Summary Information
- Prepared by
- Joseph – James Ahern
- Preparation date
- September 2015
- Date [bulk]
- Bulk, 1881-1922
- Date [inclusive]
- 1881-1955
- Extent
- 21.5 Cubic feet
PROVENANCE
The Medico-Chirurgical College and Hospital of Philadelphia Records were transferred to the University Archives in various accessions between 1968 and 2015. This includes 1968 May 19 (Accession 68/28), 1971 July 14, 1972 October 30 (Accession 70/72), 1973 February 27, 1981 December 14, and 2015 May 26 (Accession 2015: 018).
ARRANGEMENT
The Medico-Chirurgical College and Hospital Records are organized into three series: Correspondence, General, Financial Records, Student Records, and Hospital. The Correspondence series is further organized into three subseries: Bursar, Dean and General. All series and subseries are arranged alphabetically.
AGENCY HISTORY
The Medico-Chirurgical College had its origins in 1848 as the Medico-Chirurgical Society, which received a charter from Pennsylvania similar to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The charter was amended in 1867 to transform the society into a medical college authorized to confer degrees. It would not be until 1881 that Dr. George P. Oliver, who had been a member of the old society and held title to the new charter, organized a faculty to hold classes. Space for the new school was secured in the second floor of a bank on the south west corner of Broad and Market Streets. Around 1886 Medico-Chirurgical College absorbed the Philadelphia Dental College and the Philadelphia School of Anatomy and moved to new accommodations on the north side of Cherry Street between 17th and 18th Streets. In 1891 the College opened a hospital in the same location. In 1916 Medico-Chirurgical College’s Department of Medicine and the Department of Dentistry merged with the University of Pennsylvania. The Department of Medicine became part of a new graduate school known officially until 1958 as Medico-Chirurgical College and Hospital Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. The Department of Dentistry was absorbed into the University’s School of Dentistry. The College’s buildings were demolished in 1918 to make way for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Medico-Chirurgical College and Hospital of Philadelphia Records consist mainly of administrative and financial records for the College and Hospital from the late nineteenth through to it’s merger with the University of Pennsylvania in 1916. Most of the records originated in the Bursar’s Office at Medico-Chi, and were transferred to the Comptroller’s Office at the University of Pennsylvania during the merger. The Student Records contain information on some classes, applicants credentials, examinations, matriculation books. The series does not contain files on individual students. The Hospital Records are primarily administrative and financial in nature. There are two random patient record ledgers for 1914 and 1919.
Additional collections related to Medico-Chirurgical include the James Morton Boice Scrapbook (UPT 50 B678), the Robert Hodgson Nones Papers (UPT 50 N799), Office of the Treasurer University Real Estate Title Papers, 1761 – 2006 (UPH 500), and General Administration Records, 1820 – 1930 (UPA 3)
Controlled Access Headings
- Corporate Name(s)
- Medico-Chirurgical College (Philadelphia, Pa.). Department of Dentistry.
- Subject(s)
- Hospitals–Pennsylvania–Philadelphia.
- University hospitals–Administration.
Inventory
|
Correspondence |
Box |
Folder |
|
|
Bursar |
|||
|
A 1910-1913 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
A – B 1914-1915 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
A – B 1915-1916 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
A – C (1) 1916 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
A – C (2) 1916 |
1 |
5 |
|
|
A – E 1915 |
1 |
6 |
|
|
A – E 1916-1917 |
1 |
7 |
|
|
B 1910-1914 |
1 |
8 |
|
|
Board of Trustees 1913-1915 |
1 |
9 |
|
|
C 1910-1913 |
1 |
10 |
|
|
C – D 1915 |
1 |
11 |
|
|
