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100

BHARGAVA, Guruadhari, Ph.D., MANUSCRIPT, 1979

1 ms. (33 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "The Relevance of Sex-Role Definitions in the Choice of Medical Specialties" by Bhargava. Presented at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Session on Definition of Masculinity and Femininity, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 2 July 1979.

101

CHADWICK, A. C., Jr., MANUSCRIPT, 1938

1 ms. (24 pp.)
Typed manuscript entitled "Abbottsford at the Falls of Schuylkill: A History of the Henry Avenue Site of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania," including four ink drawings as part of text, all by Chadwick.

Additional materials: photographs, ca. 1900.

102

UNIDENTIFIED MANUSCRIPT, MANUSCRIPT, 1958

1 ms. (2 pp.)
Typed manuscript entitled "Dr. Elizabeth Reifsnyder."

103

HAINES, Frances Edith, A.M., M.D., MANUSCRIPT, ca. 1942

1 ms. (4 pp.), 1 resume (3 pp.)
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Typed manuscript of an article entitled "Army Service, Frances E. Haines, A.M., M.D., Apr. 3, 1918 - Aug. 5, 1919" by Haines. Published in the Medical Woman's Journal, August 1942. Also resume of Haines' service during World War I.

Additional materials: reprints.
Note: Part of AMWA Collection

104

BUTLER, Margaret F., M.D., MANUSCRIPT, ca. 1925

1 ms. (3 pp.), 1 form letter (1 p.)
Typed manuscript entitled "Memoir of Eleanor C. Jones, M.D." by Butler, and form letter requesting donations in Jones' memory from the "Class Collector."

105

HENDRICKS, Joanne, MANUSCRIPT, 1979

1 ms. (5 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Women Physicians: An Anaylsis of Factors Involved in Productivity" by Hendricks and Marilyn Heins, M.D. Presented by Hendricks at the Eighteenth Annual Conference on Research in Medical Education, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, D.C., 7 November 1979.

106

MANDELBAUM, Dorothy Rosenthal, Ph.D., MANUSCRIPT, 1979

1 ms. (20 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "The Career Persistence of Women Physicians: Five Years Later" by Mandelbaum. Presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference on Research in Medical Education, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, D.C., 7 November 1979.

107

ALSOP, Gulielma Fell, M.D., MANUSCRIPT, ca. 1960

s1 ms. (217 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Ann Preston, Quaker Doctor--1850" by Alsop.

108

DOANE, Ellen Perkins, MANUSCRIPT, n.d.

1 ms. (13 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Stella Manning Perkins: A Reminiscence by Ellen Perkins Doane" by Doane, the daughter of S.M. Perkins, an 1880 graduate of Boston University Medical School.

109

MORANTZ, Regina Markell, Ph.D., MANUSCRIPT, 1980

1 ms. (32 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Science vs. Art: A Comparison of the Medical Ideas of Mary Putnam Jacobi and Elizabeth Blackwell" by Morantz. Presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, 2 May 1980.

110

STEVENS, Rosemary, Ph.D., MANUSCRIPT, 1980

1 ms. (32 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "The Changing Idea of a Medical Specialty" by Stevens. Presented at the Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead Lecture, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 16 April 1980, and footnotes.

111

MARCHANT, Anyda, LL.B., MANUSCRIPT, 1979

1 ms. (21 pp.)
Typed manuscript entitled "The Private Life of Sophia Jex-Blake, M.D." by Marchant.

112

MARCHANT, Anyda, LL.B., MANUSCRIPT, 1979

1 ms. (17 pp.)
Typed manuscript entitled "The Early Women Doctors as Feminists" by Marchant.

113

HELLSTEDT, Leone, M.D., PAPERS, [1975 -1978]

3.5 ln. ft.
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Hellstedt's correspondence [1975-1978] with senior members (those born between 1878 and 1911) of the Medical Women's International Association, and their autobiographies; and galleys used in preparation of Women Physicians of the World, edited by Hellstedt. (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1978).

Additional materials: photographs

114

BHARGAVA, Guruadhari, Ph.D., MANUSCRIPT, 1977

1 ms. (502 pp.)
Photocopy of typed doctoral dissertation entitled "Becoming a Doctor: A Study in the Professional Identification of Women Medical Students in India" by Bhargava. Accepted by the Graduate Program in Sociology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 1977.

115

PHILATELIC, 1948-1982

3 in.
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Collection of stamps, including First Day of Issue covers and stamps, [1948-1982], commemorating women in medicine, science, and political reform movements.

116

BRANDT AND BRANDT, RECORDS, [1941 - 1959]

3 ln. ft.
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Correspondence files of Ida A. R. Wylie's literary agent, Carl Brandt, and later, in 1957, of his wife Carol Brandt, of BRANDT & BRANDT, concerning publication, revisions, and related matters dealing with Wylie's manuscripts. Files include personal notes concerning Wylie and her close friend Louise Pearce, M.D., President of WMC, 1946-1950. Outlines and manuscripts, 1952-1958, for stories by Wylie.

