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Hahnemann Alumni Association records including by-laws, lists of presidents, chairmen, and alumni members, board minutes, awards, and class songs, publications, class anniversary books, homecoming weekend materials, alumni newsletters, Hahnemann University magazine, and other similar alumni publications.

Overview Hahnemann University’s long history began in 1848 with the founding of the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania. Over the years, the institution evolved in many ways, eventually becoming Hahnemann University and, later, the Drexel University College of Medicine. In the mid- to late-twentieth century, with the decline of homeopathy, Hahnemann re-invented itself as a nationally known academic medical center with prominence in cardiac surgery and cardiology, oncology, transplantation,...

Abstract The Hahnemann University Photograph Collection is an extensive collection that covers the people and buildings of Hahnemann from its beginnings in 1848 as the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania to 2004 as Hahnemann University Hospital.Much of the collection is a photographic record of the buildings that were used and constructed by the organization throughout its history. The photographs consistently span the lifetime of the school and hospital from the mid-1840s to turn...

Overview Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, known for most of its history as Hahnemann Medical College, was founded in 1848 by Drs. Constantine Hering, Jacob Jeanes, and Walter Williamson as an institution for standardizing the practice of Homeopathy. After a brief split in 1867 that resulted in two schools existing at the same time, the college was renamed Hahnemann Medical College in 1869. Hahnemann continued expanding through the early 20th century, and became a highly regarded medical...

Overview Medical College of Pennsylvania (MCP) vault contents collection, 1886-1996. In 2010, the collection was re-housed from an MCP vault on Henry Avenue to the Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections at the Drexel University College of Medicine. This extensive collection consists of financial materials related to the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP), Medical College of Pennsylvania (MCP), Hahnemann University (HU), Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation (AHERF),...

Overview Naomi Rogers, PhD is a professor in the History of Medicine and of History at Yale University. In 1998, she published her book, An Alternative Path: The Making and Remaking of Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia. Rogers carried out extensive research at the Drexel University College of Medicine’s Legacy Center and Archives during the 1990s with the help of archivist, Barbara Williams. Collection contains Rogers’ research materials for Alternative Path, including...

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Dr. Pasquale B. Guarini [1916-2003] was a physician and graduate of Hahnemann Medical College, Class of 1942. Dr. Guarini was involved with the creation of the Medic, the annual yearbook of Hahnemann Medical College. Contains original copies of photos from the 1942 Medic, a senior class list from 1941-42, two homeopathic remedy books, Condensed Therapeutics by Luyties Pharmaceutical Co., and Materia Medica by Boericke, along with a notebook and a copy of Physician's Handbook.

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Records of the Philadelphia Hahnemann Alumni Society (PHAS), a continuation of the Homeopathic Medical Society (HMS) of the County of Philadelphia (1931-58, 1986), including: HMS Board of Trustees minutes, 1931-48, PHAS Board of Trustees minutes, 1948-58, meeting minutes, 1942-51. Also includes information on the Archives' endowment creating from the organization's closing assets in 1986.

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Dr. Wilson A. Foust [1905-2007] was a homeopathic physician and graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in 1929. He operated a medical practice in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania until his retirement in 1990. He was also an active and prominent member of the Central Pennsylvania Homeopathic Society. Contains personal materials and an engraved stamp for printing of the Medic.

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Dr. Wilson A. Foust [1905-2007] was a homeopathic physician and graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in 1929. He operated a medical practice in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania until his retirement in 1990. He was also an active and prominent member of the Central Pennsylvania Homeopathic Society. Contains material relating to the Central Pennsylvania Homeopathic Society, mostly ledgers and financial information, along with a minute book and a membership roster.