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Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Board of Trustees records

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-1990-013
Overview The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) is a natural history museum which was founded in 1812, “for the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning.” The ANSP Board of Trustees, was established in 1925, as one of the institution’s primary administrative bodies. The Board of Trustees was charged with establishing financial policies, selecting the Academy President, assisting with fund raising and community relations, and serving as a...
Dates: 1925 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1989

Adolphus Lippe papers

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Identifier: HU.088
Overview Dr. Adolphus Lippe was a prominent homeopathic physician who practiced from 1841 until his death in 1888. Born in Germany, Dr. Lippe immigrated to the United States to learn medicine and graduated from the North American Academy of Homeopathic Medicine in 1841. After graduating, Dr. Lippe practiced across western and central Pennsylvania, eventually settling in Philadelphia. In Philadelphia, Dr. Lippe practiced, and also lectured on Materia Medica at the Homeopathic Medical College of...
Dates: 1812-1888; Majority of material found in 1812-1888

Bradford collection of biographies of Homeopathic Physicians

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Identifier: HU-064
Overview

Dr. Thomas L. Bradford (1847-1918) was a practicing homeopathic physician in Maine, Europe and Philadelphia. While practicing and teaching in Philadelphia he served as curator for the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia. From 1896 to 1916, he collected, organized and maintained material for 35 scrapbooks of biographical information about homeopathic physicians.

Dates: 1868 - 1918

Charles Gatchell postcard

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Identifier: 2017-014
Overview The postcard is a brief communication from Dr. Charles Gatchell, a homeopath then on the faculty of the Homeopathic College of Medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to Thomas Bradford. Bradford was the librarian and historian at the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania (later Hahnemann). The note includes a mention of Dr. H.C. (Henry Clay) Aldrich, who was also a member of the faculty at Michigan and subsequently became the President of the Minnesota State Homeopathic...
Dates: 1892 April 18

College of Engineering records

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Identifier: UR-04-007
Overview The College of Engineering is among the oldest colleges at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since its establishment in 1914, it has achieved many firsts. In 1915, it became the first school at Drexel permitted to grant a four-year degree; in 1919, it was the first to implement a cooperative education program, placing students in business, industrial and professional assignments as a component of their education; and, later, in 1925, it was the first to extend the cooperative...
Dates: 1930 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1973

Edward James Nolan Documents and Correspondence on the History of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

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Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0464
Abstract

Edward James Nolan (1846-1921) served as the librarian at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia from 1869 until his death. During his tenure as librarian, he performed research on and wrote the history of the Academy which was completed in 1909. This collection contains material collected by Nolan for his history, including transcriptions of early minutes, deeds, biographies, news clipppings, letters and reminiscences of colleagues.

Dates: 1846-1915

Marion Spencer Fay Papers

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Identifier: WM-036
Abstract

Marion Spencer Fay (1898-1990) served as dean and president of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania from 1943 to 1963 and promoted the recruitment of, education for, and recognition of women physicians. This collection includes the texts of many of Dr. Fay's speeches as well as a selection of professional and administrative papers from her time as dean and president of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1925 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1975

Hahnemann Hospital corporate records

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Identifier: HU.104
Overview

Early records of Hahnemann Hospital, including correspondence, mortgages, vouchers, and additional material. Hahnemann Hospital was opened in 1890 after Hahnemann Medical College cut ties with the independent Homeopathic Hospital of Philadelphia. Hahnemann Hospital moved to its permanent location in 1928, and continued to be a prominent Philadelphia hospital until it closed in 2019.