117

TURNER, WILLIAM, PAPERS, 1849-1852

3 pamphlets
Collection consists of pamphlets on Dr. William Turner and the Chrono-Thermal system of medicine. Turner was a physician, appointed Health Commissioner for the City and County of New York in 1840. One pamphlet contains a printed letter from Abraham Livezey, M.D., faculty member of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania.

118

SCHULTZ, OBJECTS, 1945-1946

2 items
Dissecting kit and haemacytometer. Medical instruments used in 1945-46 by medical students at WMC.

119

FOWLER-THOMPSON, Mary C., M.D., PAPERS, [1893 - 1900]

3.5 ln. ft.
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Letter, 19 June 1893, from M.C. Fowler, practicing physician in Rangoon, Burma, to Captain Thompson, concerning packages and a mission prayer meeting; Fowler's journal, 1893-1897, with scattered entries, mostly relating stories about her patients; printed copy of Fowler-Thompson's lecture entitled "Young Men as Others See Them," delivered at the Rangoon YMCA in August 1900; and newspaper clipping reporting that lecture.

120

WMC/MCP ARCHIVES, RECORDS, 1977 - present

1 ms. (502 pp.)
Office files, 1977-Present, of the Archives and Special Collections on Women in Medicine. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, personnel files, financial materials, grant proposals, news releases, and other documents relating to the establishment and day-to-day operations of the Archives.

Additional materials: photographs, audio tapes.

121

LOOMIS, Metta M., BOOKPLATES, n.d.

160 items.
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Collection of 160 bookplates from physicians, medical libraries, and other medicine-related activities.

122

ROGERS, Fred B., M.D., PAPERS, 1954

2 letters
Two letters, 1954, to Rogers from Ellen C. Potter, M.D., concerning her activities and including reference to having received the Elizabeth Blackwell Award.

Additional materials: reprint #1626

123

BUTLER, Margaret F., M.D., PAPERS, [1926 -1928]

1 scrapbook
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Scrapbook containing printed material relating to the Greater Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania Fund Raising Campaign.

124

SCRAPBOOK, hospitals in Asia, PAPERS, [1878-1922]

1 scrapbook, microfilm
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Scrapbook containing photographs of hospitals and patients in China, Ceylon and India. Primarily photographs with some drawings and some printed materials. The compiler of the scrapbook is not identified; materials were contributed by Dr. Elizabeth Reifsnyder; Dr. Anna S. Kugler. Dr. M. Pauline Root; and Dr. Mary Grascom. Original and microfilm available.

125

UNIDENTIFIED SCRAPBOOK, PAPERS, [1891 - 1941]

1 scrapbook
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Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings of health-related book reviews and obituaries of women physicians.

126

HILLS, Laura Heath, M.D., PAPERS, [1892 - 1949]

1 scrapbook
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Scrapbook containing miscellaneous letters, original poems, photographs of school life at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, and a variety of newsclippings and momentos.

127

VON POSWICK, Gisela, M.D., PAPERS, [1903 - 1938]

1 scrapbook
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Scrapbook, containing biographical information, photographs, announcements and invitations, and newspaper clippings of Von Poswick, woman pioneer in roentgenology.

128

MACFARLANE, Catharine, M.D., PAPERS, [1913 - 1935]

1 scrapbook
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Scrapbook, mostly consisting of materials from the WMC Endowment Fund Campaign, 1913-1918, and the Emergency Drive, 1918. Also contains newspaper clippings about Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D., and Ah Mae Wong, and current national events; and memorabilia.

129

MACFARLANE, Catharine, M.D., PAPERS, [1935 - 1948]

1 scrapbook
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Scrapbook, [1935-1948], compiled by Macfarlane, containing brochures, invitations, and announcements relating to honors and awards she received. Also includes newspaper clippings concerning her study on the prevention of uterine cancer, the Institute for Cancer Research at Fox Chase, Pennsylvania, and miscellaneous articles about discrimination against women physicians, and about Drs. Mary Wade Griscom, Louise Pearce, and other personnel at WMC.

130

MACFARLANE, Catharine, M.D., PAPERS, [1936 - 1969]

1 scrapbook
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Scrapbook, mostly compiled by Macfarlane, containing letters and pamphlets concerning a fund-raising campaign for the expansion of WMC in the late 1950s; invitations; newspaper clippings about her cancer research, honors and awards she received, and about discrimination against women physicians; and Macfarlane's obituary.

