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Records of the Office of the Librarian IV

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Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]19 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Call Number:
CPP 13/008-03
Repository:
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Extent:
.4 linear feet (1 document box)
Language:
English
Date:
1882-1975 (inclusive) and 1882; 1902-1922 (bulk)
Creator:
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Library and Fisher, Charles Perry
Form:
Correspondence and Library catalogs
Abstract:
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.

Subject

Publisher
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Finding Aid Author
Chrissie Perella
Finding Aid Date
July 2021

Collection Inventory

Cataloguing rules, undated.
Box 1 Folder 1
Classification rules, 1882.
Box 1 Folder 2
Classification rules (2 volumes), 1902; 1903.
Box 1 Folder 3
Classification rules, 1917.
Box 1 Folder 4
Constantine Hering's Paracelsus collection, 1956; 1969.
Box 1 Folder 5
List of articles on deposit, circa 1890s.
Box 1 Folder 6

1904; 1916; undated.
Box 1 Folder 7
Undated.
Os 1

For the information of the Honorary Librarian, 1922.
Box 1 Folder 8
Report of the Librarian on the Library's technical practices, 1922.
Box 1 Folder 9

Letters received concerning his retirement (not bound), 1973.
Box 1 Folder 10
Letters received concerning his retirement (1 volume), 1973.
Box 1 Folder 11
Scrapbook of well wishes on his retirement, 1973.
Box 1 Folder 12
Letters received concerning his death, 1975.
Box 1 Folder 13

Vol. I, 1880-1895.
Volume 1
Vol. II, 1897-1953.
Volume 2

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