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Burton Chance papers

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Call Number:
MSS 2/032
Repository:
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Extent:
3 boxes
Language:
English
Date:
1899-1957 (inclusive)
Creator:
Chance, Burton
Form:
Correspondence and Memorabilia
Abstract:

Burton Kollock Chance, Philadelphia ophthalmologist and medical historian, was born on 30 January 1868. He was the tenth and youngest child of Robert Chambers and Elizabeth Gale (Corson) Chance. In 1903, Burton Chance married Maria Scott Beale. Chance died on 4 March 1965.

Chance received his M.D. from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1893. He then served an internship at St. Joseph's Hospital. In 1894, he became Resident Physician at Wills Eye Hospital. He became Assistant Dispensary Surgeon at the Eye Dispensary of the University of Pennsylvania in 1895, and from 1895 to 1898, he also served as Physician in Charge of the Children's Department at St. Joseph's Hospital. In 1899, Chance became Assistant Surgeon at Wills Eye Hospital and opened his private practice. In 1909, he became Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Pennsylvania Railroad as well as Ophthalmologist to the Germantown Dispensary and Hospital. Chance became Chief Surgeon at Wills Eye Hospital in 1916 and held this position until 1933 when he withdrew to consulting status.

Chance was the author of over 250 publications, including case studies of neoplasms and color blindness and articles on biography and medical history.

Burton Chance was a member of many professional organizations, including the Philadelphia County Medical Society, the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, the American Medical Association, and the American Ophthalmological Society. He became a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1900 and was very active in the Section on Ophthalmology.

For a more detailed description of the materials included, please the "Scope and Content" note for each item.

For a more detailed provenance, please see the "Custodial History" note for each item.

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Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

This small collection of Burton Chance's papers, primarily correspondence, touches on many aspects of his professional work and interests as well as his personal life.

Series 1 comprises the bulk of the collection. Chance's correspondence, generally letters received from other ophthalmologists with occasional copies of letters written by Chance (1899-1957), spans his career and contains professional recommendations, patient referrals, and letters on many aspects of ophthalmology and medical history.

Notable items in Series 1 include: Chance's application to the U. S. Army's Medical Reserve Corps; extensive correspondence with Sir D'Arcy Power on the history of ophthalmology, Chance's published writings, Power's trip to Philadelphia in 1930, and his reactions to the onset on World War II; a letter (4 March 1926) from Howard F. Hill concerning sutures in cataract surgery; letters (1942) from W. R. Le Fanu about a biography of Sir D'Arcy Power; a letter from Edward A. Shumway (8 November 1930), criticizing an operation performed by Chance at Wills Eye Hospital; letters (1946) from William Evans Bruner and J. Hamilton Taylor giving information for Chance's biography of G. E. de Schweinitz; correspondence from Casey A. Wood concerning medical history and a Sinhalese medical manuscript; an extensive collection of letters from Fielding H. Garrison concerning medical history, opera, and a speech Chance was to deliver on the history of ophthalmology; and a letter (1917) from Samuel D. Risley concerning his resignation from Wills Eye Hospital. Correspondence with Harvey Cushing (1920) concerning alcoholic injections into the Gasserian ganglion is contained in Series 1.4 along with correspondence received concerning Chance's writing on Sir William Lawrence.

Series 1 also contains two files of subject correspondence. One is a series of letters from Chance to W. Adams Frost and W. T. Belding of Cassell and Company, a publishing firm, concerning a proposed revision of Carter and Frost's "Ophthalmic surgery" (1905). The second folder contains correspondence about Fielding H. Garrison from his wife and daughter, Margaret, as well as Chance's typescript reminiscences of Garrison and correspondence about a proposed biographical project (1935-1936).

