Skip to main content

CPP 10. Records of Committees of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

 Record Group
Identifier: CPP 10

Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:

Financial records of the Committee on the Mütter Museum

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/007-05
Scope and Contents The collection contains cash books, checkbooks, cancelled checks and account statements, bills, receipt books and receipts, vouchers, and audit and financial reports of the Committee on the Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, documenting the financial transactions and history of the Mutter Museum and College Collections, 1863- 1972. Earlier materials in the collection, in particular, document the purchase, transport, and restoration of museum anatomical and...
Dates: 1863 - 1972

Records of the autopsy of Chang and Eng Bunker

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/007-06
Scope and Contents Letters, minutes, contracts, and receipts for payment, 1874-1875, associated with autopsy of conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker. Autopsy begun on 1 Feb. 1874 at Bunker home in Mt. Airy, N.C., and completed in Mütter Museum of College of Physicians of Philadelphia later in Feb. 1874. Letters and minutes concern transport of bodies and arrangements for College of Physicians to oversee conclusion of autopsy. Contracts and receipts are for photographs, casts, and anatomical drawings, and...
Dates: 1874 - 1875

Records of the Library Committee of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/008-01
Scope and Contents The records of the Library Committee of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, spanning 1846 to 1919, consist of records of committee meetings, financial records, correspondence, and material pertaining to individual donations and bequests made to the Library.The records of committee meetings contain reports, minutes, and resolutions; Of special interest are the reports pertaining to library donations made by Thomas F. Betton (3 December 1857) and George Ord (5 March 1866)....
Dates: 1846 - 1919

Records of the Committee of Publication of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/009-01
Scope and Contents This collection of records of the Committee of Publication of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia contains reports, financial reports, minutes, and correspondence, 1874-1890, concerning publication of the College transactions, There is considerable documentation of the 1874 controversy with Isaac Hays which resulted in the College's resolution to publish its own medical journal; letters of John Ashhurst and Edward Hartshorne are included. There are also annual reports of the Committee...
Dates: 1874 - 1890

Records of the Committee on By-laws and Ordinances of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/0010-01
Scope and Contents This collection of records of the Chairman of the Committee on By-Laws and Ordinances of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia spans 1970 to 1990. The records were created by five committee chairmen: Louise C. Gloeckner (1970- 1972), Robert S. Pressman (1973-1977), Paul Nemir, Jr. (1977-1978), Joseph B. VanderVeer (1978-]979), and Palmer Howard Futcher (1979-1990); the bulk of the records are from the administrations of Pressman and Futcher. Many of the papers contain Futcher's...
Dates: 1970 - 1990

Records of the Committee on Fellowship of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/011-01
Scope and Contents This collection of records from the Committee on Fellowship, spanning 1964 to 1990, consists of agendas and minutes from meetings of the Committee on Fellowship; reports, lists, and correspondence documenting the procedure for electing new Fellows; unsuccessful Fellowship applications; and material on the College's Continuing Medical Education and Annual Giving programs.Series 1 and 2 contain agendas and minutes from meetings of the Committee on Fellowship. Present in Series 3...
Dates: 1964 - 1990

Records of the Hall Committee of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/012-01
Scope and Contents Reports, minutes, letters, and financial records, 1864-1968, document the proceedings and business of the Hall Committee and concern the condition, contents, rental, and use of the College buildings at 13th and Locust Streets and 19 South 22nd Street.Series 1 contains the Hall Committee's reports, generally annual reports, to the College of Physicians and, later, its Council, 1864-1928; later annual reports are filed with the committee minutes. Many of the early reports, written...
Dates: 1864 - 1968

Records of the Committee on Collections of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/013-01
Scope and Contents This collection, spanning ]935 to 1973, consists of minut~s from the monthly meetings of the Committee on College Collections of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, which document the committee's activities over a forty-year period. ]n addition to minutes, the collection includes copies of the committee's annual reports, deed of gift forms, and financial information.The minutes of the Committee on College Collections contain information on the responsibilities and...
Dates: 1935 - 1973

Minutes of the Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/014-01
Scope and Contents

The minutes document the proceedings, reports, and decisions and resolutions adopted by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia’s Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia (1877-1880), 1877 Oct. 20-[1880?] Apr. 17 (pp. 1-47). The volume also includes minutes of the College’s Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia (1888-1890), [1888?] Oct. 25-1889 Nov. 26 (pp. 49-57).

Dates: 1877-1880; 1888-1890

Reports of the Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/014-02
Scope and Contents The collection contains reports, generally undated, documenting the work of the Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia, 1877-1880. Each report, filed alphabetically by Latin name, concerns a specific preparation or substance and defines, describes, and details the method of producing the substance. Several items are noted with the date of committee approval; others are recommended for omission. The reports are written by members of the committee, specifically, John B. Biddle, Robert...
Dates: 1877 - 1880