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Logan family papers, 1684-1925 (inclusive)

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11.0 linear feet and 10 containers, 62 volumes

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The Logan family was prominent in Philadelphia from the start of the province, serving the people in many capacities, including political, medical and literary. This is a collection of manuscripts obtained by the Library Company of Philadelphia that relates to the Logan family. The collection includes papers of the Logan family members Albanus Charles, Algernon Sydney, Deborah Norris, William Jr., and James as well as family materials collected by Frances A. Logan and William Logan Fox. The collection dates from 1684 to 1925 and consists of family papers, correspondence, diaries, writings, medical texts, lecture notes, financial records, poetry, visiting cards, and invitations.

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E. B. Krumbhaar papers, 1899-1992 (bulk) 1825-1992 (inclusive)

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24.0 linear feet (57 containers, 4 volumes)

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Edward Bell Krumbhaar (1882-1966) was a distinguished pathologist and cardiac physician, as well as one of Philadelphia's leading historians of medicine. A founder of both the Section on Medical History of the College of Physicians and the American Association of the History of Medicine (AAHM), Krumbhaar also served as president of the College and of the AAHM. The E.B. Krumbhaar papers covers Krumbhaar's accomplishments and contributions to pathology and cardiac physiology from the early to mid-twentieth century. This collection contains Krumbhaar's research files, administrative records related to organizations and institutions in which he was involved, correspondence, and medical writings. Particular strengths include documentation of Krumbhaar's research on pathology, the founding of the American Association for the History of Medicine in 1930 and 1931, his service as President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia from 1939 to 1942, his professorship of Pathology at the...(see more)

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Charles G. Fowler lecture notes from the University of Pennsylvania, circa 1826-1828 (inclusive)

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3 volumes

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Henry Hartshorne papers, 1836-1897 (inclusive)

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12 boxes

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Nathan L. Hatfield papers, 1821-1826 (inclusive)

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1 box

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Nelson Isham commonplace book, 1826-1831 (inclusive)

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1 volume

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James Nelson Miller notes on lectures from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1879-1880 (inclusive)

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2 volumes

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William H. McPherson notes on the lectures of Charles Hemple, 1857-1858 (inclusive)

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2 volumes

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Jonathan Faust notebook, 1866-1881 (inclusive)

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1 volume

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Peter Forrester notes on the lectures of Franco̧is Magendie, circa 1820

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1 volume

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