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Federated Medical Resources Records

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Call Number:
UPC 57
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Extent:
2.5 cubic feet
Language:
English
Date:
1966-1990 (inclusive)
Abstract:

The Federated Medical Resources was founded in 1966 as a non-profit corporate group by five universities and colleges in the Philadelphia area--the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, the Thomas Jefferson University, Temple University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. The mission of the corporation was to provide its members with laboratory animals for use in their research and training programs. For that purpose, the institution was to give quality care to the animals during the observation period following experimental procedures and to breed species for specific needs of its members.

The corporation purchased a 156-acre site, known as Honeybrook Farm, fifty-five miles from Philadelphia in Honey Brook, Chester County, Pennsylvania. On this site, it raised such animals as dogs, cats, rabbits, raccoons, opossums, pigs, and monkeys, and supplied the members with over 10,000 laboratory animals each year. The institution got matching funds in early years from both the National Institutes of Health and the Pennsylvania State Legislature. In August 1989, the Board of Directors of the institution decided to close its research facility at Honey Brook and to dissolve the corporation.

The collection documents the administration of the Federated Medical Resources throughout the twenty-three years of its existence. It consists of administrative files, financial records and animal health records. The administrative files includes policy and procedure material as well as the institution's correspondence with its major business associates--the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, the Animal Welfare Committee, Pennsylvania State Department of Environmental Resources, the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and Department of Agriculture.

The collection has been arranged alphabetically by subject.

Transferred to the Archives in 1997.

Organization

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Finding Aid Author
Kaiyi Chen
Finding Aid Date
1997
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Correspondence, 1985-1989.
Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1987-1988.
Box 1 Folder 2
Legal records, 1979-1989.
Box 1 Folder 3
Letter to the McNeil Laboratories at Fort Washington, 1975.
Box 1 Folder 4
Report preparation, 1985-1987.
Box 1 Folder 5
Requested material for its site visit, 1988.
Box 1 Folder 6
Site visit, 1979.
Box 1 Folder 7
Site visit, 1982.
Box 1 Folder 8
Site visit, 1985.
Box 1 Folder 9
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 1988-1989.
Box 1 Folder 10
African Green Monkeys, 1985-1986.
Box 1 Folder 11
Dogs, 1989.
Box 1 Folder 12
Dr. Reed Oxman, 1987-1989.
Box 1 Folder 13
Dr. Williams, 1985.
Box 1 Folder 14
Mongrels shipped from Hazleton Research Animals, Inc. 1986-1987.
Box 1 Folder 15
VA monkeys, 1986-1988.
Box 1 Folder 16
Animal Welfare Committee, 1979-1988.
Box 1 Folder 17
Articles of Incorporation, 1966.
Box 1 Folder 18
Brochures, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 19
Chester County Health Department, re water and sewage, 1985-1987.
Box 1 Folder 20
Application for Plan Approval, 1980-1988.
Box 1 Folder 21
Radiation equipment registration, 1979-1988.
Box 1 Folder 22
Comprehensive Plan of the Honey Brook Township, 1966.
Box 1 Folder 23
Controlled substance log, 1987-1989.
Box 1 Folder 24
Correspondence, general, 1971-1978.
Box 1 Folder 25
Assurance of compliance with Public Health Service policy on humane care and use of laboratory animals, 1986-1989.
Box 1 Folder 26
Grants, 1968-1972.
Box 1 Folder 27
Grants, 1973-1978.
Box 1 Folder 28
Dog records, 1988-1989.
Box 1 Folder 29
1966 Nov. - 1972 Feb.
Box 1 Folder 30
1972 March - 1974 Dec.
Box 1 Folder 31
1975 Jan. - 1977 Dec.
Box 1 Folder 32
1978 March - 1980 Aug.
Box 1 Folder 33
1980 Sept. - 1983 Dec.
Box 1 Folder 34
1984 Jan. - 1985 Dec.
Box 2 Folder 1
1986.
Box 2 Folder 2
1987.
Box 2 Folder 3
1988.
Box 2 Folder 4
1989.
Box 2 Folder 5
1984-1985.
Box 3 Folder 1
1985-1986.
Box 3 Folder 2
1986-1987.
Box 3 Folder 3
1987-1988.
Box 3 Folder 4
1988-1989.
Box 3 Folder 5
Government Grant application, 1968-1971.
Box 3 Folder 6
History and relevant material, 1978-1987.
Box 3 Folder 7
Injury file, 1979-1987.
Box 3 Folder 8
Injury form and instructions, [1978].
Box 3 Folder 9
Location map, 1975.
Box 3 Folder 10
Logo designs, 1981.
Box 3 Folder 11
Miscellaneous clippings, 1967-1982.
Box 3 Folder 12
Newspaper clippings, 1968-1986.
Box 3 Folder 13
Occupational Safety and Health Act and record-keeping requirements, 1973-1978.
Box 3 Folder 14
PA Game Commission special permit, 1985-1989.
Box 3 Folder 15
PA Kennel License applications and inspection reports, 1984-1988.
Box 3 Folder 16
Personnel Policies, n.d.
Box 3 Folder 17
Photographs, 1967.
Box 3 Folder 18
Policies and procedures--administrative log, 1981-1987.
Box 3 Folder 19
Protocol reviews, 1987-1988.
Box 3 Folder 20
Record of acquisition, disposition or transport of animals, 1986.
Box 3 Folder 21
Request for fiscal support by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, n.d.
Box 3 Folder 22
Research proposal of Dean S. T. Hsieh, 1982-1985.
Box 3 Folder 23
Standard Operational Procedures, 1984-1987.
Box 3 Folder 24
Sublease between the Pennsylvania Department of Education and Federated Medical Resources, 1976.
Box 3 Folder 25
Annual Report of Research Facility, 1971-1979.
Box 3 Folder 26
Annual Report of Research Facility, 1980-1984.
Box 3 Folder 27
Annual Report of Research Facility, 1985-1986.
Box 3 Folder 28
Annual Report of Research Facility, 1987-1990.
Box 3 Folder 29
Correspondence, 1985-1987.
Box 3 Folder 30
Inspections and licenses, 1979-1988.
Box 3 Folder 31
License renewals, 1974-1979.
Box 3 Folder 32
License renewals and termination, 1980-1990.
Box 3 Folder 33
Soil conservation plan, 1989.
Box 3 Folder 34
Yale University laboratories, 1986-1988.
Box 3 Folder 35

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