MSS 6/0005-05 Acc. 1992-036-05 Acc. 1989-113 Acc. 1991-055 PHILADELPHIA GENERAL HOSPITAL OSLER MEMORIAL AND BLOCKLEY HISTORICAL MUSEUM COMMITTEE Museum collection, 1730-1960 [All items are Acc. 1992-036-05 unless otherwise noted. Items with accession numbers 2044.41, 2045.2, and 2045.6 are part of Acc. 1989-113.] Box 1 1. Association of Ex Residents and Resident Physicians of the Philadelphia General Hospital 1. Meeting announcement [188?] [Acc. 1991-055] (1 item) [188?] 2. Program for 13th Annual Dinner 1888 Dec. 5 [Acc. 2044.41] (1 item) 1888 3. Form letter 1907 Oct. 26 [Acc. 1991-055] (1 item) 1907 4. Program for 43rd Annual Dinner 1929 Dec. 3 (1 item) 1929 2. Barton, William P. C., 1786-1856 Inscription on fly leaf of "sick reports of the frigate United States" [printed] 1810 Mar. 16 (1 item) 1810 3. Bechet, Paul E., 1881-1962 "Arthur Van Harlingen: A patriarch in American dermatology" [reprint] 1937 Dec. (1 item) 1937 4. Bethel, George Emmett Photograph of his memorial tablet [n.d.] (1 item) [n.d.] 5. Blockley Medical Society of the Philadelphia General Hospital (and its production of "Osler slept here") 1. Program 1950 [Acc. 2045.2] (1 item) 1950 2. Script and song lyrics 1950 [Acc. 2045.2] (1 item) 1950 6. Bower, John L., 1865-1955 1. Letter placing him on eligible list for position of Resident Physician at Philadelphia General Hospital 1888 May 3 (1 item) 1888 2. Letter asking him to continue as Chief Resident at Philadelphia General Hospital 1890 Feb. 16 (1 item) 1890 7. Burr, Charles W., 1861-1944 "Thrombosis of the midcerebral artery causing aphasia and hemiplegia" [reprint] 1904 Feb. (1 item) 1904 8. Dorland, W. A. Newman, 1864-1956 1. Miscellaneous invitations to attend annual banquets of the Association of Ex Resident and Resident Physicians of the Philadelphia General Hospital [ca. 1887-1897] Gift of W. A. Newman Dorland [Acc. 1991-055] (7 items) [ca. 1887-1897] 2. ALS: Chicago, Illinois, to [?] Wilson, [n.p.], 1946 Nov. 22 [Acc. 1991-055] (1 item) 1946 9. Githens, William H. H., 1840-1923 1. Letters of recommendation from Alfred Stille, D. Hayes Agnew, and William Procter, Jr. 1866 Mar. 8-10 (3 items) 1866 2. Letter electing him a resident of Philadelphia General Hospital 1866 Mar. 20 (1 item) 1866 3. Notice of a meeting of the Hospital Association of Philadelphia 1868 June 1 (1 item) 1868 10. Grenfell Association Announcement of memorial service for Sir Wilfred T. Grenfell 1940 Oct. 31 (1 item) 1940 Box 1 11. Hamill, Robert H., d. 1920 ALS: Philadelphia, [Pa.], to E. T. Bruen, Philadelphia, [Pa.], 1888 Mar. 4 (1 item) 1888 12. Hughes, Donnel, 1858-1915 1. ALS: Philadelphia, [Pa.], to E. T. Bruen, Philadelphia, [Pa.], 1888 Mar. 7 (1 item) 1888 2. ALS: Philadelphia, [Pa.], to [James?] Tyson, [n.p.], 1888 Mar. 10 (1 item) 1888 13. Hunter, Robert J., 1882-1980 1. "From Almshouse to Medical Center Dedication of an Oak Tree Fiftieth Anniversary of the Training School for Nurses Philadelphia General Hospital" [ca. 1935] (1 item) [ca. 1935] 2. TL: Philadelphia, Pa., to Thomas S. Roberts, Minneapolis, Minn., 1939 Dec. 19 (1 item) 1939 3. Roberts, Thomas S. ALS [draft]: Minneapolis, [Minn.], to [Robert J.] Hunter, [n.p.], 1939 Dec. 26 (1 item) 1939 4. Roberts, Thomas S. TLS: Minneapolis, [Minn.], to Robert J. Hunter, Philadelphia, Pa. 1939 Dec. 26 With Roberts' bookplate and drawing of the University of Minnesota's National History Museum [printed] [Acc. 1991-055] (1 item) 1939 5. Fleming, Thomas