Sturgis, Samuel Booth
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1891 - 1983
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Katharine R. Sturgis papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/355
Overview
Katharine Rosenbaum Guest Boucot Sturgis was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1903. She received her undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University and entered the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1935. She was forced to leave school when she contracted tuberculosis, but later resumed her studies and earned her medical degree in 1940. Sturgis became a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1951 and was elected its first female president in 1972. The Katharine R....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1948 - 1979; 1852 - 1985
Samuel Sturgis Booth ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/084
Scope and Contents
Volume documents Samuel Booth Sturgis’ medical practice and work as proprietor and physicianinchief
at Foot Hills Sanitorium, Lenoir, N.C., 19151917.
Each account entry contains reason for visit,
charge, and payment received. Many patients identified by profession; index to account names included.
Related bills and prescriptions inserted. Several visits made in consultation with Sturgis’ wife, Margaret
Castex Sturgis, a gynecologist. Notes in ledger indicate volume was superceded by patient...
Dates:
1915 - 1917
Sturgis-Faber collection
Collection
Identifier: P-SFABER
Overview
Medical illustrations, portraits, and other original artwork by Hermann Faber, and his two sons, Ludwig E. and Erwin F., of Philadelphia, for George A. Piersol's 1907 edition of Human Anatomy and other publications. Approximately 300 items in 6 boxes. A full inventory of the items is available in the Library's card catalog.
Dates:
circa 1907
Sturgis Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P-STURGIS
Overview
The Sturgis Photograph Collection was donated to the College in the early 1980s by Doctors Katharine R. and Samuel B. Sturgis. It contains a large number of the College's pictures and oversize documents (diplomas, certificates, etc.). The subjects of the materials range from portraits of physicians, early hospital buildings, group photographs of medical societies, and class photographs of medical school students, to lecture matriculation cards and medical illustrations. Researchers should...
Dates:
undated
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