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Abrahamsohn Christmas and Easter Committee Records

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Call Number:
UPC 503
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Extent:
2.25 cubic feet
Language:
English
Date:
1909-2005 (inclusive) and 1914-2005 (bulk)
Abstract:
The Abrahamsohn Christmas and Easter Committee was chartered in 1914 by the wives of physicians at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to support the staff and patients during the holiday seasons. The Abrahamsohn Christmas and Easter Committee Records document the activities of the volunteer organization from its founding in 1914 through to 2005.

The Abrahamsohn Christmas and Easter Committee was chartered in 1914 by the wives of physicians at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to support the staff and patients during the holiday seasons. The organization was named in honor of Oscar Abrahamsohn, a German immigrant who supported himself by teaching German to the University of Pennsylvania medical students. Abrahamsohn became a volunteer at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and by the mid-1880s had begun his charitable work of decorating the children's wards during Christmas and Easter. By 1906 the Board of Women Visitors had established the Abrahamsohn Christmas and Easter Committee as a sub-committee. The efforts of the Committee were supported through membership dues, annual appeals, and an annual charity ball; which went to providing holiday festivities to those at the Hospital at Christmas and Easter.

The Abrahamsohn Christmas and Easter Committee Records document the activities of the volunteer organization from its founding in 1914 through to 2005. Records include membership lists, meeting minutes, treasurer's reports, correspondence and photographs.

The Abrahamsohn Christmas and Easter Committee Records first accession of records are arranged by type of record, in chronological order. The second accession or records are organized by decade and arranged alphabetically.

The Abrahamsohn Christmas and Easter Committee Records was received in two donations. The first group of records was donated to the University Archives in June 2011 by Christine Hilke (Accession: 2011: 037); and the second group of records was donated in May 2012 by Doddie Barker (Accession: 2012: 024).

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Finding Aid Author
Joseph-James Ahern
Finding Aid Date
June 2011

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1914.
Box OS 1

1951-1965.
Box 1 Folder 1

1915-1953.
Box 1 Folder 2
1954-1962.
Box 1 Folder 3
1954-1967.
Box 1 Folder 4
1977-1984 (1).
Box 1 Folder 5
1977-1984 (2).
Box 1 Folder 6

