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Portrait of Eliza Grier, MD. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

From the Collections: Dr. Eliza Grier

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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Portrait of Constantine Hering holding a book. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

Plots and Plans

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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Magic golden groundbreaking shovels, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, December 18, 2008. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

Where we are, where we’re going

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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Groundbreaking shovels in at the construction site. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

What’s this all about?

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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