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George Corner, Ph.D. manuscript
Collection
Identifier: WM-008
Abstract
The collection contains a photocopy of a typed manuscript about Louise Pearce, M.D., past president of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania and noted scientist, written by Corner, past president of the American Philosophical Society. The article was submitted to 2nd edition of Notable American Women.
Dates:
1977
Gertrud Clara Reyersbach, M.D. papers
Collection
Identifier: 2005-001
Scope and Contents
The collection documents Dr. Reyersbach’s life in Germany, the Reyerbach family history, a return visit to her home country in 1985, and her life and practice in the United States, from 1867-1991, with the bulk of the dates between 1933-1991. Materials include several photo albums, 1927-1936, capturing Reyersbach with family and friends in Germany and her initial medical training there; German school papers (such as report cards) and certificates; Reyersbach’s passport (issued in 1935); US...
Dates:
1817 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1933 - 1991
Hahnemann University African American collection
Collection
Identifier: HU-061
Overview
The collection includes biographical materials, visuals, publications, and exhibit components on the history of African Americans, with particular reference to health care. The material was collected primarily for inclusion in displays and exhibits for Hahnemann and the surrounding community. . Biographical and historical information on Black physicians, some of whom are Hahnemann graduates, and health related institutions, gathered primarily from published sources for exhibition purposes....
Dates:
1900 - 1992
Isabel Smith Stein collection on Elizabeth Cisney Smith
Collection
Identifier: WM-2007-002
Overview
Elizabeth Cisney Smith (1881 to 1965) was a practicing physician for 35 years from the time of her graduation from Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1911 to her retirement in 1946. She primarily worked in Pennsylvania and Maryland with brief time spent in North Dakota and Ohio. Dr. Smith was an active supporter of women’s rights as well as the suffrage movement. The collection was initially compiled and arranged by Isabel Smith Stein the daughter of Dr. Elizabeth Cisney Smith, and...
Dates:
1887 - 1972
Jessie Laird Brodie, M.D. papers
Collection
Identifier: WM-244
Overview
Jessie Laird Brodie, M.D., also known as “Dr. Jessie,” was an internationally recognized physician and early pioneer of birth control legislation and family planning, active from the 1930s until the early 1970s. The Jessie Laird Brodie, M.D. papers document Brodie’s professional life and work, focusing on Brodie’s work for various causes and organizations in family planning and contraception, such as legislation for contraception in Oregon and the Planned Parenthood Association [just in...
Dates:
1923 - 1990
Josefina Villafane De Martinez-Alvarez, M.D. papers
Collection
Identifier: WM-238
Content Description
Collection includes Martinez-Alvarez’s WMCP commencement materials, including a program, announcements, and winter dance card, 1911; Board of Medical Examiners certificate (issued in Puerto Rico) with the signatures of the newly inducted president and secretary, 1926; WMCP commencement program and letter from Alumnae Association, 1961; small amount of correspondence, 1985-1987; Anti-Tuberculosis League flyer (in Spanish); materials from the American Medicine “50 Year Club”, including a...
Dates:
1911-1985
Longshore family papers
Collection
Identifier: WM-028
Abstract
The Longshore family was active in Philadelphia medicine in the 19th century and the Longshore family papers includes material from Thomas Longshore, his brother Joseph Longshore, and his wife Hannah E. Myers Longshore. Thomas Longshore was a teacher and a supporter of women's education and social reform, especially abolition. Joseph Longshore (1809-1879) was a physician who supported women in acquiring quality medical education. He was active in founding the Female Medical College of...
Dates:
1819 - 1902
Marion Craig Potter, M.D. papers
Collection
Identifier: WM-138
Overview
Dr. Marion Craig Potter was a physician, philanthropist, and suffrage activist who is known for her advocacy for women in the medical field. Born on September 14, 1863 in Churchville, New York to a respected family of doctors, Dr. Potter carried on her family craft and graduated from the University of Michigan Medical Department in 1884. After graduation she started and operated a large practice in Rochester, New York. Dr. Potter worked as a physician at both her personal practice and at the...
Dates:
1882 - 1942; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1922
Mary Pauline Root papers
Collection
Identifier: WM-257
Overview
Dr. (Mary) Pauline Root (b. 1859, d.1944) was a graduate of Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1883. She was the first female doctor to receive an internship at Blockley Hospital in Philadelphia, and was reportedly the first female doctor to be sent on a mission by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). She carried out medical missionary work from 1885-1893 at a women's hospital in Madurai, India. Root completed post-graduate work at the Manhattan Eye and...
Dates:
1883 - 1985
Philadelphia Club of Medical Women records
Collection
Identifier: WM-394
Overview
This collection contains the administrative records of the Philadelphia Club of Medical Women. The records date from 1926-2016. The collection contains meeting minutes, membership lists and applications, financial records, correspondence, and program planning information.
Dates:
1967 - 2015; Majority of material found within 1985 - 2005
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