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Records of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia Library II
Series
Identifier: CPP 13/008-02
Overview
Established in 1788, the Library of the College of Physicians served as Philadelphia's central medical library for over 150 years, serving medical schools, hospitals, physicians and other health professionals. Today, it is an independent research library devoted to the history of medicine and serves hundreds of scholars, health professionals, students and popular writers each year. The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Library Records II date from 1923 to 2007. This is a small collection...
Dates:
1923-2007; undated
Records of the Committee for an Institute of the History of Medicine
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/033
Overview
The idea of forming an Institute for the History of Medicine at the College of Physicians was first proposed in 1966. In 1974, the President of the College, John Hubbard, put together a small committee to discuss the prospect of an institute for the history of medicine. The Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine (Wood Institute) was founded in 1976 to support research in the field of social medical history. In January 1977, Ronald F. Kotrc was selected as the first Director...
Dates:
1974-1978
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 of Publication of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia II
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/009-02
Overview
The Committee of Publication of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was first appointed on 2 November 1841, following a resolution of the College to publish a quarterly summary of its transactions, An earlier "Printing Committee" had existed to produce the first volume of College transactions in 1793. By 1925, the committee was known as the "Committee on Publication"; it was empowered to secure copies of all papers and lectures of the College and its sections and employ a stenographer to...
Dates:
1890-1956
Records of the Committee on an Amendment to the Charter
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/022-01
Scope and Contents
Collection, preserved by committee chairman Anthony E. Stocker, includes resolutions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 7 Sept. 1854, to amend its charter and hold annual elections in January and form of amendment drafted by attorney James W. Paul, 25 Jan. 1855, applying to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas for amendment of the charter.
Dates:
1854 - 1855
Records of the Committee on By-laws and Ordinances II
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/010-02
Overview
The Records of the Committee on By-laws and Ordinances document the preparation of the Ordinances and By-laws of the College of Physicians issued in 1818, 1924, 1935, 1958, 1971, and 1980. Included also are correspondence, reports, and minutes from meetings, dateing from 1966 to 1967, and 1973 to 1978.In 1990, as a result of major changes in the administration of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Committee on By-Laws and Ordinances was eliminated from the list of...
Dates:
1818; 1924-1980; 1966-1978
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 autograph...
Dates:
1970 - 1990
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
Records of the Committee on Contributions to the Building Fund
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/017-01
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the minute book of the committee on Contributions to the Building Fund, 1859-1862, documenting its decisions and debate over solicitation of non-Fellows; several subscriptions books, one containing the original subscriptions to the Building Fund begun in 1850, with occasional accounts to 1862; a copy of the committee's final report; and a report from William Ker, hired by the committee to approach physicians and pharmacists who were not Fellows, describing the reactions...
Dates:
1850 - 1862
Records of the Committee on Fellowship II
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/011-02
Overview
The Records of the Committee on Fellowship span the years 1983 to 1892, although the bulk of the material dates from 1974 to 1978. Included in the collection are three volumes of list of Fellows and deceased Fellows, dating from 1973 to 1892, and 1918 to 1979. Correspondence and reports from meetings and regarding the status are Fellows date from 1949 to 1978.The Committee on Fellowship became a standing Committee of the College of Physicians in 1972. The by-laws of this year...
Dates:
1873-1892; 1918-1978
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- Correspondence 348
- Minutes 109
- Reports 89
- Lecture notes 80
- Financial records 79
- Photographs 68
- Clippings 45
- Speeches (documents) 38
- Medical societies -- Philadelphia, Pa. 36
- Ledgers (account books) 34
- Committees 33
- Essays 33
- Lectures 33
- Annual reports 32
- Typescripts 31
- Medical libraries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 28
- Daybooks 27
- Manuscripts (documents) 26
- Materia Medica 26
- Medicine -- Practices 26
- Patient records 25
- Patients 23
- Recipes 23
- Surgery 23
- Diaries 21
- Obstetrics 21
- Medicine -- Practice -- Accounting 20
- Publications (documents) 19
- Certificates 18
- Research notes 17
- Admission tickets 16
- Medical students -- Philadelphia, Pa. -- Nineteenth century 16
- Membership records 16
- Bylaws (administrative records) 15
- Genealogies (histories) 15
- Physicians -- Philadelphia, Pa. -- Nineteenth century 15
- Library catalogs 14
- Anatomy 13
