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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Board of Managers Records, 1874-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 cubic feet
Abstract:
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania originated as part of the University's move to West Philadelphia. The school's Medical faculty and alumni petitioned the Board of Trustees for a University run hospital to provide clinical instruction for students. The Trustees agreed and formally established the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in June 1871. The Records document the administrative and financial history of the Hospital.

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Medico-Chirurgical College and Hospital of Philadelphia Records, 1881-1955 (inclusive) 1881-1922 (bulk)

Extent:
21.5 cubic feet
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The Medico-Chirurgical College had its origins in 1848 as the Medico-Chirurgical Society, but it would not be until 1881 that Dr. George P. Oliver, who had been a member of the old society and held title to the new charter, organized a faculty to hold classes. In 1916 Medico-Chirurgical College's Department of Medicine and the Department of Dentistry merged with the University of Pennsylvania. The Medico-Chirurgical College and Hospital of Philadelphia Records consist mainly of administrative and financial records for the College and Hospital from the late nineteenth through to it's merger with the University of Pennsylvania in 1916.

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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Public Relations Records, 1898-1988 (inclusive) 1950-1983 (bulk)

Extent:
1.5 cubic feet
Abstract:
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania opened in 1874 to provide a clinical environment for the University's School of Medicine at its new West Philadelphia Campus. The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Public Relations Records contains information files and photographs related to the expansion and operations of the Hospital.

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