Certificates
Subject
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Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the United States Marine Hospital II
Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/002-02
Overview
On 16 July 1798, the United States Congress established the Marine Hospital Service under the Treasury Department for the benefit of sick and disabled members of the mercantile marine. Each seaman was assessed a tax of 40 cents per month, and these dues were fed into a hospital fund which paid for the Service. The first marine hospital opened at Washington Point, Virginia, in 1800.The Service was reorganized in 1870. Its activities were standardized under the Supervising Surgeon....
Dates:
1870-1934; undated; Majority of material found within 1877 - 1882
Richard C. Dale certificate
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/020
Scope and Contents
Certificate signed by William Shippen, president. Includes society seal.
Dates:
undated
Samuel Hadden papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 368
Overview
The Samuel Hadden Papers contain the personal papers of Dr. Samuel Bernard Hadden (1900-1988). Born in Dunmore, PA Dr. Hadden completed his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. He then served his internship and residency at the Philadelphia General Hospital. He pursued his interest in neuro-psychology, earning attention for his work in group psychotherapy. While Dr. Hadden was regarded as a compassionate therapist, his views on the treatment of male homosexual...
Dates:
1924-1956
Samuel Reed Shaner diploma and certificate
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/212
Scope and Contents
The collection contains Samuel Reed Shaner's diploma from the
Medico Chirurgical College of Philadelphia and his certificate
of graduate fellowship in the college's James M. Anders Medical
Society, 9 June 1916.
Dates:
1916
Sturgis Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P-STURGIS
Overview
The Sturgis Photograph Collection was donated to the College in the early 1980s by Doctors Katharine R. and Samuel B. Sturgis. It contains a large number of the College's pictures and oversize documents (diplomas, certificates, etc.). The subjects of the materials range from portraits of physicians, early hospital buildings, group photographs of medical societies, and class photographs of medical school students, to lecture matriculation cards and medical illustrations. Researchers should...
Dates:
undated
William D. Frazier papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/288
Scope and Contents
The William D. Frazier Papers, spanning 1874 to 1984, contain
professional papers relating to Frazier's career as a surgeon
and specialist in occupational medicine; personal papers; papers
of his father, neurosurgeon Charles H. Frazier; and numerous
photographs. Included among William D. Frazier's professional papers is correspondence,
reports of operative experience, and other items concerning
his work at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
and the Hospital of...
Dates:
1874 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1913 - 1963
William F. Houston certificates of membership in the Philadelphia Medical Society
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/197
Scope and Contents
Certificates confirm Houston’s membership in Philadelphia Medical Society as junior fellow, 1808 Feb. 20, and honorary fellow, 1809 Feb. 20. Includes signatures of Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Smith Barton.
Dates:
1808 - 1809
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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