The Legacy Center Blog

Archivist Alex Miller setting up the American Medical Women’s Association and American Women’s Hospital Service exhibit.(The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

Open for Interpretation: Squeezing more use out of our collections

Interpretation, in the context of museum exhibits, refers to the way a museum staff uses artifacts and materials to rela...

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Potrait of Dr. Emeline Horton Cleveland. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good-bye

In this blog post, Lisa Grimm, archivist at the Legacy Center, looks back on her time working in the archive, all of the...

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Illustration of women working out in the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania gymnasium. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

A Bit of Good News

The Drexel University College of Medicine Legacy Center Archives received a grant from the Pew Center for Arts and Herit...

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Marie Curie and Martha Tracy in front of Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

Ada Lovelace Day: A Visit from Marie Curie

On May 23, 1921, the renowned radiologist Marie Curie visited the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania and was grante...

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Class of 1898, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.(The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

Could Catharine Macfarlane’s work have lengthened Ada Lovelace’s life?

Catherine MacFarlane graduated from the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1898, and worked as a practitioner and...

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A memento of the Dean's reception, held Oct 10, 1885. Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

From the Collections: Constant Diversity?

The Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania stood out in the number of foreign students who attended the college. Studen...

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Rufus Weaver and the nerve dissection titled "Harriet."(The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

From the Collections: Harriet

Harriet is a complete dissection of the cerebrospinal nervous system, dissected and mounted in 1888 by anatomist Dr. Ruf...

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Archives staff in the stacks. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

And...We're In!

On December 4, 2009, the Drexel University College of Medicine Legacy Center Archives moved from Drexel University’s Hag...

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Empty stacks shelving aisles. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

Imminent Move

On December 4, 2009, the Drexel University College of Medicine Legacy Center Archives moved from Drexel University’s Hag...

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