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Northwestern University Woman's Medical School records/Chicago Woman's Medical College
Collection
Identifier: WM-029
Abstract
The Woman’s Hospital Medical College of Chicago was founded in 1870 by Mary H. Thompson (1829-1895) and Dr. William Heath Byford (1817-1890) in order to provide equal education opportunities for female medical students in the Chicago area. In 1879, the name of the medical school was changed to the Woman’s Medical College of Chicago; and in 1892, it was taken over by the Northwestern University and renamed the Northwestern University Woman’s Medical School. Over the next ten years, financial...
Dates:
1870-1924, 1947
Hahnemann Club of Philadelphia records
Collection
Identifier: HU.062a
Overview
Founded in 1872, the Hahnemann Club of Philadelphia helped promote comradery among its members, advance the standards of medical education, and uphold the homeopathic interests of the college. The Hahnemann Club was the oldest surviving Philadelphia medical club until it disbanded in the 1990s. Collection contains the Hahnemann Club records including bound books and binders with meeting minutes (1884-1989) and exhibit captions.
Dates:
1884-1989
Homeopathic medical societies' records
Collection
Identifier: HU.074
Overview
Records of 19th-century homeopathic societies including the Homeopathic Institute of Philadelphia, American Provers' Union, Hahnemann Society of Northampton, and the Philadelphia Postgraduate School of Homeopathics. The Homeopathic Institute of Philadelphia appears to be the Philadelphia branch of the American Institute of Homeopathy. The American Institute of Homeopathy was founded in 1844 as a response to the death of homeopathy’s pioneer, Samuel Hahnemann. The Philadelphia branch was...
Dates:
1834-1900; Majority of material found in 1890-1900
Homeopathic Medical Society of Philadelphia records
Collection
Identifier: HU.075
Overview
The Homeopathic Medical Society of Philadelphia was a physicians only homeopathic medical society founded in 1838. The society grew out of another homeopathic medical society called The Hahnemann Society, which was formed in 1833. The Homeopathic Medical Society of Philadelphia was largely seen as a continuation of the Hahnemann Society, and would later become an important forebearer of the influential Homeopathic Medical Society of Pennsylvania, founded in 1866. Contains two volumes of...
Dates:
1859-1880; Majority of material found in 1859-1880
Homeopathic Medical Society of Philadelphia records
Collection
Identifier: HU.076
Overview
A single volume of minutes from the Homeopathic Medical Society of Philadelphia, 1859-80. The society was a physicians-only homeopathic medical society founded in 1838. The society grew out of another homeopathic medical society called The Hahnemann Society, which was formed in 1833. The Homeopathic Medical Society of Philadelphia was largely seen as a continuation of the Hahnemann Society, and would later become an important forebearer of the influential Homeopathic Medical Society of...
Dates:
1859-1880; Majority of material found in 1859-1880
Lippe Society of Philadelphia records
Collection
Identifier: HU.077
Overview
The Lippe Society of Philadelphia book of proceedings 1880, its founding year. 1 volume.
Dates:
1880-1880; Majority of material found in 1880-1880
Naomi Rogers papers
Collection
Identifier: 2013-018
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...
Dates:
1876-2013; Majority of material found in 1995-1998
West Philadelphia Hospital for Women records
Collection
Identifier: WM-001
Abstract
Founded by Dr. Elizabeth Comly-Howell in 1889, the West Philadelphia Hospital for Women was established in order to provide a place in West Philadelphia where women could be treated by women. In 1929, the hospital merged with the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia. At the time of the merger, it was arranged that all maternity cases would be sent to the West Philadelphia Hospital, and surgical cases would be kept at the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia. The Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia...
Dates:
1899 - 1932
George A. Hay collection of administrative files of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Collection
Identifier: WM-293-b
Overview
From 1925 to 1970, the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMC) underwent significant change, adapting to both survive and prosper in a transforming society. Administrative change was brought about and explored to spark institutional growth and/or to mollify financial stress. Among the more significant events in the College’s history was the 1930 move to new and larger facilities in East Falls, and an administrative reorganization in 1942. In the 1940s and 1960s, WMC also explored...
Dates:
1890 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1965
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