Katharine Boucot Sturgis, M.D. papers

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Katharine Boucot Sturgis, M.D. papers

1921-1985

Copy of Sturgis' unpublished autobiography, ""The Kath With Nine Lives,"" describing her personal and professional activities to 1979. General correspondence, [1925-(1941-1981)], concerning her work with tuberculosis and cancer, and in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. Additional correspondence, [1946-1963], with Catharine Macfarlane, M.D., discussing Woman's Medical College and social matters; letters, [1963-1974], from WMC Board member Elizabeth Fleisher; and correspondence, 1969, with Sadamu Ishikawa, M.D., excerpts of which were published in ""Doctors as People,"" a feature of the Archives of Enviromental Medicine. Speeches, papers, and notes for lectures, dealing with tuberculosis, emphysema, and cancer. Recollections of Catharine Macfarlane, M.D., presented by Sturgis at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1978; and biography of Louise C. Gloeckner, M.D., 1979. Handwritten handbook of diseases and treatments compiled by Sturgis during her internship. Miscellaneous school reports, [1921-1923], from William Penn High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and from the University of Pennsylvania. Visitors register, 1958-1967, from the Department of Preventive Medicine at MCP. Program, list of attendees, citations honoring Sturgis as a part of Philadelphia's Century IV Celebration, (1982). Miscellaneous awards and citations.

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Gloeckner, Mary Louise Carpenter, 1904-1978

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Mary Louise Carpenter Gloeckner, born in Philadelphia, 26 August 1904. She received her M.D. from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. She practiced general medicine in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania and was active in a variety of local, state, and national medical organizations, including as the the first woman Vice-President of the American Medical Association. Dr. Gloeckner retired from practice and most of her organizational activities in 1975. She died 4 November 1978. ...