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Annual Reports of Chairmen of Hospital Prayer Meeting Committee

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Identifier: WM-1995-X-027
Scope and Contents

Annual reports of the Chairmen of the Hospital Prayer Meeting Committee, 1906/07-1926/27 and two monthly reports, most likely of YWCA meetings, October and November, 1942.

Dates: 1906 - 1942; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1927

Catharine Macfarlane papers

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Identifier: WM-047
Overview Catharine Macfarlane graduated from Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1898, and later became an instructor in obstetrics at the college and a professor of gynecology. She was the first woman to be elected to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1935. Macfarlane devoted much of her career to cancer research and prevention, specifically pelvic cancer. In 1956, she became the first woman to serve as Chairman for the Medical Society of Pennsylvania’s Commission on Cancer....
Dates: 1895-1971; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1960

Doris Bartuska papers

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Identifier: WM-300
Overview Born and raised in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, Dr. Doris Bartuska graduated from the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1954, where she also served her internship and residency. An endocrinologist, she joined the faculty in 1958, was an Associate Dean for Curriculum, President of the Medical Staff, and a member of the Board of Directors and President of the Alumni Association. Dr. Bartuska was Director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism as well as the Endocrine...
Dates: 1948-2010; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2005

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

Hartwig Kuhlenbeck papers

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Identifier: DUCOM-323
Overview Born in Germany in 1897, Dr. Hartwig Kuhlenbeck, a neuroanatomist, received his degrees of Ph.D. in Philosophy and of M.D. (summa cum laude) from the University of Jena, Germany. He spent several years lecturing in Japan and at the University of Breslau (Germany) before moving to the United States in 1933. Dr. Kuhlenbeck was appointed to several positions at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, beginning in 1935 as Acting Professor of Anatomy and retiring in 1982 as Emeritus...
Dates: 1911-1984

Isabel Smith Stein collection on Elizabeth Cisney Smith

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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

Longshore family papers

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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

Medical College of Pennsylvania vault contents

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Identifier: 2010-018
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),...
Dates: 1886-1996

Records of Administrative Departments: Public relations

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Identifier: WM-133
Scope and Contents 27 clippings scrapbooks and loose clippings of general information related to WMC/MCP. All scrapbooks are of a general nature, covering any topic relevant to the school and hospital and were compiled anonymously (probably by the public relations department in later years). One of the two more specific scrapbooks focuses on the Alice Tallant Affair; the other was compiled by Dr. Rachel L. Bodley, Dean of the College from 1874-1888. Each scrapbook covers a particular period of time with the...
Dates: 1854-1984

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