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Women’s Committee of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Faculty Records UPC 504

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Summary Information

Prepared by
Joseph-James Ahern
Preparation date
January 2012
Date [bulk]
Bulk, 1955-2011
Date [inclusive]
1953-2011
Extent
6.0 Cubic feet

PROVENANCE

The Women’s Committee of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Faculty Records were donated to the University Archives from the organization in 2011 in two accessions (2011:28, and 2011:71).

ARRANGEMENT

The Women’s Committee of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Faculty Records are arranged alphabetically.

HISTORICAL NOTE

The Women’s Committee of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Faculty started in 1954 as the Doctor’s Wives Service Committee with a $100 donation from Molly Wood (wife of Dr. Frances Wood, Chairman of Medicine). A number of residents’ spouses decided to formally organize a group to volunteer at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, as a few were volunteering at other hospitals in the city. The primary focus of the Committee was to support the Rehabilitation Center of the Hospital through fundraisers, benefits, and the Nearly New Shop.

Around 1999 the name of the organization was changed to the Women’s Committee of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Faculty to better reflect the membership of the group and the times. By 2011 active membership in the organization had declined to a level that the decision was made to dissolve the group.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Women’s Committee of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Faculty Records documents the activities of the organization from its founding in the 1950s through to it dissolution in 2011. The records consist of meeting minutes, financial documents, correspondence, and photographs. Particularly well documented is the group’s activities to support the Rehabilitation programs at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Inventory

 

General file 

Box

Folder

Ad Hoc Advisory Committee, 2009 

1

1

Advances in Medicine, 2009 

1

2

Annual Luncheon 

2007-2008 

1

3

2010 

1

4

Antique Show, 2005-2006 

1

5

Board of Women Visitors 

1972-1975 

1

6

1977 

1

7

2007-2008 

1

8

Annual Report, 1972-2005 

1

9

End of Year Report to, 2010 

1

10

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Representative, 2010 

1

11

President’s Responsibility to, 2009-2010 

1

12

By-Laws 

1955-1999 

1

13

1962-1999 

1

14

1981 

1

15

1983 

1

16

Penn Development Suggestions, 2009-2010 

1

17

Cocktail Party 

1983-1990 

1

18

1989-1990 

1

19

Committee Reports 

1959-1966 

1

20

1980-1990 

1

21

1990-1991 

1

22

Cooking for a Part Time Husband, 1969 

1

23

Correspondence 

1992-1999 

1

24

1999-2000 

1

25

2000-2001 

1

26

2005-2006 

1

27

2006-2007 

1

28

Sympathy and Other Notes, 2010 

1

29

Covered Dish Supper 

1984-1989 

1

30

2010 

1

31

Cushing’s Manual of Parliamentary Practice, 1928 

1

32

Development Efforts, 2008-2009 

1

33

Dissolution, 2011 

1

34

Doctors’ Wives Dance, 1962-1970 

1

35

Donation Acknowledgements, 2011 

1

36

End of Year Report 

2000-2001 

1

37

2005-2006 

1

38

2007-2008 

1

39

Evening Section, 1961-1962, 1965-1966 

1

40

Evening Section, 1977 

1

41

Evening Section Liaison, 1976-1980 

1

42

Evening Section Representative, 1974-1975 

1

43

Executive Board, 2009-2010 

1

44

Fall Festival, 2009 

1

45

Financial 

Check Register, 1984-1989 

1

46

Check Register, 2001-2004 

1

47

Checking Account Transactions, 1954-1977 

1

48

Receipts and Statements, 1991-2000 

1

49

Receipts and Statements, 1995-1999 

1

50

Receipts and Statements, 1999-2001 

1

51

Receipts and Statements, 2003-2004 

1

52

Receipts and Statements, 2008 

1

53

Tax Exemption Certificate, 2007-2008 

1

54

Treasurer Files, 2010 

1

55

Treasurer’s Binder, 1986-2001 (1) 

1

56

Treasurer’s Binder, 1986-2001 (2) 

1

57

Treasurer’s Binder, 2006-2007 (1) 

1

58

Treasurer’s Binder, 2006-2007 (2) 

1

59

Treasurer’s Binder, 2007-20008 (1) 

1

60

Treasurer’s Binder, 2007-20008 (2) 