The remainder of the Chance Papers consist of several small series with few items. Chance's proposal to the College of Physicians for a new category of membership for recent graduates in medicine, the member associate, is discussed in Series 2. Series 3 contains a few miscellaneous items relating to Chance's ophthalmological practice including notes on three cases (1917) and a list of necessary ophthalmological instruments. Series 4 contains an example of a patient registration card (1905) from Wills Eye Hospital as well as correspondence concerning the formation of an association of ex-residents. Chance's remarks on the occasion on the 20th reunion of the Class of 1893 of the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Medicine are contained in Series 5. Series 6 is a small collection of printed material, primarily newsclippings or journal articles, concerning medical artworks or the history of medicine and prominent medical figures. Series 7 includes some miscellaneous items of historical interest, such as visiting cards from A. J. Abbe and William J. Ketchner and two autograph letters concerning members of the Tillinghast family. One (25 May 1839) from N. E. Rogers describes farm and religious life and abolition in Ohio, while the other (7 January 1844) is a love letter from L. B. to Mary Tillinghast.

American Ophthalmological Society PD, Philadelphia, Pa., 02 June 1913.
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Bowman, Paget M., Guildford, England, 25 July 1935.
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Bowman, Paget M., Guildford, England, undated.
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Butler, T. Harrison, Birmingham, England, 07 February 1925.
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Clapp, W., Pittsburgh, Pa., 05 June 1913.
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Conard, T. E., Philadelphia, Pa., 08 June 1913.
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Cordes, Frederick C., San Francisco, Ca., 08 August 1949.
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Cordes, Frederick C., San Francisco, Ca., 20 September 1949.
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Courtney, Robert H., Richmond, Va., 30 May 1931.
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Forst, John R., Philadelphia, Pa., 06 June 1913.
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Fox, L. Webster, Philadelphia, Pa., 18 December 1920.
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Friedenwald, Harry, Baltimore, Md., 27 July 1942.
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Friedenwald, Harry, Baltimore, Md., 22 March 1947.
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Friedenwald, Jonas S., Baltimore, Md., 20 February 1946.
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Friedenwald, Jonas S., Baltimore, Md., 25 April 1950.
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Friedenwald, Jonas S., Baltimore, Md., 27 April 1950.
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Friedenwald, Harry, Baltimore, Md., circa 15 May 1950.
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Friedenwald, Jonas S., Baltimore, Md., 11 September 1950.
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Friedenwald, Jonas S., Baltimore, Md., 15 September 1950.
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Friedenwald, Jonas S., Baltimore, Md., 19 September 1950.
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Hansell, Howard F., Philadelphia, Pa, 30 January 1925.
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Knapp, Arnold, Edgartown, Ma., 24 July 1949.
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Knapp, Arnold, New York, N.Y., 07 September 1949.
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Knapp, Herman, New York, N.Y., 04 August 1901.
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Libby, George F., Denver, Co., 24 December 1904.
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MacConnell, John W., 24 October 1923.
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Davidson, N.C. MacCracken, H. N., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 17 December 1942.
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McCombs, William, Philadelphia, Pa., 07 June 1913.
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McKenzie, R. Tait, Philadelphia, Pa., 26 May 1926.
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McKenzie, R. Tait to Mangiaracine, A. B., 30 June 1944.
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Nichols, Arthur H., Boston, Ma., 04 January 1913.
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Nichols, Arthur H., Boston, Ma., 26 January 1913.
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Nichols, Arthur H., Boston, Ma., circa 28 January 1913.
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Burton Chance to Nichols, Arthur H., 18 March 1913.
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Nichols, Arthur H., Boston, Ma., 22 March 1913.
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Nichols, Arthur H., Boston, Ma., 22 May 1913.
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Nichols, Arthur H., Boston, Ma., 28 May 1913.
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O'Connor, Roderic, Oakland, Ca., 30 April 1914.
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O'Connor, Roderic to Oliver, Charles A., Philadelphia, Pa., 16 October 1907.
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O'Connor, Roderic, to Oliver, J. R., circa 18 October 1907.
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O'Connor, Roderic, Baltimore, Md., 11 April 1935.
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O'Connor, Roderic, Baltimore, Md., 08 January 1936.
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Packard, Francis R., Philadelphia, Pa., circa 1926.
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Pepper, George Wharton, Philadelphia, Pa., 19 June 1913.
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Pepper, O. H. Perry, Villanova, Pa., 04 April 1957.
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Perkins, F. M., Philadelphia, Pa., 11 June 1913.
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Phillips, Ryland W., Philadelphia, Pa., 02 June 1913.
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Rhinelander, P. M., Philadelphia, Pa., 21 May 1913.
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Rhinelander, P. M., Philadelphia, Pa., 24 May 1913.
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Ring, G. Oram, Philadelphia, Pa., 02 June 1928.
