Gifts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
1960 Catalog of the Mütter Museum
Collection
Identifier: CPP 7/003-01
Scope and Contents
Typescript catalogue, compiled in 1940 with information to 1960, of medical museum items, such as oil portraits, photographs, statuary, medals, and badges, preserved at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia as part of its College Collections. Most entries include subject, artist, size, acquisition information, current location, and insurance appraisal value. Insurance appraisals were made by the Federal Appraisal Company, 1936. Inscriptions on medals are transcribed. Included in the...
Dates:
circa 1940-1960
Correspondence of the Office of the Curator
Collection
Identifier: CPP 7/002-07
Scope and Contents
This collection of correspondence with related reports and
committee minutes of the curators and custodians of the
College of Physicians of Philadelphia's Mutter Museum and
College Collections, 1828-1981, documents the acquisition of
specimens, instruments, portraits, and medals, as well as
the use and development of the collections.Series 1 contains records of the museum curators, including
a disbound letterbook, 1849-1894, and letters, 1828-1939,
concerning the acquisition,...
Dates:
1828 - 1981
Donations to the Pathological Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 7/002-04
Scope and Contents
Volume lists donors and anatomical or pathological specimens or surgical instruments with tag or catalogue numbers, 1866 Feb. 3-1885 June 13, providing an accession record for the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; occasional case histories or surgical procedure information, provenance information, references to medical literature, and notes on disposition are included. Information on purchases and deposits is also included. The volume was compiled primarily by Thomas...
Dates:
1866 - 1885
Records of donations and purchases of the Office of the Curator
Collection
Identifier: CPP 7/002-05
Scope and Contents
Volume lists anatomical or pathological specimen, instrument, or book, donor’s names, and brief description of the item, 1886-1906, providing an accession record for the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; items on deposit and purchases are included. Items are occasionally identified by catalogue number or contain citations to descriptions in medical literature. The accession information was compiled by Guy Hinsdale and Ward Brinton, curators of the museum. Many items...
Dates:
1886 - 1906