131

MACFARLANE, Catharine, M.D., PAPERS, [1940 - 1951]

1 scrapbook
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Scrapbook, apparently compiled by Macfarlane, containing miscellaneous speeches. Invitations, brochures, and newspaper clippings dealing with Eve Curie's visit to the United States for the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of radium; and also the research, prevention, and treatment of cancer; and the history of and discrimination against women in medicine.

132

MACFARLANE, Catharine, M.D., PAPERS, [1941 - 1948]

1 scrapbook
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Scrapbook, compiled by Macfarlane, contains correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning a proposed merger of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania with Jefferson Medical College. Also clippings and printed materials about Macfarlane's cancer research, and commissioning women in the Army; and obituaries of women physicians.

133

ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS: Public relations, RECORDS, 1854, 1856, 1860-1984

27 scrapbooks and 7 ln.ft.
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27 clippings scrapbooks and loose clippings of general information related to WMC/MCP. All scrapbooks are of a general nature, covering any topic relevant to the school and hospital and were compiled anonymously (probably by the public relations department in later years). One of the two more specific scrapbooks focuses on the Alice Tallant Affair; the other was compiled by Dr. Rachel L. Bodley, Dean of the College from 1874-1888. Each scrapbook covers a particular period of time with the total time period covered being from 1867 to 1972 with single clippings dating to 1854. The loose clippings were transferred intermittently to the Archives from the PR Department, and are dated 1966 to 1984.

*Note: Four record cartons of materials containing Dateline MCP, a compilation of reprints from local and national newspapers and magazine articles, are stored off-site at Pierce Leahy storage under Abstract number 133 in customer box numbers, 5201680, 5201683-85.

134

BROOMALL MEDICAL CLUB, THE ANNA E., RECORDS, [1900 - 1962]

4 in.
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History, 1938, of The Anna E. Broomall Club, later The Anna E. Broomall Medical Club. Constitution, 1900, and amendments; minutes and reports of annual meetings, [1915, 1919-1962]; miscellaneous Treasurer's correspondence and accounts, [1901-1961], including a special group of records concerning the endowment of a bed for women in the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia in 1911.

Additional materials: pamphlets, including a biography of A.E Broomall, M.D.

135

COCKETT, Marguerite Standish, M.D., PAPERS, [1893 - 1946]

1 scrapbook
Scrapbook containing academic, business, and personal correspondence, and membership cards, programs, and photographs relating to Cockett's various activities as nursing student, medical student (WMC-1905), physician, and, ultimately, antique dealer in New England.

136

BLADY, John V., M.D.,OBJECTS, ca. 1940

Eight pieces of office furniture used by John Blady during his practice as a surgeon specializing in the treatment of cancer of the head and neck. Blady worked with several WMC staff physicians including MacFarlane, Pettit, Morani, Falor, Van Loon and Pendergrast.

138

POTTER, Marion Craig, M.D., PAPERS, [1879 - 1938]

1 ln. ft.
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Correspondence, [1913-1938], mostly concerning Potter's activities as New York State's chair of the American Women's Hospitals, of the Medical Women's National Association, and also letters by and about Rosalie B. Slaughter Morton, M.D. Letters of congratulations, 1934, to Potter on the fiftieth anniversary of her graduation from medical school. Record book, 1884, containing case histories of Potter's patients. Copies of papers and speeches by Potter, [1914-1933], on a variety of medical topics. Psychology notes and related materials, [1900-1902], by Eveline P. Ballantine, M.D., about Potter's children. Scrapbook, [1913-1936], consisting primarily of clippings about medicine and preventive medicine, physicians, and about Potter's church activities in Rochester, New York.

Additional materials: certificates, pamphlets, reprints.

139

WAUGH, Elizabeth A. Sides, M.D., PAPERS, [1931 - 1973]

27 scrapbooks and 7 ln.ft.
Correspondence, including medical reports, [1947-1969], with Catharine Macfarlane, M.D., and other physicians, concerning Waugh's obstetrics and gynecology patients. Correspondence, legal and other relating to the AMWA Library Trust Fund to establish its library at MCP, including a partial history of the Fund written by Waugh. Letters of congratulations, 1964, to Waugh upon receiving the Elizabeth Blackwell Award of AMWA. Miscellaneous certificates and diplomas; obituary notice for Catharine Macfarlane.

Additional materials: certificates, pamphlets, reprints.

140

DUBIN, I. Nathan, M.D., PAPERS, [1924 -(1954-1980)]

4 in.
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General correspondence, [1956-1980], includes materials which reflect Dubin's work as a consulting liver pathologist, as well as his interest in publishing his light verse and fiction. Course outlines, lecture notes, budget and related materials from his activities as Professor of Pathology and Chairman of the Pathology Department at MCP. Correspondence, progress reports, funding requests, news releases, and other materials, [1956-1965], relating to the Uterine Cancer Cytology Research Project at MCP, which Dubin directed. Scattered minutes, correspondence, and notes, [1971-1975], reflecting Dubin's activities with MCP's By-Laws Committee. Manuscripts, both published and unpublished, about medical subjects; the history of medicine, including material concerning Maude Abbott, and containing copies as well as some of Abbott's original correspondence, 1924; and a small quantity of Dubin's light verse and fiction.