Dates: 1834-1918; Majority of material found in 1870-1880

Hahnemann University Academic Affairs records

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Identifier: HU-003
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,...
Dates: 1848 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1994

Harry C. Rippel papers

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Identifier: MC-00-088
Abstract Harry Conrad Rippel (1926-2004) worked as a principal engineer at Franklin Institute Research Laboratory from 1952 to 1984 and was a leading authority on tribology, the study of friction, wear, lubrication, and the design of bearings. He studied mechanical engineering at Drexel Institute of Technology, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1952 and then a master’s degree in 1957. This collection contains the academic, professional, and personal papers of Mr. Rippel, spanning from 1943-2004,...
Dates: 1943-2004; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1984

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Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia 10
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4
Drexel Institute of Technology 3
Hahnemann University 3
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania 3
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Bradford, Thomas Lindsley, M.D. 2
Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry 2
Drexel University College of Medicine 2
Hahnemann, Samuel 2
Lippe, Adolph von 2
Medical College of Pennsylvania 2
North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Art 2
Aldrich, Henry Clay 1
Allen, H.C. (Henry C.) 1
Allen, Timothy Field 1
American Association of Museums 1
American Museum of Natural History 1
American Philosophical Society 1
American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1
Association of College and Research Libraries 1
Bennett, Thomas Peter (1937-) 1
Brakeley, John Price Jones Inc. 1
Brokaw, Howard P. (1916-) 1
Brothers, LeRoy A. 1
Brubaker, Albert P. 1
Cadwalader, C. M. B (Charles Meigs Biddle) (June 3,1885-1959) 1
Clark, George (1910-1998) 1
Crippen, Hawley Harvey 1
Daskam, Gladys 1
Davis, George M. (1938-) 1
DiPalma, Joseph R., M.D. 1
Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry. Library School 1
Drexel Institute of Technology. College of Engineering 1
Drexel Institute of Technology. Korman Center 1
Drexel Institute of Technology. Library 1
Drexel University 1
Drexel University. College of Engineering 1
Farrington, E.A. (Ernest Albert) 1
Fay, Marion Spencer, b. 1896 1
Female Medical College of Pennsylvania 1
Fenichel, Carol Hansen 1
Francis, Vida Hunt 1
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.). Research Laboratories 1
Free Library of Philadelphia 1
Gatchell, Charles 1
Gill, Frank B. 1
Gordon, Burgess L. (Burgess Lee) (b. 1892) 1
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance 1
Harvey, John F. (John Frederick) (1921-) 1
Hay, George A. 1
Heaps, Marvin 1
Hering, Constantine (1800-1880) 1
Howland, Anne Wallace 1
Hughes, Richard 1
Humphreys, F. (Frederick) 1
Jefferson Medical College 1
Kensington Women's Hospital 1
Kent, J.T. (James Tyler) 1
Knerr, Calvin B., M.D. (Calvin Brobst), 1847-1940 1
Law, Marie Hamilton 1
Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891 1
Likoff, William 1
Longshore, Hannah, M.D. (1819-1901) 1
Longshore, J. S., M.D. (Joseph Skelton) (1809-1879) 1
Longshore, Thomas E., M.D. 1
Ludwick Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Maclure, William, 1763-1840 1
Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) 1
Marvel, William [ADDED from ATLAS dataset] 1
McClelland, James Henderson 1
Minnesota State Homœopathic Institute 1
Montgomery, Carol Hansen 1
Montgomery, Edward A. 1
Moore, J. Percy (1869-1965) 1
Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 1
Newbold, Arthur E. 1
Nolan, Edward J. (Edward James), 1846-1921 1
Palmer, T. Chalkley (1860-1934) 1
Paracelsus, 1493-1541 1
Pearson, William Alexander 1
Pennsylvania Library Association 1
Philadelphia Metropolitan Library Committee 1
Philadelphia Metropolitan Library Council 1
Potter, Ellen Culver, M.D. (1871-1958) 1
Potter, Samuel 1
Rehn, James A.G. (James Abram Garfield) (b. 1881) 1
Rippel, Harry C. 1
Rippel, Richard 1
Rogers, Naomi 1
Schall, John Hubley 1
Schall, Nina 1
Smith, Henry M. 1
Smith, Julia Holmes 1
Snyder, Richard L. 1
Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 1
Starr, Sarah Logan Wister 1
Taylor, Lane 1
The Associated Natural Science Institutions (TANSI) 1
Thomas, A. R. (Amos Russell), 1826-1895 1
Thomson, Keith Stewart 1
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