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Charles A. Oliver papers

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Call Number:
MSS 2/102
Repository:
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Extent:
.5 box (27 folders)
Language:
English
Date:
1901
Creator:
Oliver, Charles A. (Charles Augustus)
Form:
Correspondence
Abstract:

Charles Augustus Oliver, Philadelphia ophthalmologist, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 14 December 1853; he was the son of physician George Powell Oliver. Oliver died of pulmonary edema on 8 April 1911.

Oliver received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1876. After a residency at Philadelphia Hospital, he became Clinical Clerk at Wills Eye Hospital and, in 1890, Attending Surgeon. Oliver was Consulting Ophthalmic Surgeon at Philadelphia Hospital and helped to establish clinical services for eye diseases at St. Mary's, St. Agnes, and Presbyterian Hospital. From 1897 to 1909, he taught ophthalmology at Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Oliver worked closely with William F. Norris, and they collaborated on the Text book of ophthalmology and the System of diseases of the eye.

In 1884, Charles A. Oliver was elected to fellowship in the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. He was also a member of the American Ophthalmological Society, the Pathological Society of Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Neurological Society.

This small collection of letters received and copies of letters sent by Charles A. Oliver as chairman of the Committee for the Organization of the Class of 1876 of the Department of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, 1901, contains information about the planned reunion, held 11 June 1901, and members of the class. Principal correspondents are: A. Y. Gerhard, John G. Hersh. J. Craig Miller, R. Harvey Reed, and J. Francis Walsh. Also included are Oliver's notes concerning the Class of 1876 and its deceased members.

The source of this collection of Charles A. Oliver's correspondence is unknown. The papers were formerly catalogued in the Autograph Collection, but processed and recatalogued in 1990.

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Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Collection Inventory

1. Gerberich, E. A., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 1
2. Gerhard, A. Y., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 2
3. Guth, Morris S., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 3
4. Hersh, John G., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 4
5. Hord, A. T., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 5
6. Hull, George S., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 6
7. Layton, Caleb R., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 7
8. Livengood, T. F., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 8
9. MacCracken, George Y., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 9
10. Marshall, John, 1901.
Box 1 Folder 10
11. Massey, G. Betton, 1901.
Box 1 Folder 11
12. Miller, J. Craig, 1901.
Box 1 Folder 12
13. Oliver, Charles A., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 13
14. Pearson, John S., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 14
15. Plum, Henry A., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 15
16. Reed, R. Harvey, 1901.
Box 1 Folder 16
17. Ross, James, 1901.
Box 1 Folder 17
18. Saeger, George C., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 18
19. Santos Fernandez, J., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 19
20. Stanley, Charles E., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 20
21. Stites, Henry, 1901.
Box 1 Folder 21
22. Sutherland, John, 1901.
Box 1 Folder 22
23. Taylor, William L. [], 1901.
Box 1 Folder 23
24. Turnbull, Charles Smith, 1901.
Box 1 Folder 24
25. Urquhart, George W., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 25
26. Walsh, J. F., 1901.
Box 1 Folder 26
27. Notes on the Class of 1876, 1901.
Box 1 Folder 27

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