Speeches (documents)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
Small collections of the Office of the President
Series
Identifier: CPP 2/012
Overview
This collection dates from 1908 to 1985, and consists of single files containing documentation left by various College Presidents. Researchers should note that there is not a substantial amount of information regarding any one President’s term found in this collection.
Please see the Series descriptions for more information.
Please see the Series descriptions for more information.
Dates:
1908-1985
Traill Green papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/221
Scope and Contents
This collection of the personal papers of Traill Green (1813-1897),
spanning 1845 to 1868, consists of correspondence, case descriptions
of patients, a committee report, the transcript of a speech,
excerpts from published materials, and other miscellaneous items.Series 1, spanning 1845 to 1857, consists of letters written
and received by Traill Green, many of which are drafts. Of
special interest in the correspondence are Green's letters pertaining
to the remains of a...
Dates:
1845 - 1868
Truman G. Schnabel, Jr., Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 380
Overview
The Truman G. Schnabel, Jr., Papers date from 1908 to 2007 and represent Schnabel’s career at Philadelphia General Hospital and in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Medicine, as well as the numerous professional medical organizations in which he was involved. The collection is divided into eight series: Boards, Committees, and Groups; Correspondence; Foundations; Lectures, Speeches, and Talks; Personal Files; Philadelphia General Hospital; Published Articles; and Truman G....
Dates:
1908 - 2007
Truman Squire Potter speeches
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/149
Scope and Contents
Two addresses by Truman Squire Potter, "Respiratory disease parasites respire themselves and can be suffocated", (typescript, 10 p.), [ca. 1943], and "A pickle for a parasite", (typescript, 3 p.), [ca. 1943]; both concern research on vaccination against tuberculosis using asphyxiated mycobacterium tuberculosis. Includes press release, 1943 Dec. 3, concerning Potter’s work at Laboratory of Preventive Medicine of the University of Chicago.
Dates:
1943
William Gerry Morgan typescript on the history of the University of Pennsylvania
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/132
Scope and Contents
Address for University of Pennsylvania’s Celebration of Medical Progress, 10-11 Oct. 1930, but never delivered. Morgan highlights university’s outstanding events, individuals, such as Benjamin Franklin, John Morgan, and Benjamin Rush, and contributions to medicine.
Dates:
circa 1930
William Hutt address to the 7th International Congress on Tuberculosis
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/098
Scope and Contents
Holograph, 24 p., and typescript copy, 10 p., of Hutt’s address to 7th International Congress on
Tuberculosis, Rome, Italy, 1911. Hutt describes his work in the 1870s with Philadelphia Protestant
Episcopal City Mission to establish first hospital for consumptives at the House of Mercy and promote
outdoor method of treatment for tuberculosis.
Dates:
1911
William N. Bradley papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/008
Scope and Contents
This small collection of William N. Bradley's papers consists
of several series. Series 1 contains manuscripts and typescripts
of Bradley's radio broadcasts( 1923-1942); most of these broadcasts concern
matters of child health and hygiene. Bradley's addresses (1918-1934),
also concerned with child health, are preserved in Series 2.
The texts of all of his radio broadcasts and a considerable
portion of his unpublished addresses are preserved in these
two series. The typescript of an...
Dates:
1917 - 1946
William T. Taylor manuscript on maternal impressions affecting the fetus
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/031
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of address to Philadelphia County Medical Society on 26 Apr. 1876. Taylor contends
emotional or mental state of a mother can affect unborn child during pregnancy. He cites several
examples, including spina bifida, strabismus, cleft palate, and various wounds, marks, and deformations,
all connected with some prenatal sight or occurrence.
Additional Form: Published in Philadelphia Medical Times, vol. 7, no. 4., 1876.
Additional Form: Published in Philadelphia Medical Times, vol. 7, no. 4., 1876.
Dates:
1876
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