Records, 1850-1862.

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Records, 1850-1862.

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Collection contains the minute book of the Committee on Contributions to the Building Fund, 1859-1862, documenting decisions and the debate over solicitation of non-Fellows; several subscription books, one containing the original subscriptions to the Building Fund in 1850, with occasional accounts to 1862; a copy of the committee's final report; and a report from William Ker, hired by the committee to approach physicians and pharmacists who were not Fellows, describing the reactions of individuals to the fund raising. Most of these records were produced or preserved by Thomas Hewson Bache, as secretary of the committee.

1 box (5 v. and 1 fol.)

College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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SNAC Resource ID: 6732517

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College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Building Fund.

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College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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The Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine was established in 1976 to promote to the scholarly community the rich historical resources of the College's historical library and the Mütter Museum. The Institute sponsors conferences, occasional seminars, and short-term travel grants to researchers who require the resources of the museum and library. According to the History of Science Society, “the Wood Institute is the historical programming arm of the College of Phys...

College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on Contributions to the Building Fund.

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Following the formation of a body of trustees to invest funds for the purchase of a lot and erection of a building, a committee to solicit contributions to the Building Fund of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was first appointed on 15 Jan. 1850. On 2 Mar. 1859, after a suitable building site had been found, the College appointed a special committee of seven Fellows, Thomas Hewson Bache, Edward Hartshorne, James J. Levick, S. Weir Mitchell, William Byrd Page, Robert P. Thom...

Bache, Thomas Hewson

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