Woman's / Medical College of Pennsylvania records
- 1850 Female Medical College of Pennsylvania
- 1867 Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
- 1970 Medical College of Pennsylvania
Records cover 1848 - 2000
The records of the Medical College of Pennsylvania are organized under the
following headings. The headings link to further information and the related
accession descriptions.
See also:
Index to the Women in Medicine collection descriptions, both subject and personal name.
BOARD OF CORPORATORS
Board minutes, 1850-1998 14 ln. ft.
Minutes of the Board, containing correspondence and reports from Board
committees, faculty, students, and others; group of correspondence and
resolutions, 1901-1902, concerning the relationship of WMC with the Woman's
Hospital of Philadelphia.
Sarah Logan Wister Starr, President of the Board 1923-1941,
[1931-1940],
43,
69
Executive Committee, 1876-1919, 1922-1998 2 ln. ft.
Minutes, 1876-1919, 1922-present, with communications from faculty, students,
and others.
Vida Hunt Francis,
268
John W. McPherson
175
Sheppard, Walter Lee,
42
PRESIDENTS
Following is an incomplete list of Presidents the College, from its founding
in 1850 to 1988, when the school began its affiliation with the Allegheny
Health, Education and Research Foundation, or AHERF.
The names are followed by dates for which we have relevant materials and the
accession numbers of the collections in which those materials can be located.
Collections include scattered reports, minutes, correspondence, speeches, and
other materials relating to presidential activities.
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1850 - William J. Mullen, [1850],
196,
401,
404
- 1853 - Charles D. Cleveland
- 1862 - T. Morris Perot
- 1893 - Mary E. Mumford
- 1913 - Emily Sargent Lewis
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1935 - Chevalier Jackson, M.D.,
162,
268,
409
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1941 - Ellen C. Potter (Acting), [1903-1954],
5,
71,
73,
230,
40,
70,
122,
196
- 1943 - Herbert F. Goodrich (Acting)
- 1944 - Herbert F. Goodrich
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1946 - Louise Pearce, M.D.,
283
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1951 - Burgess L. Gordon, M.D., [1951-1952],
196
- 1957 --No listing
- 1958 --No listing
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1959 - Marion Fay, Ph.D., [1942-1975],
5,
36,
70,
90,
196,
275,
300,
1993.6
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1964 - Glen R. Leymaster, M.D., [1964-1970],
196,
275
- 1970 - Marion Fay, Ph.D. (Acting) (see above)
- 1971 - Bernard Sigel, M.D. (Acting)
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1974 - Robert J. Slater, M.D. , [1973-1974],
5,
196
- 1976 - Jeanne D. Brugger, [1992] 1992.X.4.2
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1977 - Robert E. Cooke, M.D., [1977-1979],
196
- 1979 - Maurice C. Clifford, M.D. (Acting) (see below)
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1980 - Maurice C. Clifford, M.D., [1979-1981],
278,
337, 398
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president-elect Irving Henry Leopold, [1970],
196
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1986 - D. Walter Cohen, D.D.S., [1987], 303
DEANS
Following is a partial list of Deans of the College, from its founding in 1850
to 1988, when the school began its affiliation with the Allegheny Health,
Education and Research Foundation, or AHERF.
The names are followed by dates for which we have relevant materials and the
accession numbers of the collections in which those materials can be located.
Collections include reports, minutes, correspondence and speeches.
- 1850 - James F.X. M'Closkey, M.D.
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1851 - N.R. Moseley, M.D., [1850-1856],
5,
147
- 1852 - David J. Johnson, M.D.
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1855 - Ellwood Harvey, M.D., [1853 -1856],
5,
77
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1856 - Edwin Fussell, M.D.,
5,
71,
77
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1866 - Ann Preston, M.D., [1855-1870],
2,
5,
289
- 1872 - Emeline H. Cleveland, M.D.
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1874 - Rachel Bodley, M.D., [1875-1886],
5,
133,
291,
292,
298,
322
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1888 - Clara Marshall, M.D., [1891-1908],
5
33,
292
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1917 - Martha Tracy, M.D., [1927-1940],
5,
248,
147
,
268
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1941 - Margaret D. Craighill, M.D., M.D., [1941-1943],
5,
36,
70,
71,
90,
196,
275,
300,
1993.6
- 1946 - Marion Spencer Fay
- 1964 - Glen R. Leymaster, M.D.
