Speeches (documents)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
Lester Lovett Powell papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 435
Overview
Lester Lovett Powell was born in 1875 in either Saco or Biddeford, Maine. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1905. Powell served in the U.S. military as a physician in France during World War I. He died in 1938.His military service:
Drafted into Federal Serv: as 1st Lt MC from NG; Capt Nov. 15/18. Org: 1st Me HFA; 101 Inf to Dec. 25/17; 101 MG Bn; Unasgd to disch. Eng: Aisne-Marne; St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Wounded in action: Oct. 28/18....
Dates:
1918; undated
Margaret Castex Sturgis papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/020
Scope and Contents
This small collection of papers of Margaret Castex Sturgis touches
on many aspects of her medical career and interests during her
time in the Philadelphia area. The collection is particularly
strong in the areas of gynecology and cervical cancer research.The collection is divided into six small series. Series 1 concerns
Sturgis' teaching career while at Woman's Medical College.
The bulk of this series is the text of a complete course of
twelve lectures on gynecology from...
Dates:
1927 - 1946
McCall Cloughman course notebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 376
Overview
The McCall Cloughman course collection contains the manuscript of an address. The manuscript discusses ethics and religion in relation to the field of medicine. This collection was discovered during a survey in the summer and fall of 2015.
Dates:
circa 1800s
Peter Koblenzer reminiscences of the new building of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/139
Scope and Contents
Reminiscences contain Peter J. Koblenzer’s reflections during opening ceremony of the new building of St. Christopher’s Hospital in Philadelphia, [1990]. Koblenzer considers need for the new location and facilities and his dermatological practice at former location.
Dates:
circa 1990
Philip Leidy papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/171
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Philip Leidy material, 1880-1887, contains several letters, a formal presentation on nervous cases, some informal remarks, and report on the second recorded autopsy of Chinese man performed in United States.
The letter to G. L. Fisher describes delivery of diploteratologic fetus, and the letter to Philip C. Garrett presents Leidy’s views on treatment of insane patients.
The letter to G. L. Fisher describes delivery of diploteratologic fetus, and the letter to Philip C. Garrett presents Leidy’s views on treatment of insane patients.
Dates:
1880 - 1887
Presidential papers of Lewis C. Sheffey
Collection
Identifier: CPP 2/001-01
Scope and Contents
This collection of Lewis Cass Scheffey's papers, spanning
1918 to 1966, documents his involvement in various offices,
committees, and sections of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia. The bulk of the papers date from 1955 to
1958, the years in which Scheffey was President of the
College. Also included in the collection is material
relating to his participation in nu•erous local and national
organizations.Series 1 includes material relating to Scheffey's activities
as president,...
Dates:
1918 - 1966; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1958
Records of the Philadelphia Pediatric Society
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/016-01
Scope and Contents
These records of the Philadelphia Pediatric Society, spanning
1896 to 1956, provide a detailed account of the activities of
the Society during its first sixty years. Included in the collection
is the original constitution and by laws of the Society, as
well as subsequent amendments; minutes from regular meetings,
board meetings, and annual business meetings; numerous abstracts
and essays, most unpublished, which were delivered at Society
meetings; the presidential addresses of ten...
Dates:
1896 - 1956
Roland G. Curtin papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/215
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Roland G. Curtin's papers, 18791912,
contains holographs and typescripts of articles and speeches
with bibliographies of Curtin's works. Some items in the collection
include related letters or notes describing cases and reference
material.Several of the speeches and articles concern heart disease and
its treatments. Other noteworthy items are a speech on medical
symbolism; obituaries of James B. Walker and DejForest
Willard; and Curtin's description...
Dates:
1879 - 1912
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh papers of Lewis W. Bluemle
Collection
Identifier: CPP 2/003-01
Scope and Contents
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Tercentenary
Papers, spanning 1967 to 1981, are part of the records of
the Office of the President of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia. The bulk of the papers date from 1980 to
1981, when Lewis W. Bluemle was President of the College of
Physicians. The papers document Bluemle's involvement in
the Tercentenary Congress of the Royal College of Physicians
of Edinburgh.Series 1 contains correspondence pertaining to the
preparations...
Dates:
1967 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1981
[Silas Weir Mitchell] typescript on François Villon
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/241-01
Scope and Contents
Typescript address before unknown audience with contemporary and later holograph emendations, attributed to S. Weir Mitchell, circa 1897. Mitchell describes life of poet François Villon. Includes remarks on Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac.
Dates:
circa 1897
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