Records, 1929-1933.

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Records, 1929-1933.

Correspondence files, 1929-1933, of Robert J. Hunter, chairman, concerning planning and organization of bicentennial celebration at Philadelphia General Hospital, 1932. Major correspondents are David Riesman, Robert Grant Torrey, and John A. McGlinn.

2 boxes (.8 linear ft.)

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Riesman, David, 1867-1940

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Philadelphia. General Hospital. Committee on the Celebration at the Philadelphia General Hospital of the 200th Anniversary of the Building of the Philadelphia Almshouse.

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The Committee on the Celebration at the Philadelphia General Hospital of the 200th Anniversary of the Building of the Philadelphia Almshouse was appointed in Sept. 1929 by the President of the Medical Board, Herman B. Allyn. Joseph McFarland, E. B. Krumbhaar, David Riesman, and Robert Grant Torrey served on the committee, with Robert J. Hunter as chairman. The committee was responsible for fund-raising, promotion, planning the program, selecting speakers, and making out ...

McGlinn, John A., 1871-1946

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Hunter, Robert J. (Robert John), 1882-1980

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The Osler Memorial Committee was formed in October 1939. The committee was appointed by David Riesman, President of the Medical Board of the Philadelphia General Hospital. The original members of the committee were chairman Robert J. Hunter, William G. Turnbull, and William E. Hughes; Riesman was an ex officio member. Later in the year, Marion Hague Rea, Abraham Cohen, William N. Bradley, and Jefferson H. Clark were selected to serve on the Osler Memorial Committee. The ...

Philadelphia General Hospital

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The Committee on the Celebration at the Philadelphia General Hospital of the 200th Anniversary of the Building of the Philadelphia Almshouse was established in September 1929. The committee, consisting of five members of the Medical Board of the Philadelphia General Hospital, was appointed by the President of the Medical Board, Herman B. Allyn. Joseph McFarland, E. B. Krumbhaar, David Riesman, and Robert G. Torrey were appointed to serve on the committee, with Robert J. Hunter actin...

Torrey, Robert Grant, 1878-1941

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