141

PEARCE, Louise, M.D., PAPERS, [1947 - 1957]

1.5 ln. ft.
Degrees, citations, and awards received by Pearce.

Additional materials: photographs, reprints

142

STURGIS, Katharine Boucot, M.D., PAPERS, [1921 - 1985]

5 ln. ft.
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Copy of Sturgis' unpublished autobiography, "The Kath With Nine Lives," describing her personal and professional activities to 1979. General correspondence, [1925-(1941-1981)], concerning her work with tuberculosis and cancer, and in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. Additional correspondence, [1946-1963], with Catharine Macfarlane, M.D., discussing Woman's Medical College and social matters; letters, [1963-1974], from WMC Board member Elizabeth Fleisher; and correspondence, 1969, with Sadamu Ishikawa, M.D., excerpts of which were published in "Doctors as People," a feature of the Archives of Enviromental Medicine. Speeches, papers, and notes for lectures, dealing with tuberculosis, emphysema, and cancer. Recollections of Catharine Macfarlane, M.D., presented by Sturgis at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1978; and biography of Louise C. Gloeckner, M.D., 1979. Handwritten handbook of diseases and treatments compiled by Sturgis during her internship. Miscellaneous school reports, [1921-1923], from William Penn High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and from the University of Pennsylvania. Visitors register, 1958-1967, from the Department of Preventive Medicine at MCP. Program, list of attendees, citations honoring Sturgis as a part of Philadelphia's Century IV Celebration, (1982). Miscellaneous awards and citations.

143

MORANI, Alma Dea, M.D., PAPERS, [1952 - 1980]

50 ln. ft.
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Correspondence, notes, and other materials, some of which reflect Morani's professional activities as a plastic surgeon on the staff of MCP, including papers, [1959-1962], concerning the use of Chymar therapy as an anti-inflammatory agent; correspondence, notes, and other materials, 1970, relating to Morani's presentation of the Honorary Degree of Science from MCP to Dr. Fe Del Mundo; and materials, 1974, for teaching a CPR training course; scattered minutes, committee reports, correspondence, and notes of the Alumnae/i Association, [1955-1980], concerning selection of a new College president in 1957 and 1980. Copy of article, with related correspondence, drafts, and notes, 1979-1980, questionnaires and mailing lists, 1963 and 1978, and galleys for "Women Plastic Surgeons: An international survey" written by Morani and published in November 1980 by Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Miscellaneous reports and correspondence, 1956-1958, from Morani's work as the American Medical Women's Association North Atlantic Regional Director. Papers, [1957-1961], reflecting Morani's efforts to establish a Pennsylvania branch of the American Physicians Art Association, including proposed constitution, by-laws, correspondence, questionnaire surveying interest in organizing such a group, and rules for exhibitors. Materials, [1958-(1966-1970)], from Morani's work with the American Women's Hospital Service, of which she became the second president in 1967, and including scattered Board of Directors minutes and reports, and field reports from AWH clinics and services throughout the world; correspondence with AWHS members, with a letter, 1958, from Esther Pohl Lovejoy about AWHS activities, and others, including a public relations agency. Eulogy for Lovejoy, 1967, by Morani; copies of draft and speech by Margaret S. Tenbrinck, M.D., "To Commemorate the Half Century Celebration of the American Women's Hospitals Service," delivered to the Pan-American Medical Women's Alliance, 1967. The bulk of the collection consists of materials, [1956-1980], relating to Morani's work with the Medical Women's International Association, of which she was president, 1972-1974, and includes scattered minutes; correspondence with Janet K. Aitken, Hertha Dix, Leone Hellstedt, M.D., Martha Kyrle, M.D., and Ada Chree Reid, M.D., as well as letters concerning the publication of Hellstedt's Women Physicians of the World, and copies of the autobiographies used; materials for MWIA fundraising; papers delivered at meetings; programs and articles. Records, [1952-1954], reflecting Morani's association with the Bristol (Pennsylvania) General Hospital (BGH), and including an agreement, 1952, between Morani, Bertha Harmon, M.D., and Roger Harmon, to organize and incorporate; news release describing the corporation's purchase of Harriman Hospital, and change of its name to the Bristol General Hospital; license to own and operate BGH; list of BGH staff, Morani as president and medical director; lists of operations performed and charges; profit and loss statements; and Morani's receipts for BGH purchases.