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Risley, Samuel D., 20 September 1899.
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Risley, Samuel D., 17 July 1917.
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Risley, Samuel D., undated.
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von Sallman, Ludwig, New York, N.Y., 25 March 1947.
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de Schweinitz, G. E., Philadelphia, Pa., 27 September 1926.
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Schwenk, P. N. K., Philadelphia, Pa., 17 June 1913.
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Sigerist, Henry E., Baltimore, Md., 26 November 1934.
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Sigerist, Henry E., Baltimore, Md., 04 December 1935.
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Sigerist, Henry E., Baltimore, Md., 23 December 1935.
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Sigerist, Henry E., Baltimore, Md., 05 March 1936.
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Sigerist, Henry E., Pura, Switzerland, 20 October 1950.
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Stewart, Charles S., Wayne, Pa., 27 May 1913.
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Stieren, Edward, Pittsburgh, Pa., 29 November 1927.
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Striker, Cecil, Cincinnati, Oh., 04 April 1957.
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Striker, Cecil, Cincinnati, Oh., 19 April 1957.
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Veasey, Clarence A., Spokane, Wa., 23 August 1943.
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Viets, Henry R., Boston, Ma., 14 February 1944.
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Walsh, Joseph, Philadelphia, Pa., 16 June 1932.
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Wilson, J. C., Philadelphia, Pa., circa 29 November 1927.
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Wood, Casey A., 26 November 1925.
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Kandy, Ceylon, Manila, Philippines, 08 October 1926.
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Unidentified, Trenton, N.J., 03 June 1913.
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DeLong, Perce, Philadelphia, Pa., 03 March 1923.
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Graves, Basil, Philadelphia, Pa., 28 February 1924.
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Gummey, Frank B., Germantown, Pa., 14 January 1905.
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Hitschler, William A., Philadelphia, Pa., 24 February 1911.
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Hitschler, William A., Philadelphia, Pa., 07 October 1912.
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Hodge, Edward B., Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., 03 February 1905.
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Holloway, T. B., Philadelphia, Pa., 26 February 1926.
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Holzer, William F., Worcester, Ma., 13 March 1919.
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Jarvis, Arthur W., Camden, S.C., 30 April 1922.
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Keith, Arthur, London, England, 08 February 1926.
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Kleinhans, Paul H., Bethlehem, Pa., 16 April 1915.
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Knowles, Frank Crozer., Philadelphia, Pa., 11 March.
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Kollock, Charles W., Charleston, S.C., 29 April 1922.
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Kollock, Charles W., Charleston, S.C., 08 June 1922.
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Lehrfeld, Louis, Philadelphia, Pa., 09 December 1924.
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Lehrfeld, Louis, Philadelphia, Pa., 20 February 1926.
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Lewis, Morris J., Philadelphia, Pa., 17 November 1910.
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Musser, J. H., Philadelphia, Pa., 27 January 1905.
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Packard, Francis R., Philadelphia, Pa., 28 April 1922.
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Pfahler, G. E., Philadelphia, Pa., 15 April 1926.
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Thorington, J., Philadelphia, Pa., 08 March 1913.
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Wechsler, Lawrence, Pittsburgh, Pa., 29 August 1919.
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Wood, Casey A., Chicago, Il., 19 May 1917.
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Zimmerman, M. W., Philadelphia, Pa., 24 September 1901.
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Atterbury, W. W., Philadelphia, Pa., 31 July 1912.
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Brown, Samuel Horton, Philadelphia, Pa., 15 October 1929.
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Carpenter, Samuel A., Philadeladelphia, Pa., undated.
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Clark, W. L., Philadelphia, Pa., 13 September 1929.
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Cummins, Robert Perry, Germantown, Pa., 02 October 1929.
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Dittrick, Howard, Cleveland, Oh., 06 October 1952.
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Friedenwald, Harry, Baltimore, Md., 08 November 1929.
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Gandy, Charles M., Washington, D.C., 27 July 1912.
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Burton Chance to Gandy, Charles M., 01 August 1912.
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Garner, Albert Rowland, Norristown, Pa., 06 September 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Martha's Vineyard, Ma., 07 September 1927.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Washington, D.C., 23 September 1927.
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Burton Chance to Garrison, Fielding H., 10 January 1928.
