Records concerning the Medical Library Association, 1899-1929.

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Records concerning the Medical Library Association, 1899-1929.

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Collection forms part of the records of the Office of the Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Included is correspondence, material from annual meetings of the MLA, and other miscellaneous items pertaining to the organization, 1899-1929. The records are from the files of Charles Perry Fisher, Librarian of the College from 1882 to 1932. Of special interest in Series 1 is correspondence concerning a 1924 MLA resolution, which stated that libraries should no longer purchase German books and periodicals, because German publishers were charging "unreasonable and unjustifiable" prices. Included are letters from William W. Keen and letters from German publishers who denied the charges brought against them. Prominent correspondents in the collection are James F. Ballard and John Ruhräh. Other notable correspondents are: Ada Bunnell, M. R. Charlton, George Dock, George M. Gould, George D. Hersey, Albert Tracy Huntingdon, Marcia C. Noyes, and C. F. Wylde. Also present in the collection are holograph drafts and typed carbon copies of Charles Perry Fisher's letters. Series 2 contains material from MLA annual meetings, including a Secretary's Report (1900), programs (1906-1929), minutes from the 1910 meeting, and a typescript of Fisher's 1912 Presidential Address. Present in Series 3 is miscellaneous material from the MLA, including membership applications, membership lists, informational pamphlets, copies of the Constitution and By-Laws (1903-1929), and the sketches of two different shields designed for the MLA (1921).

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College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Librarian.

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The Office of the Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was established in 1854. Before 1851, the chairman of the Library Committee was responsible for the administration of the Library, and from 1851 to 1854, the Secretary of the College acted as Librarian. In 1863, the Librarian became an officer of the College, and the by-laws of this year established his official duties: the "preservation, arrangement and cataloguing of the books belonging to the Library of the ...

Medical Library Association.

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Founded on May 2, 1898, by four librarians and four physicians at the suggestion of George M. Gould, M.D., editor of the Philadelphia Medical Journal, the Medical Library Association (MLA) is the second oldest special library association in the United States. Membership was limited to librarians representing medical libraries of not less than 500 volumes and with regular library hours and attendance. The Association of Medical Librarians (as it was known until 1907) was founded "to...

Noyes, Marcia C. b. 1869.

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Ruhräh, John, 1872-1935.

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Dock, George, 1860-1951

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George Dock was born in Hopewell, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1860. He received his B.A. Degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1881, where he later entered the school of medicine and received his M.D. in 1884. He spent his internship at St. Mary's Hospital in Philadelphia. He spent roughly two years, 1885 to 1887, in Germany studying with some of the outstanding professors of the day. When he returned to Philadelphia, he was hired by Drs. John Herr Musser and William Osler to conduct autopsie...

Bunnell, Ada, d. 1934.

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Huntington, Albert Tracy, b. 1878.

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Fisher, Charles Perry, 1857-1940

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Wylde, C. F.

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Gould, George M. (George Milbry), 1848-1922

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George M. Gould: physician and author. Lafcadio Hearn: American journalist and author living in Japan. Also known as Koizumi Yakumo. From the description of George M. Gould collection of Hearniana, 1877-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 294954084 George Milbry Gould was born on 8 November 1848. He received an A.B. degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1873, and in 1874 graduated from Harvard Divinity School. In 1888 Gould received an M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical C...

Frankenberger, Charles.

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Charlton, M. R.

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Ballard, James F. (James Francis), 1878-

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James Francis Ballard, 1878-1955, was Director of the Boston Medical Library from 1928 until 1955. Ballard developed the Boston Medical Library Medical Classification, and served as president of the Medical Library Association from 1937 to 1939. From the description of Papers, 1920s-1930s. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83227133 ...

Hersey, George D. 1847-1919.

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