University Records
The Drexel University College of Medicine predecessor institutions underwent name changes, mergers, and bankruptcies. Find the chronology of the institutions and relevant records described below.
Woman's / Medical College of Pennsylvania records: 1848-2000
Chronology of institutional organization and name changes:
- 1850 Female Medical College of Pennsylvania
- 1867 Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
- 1970 Medical College of Pennsylvania
Hahnemann University records: 1848-2009
Chronology of institutional organization and name changes:
- 1848 Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania
- 1867 Hahnemann Medical College of Pennsylvania
- 1869 Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia
- 1981 Hahnemann University
Also: 1835-1839 North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Arts (also known as the Allentown Academy)
The Hahnemann University Academic Affairs records house the files of Hahnemann University from 1848 to 2009, including overlap with the Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation, Allegheny University of Health Sciences / MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine, and MCP Hahnemann University College of Medicine (MCPHU).
The collection consists of annual reports; minutes, memoranda, and correspondence from various committees, councils, and departments; records of student life and research; departmental research and publications; curriculum development and teaching materials; and other records created as a result of medical school governance. This collection thoroughly evidences the challenges, mission, accomplishments, and changes of a long-standing medical education program. This collection includes records of the Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation
The collection provides a unique perspective on a school rooted in alternative medicine that evolved to remain prominent in the ever-shifting realms of medical education, research, and practice.
Find the Hahnemann Academic Affairs records description and inventory on the Philadelphia Area Archives Research Portal
Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, MCP-Hahnemann University, and Drexel University College of Medicine records: 2000 and ongoing
- 1995 Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation
- 1996 Allegheny University of Health Sciences / MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine
- 1998 MCP Hahnemann University College of Medicine (MCPHU) (operated by Drexel)
- 2002 Drexel University College of Medicine
In 1995 the medical schools of the Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University were merged under a parent organization, the Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation, or AHERF. In 1996, the institutions were fully merged and united as Allegheny University of the Health Sciences (AUHS). 1998 saw the decline of AHERF, which resulted in a new name for the university: MCP Hahnemann University School of Medicine (MCPHU). Drexel University operated MCPHU until it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Drexel on July 1, 2002, now known as Drexel University College of Medicine.