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List of Alvarenga Prize entries

 Item
Identifier: CPP 1/011

Overview

This volume dates from 1920 through 1933, and contains lists of entries for the annual Alvarenga Prize essay, as well as the winner. Each entry includes the title of the essay, its "motto," the author's name, and the status - either destroyed, returned, or "won prize."

The Alvarenga Prize was established in 1887 or 1888, when Associate Fellow Da Costa Alvarenga of Lisbon, Portugal, left the College approximately $4000.00 to fund an annual prize in his name. The essay could be on any subject in the field of medicine.

Previously catalogued as 10a 375.

Dates

  • 1920-1933

Creator

Extent

1 volume

Language of Materials

English

Title
List of Alvarenga Prize entries
Author
Chrissie Perella
Date
December 2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository

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