144

AMERICAN WOMEN'S HOSPITALS, RECORDS, [1917 - 1982]

25 ln. ft.
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The American Women's Hospitals (AWH) developed from the War Service Committee of the Medical Women's National Association (later AMWA) in 1917 to provide, register, and finance American women physicians for war work; to offer medical and emergency relief to refugees; and later to provide international public health service. In 1959, AHW became an independent agency and remained such until 1982 when it re-merged with AMWA. The records of AWH include a history, ca. 1935; scattered reports and correspondence and related financial information, 1917-1921, of the War Service Committee; and biographical information about several AWH physicians. Minutebooks, 1917-1975, reflect the activities of the AWH in Albania, Asia, Bolivia, China, France, Great Britain, Greece, Haiti, India, Japan, the Near and Far East, Russia, Serbia, and the rural United States. Scattered material from AWH headquarters includes correspondence, speeches, memorials, and related materials, [1917-1970], of Esther Pohl Lovejoy, M.D., president of AWH, 1919-1967. Project files, 1918-1982, which comprise the bulk of the collection, include medical and financial reports; correspondence of the AWH project directors, primarily with AWH headquarters, but also with the American Committee for a Devastated France, the American Red Cross, and the Serbian Child Welfare Association; case histories; scattered personnel information; and memorial and testimonials for AWH physicians and staff. Included in the project files are AWH Reserve Corps correspondence and reports, 1944-1949, reflecting the activities of this private auxiliary of AWH with non-physician support services during WWII; and correspondence and reports of the American Red Cross, [1930-1945], discussing special joint projects. Financial records include annual and semi-annual audits, [1918-1970], and ledger books, [1960-1979].

145

VAN HOOSEN, Bertha, M.D., PAPERS, [(1917 - 1961) - 1971]

2.5 ln. ft.
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General correspondence, [1917-1940], reflecting Van Hoosen's work in obstetrics and gynecology, including birth control, and also her interest in women in medicine. A large part of the correspondence concerns Van Hoosen's interests in the National Medical Women's Association, later the American Medical Women's Women's Association, later the American Medical Women's Association, with letters from missionaries in China and India. Materials, [(1940-1961)-1971], reveal Van Hoosen's efforts to create, at Woman's Medical College, a Medical Women's Library on the history of women in medicine, and contain correspondence with physicians and with librarians around the world compiling bibliographies on the subject, notebooks listing some of the books presented to the Library, and related materials. Card index of women physicians and some medical institutions mentioned in Medical Woman's Journal, 1941-1948.

147

WMC/MCP DEANS: MOSELEY, CRAIGHILL, SIGEL, RECORDS

Miscellaneous reports, correspondence, speeches of College Deans N.R. Mosely, M.D., [1850-1856], Margaret D. Craighill, M.D., [1941-1943], and Bernard Sigel, M.D., [1970-1974].

148

MCGOVERN, Constance M., Ph.D., MANUSCRIPT, 1980

1 ms. (39 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Doctors or Ladies? Women Physicians in Psychiatric Institutions 1872-1900" by McGovern. Published in the Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Vol. 55, pp. 88-107.

Additional materials: reprints

149

ARMENY, Susan, MANUSCRIPT, 1980

1 ms. (22 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "The Response of Organized Nurses and Women Physicians to World War I" by Armeny. Paper presented at the Conference on Women in the Health Professions, Boston College, 15 November 1980.

150

TOMES, Nancy, MANUSCRIPT, 1981

1 ms. (22 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "A Collision of Nursing's Two Worlds: Volunteer and Professional Nursing in World War I" by Tomes. Presented at the Conference on Women in the Health Professions, Boston College, 15 November 1981.

151

RADBILL, Samuel X., M.D., MANUSCRIPT, 1976

1 ms. (17 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Children's Hospitals" by Radbill. Presented at Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, 22 September 1976.

152

Paucker, Kurt, PAPERS, audio tape

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Reprints, cv, memorial service audio and transcript

153

HOUGH, Mary P. Hallowell, M.D., PAPERS, [1877 - 1924]

6 in.
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Scattered letters, [1879-1887], to Hough, from her parents and from Hiram Corson, M.D. Clinical record book of M.P.H. Hough and her husband, Charles B. Hough, M.D., both general practitioners in Bucks and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania. Reprint of pamphlet entitled Early History of Ambler, 1682-1888, by M.P.H. Hough, 1936.

154

MOYER, Ruthann C., MANUSCRIPT, 1981

1 ms. (30 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "The Lectures at the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania 1850-1875. A Career-Typology of the Philadelphia Non-Physician Women in Attendance" by Moyer. Written in fulfillment of a History 229 course requirement at LaSalle College, Spring 1981.

155

Taber, Elsie, NON-TEXTUAL, 1980

  (1) 1/4" reel-to-reel tape
Audio interview with Dr. Elsie Taber, Medical University of South Carolina, conducted by Dr. Estelle Brodman. Dr. Taber was born in 1915 in Columbia, SC, received her Ph. D in Endocrinology from the University of Chicago, 1947 and became a Professor of Anatomy at the Medical University of South Carolina in the 1980s.