J. TLS: Philadelphia, [Pa.], to Robert J. Hunter, Philadelphia, Pa., 1940 May 20 [Acc. 2045.6] (1 item) 1940 6. Bechet, Paul E. TLS: New York, [N.Y.], to Robert J. Hunter, Philadelphia, Pa., 1940 May 29 With reprint: "Louis Adolphus Duhring: a great American dermatologist" (1934) [Acc. 2045.6] (1 item) 1934, 1940 7. TL: [n.p.], to J. Heurner Mullin, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1940 June 14 (1 item) 1940 Box 1 8. Lynch, Kenneth M. TLS: Charleston, S.C., to Robert J. Hunter, Philadelphia, Pa., 1940 July 5 (1 item) 1940 9. Randall, Edward TLS: Galveston, Tex., to Robert J. Hunter, Philadelphia, Pa., 1942 Nov. 3 With Robert J. Hunter TLS [draft]: [n.p.], to [Edward] Randall, [n.p.], 1949 June 4 [Acc. 1991-055] (1 item) 1942, 1949 10. Randall, Edward, Jr. TLS: Galveston, Tex., to Robert J. Hunter, Philadelphia, Pa., 1949 June 7 [Acc. 1991-055] (1 item) 1949 11. Rosenau, Mrs. Milton J. ALS: Chapel Hill, N.C., to [Robert J.] Hunter, [n.p.], 1949 Aug. 6 [Acc. 1991-055] (1 item) 1949 12. "Thumbnail sketches of eminent physicians: Osler at Blockley" [photocopy] 1949 Oct. [Acc. 2045.2] (1 item) 1949 13. "Benjamin Franklin and the rise of free treatment of the poor by the medical profession of Philadelphia" [reprint] 1957 Mar. Apr. (1 item) 1957 14. Wilson, William W. TLS: Philadelphia, [Pa.], to Robert [J.] Hunter, Philadelphia, [Pa.], 1960 Sept. 9 [Acc. 1991-055] (1 item) 1960 15. Photograph of Robert J. Hunter [n.d.] (1 item) [n.d.] 16. Miscellaneous [ca. 1862-1958, Acc. 1991-055] (8 items) [ca. 1862-1958] 14. Ivy, Robert H., 1881-1974 "Fifty years of dental service and internship at the Philadelphia General Hospital" [reprint] 1952 Apr. (1 item) 1952 Box 1 15. McCarthy, Daniel J., 1874-1958 1. Billings, Frank TLS: Petrograd, to D[aniel] J. McCarthy, [n.p.], 1917 Aug. 24/Sept. 6 (1 item) 1917 2. Billings, Frank Memorandum 1917 Aug. 26/Sept. 8 [Acc. 2044.41] (1 item) 1917 3. Orders assigning McCarthy to active duty 1918 May 3 (1 item) 1918 4. "Cubist Poem" [clipping, ca. 1918] (1 item) [ca. 1918] 5. Hudson, Manley O. TLS: New York, [N.Y.], to Daniel J. McCarthy, Cape May, N.J., 1918 July 10 (1 item) 1918 6. Mumms[?], Maud A. ALS: Philadelphia, [Pa.], to Henry Bolton, London, England, 1918 Aug. 5 (1 item) 1918 7. Receipt 1918 Aug. 13 [Acc. 2044.41] (1 item) 1918 8. List of calls on board U.S. Transport No. 518 1918 Aug. 15 [Acc. 2044.41] (1 item) 1918 9. Officers Permanent Pass 1919 Feb. 17 (1 item) 1919 10. Special travel orders 1919 Mar. 5 [Acc. 2044.41] (1 item) 1919 11. Honorable discharge papers 1919 Mar. 10 [Acc. 2044.41] (1 item) 1919 12. ALS: [n.p.], to Major Bogley [?], [n.p.], [n.d.] (1 item) [n.d.] 13. "Programme for Meeting" [n.d.] (1 item) [n.d.] 14. Diary [n.d., Acc. 2044.41] (1 volume) [n.d.] 15. Notebook/Sketchbook [n.d.] (1 volume) [n.d.] 16. Medico Chirurgical College of Philadelphia Lecture announcement [ca. 1888] Received from the estate of A. C. Morgan (1 item) [ca.1888] 17. Morgan, A. C., 1869-1940 1. Photograph album containing scenes of Philadelphia General Hospital [disbound, ca. 1896-1898] Received from the estate of A. C. Morgan (1 volume) [ca.1896-1898] 2. Postcard, signed: Gloucestershire, [England?], to J. H. Clark, Philadelphia, Pa., 1936 Aug. 8 (1 item) 1936 18. Osler, Sir William, 1849-1919 1. Case notes [negative photostat] 1886 July 6 Gift of W. W. Francis [Acc. 2045.2] (1 item) 1886 2. Malaria notes at Blockley [negative photostat] 1886 Nov. Gift of