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Records of the Building Committee II, 1948-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:

.3 linear feet (1 volume and 1 half document box)

Abstract:

The Building Committee, first active between 1861 and 1864, and again between 1904 and circa 1911, was re-established in October 1948 to discuss and plan for Library-secific building work, notably reading room renovations, a new heating system, and an addition to the stacks. This small collection, dating from 1948 to 1956, documents the work of the Committee, and includes meeting minutes, correspondence, contracts with vendors, and mailers oncerning the project sent to College Fellows.

Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

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Reports of the Section on Public Health, Preventive, and Industrial Medicine, 1946-1955 (inclusive)

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1 folder

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The Section on Industrial Medicine and Public Health was established by the Council and President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 4 April 1917, at the request of thirty Fellows, including John B. Deaver, G, E. De Schweinitz, William W. Keen, John B. Roberts, and Alfred Stengel. The work of the Section was purely scientific and intended to present programs on matters of public and industrial health concerns, In 1923, the name of the Section was changed to the Section on Public Health and Industrial Medicine; in 1935 or 1936, a more inclusive name, the Section on Public Health, Preventive and Industrial Medicine, was adopted. Due to declining membership, the Section was disbanded in February 1971. This small collection consists of annual reports created by the Section for the years 1946-1955.

Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

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Records of the Office of the Librarian IV, 1882-1975 (inclusive) 1882; 1902-1922 (bulk)

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.4 linear feet (1 document box)

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This small collection of Library records was previously catalogued as separate items and as bound manuscripts. Included in this collection Library rules for the early twentieth century; classification and cataloguing rules and guidelines, perepared by former Librarian Charles Perry Fisher; correspondence relating to the retirement of former Librarian W. B. McDaniel in 1973; and visitor logs dating from 1895 to 1953.

Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

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Letters to John Morgan, 1769-1795 (inclusive)

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1 folder (1 oversize folder)

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Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

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William Penn patent to William Markham, Robert Turner, John Goodson, and Samuel Carpenter, 1693 April 6

Extent:

1 folder (1 oversize folder)

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Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

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Harvey Denison Kitchel Micrographical Notes, 1880-1886 (inclusive)

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1 linear feet

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Fascinating notations of an amateur scientist whose profession and training was as a man of the cloth who acquired a fine microscope and was very diligent in making observations of algae, mosses and blood of animals and humans. Reverend Kitchel made beautiful colored illustrations of his observations and consulted with others regarding his observations. He classed his observations as field notes. He and his family had a number of connections to Lehigh University.

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

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William C. Bowie Scrapbooks, 1889-1929 (inclusive)

Extent:

2.5 linear feet (1 record box, 1 flat box)

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Four scrapbooks containing miscellaneous newspaper clippings, correspondence. Each volume individually indexed. The materials in the scrapbooks are not arranged chronologically throughout: Vol. 1 1891-1937; Vol 2 1919-1937; Vol. 3 1916-1937, Vol. 4 1889-1939. William C. Bowie's career in scientific research in the theory of isostasy and its application to dynamics and structural geology is reflected in these scrapbooks.

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Andrew J. Odenwelder Ledger, 1837-1848 (inclusive) 1843-1847 (bulk)

Extent:

0.5 linear feet ([1] ledger ; 31 x 19 cm.)

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A nineteenth century ledger contains example of calligraphy and extensive examples of arithmetic calculations in preparation for various trades such as carpentry, mercantile, roofing and masonry by Andrew Jackson Odenwelder of East Allen Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Medical Practice Ledger, 1856-1904 (inclusive)

Extent:

0.5 linear feet (1 ledger, 32 cm)

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A nineteenth-century ledger illustrating the transactions of a combined mercantile and medical practice in Cumberland County (Pa.). The most of the ledger deals with costs of medical services and the mercantile goods available to the farming residents.

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

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William Damon papers, 1965-1984 (inclusive)

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2 linear feet

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William Damon was an active member of the gay communities of Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, NY; Key West, Fla., and Provincetown, Mass. Throughout his life he was active in the gay rights movement. He worked as an editor and writer for multiple publications. The William Damon papers, 1965-1984, contain items relating to Damon's personal life and are chiefly biographical.

Held at: John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center [Contact Us]