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Garrison, Fielding H., 11 January 1928.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Washington, D.C., 13 March 1928.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Washington, D.C., 01 February 1928.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Rochester, Mn., 12 November 1928.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Washington, D.C., 11 December 1928.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Washington, D.C., 11 April 1929.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 16 June 1930.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 29 October 1930.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 11 November 1930.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 07 March 1932.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 18 June 1932.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 24 October 1932.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 07 November 1932.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., circa 05 January 1933.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 20 December 1932.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 27 June 1933.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 08 January 1934.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 10 January 1934.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 10 April 1934.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 27 June 1934.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 28 June 1934.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 08 November 1934.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 14 November 1934.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 21 November 1934.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 23 November 1934.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 06 December 1934.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 08 December 1934.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 14 January 1935.
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Burton Chance to Garrison, Fielding H., 15 January 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 16 January 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 16 January 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., 17 January 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 18 January 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 22 January 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 25 January 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 28 January 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 28 January 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 31 January 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H. Baltimore, Md., 31 January 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 02 February 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 05 February 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 11 February 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 15 March 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 19 March 1935.
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Burton Chance to Garrison, Fielding H., 20 March 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 21 March 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 22 March 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., 04 April 1935.
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Garrison, Fielding H., Baltimore, Md., circa April 1935.
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Gwyn, Norman B., Toronto, Ont., 11 April 1939.
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Hill, Howard F., Waterville, Me., 04 March 1926.
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James, R. R., Woodbridge, England, 17 July 1959.
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Keith, Arthur, London, England, 07 March 1932.
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Burton Chance to Keith, Arthur., 16 March 1932.
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Kelly, Howard A., Baltimore, Md., 21 January 1930.
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Leaman, W. G., 06 March 1941.
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Le Fanu, W. R., London, England, 26 June 1942.
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Le Fanu, W. R., London, England, 01 August 1942.
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Luedde, W. H., St. Louis, Mo., 08 December 1929.
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Moore, George A., St. Louis, Mo., 20 May 1929.
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Packard, Francis R., Philadelphia, Pa., 28 September 1942.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 01 February 1926.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 01 March 1926.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 15 June 1927.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 26 July 1927.
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Power, D'Arcy, Bidford-on-Avon, England, 31 July 1927.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 12 December 1928.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 18 June 1930.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 14 August 1930.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 29 August 1930.
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Power, D'Arcy, Bidford-on-Avon, England, 19 September 1930.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 13 October 1930.
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Power, D'Arcy, Baltimore, Md., 13 November 1930.
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Power, D'Arcy, Baltimore, Md., 17 November 1930.
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Power, D'Arcy, Baltimore, Md., 05 December 1930.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 03 May 1931.
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Power, D'Arcy, Bidford-on-Avon, England, circa January 1933.
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Power, D'Arcy, Malta, 29 December 1933.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 18 July 1934.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 26 July 1934.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 24 August 1934.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, circa August 1934.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 27 December 1935.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 22 December 1937.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 26 November 1938.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 30 November 1938.
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Power, D'Arcy, London, England, 12 July 1940.
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Power, D'Arcy [son], Northwood, England, 17 June 1941.
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Shastid, T. H., Superior, Wi., 04 March 1916.
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Burton Chance to Shastid, T. H., 08 March 1916.
