Genealogies (histories)
Subject
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Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Nelson Isham commonplace book
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MSS 2/025
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the volume contains Isham's notes on the lecture courses
of Eli Ives on disease of children and materia medica at Yale
in 1826 and 1827. The notes describe the causes, diagnosis,
and treatment of diseases of infants and children (pp. 2-98)
and different medications and their uses (pp.101-132). There
is a topical index to the lecture notes on page 233. The remainder of the commonplace book contains medical recipes
and prescriptions (pp.99-100 and 171-193); a...
Dates:
1826 - 1831
Thomas Grier Miller papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/148
Scope and Contents
This collection contains biographical and genealogical information,
correspondence with individuals and institutions, addresses,
writings, photographs, and awards, certificates and diplomas,
1890-1981, documenting T. Grier Miller's life, interests, and
career, particularly his gastroenterological research at the
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.Major correspondents in the collection are: William Bennett Bean,
T. H. Boon, W. Russell Brain, Katharine O'Shea Elsom,...
Dates:
1890 - 1981
William John Potts papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/230
Scope and Contents
The collection contains eight biographical and genealogical compilations
of information on American physicians and surgeons and their
families, primarily during the 18th century. Each compilation
includes a index to names; an additional abstract of birth,
death, and burial information is available. The information, compiled by William John Potts, 1872-1880, derives
from newspaper articles and other contemporary printed material;
wills; obituaries; church records; gravestone...
Dates:
1872 - 1880
Wilson family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/295
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a small assortment of papers concerning
the Wilson family of Philadelphia, 18611950.Folder 1 includes letters, bills, an address, signature cuttings,
fragments of a student diary, and a typescript obituary of J.
C. Wilson; most of this material documents the career and
professional appointments of Dr. Wilson. Folder 2 contains two
undated photoprints of J. C. Wilson. A typescript genealogical
history of the Wilson family, compiled by physician W....
Dates:
1861 - 1950
Wilson Jewell papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/080
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Wilson Jewell's letters, marriage
certificates, and other items provides documentation of his personal life,
1824-1867, as well as the history of the Jewell family. The
collection is divided into three series: letters and documents
relating to Wilson Jewell, 1824-1867; a letter of his son, Howard
L. Jewell, 1905; and papers relating to the Jewell family, 1821-1977.Items of note in the collection are, in Series 1, a letter, 1
May 1867, from Jewell to...
Dates:
1821 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1821 - 1867
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