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Ella Elizabeth Wilhelmina Schmelz Papers

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Ella Elizabeth Wilhelmina Schmelz was born on April 16, 1890. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry with a D.D.S. in 1918. She was the first recipient of The Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery Fellowship, which was established by the Board of Corporators of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery (which merged with the School of Dentistry in 1909). The fellowship was awarded to an applicant and the purpose was to allow them to undertake research on a problem bearing upon the scientific or clinical problems of dentistry. Schmelz conducted research on leukoplakia and attended the Dental Graduate School in 1918-1919. She was an Instructor in Crown and Bridge Work from 1921 to 1925. At some point she also established a dental clinic for the Chester Valley, Pennsylvania Red Cross. Ella Elizabeth Wilhelmina Schmelz died in June 1975.

The Ella E. Schmaltz Papers is an eclectic collection spanning Dr. Schmaltz's life. The material reflects her time as a dental student, in private practice, and her own personal pursuits. This includes notebooks, certificates, essays from an English composition course, and dental publications and brochures.

The Ella Elizabeth Wilhelmina Schmelz papers are arranged alphabetically.

The Ella Elizabeth Wilhelmina Schmelz papers were transferred from the Dental School Library to the University Archives in 2015 (accession number 2015:18).

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University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Finding Aid Author
Joseph-James Ahern and Timothy H. Horning
Finding Aid Date
September 2015
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An Investigation on Leucoplakia, 1919-1920.
Box 1 Folder 1
Bacon Mfg. Co. Brochure, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 2
Chemistry Notebook, 1915-1916.
Box 1 Folder 3
Christensen, William E., 1914.
Box 1 Folder 4
Chronology of Activities, 1918-1923.
Box 1 Folder 5
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania High School Equivalency Certificate, 1915.
Box 1 Folder 6
Dental Association Cards, 1961, 1975.
Box 1 Folder 7
Dentist License, 1973.
Box 1 Folder 8
Drawingbook Sect. D. Table 70, 1915-1916.
Box 1 Folder 9
English Composition Essay "A Nervous Strain", 1935 October 21.
Box 1 Folder 10
English Composition Essay "A Perfect Day", 1935 October 14.
Box 1 Folder 11
English Composition Essay "Anticlimax", 1935 October 28.
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English Composition Essay "August Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen", 1935 December 2.
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English Composition Essay "Gold and Silver", 1936 January 20.
Box 1 Folder 14
English Composition Essay "One Ox", 1935 December 16.
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English Composition Essay "Phantom Ship", 1935 November 18.
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English Composition Essay "Storms", 1935 November 25.
Box 1 Folder 17
English Composition Essay "Sunday Afternoon", 1935 November 4.
Box 1 Folder 18
English Composition Essay "The Why", 1935 November 11.
Box 1 Folder 19
Fifteen Minutes a Day: The Harvard Classics, 1922.
Box 1 Folder 20
Girl's High School of the City of Munich Diploma, 1906.
Box 1 Folder 21
Graduation Photograph, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 22
Lary, Elsa, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 23
Matthew H. Cryer Society of Oral Surgery Admission Letter, 1917 March 19.
Box 1 Folder 24
Mechanical Dentistry Notebook, 1917.
Box 1 Folder 25
Miscellaneous Writings, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 26
Notebook "Nietzsche Also sprach Zarathustra", n.d.
Box 1 Folder 27
Notebooks, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 28
Official List of Tools and Instruments for Prosthetic and Operatives Technics Require during the First Year, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 29
Pamphlet "A Survey of Focal Infection", 1927.
Box 1 Folder 30
Pamphlet "How to Cast", 1920.
Box 1 Folder 31
Pamphlet "Some Useful Information for Nurses", 1915.
Box 1 Folder 32
Philadelphia Dental License Register, 1918 December 18.
Box 1 Folder 33
Slenderizer Unit System Calorie Counter, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 34
The Vitamins, 1941.
Box 1 Folder 35
Trubyte Compend No. 1, 1914.
Box 1 Folder 36

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