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Catalogue of the general library of George Ord, circa 1865-1883 (inclusive)

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1 box

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Records of the Women's Committee III, 1972-1978; undated (inclusive)

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.4 linear feet (1 half document box)

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The Women's Committee of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was organized in 1971 by Mrs. Frank Elliott to promote the welfare of the College through volunteer activities, publicity, and financial support. As of 2005, it was still an active organization. The organization is not an official College committee but exists in an independent relation to the institution. The Women's Committee was accorded official recognition by College Council on October 26, 1971. Its officers were a president, president-elect, recording secretary, corresponding secretary, and treasurer; each served a two-year term and were a member of the Committee's Executive Board. It seems the Women's Committee was made up mostly of Fellows' wives. This small collection documents some of the early activities of the Women's Committe from the years 1971 through 1978, although not all years are represented. Included are Executive Board meeting minutes; projects such as garden work, by-law revisions in 1972, and...(see more)

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Biographical sketches and memories of Fellows, 1836-1841 (inclusive)

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1 volume

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The office of the Secretary of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was created during the organization of the College in 1787. The Secretary is the appointed officer of record. The position's original duties were to record the minutes and transactions of the College and preserve its documents and correspondence. This volume dates from 1836 through 1841, and includes brief biographies of some of the Fellows of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Fellows included are: Thomas Parke, John Moore, Thomas H. Ritchie, Frederick Turnpenny, Joseph Parrish, and Thomas C. James. Index at front of volume.

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Records of the Committee of Publication of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia II, 1890-1956 (inclusive)

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.2 linear feet (1 half document box)

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The Committee of Publication of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was first appointed on 2 November 1841, following a resolution of the College to publish a quarterly summary of its transactions, An earlier "Printing Committee" had existed to produce the first volume of College transactions in 1793. By 1925, the committee was known as the "Committee on Publication"; it was empowered to secure copies of all papers and lectures of the College and its sections and employ a stenographer to report all scientific business and discussion. In 1978, responsibility for editing and producing Transactions~ studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia had devolved upon the Francis C. Wood Institute for the History of Medicine, and, by 1984, the Committee on Publications, as it was then known, worked as a consultant body. Its responsibilities were assumed by the Committee on Program in 1990. This small collection of records include the annual reports of the Committee, dating...(see more)

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Catalogue of the John Stockton Hough Library, circa 1901

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.4 linear feet (1 document box)

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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.

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Frederick William Sunderman Christmas greeting cards featuring original photographs and poetry, 1947 1966-1985 (inclusive) 1995-2002 (inclusive)

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0.08 linear feet (1 folder, 27 cards)

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Notes on influenza at OC 16 (Philadelphia, U.S.) General Hospital, 1918

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1 folder (11 sheets of paper)

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COVID-19 ephemera collection, 2020-2021 (inclusive)

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0.02 linear feet (1 folder, small collections)

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William L. Lincoln letter to Isaac Hays, 1869 December 30

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1 folder (1 letter)

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One letter in which Lincoln requessts Hays' opinion on "the enclosed printed matter" (not present) and the ethics of publishing it, possibly in a Minnesota State Medical Society publication.

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Mary Wickham Bond papers on the "real" James Bond, 1907-1997 (inclusive)

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2.17 linear feet (4 containers)

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The lives of James and Mary Bond, a Philadelphia ornithologist and author, respectively, were altered the day that author Ian Fleming, a bird lover who was familiar with Bond’s book, “The Birds of the West Indies,” appropriated James Bond’s name for his fictional spy character. The resulting confusion prompted Mary Wickham Bond to write “How 007 Got His Name,” in 1966, in which she tells the story of the real James Bond. This collection consists of Mary Wickham Bond’s collection of information regarding her husband, her own works on the writing, publishing and promoting of her books about her husband, and David Contosta’s writings about her husband.

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