Library catalogs

Overview Probably compiled by Charles Perry Fisher. Catalogue of Hough's library, as purchased after his death by the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. This catalogue coded to show disposition of the books. "The duplicates and non-medical books of the collection were disposed of to the Library of the University of Pennsylvania..." CPF, Trans., CPP, 3d ser., 28:298, 1906.

Overview The Office of the Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was established in 1854. In 1997, governance voted to officially make the Library an historical library. The Director of the Library was in charge of the historical collections, with Public Services in charge of modem reference. In July 2001 the Director's position became that of College Librarian, with the added title of Director of the Francis C. Wood Institute for the History of Medicine. While the Library continued to...

Overview This small collection of Library records was previously catalogued as separate items and as bound manuscripts. Included in this collection Library rules for the early twentieth century; classification and cataloguing rules and guidelines, perepared by former Librarian Charles Perry Fisher; correspondence relating to the retirement of former Librarian W. B. McDaniel in 1973; and visitor logs dating from 1895 to 1953.