156

PEITZMAN, Steven J., M.D., MANUSCRIPT, 1981

1 ms. (6 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "The Society's First Woman Member: Mary Willits, M.D." by Peitzman. Published in Philadelphia Medicine, January 1982. Manuscript discusses Willits' membership in the Philadelphia County Medical Society.

157

Diplomas

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158

SADLER, Cynthia L., MANUSCRIPT, 1980

1 ms. (60 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Putting Practice Into Theory: Clinical Advantages and Hospital Appointments at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1850-1917" by Sadler. Written in fulfillment of a course requirement for HHS 544, University of Pennsylvania, Fall 1979.

159

Photographs

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3 framed photographs of individuals associated with the microbiology department. Photos have been unframed.

160

WILSON, Sophire, W., MANUSCRIPT, 1977

1 ms. (30 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Women in the Medical Profession in South Carolina" by Wilson. Presented at South Carolina's First International Women's Year Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, June 10-11, 1977.

161

MATHES, Valerie Sherer, MANUSCRIPT, 1982

1 ms. (40 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Susan La Flesche Picotte: The First Indian Woman Physician" by Mathes. Presented at the Pacific Coast Branch of the American History Association meeting, August 1982.

162

VAN LOON, Emily Lois, M.D., MANUSCRIPT, 1966

1 ms. (8 pp.)
Carbon copy of typed manuscript on Chevalier Jackson, M.D., by Van Loon. Presented at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 9 February 1965.

163

WATROUS, Hilda, MANUSCRIPT, 1982

1 ms. (56 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Narcissa Cox Vanderlip: First Chairman, New York State League of Women Voters, 1919-1923" by Watrous.

164

MCCORMICK, Ada Peirce, PAPERS, [1908 - 1949]

1 ln. ft.
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Letters to McCormick primarily from Elizabeth Frances C. Clark, M.D., and Emma Elizabeth Musson, M.D. Scattered letters from Catharine Macfarlane, M.D., Frances Culbreth Van Gasken, M.D., and Elise Whitlock-Rose, M.D.

Additional materials: pamphlets.

165

MORANTZ, Regina Markell, Ph.D., MANUSCRIPT, 1982

1 ms. (17 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Daughters of Aesculapius: Women Physicians in American Medicine in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" by Morantz. Presented at the Kate Hurd-Mead Lecture at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 May 1982. Paper is based on the introduction for In Her Own Words: Oral Histories of Women Physicians, edited by Morantz, Cynthia Stodola Pomerleau, and Carol Hansen Fenichel, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982.

166

DODGE, Eva, M.D., PAPERS, [1961-1972]

1.2 ln. ft.
Collection of correspondence with and concerning Eva Dodge, M.D., from files of L. Robert Oaks.

Additional materials: photographs

167

GLOECKNER, Mary Louise Carpenter, M.D., PAPERS, [1933 - 1979]

13.5 ln. ft.
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Scattered professional and social correspondence, [1933-(1953-1978)], including several notes from Catharine Macfarlane, M.D. Scattered minutes, reports, correspondence, notes, meeting announcements, and related material for several organizations in which Gloeckner was active, including the American Cancer Society, the Philadelphia Division, [1958-1978]; the American Medical Association [1951-1975], including a few diary entries, 1970, reflecting some of her activities as the first woman Vice-President of the Association; the American Medical Women's Association, 1971-1972; the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, [1969-1973]; Conshohocken Civilian Defense Council-Medical Division, 1957-1960; Montgomery County Medical Society, [1942-(1964-1972)]; Pennsylvania Medical Society, [1950-1973]; the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1969-1971. Miscellaneous materials relating to various memberships, honors, and awards. Speeches and papers on such topics as cancer, civil defense, ecology, health careers, preventive medicine, travel in England, and women in middle age.

Additional materials: photographs, diplomas, artifacts, medical instruments, monographs, reprints, clippings.

168

ROBB, Jane Sands, M.D., PAPERS, [1918 - 1965]

1 ln. ft.
Correspondence relating to awards Robb received; biographical material about Robb; scrapbook containing newsclippings of her work in cardio-vascular diseases.

Additional materials: diplomas, photographs, memorabilia.

169

MCGAVRAN, Mary Theodora, M.D., PAPERS, [1893 - 1900]

6 in.
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Two diaries, reflecting McGavran's student days at WMC, 1893-1896, and as an intern at the Polyclinic in Philadelphia; and as a medical missionary in India, 1896-1900.

Additional materials: photographs.

170

BELL, Ella Cooper, M.D., PAPERS, [1914 - 1979]

3.5 ln. ft.
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Scrapbook containing biographical information, photos, reprints relating to Bell. Patient records belonging to Catharine Macfarlane, M.D.