196,
275
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1969 - Bernard Sigel, M.D., [1970-1974],
5,
147
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1974 - Robert J. Slater, M.D. (Acting),
36,
196
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1975 - Alton I. Sutnick, M.D.[1967-1983],
5,
176,
183
Other collections related to Deans include:
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Associate Deans
229
Statistics on student status, enrollment, and attrition from a 20 year
survey, (1944-1963), of the WMC medical students who were 30 years or over
when they matriculated. 6 in.
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Faculty
41,
92
ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
Alumnae/i Relations
Alumnae Files,
73
Archives
120,
307,
390
Comptroller
293
Development and Public Affairs
180,
75 (fundraising)
Graduate Office
182
Public Relations
73,
78,
133
Registrar
266
MEDICAL STUDENTS
- Alumnae/i Files (DAFs)
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Registration Books
72
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Student Association
72
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Theses 1850-1888, 1926-1930
List of theses [PDF]
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Alumnae/i Association
72,
73
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Executive Committee Minutes, [(1906-1918)-1951]
73
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Graduate Council - Charter revisions, 1934; minutes and related
correspondence and reports, 1914-1945. 2.5 in.
73
CLINICAL AND TEACHING DEPARTMENTS
Community and Preventive Medicine
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Judith Mausner, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor (Epidemiology)
232
Maternity
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Admissions book, 1910-1924; case books, 1923-1960; delivery;and operations
brief book, 1910-1926; out-practice book, 1924-1933. 6 books
77
Operating Room
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Log book, 1937-1943, listing patient name, operation, surgeon, assistant,
and anesthetist. 1 volume
77
Pathology
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Pathology Autopsy Reports 1933-38,1956-1963
143;
205
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Museum Technique Instruction Book of Iseult V. Finlay, medical student,
ca.1925. 2.5 in.
79
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Surgical Pathology, [1922-1929], 1953-1957. 6 volumes
79
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Specimen case books, [1922-1929], listing patient name, result of study, and
including some autopsy reports; surgical diagnosis casebooks, 1953-1957.
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Uterine Cancer Cytology Research Project records, [1957 - 1962]. 3 ln. ft.
79
NURSING
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School of Nursing
74
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Nursing Alumnae/i Association - Scrapbook, 1966.
77
HOSPITALS and CLINICS
Broomall's Out-Practice and Maternity Hospital
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Clinic case books, 1890-1900, 1903. 9 volumes
77
Clinic of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1856-1858, 1854-1855
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Case books containing history and treatment for patients of Edwin Fussell,
M.D., 1856-1858, Elwood Harvey, M.D., 1856, and Kersey G. Thomas, M.D. 1
volume
77
Hospital and Dispensary of the Alumnae of the Woman's Medical College of
Pennsylvania
(AKA the South-Eastern Dispensary for Women and Children, and renamed the Amy
S. Barton Dispensary between 1904 - 1906.)
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Managing Board
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Minutes, 1895-1917, letterbooks, 1905-1917, of the Corresponding
Secretary of the Board. 1.5 1n. ft.
77
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Clinic
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Case books, 1895-1900, includes some student lecture notes [1894-95];
printed annual reports, 1896-1904. 8 volumes
77
Hospital of the Medical College of Pennsylvania
Accessions
77,
181, and
207
all contain materials related to the Hospital. Specific holdings include these
sub-divisions:
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Annual Reports, [1937/38-1967/68].
203
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Clinical Chiefs, 1967-1978>
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Minutes of this ad hoc committee concerned with major decisions
affecting the hospital. 1 volume
18
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Administrative Board
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Minutes, 1942-1966, of the Board which was concerned with general policy
issues and was comprised of Dean, Comptroller, a representative from the
Medical Staff, and the Medical Director. 4 ln. ft.
181
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Medical Board
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Minutes, 1942-1960,1962-1977, of the Medical Board which set medical
policy and was headed by the Medical Director. 2.5 ln. ft.
181
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Medical Staff
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General staff minutes, 1917-1932.
77
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Minutes, correspondence.
181
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House Staff: newsletter, 1964-1977, of hospital residents.
6 in.
181
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Associate Board of Managers
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Minutes, 1919-1922, of the Associate Board, AKA the Junior Auxiliary. 1
volume