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Shastid, T. H., Superior, Wi., 10 March 1916.
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Shumway, Edward A., Philadelphia, Pa., 08 November 1930.
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Stengel, Alfred, Philadelphia, Pa., circa 15 February 1912.
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Ward,G. E., Allentown, Pa., 14 September 1930.
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White, Robert C., Philadelphia, Pa., 18 November 1930.
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Wilder, William H., Chicago, Il., 07 October 1929.
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Yanes, Tomas R., Havana, Cuba, 1930.
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Zentmayer, William, Philadelphia, Pa., 25 November 1942.
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Subseries 1.4, 1920-1927.
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Cobb, Philip H., South Portland, Me., 17 June 1923.
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Collins, E. Treacher, London, England, 13 June 1927.
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Collins, E. Treacher to Cushing, Harvey, 13 April 1920.
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Cushing, Harvey, Boston, Ma., 15 April 1920.
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Burton Chance to Cushing, Harvey, 19 April 1920.
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Cushing, Harvey, Boston, Ma., 24 April 1920.
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Hare, H. A., Philadelphia, Pa. [Hawthorne, C. O.], 11 January 1927.
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Hare, H. A., London, England, 08 July 1927.
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Keen, W. W., Philadelphia, Pa., 13 February 1926.
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Burton Chance to Keen, W. W., 15 February 1926.
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Keen, W. W., Philadelphia, Pa., 13 January 1929.
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Lang, W., London, England, 27 June 1927.
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Luling, Theodore W., London, England, 17 September 1926.
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Luling, Theodore W., London, England, 11 June 1927.
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Phalen, James M., Washington, D.C., 27 January 1926.
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Burton Chance to Phalen, James M., 12 February 1926.
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Subseries 1.5, 1922-1946.
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Adler, Francis Heed, Philadelphia, Pa., circa 23 March 1934.
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Bruner, William Evans, Cleveland, Oh., 04 November 1946.
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Coomaraswamy, A. K., Boston, Ma., 02 July 1928.
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Friedenwald, Harry, Baltimore, Md., 21 October 1932.
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Friedenwald, Harry, Baltimore, Md., 03 May 1934.
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Green, John, St. Louis, Mo., 20 November 1926.
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Burton Chance to Hamilton, J. Taylor, 21 November 1946.
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Hamilton, J. Taylor, Bethlehem, Pa., 25 November 1946.
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Keen, W. W., Philadelphia, Pa., 28 February 1925.
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Lawford, J. B., London, England, 24 November 1926.
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Longaker, Daniel, Philadelphia, Pa., circa 1946.
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Radcliffe, McCluney, Philadelphia, Pa., 25 February 1925.
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Shastid, T. H., Superior, Wi., 22 October 1927.
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de Schweinitz, George L., Bethlehem, Pa., 18 November 1946.
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Stokowski, Leopold, Philadelphia, Pa., 29 November 1922.
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Vail, William Penn, Blairstown, N.J., 09 April 1940.
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Wood, Casey A., Manila, Philippines, 10 July 1926.
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Wood, Casey A., Palo Alto, Ca., 09 March 1928.
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Wood, Casey A., Palo Alto, Ca., circa 12 April 1928.
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Wood, Casey A., Palo Alto, Ca., 14 August 1928.
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Wood, Casey A., Palo Alto, Ca., 01 September 1928.
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Wood, Casey A., Palo Alto, Ca., 21 September 1928.
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Wood, Casey A., Palo Alto, Ca., 24 September 1928.
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Wood, Casey A., Palo Alto, Ca., 16 October 1928.
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Subseries 1.6 Correspondence concerning a revised edition of Carter and Frost's Ophthalmic surgery, 1905.
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Subseries 1.7 Correspondence and biographical material concerning Fielding H. Garrison, 1935-1937.
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Papers concerning plan for members associates, 1946; 1956.
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Notes on eye movement, list of necessary ophthalmological instruments, and notes on patients, 1917; undated.
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Patient registration card and correspondence concerning formation of an association of ex residents, 1905; undated.
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Remarks for Class of 1893 reunion, circa 1913.
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Series 6 MEDIC, ART AND HISTORY COLLECTION, 1927-1942.
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Subseries 7.1 Visiting cards from A. J. Abbe and William J. Ketchner, undated.
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Subseries 7.2 N. E. Rogers, to Job Andrews, Hampden, Ohio, 25 November 1846.
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Subseries 7.3 L. B. to Mary A. Tillinghast, Bloomingdale, 07 January 1844.
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Scope and Contents