W. W. Francis (3 items) 1886 3. Malaria notes at Blockley [photograph] 1886 Nov. [Acc. 2045.2] (2 items) 1886 4. Photograph of Osler performing autopsy [ca.1886] Includes two printed copies with identifications of students by John Welsh Croskey [Acc. 2045.2] (3 items) [ca.1886] 5. ALS: Baltimore, [Md.], to Joseph McFarland, [n.p.], 1890 Aug. 31 Gift of Helen Woodbridge, 1954 May 24 [Acc. 2045.2] (1 item) 1890 6. ALS: [Baltimore, Md.], 1890 Dec. 27 [photograph, Acc. 2045.2] (2 items) 1890 7. TLS: Baltimore, Md., to David Riesman [?] 1905 Apr. 13 Gift of the estate of David Riesman, 1940 Aug. 7 [Acc. 2045.2] (1 item) 1905 8. TLS: Oxford, [England], to [Levin H. A.] Nickerson, [n.p.], 1906 Mar. 23 [Acc. 2045.2] (1 item) 1906 9. TLS: Oxford, [England], to [David] Riesman, [n.p.], 1907 Mar. 26 Gift of the estate of David Riesman, 1940 Aug. 7 [Acc. 2045.2] (1 item) 1907 10. TLS: Oxford, [England], to [David] Riesman, [n.p.], 1908 July 31 Gift of the estate of David Riesman, 1940 Aug. 7 [Acc. 2045.2] (1 item) 1908 11. ALS: Oxford, [England], to [John Welsh] Croskey, [n.p.], 1918 Dec. 26 Gift of John Welsh Croskey (1 item) 1918 12. ALS: Oxford, [England], to [John Welsh] Croskey, [n.p.], 1918 Dec. 26 [photograph and negative] [Acc. 2045.2] (4 items) 1918 2 19. Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum 1. Brochure re: Dean Cornwell painting, "Osler at Blockley" [ca. 1940 June 8] [Acc. 2045.2] (1 item) [ca. 1940] 2. Photographs from dedication of Osler Memorial Building [printed, ca. 1940 June 8] [Acc. 2045.2] (1 item) [ca. 1940] 3. Pamphlets on the museum [ca. 1940] (1 item) [ca. 1940] 4. Program: "Centenary of the birth of Sir William Osler" 1949 Nov. 10 (1 item) 1949 20. Philadelphia General Hospital 1. Minutes of the Managers of the Philadelphia Almshouse and House of Employment [photographs and photocopies] 1730-1798 (8 items) 1730-1798 2. Certificate for practicing medicine [photograph] 1825 Nov. 16 (1 item) 1825 3. Drawing of the Philadelphia Almshouse in 1840 [printed] (1 item) 1840 4. Auditor's Reports 1847 [cover only] and 1860 (2 items) 1847-1860 5. Patient charts and case histories 1887 Mar. 1888 Dec. (1 folder) 1887-1888 6. Form letter sent to new interns [photocopy] 1898 June 6 (1 item) 1898 7. Program: Reunion of the Blockley Nine 1910 [Acc. 2044.41] (1 item) 1910 8. Registry of Stills 1934 May 17 (1 item) 1934 9. Evans, Mrs. H. A. "The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul [at] Blockley" [n.d.] Gift of A. C. Morgan, 1936 Aug. 8 (1 item) [n.d.] 21. Peacock Chemical Company "The therapeutic applicability of the bromides in various nervous diseases" [n.d.] (1 item) [n.d.] 22. Riesman, David, 1867-1940 Invitations to his 70th birthday party 1937 Mar. 25 (2 items) 1937 23. Roberts, Thomas S., 1858-1946 1. TLS: Minneapolis, [Minn.], to G. E. Pfahler, Philadelphia, Pa., 1939 Dec. 12 (1 item) 1939 2. Pfahler, George E. TLS: Philadelphia, [Pa.], to Thomas S. Roberts, Minneapolis, Minn., 1939 Dec. 15 (1 item) 1939 24. Seinter[?], Marion E. ALS: West Philadelphia, [Pa.], to Dr. Bower, [n.p.], 1890 Jan. 3 (1 item) 1890 25. Shaw, George H. Typed note, signed: [n.p.], to Director Krusen, [n.p.], 1924 June 13 [Acc. 1991-055] (1 item) 1924 26. Slocum, Harris A., 1857-1912 ALS: Philadelphia, [Pa.], to [James?] Tyson, [n.p.], 1888 Mar. 9 (1 item) 1888 27. Stevens, Arthur A., 1865-1944 1. M. D. certificate from University of Pennsylvania 1886 Apr. 19 (1 item) 1886 2. "Medical '86" List of