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January 30, 2009
Dr. Amy Kaukonen was a 1915 graduate of Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania who went on to become the mayor of Fairpoint Harbor, Ohio, and consequently one of the first woman mayors in the United States. This blog post is an a brief dive in Dr. Kaukonen's life, prompted by a research requeston her material from the Legacy Center Archives. It discusses her time as a student at Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, and, with the aid of the New York Times archive and the researcher, her exciting time as mayor of Fairpoint Harbor. Overall, this blog post seeks to highlight an unusual and interesting story of a graduate of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.
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January 21, 2009
Dr. Eliza Grier was an African American physician who graduated from Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1898. Being born a slave, Dr. Grier came from a very low socioeconomic status and faced huge difficulty in gaining an education and financially putting herself through medical school. This blog post is a brief biography and overview of Dr. Grier's life through the materials available on her at the Legacy Center Archives. It takes readers from her scantly detailed early life to her undergraduate career at Fink University to her brief time practicing medicine in Atlanta, Georgia until her untimely death in 1902. Overall, the post celebrated Dr. Grier's achievements and hopes to preserve her story.
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January 14, 2009
On December 4, 2009, the Drexel University College of Medicine Legacy Center Archives moved from Drexel University’s Hagerty Library to a new space at the Drexel University College of Medicine Queen Lane Campus. This blog post is a small update on the slow process of working out moving plans, as well as an update on a few digitization projects.
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January 6, 2009
On December 4, 2009, the Drexel University College of Medicine Legacy Center Archives moved from Drexel University’s Hagerty Library to a new space at the Drexel University College of Medicine Queen Lane Campus. This blog post gives the first initial update on the move and where the Legacy Center archives are moving to.
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January 5, 2009
On December 4, 2009, the Drexel University College of Medicine Legacy Center Archives moved from Drexel University’s Hagerty Library to a new space at the Drexel University College of Medicine Queen Lane Campus. This blog post is the first initial announcement of the move and looks forward to a new, bigger, and more archivist friendly space.
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