1

61

Treasurer’s Report, 1954-1967 

2

1

Treasurer’s Report, 1967-1987 

2

2

Treasurer’s Report, 1979-1986 

2

3

Treasurer’s Report, 1980-1987 

2

4

Treasurer’s Report, 1999-2000 

2

5

Treasurer’s Report, 2000-2001 

2

6

Treasurer’s Report, 2000-2005 

2

7

Treasurer’s Report, 2004-2005 

2

8

Treasurer’s Report, 2005-2006 

2

9

Treasurer’s Report, 2006-2007 

2

10

Treasurer’s Report, 2007-2008 

2

11

Treasurer’s Report, 2008-2009 

2

12

FOCUS, 2009 

2

13

Frankly Speaking: An Appeal, 2010 

2

14

Gifts Committee, 2005-2006 

2

15

Guideline Revision, 2010-2011 

2

16

History 

2001-2002 

2

17

2007-2009 

2

18

Holiday Tea, 2010 

2

19

Hospitality, 1988-1989 

2

20

Knitwits, 2007-2009 

2

21

Long-range Planning, 2007-2008 

2

22

Mailouts, 1978-1980 

2

23

Meetings 

Agendas, 2009-2010 

2

24

Agendas, 2010-2011 

2

25

Agendas / Minutes, 2006-2007 

2

26

Agendas / Minutes, 2007-2008 

2

27

Agendas / Minutes, 2008-2009 

2

28

Minutes, 1956-1967 

2

29

Minutes, 1957 

2

30

Minutes, 1958 

2

31

Minutes, 1958-1962 

2

32

Minutes, 1959 

2

33

Minutes, 1959-1961 

2

34

Minutes, 1968-1970 

2

35

Minutes, 1970-1971 

2

36

Minutes, 1981-1984 

2

37

Minutes, 1982 

2

38

Minutes, 1985-1987 

2

39

Minutes, 1987-1988 

2

40

Minutes, 1990-1991 

2

41

Minutes, 1999-2000 

2

42

Minutes, 2000-2001 

2

43

Minutes, 2002-2004 

2

44

Minutes, 2004-2005 

2

45

Minutes, 2005-2006 

2

46

Minutes, 2009-2010 

2

47

Minutes, 2010 

2

48

Minutes, 2010-2011 

2

49

Membership 

Directory, 1963-1969 

2

50

Directory, 1971-1980 

2

51

Directory, 1980-1989 

2

52

Directory, 1996-1998 

2

53

Directory, 2005-2007 

3

1

Directory, 2007-2008 

3

2

Directory, 2008-2009 

3

3

Directory, 2009-2010 

3

4

Invitation, 1972 

3

5

Letters, 2007-2008 

3

6

Letters, 2009-2010 

3

7

List, 1958-1962 

6

1

List, 1964-1965 

6

2

Reports, 1973-1978 

3

8

Reports, 1983-1991 

3

9

Reports, 2006-2007 

3

10

Nearly New Shop 

1957-1964 

3

11

1962 

3

12

2004-2005 

3

13

2005-2006 

3

14

2007-2008 

3

15

2009 

3

16

Newsletter 

1959-1964 

3

17

1965-1967 

3

18

1970-1982 

3

19

1999-2000 

3

20

2005-2006 

3

21

2007-2008 

3

22

2009-2010 

3

23

Occupational Therapy Material, n.d. 

3

24

Pet Therapy and Rehab Supplies, 2009 

3

25

Pet Therapy Fundraiser, 2009 

3

26

Photoalbum, 1999-2001 

7

3

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2008-2009 

3

27

Piersol Freedom Flyer Newsletter #1, n.d. 

3

28

Policy and Procedure Manual Draft, 2001-2002 

3

29

President End of Year Summary, 2010 

3

30

President’s Guidelines, 2008-2009 

3

31

President’s Journal 

1962-1968 

3

32

1964-1965 

3

33

1967-1968 

3

34

1968-1970 

3

35

1969-1971 

3

36

1971-1972 

3

37

1972-1973 (1) 

3

38

1972-1973 (2) 

3

39

1973-1974 

3

40

1974-1982 (1) 

3

41

1974-1982 (2) 

3

42

1975-1979 (1) 

3

43

1975-1979 (2) 

3

44

1976-1977 (1) 

4

1

1976-1977 (2) 

4

2

1978-1979 

4

3

1979-1980 

4

4

1980-1981 

4

5

1982-1983 

4

6

1983-1984 

4

7

1988-1989 

4

8

1989-1990 

4

9

1997-1998 

4

10

Summary, 2000-2001 

4

11

Summary, 2001-2002 

4

12

Summary, 2005-2006 

4

13

Program Committee, 1989 

4

14

Programs 

1954-1966 

4

15

1999-2000 

4

16

2004-2005 

4

17

2005-2006 

4

18

2006-2007 

4

19

2007-2008 

4

20

2008-2009 

4

21

Guest Book, 1975-1980 

4

22

Invitations, 1960 

4

23

Proposals, 1991 

4

24

Public Relations, 2003 

4

25

Publications, 1975-1976 

4

26

Publicity, 1960 

4

27

Publicity, 2008-2010 

4

28

Publicity Committee, 1961-1977 

4

29

Recording Secretary’s Report, 1988-1989 

4

30

Records 

1955-1956 

4

31

1962-1963 

4

32

1963-1964 

4

33

1964-1965 

4

34

1965-1966 

4

35

1966-1967 

4

36

1967-1968 

4

37

1968-1969 

4

38

1975-1976 

4

39

1976-1977 

4

40

1982-1985 

5

1

1991 

5

2

1992-2011 (1) 

5

3

1992-2011 (2) 

5

4

1992-2011 (3) 

5

5

1994-1995 

5

6

1995-1996 

5

7

2010-2011 

5

8

Recreational Therapy Account, 2005 

5

9

Rehabilitation Committee 

1968-1971 

5

10

1969-1971 

5

11

1971-1975 

5

12

1972-1973 

5

13

1977-1981 

5

14

1978 

5

15

1982-1983 

5

16

1983 

5

17

Annual Reports, 1976-1981 

5

18

Floorplans, 1968-1971 

6

3

Floorplans, 1969-1970 

6

4

Rebuilding Correspondence, 1979-1981 (1) 

5

19

Rebuilding Correspondence, 1979-1981 (2) 

5

20

Rennovation of Occupational Therapy, 1971 

5

21

Reports, 1989-1990 

5

22

Reports, 1999-2000 

5

23

Reports, 2004-2005 

5

24

Reports, 2005-2006 

5

25

Reports, 2007-2008 

5

26

William Sklaroff Design Associates, 1975 

5

27

Robert’s Rules of Order, Revised, 1915 

5

28

Scrapbook 

1953-1965 

7

1

Publicity, 1953-1962 

7

2

Social Events, 2010 

5

29

Stationary, n.d. 

5

30

Thompson, Maria, 2009-2010 

5

31

Website, 2010 

5

32

Welcome Packet Letters, 2006-2009 

5

33

Welcome Party 

1974-1984 

5

34

1985-1989 

5

35