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Drexel University deeds of trust, charter, and by-laws

 Collection
Identifier: UR-02-004
Scope and Contents This collection consists of booklets containing copies of the charter, bylaws, deeds of trust, and other related documents such as extracts from the wills of Anthony J. Drexel. Early booklets also include the names of board members and lists of committees. Also included with the collection are a small set of legal documents pertaining to the 1943 transfer of the securities granted by Anthony Drexel to the institute's endowment fund, and an oversize handwritten exemplar of the 1891 deed of...
Dates: 1891-1977

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