Additional materials: certificates, diplomas, memorabilia, textbooks.

171

FENICHEL, Carol Hansen, Ph.D., MANUSCRIPT, 1982

1 ms. (35 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "19th Century Gynecology and the Theses from Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania" by Fenichel. Written for a history course at Drexel University.

172

ABBOTT, Maude Elizabeth, M.D., PAPERS, [(1910 - 1911) - 1934]

2 in.
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Correspondence concerning Abbott's compilation of a Classified Bibliography of Women in Medical Research. Includes lists and tentative classification of publications on subjects in the fields of medicine and biology by American and European women, and contains some information about these women, such as date of graduation, university or hospital appointment.

Additional materials: framed portraits, monographs, reprints.

173

STURGIS, Margaret Castex, M.D., PAPERS, [1962 - 1965]

1.5 ln. ft.
Biographical and genealogical information of Sturgis, and correspondence,[1962-1965], concerning memorials to Sturgis, and the dedication of the Margaret Castex Sturgis Conference Room at MCP.

174

MENENDIAN, Rose V., M.D., PAPERS, [1944 - (1950 - 1951)]

2 ln. ft.
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Letters to Menendian from Bertha Van Hoosen, M.D., with medical and surgical advice and stories; discussing the AMWA Library; and containing personal notes.

Additional materials: diplomas, photographs.
NOTE: Preliminary register available.
See also: Abstract 47.

175

MCPHERSON, JOHN W., PAPERS, [1951]

2.5 in.
Materials, [1951], regarding application for incorporation of the Alumnae Association of WMC, including testimony and related legal documents of attorney McPherson; copies of correspondence and legal agreements, [1956-1973], concerning the establishment of the AMWA Library at WMC.

176

materials related to exhibition opening for "Medical Training at WMCP Between 1904-1914," NON-TEXTUAL, [1935-Present]

.5 inch, 1 audio tape
Audio tape, program, newsflyer, copy of paper presented by Dr. Barlow. Program speakers: Eva K. Ray, PH.D., Maurice Clifford, Sandra Chaff, Alton I. Sutnick, M.D., Anne L. Barlow, M.D., Diane Kiddy.

177

HILL-BEUF, Ann, Ph.D., MANUSCRIPT, 1983

1 ms. (15 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Recent Gains of Women in the Medical Profession" by Hill-Beuf. Presented on 2 March 1983, at a noon lecture at MCP.

178

Black Women Physicians, PAPERS, [1947-1974,1977-1985]

2.5 ln. ft.

Artificially created collection consisting of newspaper clippings and articles on 19th and 20th century African-American women physicians. Correspondence to and from Margaret Jerrido, Archives Staff, in relation to her work on the black women physicians panel for the exhibition "Send Us a Lady Physician", 1985. Oral histories on audio and video tape.

See also: Abstract 49, Deceased Alumnae Files, Reprint file, Images and Sound page, Oral history page.

179

WOERNER, Lydia, M.D., PAPERS, [1899 - 1983]

2 ln. ft.
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Certificates and licenses to practice medicine in New York and Pennsylvania.

Additional materials: photographs, reprint.

180

WMC/MCP - Development and Public Affairs, RECORDS, [1963 - 1981]

2 ln. ft.
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Correspondence, minutes, and news releases on the following MCP groups, events, and programs, [1963-1981]: National Board, Commonwealth Board, Auxiliary, Board of Advisers, Board of Corporators, Sup-port Groups, Executive Board, Altrusa Club, Commencement, Hospital Day, Founders Day, Gimbel Award, leadership training, patient visitation, Summer Policy program. Biographical and other information collected by the Development Department on various individuals associated with MCP.

181

WMC/MCP: Hospital, Medical Director's Office, RECORDS, [1931 - 1985]

10 ln. ft.
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Materials from various departments. Clinical Chiefs: Minutes, 1967-1978, of this ad hoc committee concerned with major decisions effecting the hospital. Medical staff: General staff minutes, 1931-1951, 1963-1978, correspondence, [1968-1974]; Executive Committee minutes, 1934-51, 1962-78; minutes of committees of the Medical Staff : Cancer Coordinating Committees, 1983; Critical Care Committee, 1982-1984; Diet Committee, 1982-1983; Emergency Service Committee, 1982-1984; Ethics & Credentials, 1982-1984; Executive Committee of the Staff, 1978-1980; General Staff Committee, 1982-1984; Hospital Services Committee, 1982-1984; Infection Control, 1982-1984; Medical Audit Committee, 1982-1984; Medical Records Committee, 1982-1984; Medical Board Committee, 1978-1980; Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, 1982-1985; Tissue Committee, 1982-1983; Utilization Committee, 1982-1983.Medical Board: Minutes, 1942-1960,1962-1977, of the Medical Board which set medical policy and was headed by the Medical Director. Administrative Board: 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.

