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Addinell Hewson photographs of surgery patients, 1861-1865

Extent:: .6 linear feet (1 print box)
Abstract:: The Addinell Hewson photographs of surgery patients is a small collection of seven photographs, dating between 1861 and 1865, and including tumors, fractures, and amputations. Addinell Hewson was born in 1828 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1850. He was a resident of Pennsylvania Hospital, and later opened his own practice. Hewson also served as assistant surgeon to the Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church, surgeon to Wills Hospital for Diseases of the Eye, surgeon at the Pennsylvania Hospital, and a contract surgeon for during the American Civil War, on duty at Cherry Street Hospital in Philadelphia, among other positions. He was elected a Fellow of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1853. Notably, he performed an amputation of the thigh at the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1865, using torsion instead of ligatures, and invented a torsion forceps. Hewson and his wife, Rachel Macomb Wetherill, had six children. ...(see more)

Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

George Sproule papers, 1884-1944 (bulk) 1784-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4.16 linear feet (3 boxes, 17 volumes)
Abstract:: George F. Sproule (1867-1928), known as an authority on the Port of Philadelphia, served on the Board of Port Wardens of Philadelphia from 1884 to 1907, as Secretary of the Board of Commissioners of Navigation for the Delaware River from 1907 to 1920, and as Director of Wharves, Docks and Ferries from 1920 to 1928. His son, Samuel Jackson Sproule served as Port Representative for the United States Shipping Administration, Recruitment and Manning Organization during World War II. This collection documents the professional life of George F. Sproule in the Philadelphia shipping and maritime industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the history of the Port of Philadelphia, and the World War II career of his son. The collection includes clippings, correspondence, appointment books, a scrapbook, business records, photographs, ephemera, and writings. The collection also includes a large number of maritime-related newspaper clipping volumes dating from 1891 to 1928.

Held at: Independence Seaport Museum, J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library [Contact Us]

James Wood collection, 1891-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.43 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: This collection contains "The Education of James Wood" (1909, original manuscript, typed transcription), "Wood Family Reminiscences" (1909, typed transcription), and assorted family photographs, framed and unframed.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Anna Lau Familiar Places photographs, 1995

Extent:: 1.21 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: The Anna Lau Familiar Places photographs contains 22 prints as well as a printed title page, table of contents, and artist statement from the "Familiar Places" photography portfolio created by Haverford student Anna Lau in 1995. All photographs are of the Haverford College campus, except for one of McCabe Library at Swarthmore College.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Walter Jenkins collection, undated. (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection includes photos and engravings, including an album of buildings used by Young Friends Association.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Watson Dewees photographs, undated. (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.03 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains photographs taken by Watson Dewees.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Lansdowne Friends meeting materials, 1960-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.005 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains materials from the Lansdowne Friends meeting.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Jessamyn West photographs, 1981

Extent:: 0.005 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains two photographs of Jessamyn West.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Gest family photos, 1892 - 1928 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: The collection consists of photos of the Gest family members and their residence in Overbrook. People featured in the photos include Judge John Marshall Gest (1928), and John B. Gest and his wife.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Richard Tapper Cadbury papers, 1867 - 1894 and undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: The collection contains various materials associated with Richard Tapper Cadbury's connection to Haverford.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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