenology explains the mind, it does not
condition it.In the second letter, Combe thanks Morton for gift of several works and comments on Inquiry into the distinctive characteristics
of the aboriginal race of America...
Dates:
1829, undated
George Edmund de Schweinitz papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/109
Overview
The George Edmunds de Schweinitz Papers collection documents portions of de Schweinitz’s professional medical career, largely from 1901 to 1918. George Edmund de Schweinitz was a prominent ophthalmologist, born in Philadelphia on October 26th, 1858. He worked and lectured at several hospitals and schools in the Philadelphia region until the late 1920s, and also made significant contributions to ophthalmological literature. The collection contains three series: “Correspondence,” “Writings,” and...
Dates:
1901-1918, 1921, 1933, undated
George Green papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/013
Scope and Contents
The contents of this commonplace book of George Green, Sr., divide
naturally into three series: medical lecture notes and examination
questions, many from the Medical Department of the University
of Pennsylvania, 1817-1820; copies or drafts of personal correspondence,
1824 and undated; and poetry, literary sentences, and miscellaneous
writings, 1858-1860 and undated. Medical items in the volume include a copy of notes on Philip Syng
Physick's lecture on inflammation, [1819?]...
Dates:
1817 - 1860
George Murray Paterson letter to the Phrenological Society of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/232
Scope and Contents
Describes Paterson’s experiences promulgating phrenology in India in 1825, including course of lectures; his role in formation of the Calcutta Phrenological Society with phrenological examinations of its officers and members; and establishment of a phrenological school near Barrackpur and its curriculum.
Dates:
circa 1825
George O. Caldwell papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/299
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one volume of George O. Caldwell's student
notes, 1884-1885, on the surgical lectures of J. Williston Wright
in the Medical Department of the University of the City of New
York (pp. 1-106), with notes on materia medica (pp. 108-134),
and an 1887 hospital formulary of 307 recipes (pp. 135-232),
probably used at the Female Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island.
Also included are nine letters, 1891-1894, from Caldwell to
his fiancee, Annie C. Roche, written while...
Dates:
1884 - 1894
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