- Chemistry 13
- Fellows 13
- Medical museums 13
- Prescriptions 13
- Casebooks 12
- Physiology 12
- Programs (documents) 12
- Special events 12
- Awards 11
- Biography files 11
- Memorandums 11
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 11
- Physicians 11
- Yellow Fever 11
- Administrative records 10
- Collections management (Libraries) 10
- Gifts 10
- Medical records 10
- Medical societies 10
- Pathology 10
- Phrenology 10
- Receipts (financial records) 10
- Case studies 9
- Catalogs 9
- Ephemera 9
- Newsletters 9
- Pathological museums 9
- Reprints 9
- Scrapbooks 9
- Articles 8
- General Surgery 8
- Grants 8
- Midwifery 8
- Poetry 8
- Account books 7
- Book collecting 7
- Clinical notes 7
- Deeds 7
- Diplomas 7
- Finance 7
- Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 7
- Medical libraries 7
- Medical offices -- Nineteenth century 7
- Medical schools -- Philadelphia, Pa. -- History 7
- Medicine -- History 7
- Ophthalmologists -- Philadelphia, Pa. 7
- Physicians -- Nineteenth century 7
- Autographs 6
- Character readings 6
- Examinations -- Questions 6
- Gynecology 6
- Hospitals -- Administration -- Philadelphia, Pa. 6
- Lantern slides 6
- Library users 6
- Medical care -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865 6
- Medical education 6
- Medical illustration 6
- Physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Nineteenth century 6
- Physicians -- World War, 1914 - 1918 6
- Public Health 6
- Registers (lists) 6
- Urban hospitals 6 ∧ less
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- University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine 39
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia 38
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Library 35
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the President 20
- University of Pennsylvania 18
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Secretary 17
- Jefferson Medical College 15
- Philadelphia General Hospital 15
- Rush, Benjamin 15
- Fisher, Charles Perry 13
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Mütter Museum 10
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Curator 10
- Mütter Museum 10
- Wood, George B. (George Bacon) 10
- Chapman, Nathaniel 9
- Coxe, John Redman 8
- Mütter, Thomas D. (Thomas Dent) 8
- Osler, William, Sir 8
- Dunglison, Robley 7
- Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine 7
- Leidy, Joseph 7
- Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa) 7
- Philadelphia College of Medicine 7
- Philadelphia County Medical Society 7
- Physick, Philip Syng 7
- Sturgis, Katharine R. (Katharine Rosenbaum) 7
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Medical History 6
- Mitchell, Silas Weir 6
- Morse, Elliott H. (Elliott How) 6
- Carson, Joseph 5
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Building Committee 5
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Treasurer 5
- Girvin, John H. (John Harper) 5
- Gross, Samuel D. (Samuel David) 5
- Jackson, Samuel 5
- Radbill, Samuel X. 5
- United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (Board of Naval Surgeons) 5
- University of Pennsylvania. Hospital 5
- Ashhurst, Astley Paston Cooper 4
- Bache, Franklin 4
- Bache, Thomas Hewson 4
- Blockley Almshouse 4
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Library Committee 4
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Public Health, Preventive, and Industrial Medicine 4
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Women's Committee 4
- Deaver, John B. (John Blair) 4
- Fowlers and Wells’ Phrenological Cabinet 4
- Gibbon, John Heysham, Jr. 4
- Gibson, William 4
- Keen, William W. (William Williams) 4
- McDaniel, W. B., II (Walton Brooks) 4
- Medical Library Association 4
- Mid-Eastern Regional Medical Library Service 4
- Parrish, Joseph 4
- Pathological Society of Philadelphia 4
- Pepper, William 4
- Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 4
- Santee, E. A. (Ephraim A.) 4
- Stillé, Alfred 4
- Sturgis, Samuel Booth 4
- Tyson, James 4
- United States. Navy 4
- Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania 4
- Alms-House (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Board of Trustees 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of Advancement 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Executive Director 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on General Medicine 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Ophthalmology 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Otolaryngology 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Trustees of the Building Fund 3
- Curie, Marie 3
- Da Costa, J. M. (Jacob Mendes) 3
- Dorsey, John Syng 3
- Hare, Robert 3
- Harvard Medical School 3
- Hinsdale, Guy 3
- Hunter, Robert J. (Robert John) 3
- James, Thomas C. (Thomas Chalkley) 3
- Medical Documentation Service (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Meigs, Charles D. (Charles Delucena) 3
- Micozzi, Marc S. 3
- Mitchell, John K. (John Kearsley) 3
- Muller, George P. (George Paul) 3
- Neilson, Thomas R. (Thomas Rundle) 3
- Pancoast, Joseph 3
- Philadelphia General Hospital. School of Nursing 3
- Rush Hospital for Consumption and Allied Diseases 3
- Sizer, Nelson 3
- St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- United States Naval Home (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Wallace, Ellerslie 3
- Wistar, Caspar 3
- Wood, Francis C. (Francis Clark) 3
- Abbe, Robert 2
- American Association for the History of Medicine 2
- American Gynecological Society 2
- American Medical Society 2
- American Surgical Association 2 ∧ less
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