1912-1929.
Box 2 Folder 1
Annual Reports of the Board of Managers of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (photocopies), 1940-1948.
Box 2 Folder 2
Meeting Minutes (photocopies), 1940-1949.
Box 2 Folder 3
Annual Reports of the Board of Managesr of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (photocopies), 1950-1959.
Box 2 Folder 4
By-Laws and Meeting Notes (photocopies), 1939-1959.
Box 2 Folder 5
Meeting Minutes (photocopies), 1950-1959.
Box 2 Folder 6
Meeting Notes, 1954-1959.
Box 2 Folder 7
Membership List, 1955-1956.
Box 2 Folder 8
Report of the Treasurer, 1951-1959.
Box 2 Folder 9
By-Laws and Meeting Minutes, 1960-1969.
Box 2 Folder 10
1966-1967.
Box 2 Folder 11
1967-1968.
Box 2 Folder 12
1968-1969.
Box 2 Folder 13
1969-1970.
Box 2 Folder 14
Records, 1960-1967.
Box 2 Folder 15
Report of the Treasurer, 1960-1966.
Box 2 Folder 16
1970-1980.
Box 2 Folder 17
Board of Managers Minutes Excerpts, 1970-1980.
Box 2 Folder 18
Christmas Trees Committee, 1971-1979.
Box 2 Folder 19
Finalized Meeting Minutes, 1977-1979.
Box 2 Folder 20
Gifts, 1978-1980.
Box 2 Folder 21
Lobby Decorations, 1970-1978.
Box 2 Folder 22
1970-1971.
Box 2 Folder 23
1971-1972.
Box 2 Folder 24
1972-1973.
Box 2 Folder 25
1973-1974.
Box 2 Folder 26
1974-1975.
Box 2 Folder 27
1975-1976.
Box 2 Folder 28
1976-1977.
Box 2 Folder 29
1977-1978.
Box 2 Folder 30
1978-1979.
Box 2 Folder 31
1979-1980.
Box 2 Folder 32
1970.
Box 2 Folder 33
1971.
Box 2 Folder 34
1972-1973.
Box 2 Folder 35
1973.
Box 2 Folder 36
1974.
Box 2 Folder 37
1975.
Box 2 Folder 38
1976.
Box 2 Folder 39
1977.
Box 2 Folder 40
1978.
Box 2 Folder 41
1979-1980.
Box 2 Folder 42
Rough Meeting Minutes, 1972-1979.
Box 2 Folder 43
Folder 1, 1980-1989.
Box 2 Folder 44
Folder 2, 1980-1989.
Box 2 Folder 45
Folder 3, 1980-1989.
Box 2 Folder 46
Folder 4, 1980-1989.
Box 2 Folder 47
Folder 5, 1980-1989.
Box 2 Folder 48
Kaplan, Frederick S., 1986.
Box 2 Folder 49
1980-1981.
Box 2 Folder 50
1981-1982.
Box 2 Folder 51
1982-1983.
Box 2 Folder 52
1983-1984.
Box 2 Folder 53
1984-1985.
Box 2 Folder 54
1985-1986.
Box 2 Folder 55
1986-1987.
Box 2 Folder 56
1987-1988.
Box 2 Folder 57
1988-1989.
Box 2 Folder 58
1989-1990.
Box 2 Folder 59
Membership Lists, 1980-1989.
Box 2 Folder 60
Miscellaneous Items, 1988.
Box 2 Folder 61
Photographs, 1985.
Box 2 Folder 62
Photographs, 1987.
Box 2 Folder 63
Photographs, 1988-1989.
Box 2 Folder 64
Photographs, 1989.
Box 2 Folder 65
1990-1999.
Box 3 Folder 1
By-Laws, 1996.
Box 3 Folder 2
1990-1991.
Box 3 Folder 3
1991-1992.
Box 3 Folder 4
1992-1993.
Box 3 Folder 5
1996-1997.
Box 3 Folder 6
1997-1998.
Box 3 Folder 7
1998-1999.
Box 3 Folder 8
1999-2000.
Box 3 Folder 9
Correspondence, 1996-1999.
Box 3 Folder 10
Meeting Minutes, 1996-2001.
Box 3 Folder 11
Meeting Minutes, 1997-1999.
Box 3 Folder 12
Miscellaneous, 1990-1998.
Box 3 Folder 13
Photographs, 1990.
Box 3 Folder 14
Reports, 1997.
Box 3 Folder 15
Thank You Notes, 1990.
Box 3 Folder 16
Board of Women Visitor's Reports, 2000-2007.
Box 3 Folder 17
Chairman's Copies, 2002-2006.
Box 3 Folder 18
2000-2001.
Box 3 Folder 19
2001-2002.
Box 3 Folder 20
2002-2003.
Box 3 Folder 21
2003-2004.
Box 3 Folder 22
2004-2005.
Box 3 Folder 23
2005-2006.
Box 3 Folder 24
Minutes, 2000-2005.
Box 3 Folder 25
Miscellaneous, 2000-2005.
Box 3 Folder 26
Photographs, 2002.
Box 3 Folder 27
Photographs, 2003.
Box 3 Folder 28
Photographs, 2005.
Box 3 Folder 29

Documents, 1909-1972.
Box 3 Folder 30
Historical Notes, n.d.
Box 3 Folder 31
Many Hands, Happy Work: A History of the Abrahamson Christmas and Easter Committee, 1903-2012, 2012.
Box 3 Folder 32
Photographs, 1987-1993.
Box 3 Folder 33
Scrapbook (Photocopies of original Layout), 1971-1984.
Box 3 Folder 34
Scrapbook (Original Documents), 1971-1984.
Box 3 Folder 35
History of the Abrahamsohn Christmas and Easter Committee of the University of Pennsylvania, 1903-2010, 2011.
Box 3 Folder 36

"Carolling at UPMC" KYW-TV (VHS), 1996.
Box 3
"Holiday Trees" WPVI-TV (VHS), 1996.
Box 3

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