graduates of the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania 1886 (1 item) 1886 3. Letter of recommendation from James Tyson 1888 Jan. 19 (1 item) 1888 4. Aufnahmsschein for study in Vienna, Austria 1889 June 4 [Acc. 1991-055] (1 item) 1889 5. Photo of Stevens and his wife 1913 July (1 item) 1913 6. Program : "Testimonial dinner of the alumni of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania to Dr. A. A. Stevens" 1916 Mar. 20 (1 item) 1916 7. Piersol, George Morris TLS: Philadelphia, [Pa.], to [Arthur A.] Stevens, [n.p.], 1922 June 9 (1 item) 1922 8. Sailer, Joseph TLS: Philadelphia, [Pa.], to [Arthur A.] Stevens, [n.p.], 1922 June 13 (1 item) 1922 9. Dorland, W. A. Newman ALS: Chicago, [Ill.], to [Arthur A.] Stevens, [n.p.] 1938 Nov. 26 (1 item) 1938 10. Letter appointing him honorary consulting physician at Philadelphia General Hospital 1944 Jan. 3 (1 item) 1944 11. Obituary [clipping] 1944 June 10 (1 item) 1944 12. Bibliography 1945 Feb. 8 (1 item) 1945 13. Card introducing Stevens to Dr. Lauder Brunton [n.d.] (1 item) [n.d.] Box 2 14. Clipping : naming a ward at Philadelphia General Hospital after Stevens [n.d.] (1 item) [n.d.] 28. Stevens, Gertrude ALS: Philadelphia, Pa., to [Marion Hague?] Rea, [n.p.], 1944 Dec. 9 (1 item) 1944 29. Unidentified portrait negative [n.d.] (1 item) [n.d.] 30. Miscellaneous items [n.d.] (3 items) [n.d.] 1730-1960 2 boxes (.6 linear ft.) 7/30/1992 wvg MSS 6/0005-05 Acc. 1992-036-05 Acc. 1989-113 Acc. 1991-055 PHILADELPHIA GENERAL HOSPITAL OSLER MEMORIAL AND BLOCKLEY HISTORICAL MUSEUM COMMITTEE Museum collection, 1730-1960 Agency history The Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum Committee was established in December 1940. The committee was responsible for the daily administration of the Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum of the Philadelphia General Hospital. The committee attended to the maintenance of the museum building, oversaw the care and cataloging of museum pieces, and acknowledged donations to the museum. This committee reported to the Medical Board of the Philadelphia General Hospital. The Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum Committee was an outgrowth of the Osler Memorial Committee, which was responsible for the establishment of the museum. After the museum's opening in June 1940, the Osler Memorial Committee was discharged, and the Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum Committee was appointed. The new committee consisted of the same members as the Osler Memorial Committee and was chaired by Robert J. Hunter. In 1955, the committee's name was changed to the Committee on Memorials. This committee remained in existence until 1977, when the Philadelphia General Hospital and the Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum were closed. Scope and contents This collection consists of items, spanning 1730 to 1960, from the museum collection of the Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum of the Philadelphia General Hospital. Present are letters, invitations, programs, reprints, photographs, a diary, and miscellaneous material relating to the history of the Philadelphia General Hospital. Also included are the papers of individuals who were important to the history of the hospital, including Daniel J. McCarthy, Arthur A. Stevens, and Sir William Osler. Most of the material was collected by Robert J. Hunter, Chairman of the Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum Committee. The collection, which is arranged alphabetically, includes Robert J. Hunter's correspondence as chairman of the Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum Committee; these letters deal with the opening of the museum, the dedication program, the solicitation of museum items, and the general administration of the Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum. Also present in the collection are the papers of Daniel J. McCarthy (1874-1958), an intern and visiting neurosurgeon at Philadelphia General Hospital. This material, spanning 1917 to 1919, documents McCarthy's participation in the Red Cross Mission to Russia. Included is McCarthy's correspondence with LieutenantColonel Frank Billings (1854-1932), who was chairman of the project. Also present are special orders, McCarthy's diary, and a notebook containing his sketches and notes. The collection also contains papers of Sir William Osler (18491919). Present are photographs of Osler's case notes, some of which were taken when he discovered the parasite which causes malaria. The collection also includes eight Osler letters. Several of these letters were written to David Riesman (18671940), including Osler's letter of 13 April 1905 in which he recommends the creation of a new medical society. Another letter in the collection, written to John Welsh Croskey (26 December 1918), includes Osler's reminiscences about his experiences at Philadelphia General Hospital. Included among the Osler material is a photograph (ca. 1886) of Osler with several physicians in the autopsy room at Philadelphia General Hospital. The papers of Arthur A. Stevens (1865-1944) are also present in the collection. Included is his medical degree certificate from the University of Pennsylvania, a program for a dinner held in his honor, letters congratulating him on the publication of his book, The Practice of Medicine (1922), and a letter appointing him honorary consulting physician at Philadelphia General Hospital. Other individuals represented in the collection include John L. Bower (1865-1955), W. A. Newman Dorland (1864-1956), William H. H. Githens (1840-1923), and Thomas S. Roberts (1858-1946), all of whom were former residents of the Philadelphia General Hospital. In addition to the papers of individuals, the collection contains some interesting miscellaneous material, including the program, script, and song lyrics to "Osler Slept Here", a musical comedy performed by the Blockley Medical Society in 1950. Also present is a photograph album (ca. 1896-1898) containing scenes of the Philadelphia General Hospital. Provenance The museum collection of the Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum consists of three different accessions: Acc. 1992-036-05, Acc. 1989-113, and Acc. 1991-055. Acc. 1992-036-05 and Acc. 1991-055 are on permanent loan from the Philadelphia City Archives. Acc. 1992-036-05 was received by the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 18 January 1978; Acc. 1992-055 was received on 8 May 1991. Acc. 1989-113, which consists of items with Mutter Museum accession numbers 2044.41, 2045.2, and 2045.6, was transferred from the Mutter Museum to the Historical Collections of the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 4 December 1989. The collection was processed and cataloged in 1992. 1730-1960 2 boxes (.6 linear ft.) 7/30/1992 wvg | |
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