182

WMC/MCP: Graduate Office: [1953-1979], RECORDS, [1953 - 1971]

1 ln. ft.
Minutes of the Clinical Investigation Committee, [1976-1979]; documentation of the need for a graduate program at the College, including correspondence, budget proposals, and reprints, [1953-1971].

183

WMC/MCP: Deans, RECORDS, 1942-[1966-1977]

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Records of the Dean's office, primarily Dean Alton Sutnick's records, W/MCP Dean 1967-1983. Executive faculty meeting minutes, Committee minutes, correspondence, President's reports, publications, reports and surveys reflect planning activity in the 1970s. Also includes files and correspondence of Deans Marion Spencer Fay, Glen Leymaster, Bernard Sigel.

184

WHITE-HAMMOND, Gloria, NON-TEXTUAL

Audio interview by Janet Cooper, June 1983.

185

KUGLER, Anna, M.D., NON-TEXTUAL

Diary of Anna Kugler, M.D. (WMC 1879), read by Ruth Abram.

186

LIEBFRIED. Jane Marshall, NON-TEXTUAL

1 tape, 1982

187

WINCHESTER, Mary Jennings, M.D., OBJECTS, BOOKS

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Dr. Jennings graduated from WMC in 1921. Her collection includes a 19th C. scarifier and her student textbooks [9-1956].

188

ROGERS, Emma C., PAPERS, 1881

6 in.
Medical student class notes for Dr. Frances Emily White's lectures in physiology at WMC in 1881.

189

HIBBARD, Sarah A., M.D., PAPERS, n.d.

6 in.
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Handwritten diary of Hibbard (MCP-1870).

Additional materials: hand painted portrait.

190

BARLOW, Anne, M.D., MANUSCRIPT, 1983

1 ms. (14 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "More Women Doctors -- Will Medicine Change?" by Barlow. Presented at the Regional Conference on Women in Medicine, New York, 1983.

191

BUTLER, Margaret F., M.D., PAPERS, 1896-1966

.5 in
Margaret Butler (WMC 1894) was a WMC faculty member from 1896 to 1931, serving as Professor of Laryngology, Otology and Rhinology at the time of her death. The collection includes: photocopies of correspondence, clippings, articles and speeches. Also included is some material related to Mary Butler (her sister) and Miriam Butler, M.D. (WMC 1930), her niece.

192

FISSELL, Mary E., MANUSCRIPT, 1982

1 ms. (24 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Our Insignificance is Our Only Defense: The Legitimation of the First Female Physicians" by Fissell. Written in fulfillment of a course requirement for the University of Pennsylvania.

193

BARRINGER, Floyd, MANUSCRIPT, 1982

1 ms. (9 pp.) + 4 separate items
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "The Origins of Memorial Medical Center," by Barringer. Read before the Friends of Memorial Medical Center, Telin Country Club, Springfield, Illinois, on 12 October 1982. Biographical information on two Illinois women physicians includes a newsclipping on Elizabeth Matthews, M.D., and typed information on Estelle Paullin-Padgette, M.D.

194

HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY OF THE ALUMNAE OF THE WOMAN'S MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA (AKA the South-Eastern Dispensary for Women and Children), RECORDS, 1896, n.d.

Charter of the Hospital and Dispensary of the Alumnae of the Woman's Medical College of PA (AKA Southeastern Dispensary for Women & Children, renamed Amy S. Barton Dispensary between 1904 and 1906.)

195

MACFARLANE, Catharine, M.D., MANUSCRIPT, n.d.

1 ms. (167 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript of Macfarlane's autobiography.

196

WMC/MCP Presidents, RECORDS, [1850-1971]

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Scattered reports, minutes, correspondence, speeches, and other materials relating to the activities of the College presidents, including William J. Mullen, [1850]; Ellen Culver Potter, M.D., [1903-1954]; Burgess Lee Gordon, M.D., [1951-1952]; Marion Spencer Fay, Ph.D., [1942-1975]; Glen R. Leymaster, M.D. [1964-1970]; Robert J. Slater, M.D., [1973-1974]; Robert E. Cooke, M.D. [1977-1979]; and president-elect Irving Henry Leopold, [1970].

197

KAHN, Richard J., M.D., MANUSCRIPT, 1983

Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "The Osler-Jewett Connection" by Kahn.
Additional materials: book entitled "A Country Doctor"

198

ALLEN, Lesley, MANUSCRIPT, 1983

1 ms. (14 pp.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Mary Davis Ridgway, M.D. : a biographical sketch" by Allen.

199

PEITZMAN, Steven J., M.D., MANUSCRIPT, 1983

1 ms. (18 pps.)
Photocopy of typed manuscript entitled "Forgotten Reformers: The American Academy of Medicine" by Peitzman. Presented in briefer form at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine, 7 May 1983.

 
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