The collection on the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom, spanning 1924 to 1935, was collected by Burton Chance, a member of the Society. Included is correspondence, announcements of meetings, programs, receipts, and miscellaneous material. Especially well documented in the collection is the 1925 Convention of English-Speaking Ophthalmological Societies.

Series 1 includes correspondence with members of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom, including Basil Graves, A. Maitland Ramsay, T. Harrison Butler, and W. T. Holmes Spicer. Most of these letters are of a personal nature; some concern Society meetings. Series 1 also contains a letter from Mr. G. Taylor, who wrote to Chance about his successful "artificial eye business" in London, and a letter from Theodore Hamblin Ltd., with an enclosed pamphlet describing "Hamblin's Telescopic Spectacles".

Chance corresponded with the wives of several famous ophthalmologists, including A. Constance Bickerton, the wife of Thomas Herbert Bickerton (1857-1933), and Mita Critchett, the widow of Sir George Anderson Critchett (1845©1925). Chance and Critchett had planned to meet in July 1925 when Chance was in England for the Convention of English©Speaking Ophthalmological Societies, but Critchett died unexpectedly in the spring of that year.

Series 2 contains materials relating to the 1925 Convention of English©Speaking Ophthalmological Societies, which was held in London and sponsored by the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom. This series contains Chance's mementos of the convention, including preliminary programs, a program of scientific business with a catalogue of exhibits, invitations to receptions, a banquet menu, and his convention member ticket.

Series 3 contains announcements and notices for meetings of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom; included are announcements of exhibits and lists of proposed officers. Present in Series 4 are programs for the Society's Annual Congresses. Series 5 contains Chance's receipts for journal subscriptions and annual Society dues.

Miscellaneous material is contained in Series 6. Present is a reprint of the constitution of the Council of British Ophthalmologists and a reprint of an article by E. Treacher Collins, President of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom in 1925, with a dedication from the author. Also included in Series 6 is an illustrated pamphlet describing the comfortable, natural-looking artificial eyes produced by Mr. G. Taylor.

1. 6 April-25 December 1925.
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2. 29 March 1926-4 February 1930.
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3. 22 August 1935.
1. Preliminary Programs, 14-17 July 1925.
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2. Programs of Scientific Business and Catalogue of Exhibits, 14-17 July 1925.
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3. Miscellaneous, 1925.
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Series 3 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES, 1926-1933.
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Series 4 ANNUAL CONGRESS PROGRAMS, 1926-1930.
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Series 5 RECEIPTS, 1924-1930.
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1. Council of British Ophthalmologists, 1925-1929.
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2. Reprints, 1924-1931.
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3. Miscellaneous, 1924-1933.
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