C – F 1913-1915 |
1 |
12 |
|
|
Carruth, John G. 1910-1914 |
1 |
13 |
|
|
Carruth, John G. 1913-1914 |
1 |
14 |
|
|
College Finance Committee 1910-1913 |
1 |
15 |
|
|
College Finance Committee 1915 |
1 |
16 |
|
|
D – F 1910-1913 |
1 |
17 |
|
|
D – G 1916 |
1 |
18 |
|
|
D – K 1916-1917 |
1 |
19 |
|
|
E – G 1915-1916 |
1 |
20 |
|
|
F – L 1915 |
1 |
21 |
|
|
F – P 1916-1917 |
1 |
22 |
|
|
Financial 1915-1916 |
1 |
23 |
|
|
G – H 1910-1913 |
1 |
24 |
|
|
G – I 1910-1915 |
1 |
25 |
|
|
H – L 1913, 1915 |
1 |
26 |
|
|
H – M 1916-1917 |
1 |
27 |
|
|
I – K 1910-1913 |
1 |
28 |
|
|
J – M 1912-1914 |
1 |
29 |
|
|
L – M 1910-1914 |
1 |
30 |
|
|
L – M 1916-1917 |
1 |
31 |
|
|
M – O 1915 |
1 |
32 |
|
|
M – R 1915 |
1 |
33 |
|
|
N – P 1910-1913 |
1 |
34 |
|
|
N – Z 1913-1915 |
1 |
35 |
|
|
P – R 1915-1916 |
1 |
36 |
|
|
P – S 1916 |
1 |
37 |
|
|
Q – Z 1916 |
1 |
38 |
|
|
R – T 1910-1913 |
1 |
39 |
|
|
R – W 1916-1917 |
1 |
40 |
|
|
S 1915-1916 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
S – Z 1915 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Scholarships 1913-1915 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
T – W 1916 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
T – Z 1915-1916 |
2 |
5 |
|
|
Trust Funds 1907 |
2 |
6 |
|
|
U – Z 1910-1913 |
2 |
7 |
|
|
Unaddressed 1910-1912 |
2 |
8 |
|
|
University of Pennsylvania (1) 1916-1917 |
2 |
9 |
|
|
University of Pennsylvania (2) 1916-1917 |
2 |
10 |
|
|
Dean |
|||
|
Alumni |
|
|
|
|
A 1948 |
2 |
11 |
|
|
B 1948-1953 |
2 |
12 |
|
|
C 1948, 1953 |
2 |
13 |
|
|
D 1950-1952 |
2 |
14 |
|
|
E 1954 |
2 |
15 |
|
|
G 1951 |
2 |
16 |
|
|
H 1948-1949 |
2 |
17 |
|
|
I 1954 |
2 |
18 |
|
|
J 1951 |
2 |
19 |
|
|
L 1949 |
2 |
20 |
|
|
P 1951, 1954 |
2 |
21 |
|
|
S 1908, 1949-1951 |
2 |
22 |
|
|
T 1949 |
2 |
23 |
|
|
V 1948 |
2 |
24 |
|
|
W 1948 |
2 |
25 |
|
|
Board of Trustees 1915-1916 |
2 |
26 |
|
|
External |
|
|
|
|
A 1915-1916 |
2 |
27 |
|
|
A 1916-1917 |
2 |
28 |
|
|
B (1) 1915-1916 |
2 |
29 |
|
|
B (2) 1915-1916 |
2 |
30 |
|
|
B (3) 1915-1916 |
2 |
31 |
|
|
B (4) 1915-1916 |
2 |
32 |
|
|
C (1) 1915-1917 |
2 |
33 |
|
|
C (2) 1915-1917 |
2 |
34 |
|
|
D 1915-1917 |
2 |
35 |
|
|
E 1915-1917 |
2 |
36 |
|
|
F 1915-1917 |
2 |
37 |
|
|
G (1) 1915-1917 |
2 |
38 |
|
|
G (2) 1915-1917 |
2 |
39 |
|
|
H (1) 1915-1917 |
2 |
40 |
|
|
H (2) 1915-1917 |
2 |
41 |
|
|
I 1915-1917 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
J 1915-1917 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
K 1915-1917 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
L (1) 1915-1917 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
L (2) 1915-1917 |
3 |
5 |
|
|
M 1903-1917 |
3 |
6 |
|
|
M (1) 1914-1917 |
3 |
7 |
|
|
M (2) 1914-1917 |
3 |
8 |
|
|
M (3) 1914-1917 |
3 |
9 |
|
|
N 1915-1916 |
3 |
10 |
|
|
O 1915-1917 |
3 |
11 |
|
|
P 1915-1917 |
3 |
12 |
|
|
Q 1916-1917 |
3 |
13 |
|
|
R 1915-1917 |
3 |
14 |
|
|
S (1) 1915-1916 |
3 |
15 |
|
|
S (2) 1915-1916 |
3 |
16 |
|
|
S (3) 1915-1916 |
3 |
17 |
|
|
S 1915-1917 |
3 |
18 |
|
|
T – V 1915-1917 |
3 |
19 |
|
|
W 1915-1917 |
3 |
20 |
|
|
W – Z 1915-1916 |
3 |
21 |
|
|
Faculty Resolutions 1902-1914 |
3 |
22 |
|
|
Internal |
|
|
|
|
A 1905-1916 |
3 |
23 |
|
|
B – C 1905-1916 |
3 |
24 |
|
|
Calhoun, James R. 1903, 1906 |
3 |
25 |
|
|
Carruth, John G. 1906-1914 |
3 |
26 |
|
|
Daland, Judson 1905-1916 |
3 |
27 |
|
|
E 1905-1916 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
F 1905-1916 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
G 1905-1916 |
4 |
3 |
|
|
G 1906-1915 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
H 1902-1907 |
4 |
5 |
|
|
H 1906-1915 |
4 |
6 |
|
|
H 1907-1911 |
4 |
7 |
|
|
H 1911-1917 |
4 |
8 |
|
|
J 1905-1916 |
4 |
9 |
|
|
K 1914, 1916 |
4 |
10 |
|
|
L 1906-1916 |
4 |
11 |
|
|
M 1905-1917 |
4 |
12 |
|
|
Ott, Isaac 1906-1915 |
4 |
13 |
|
|
P 1905-1916 |
4 |
14 |
|
|
Paxson, Henry D. 1901-1910 |
4 |
15 |
|
|
Pepper, William 1916-1917 |
4 |
16 |
|
|
R 1907-1916 |
4 |
17 |
|
|
S 1905-1916 |
4 |
18 |
|
|
Thomas, W. H. 1914 July 7 |
4 |
19 |
|
|
U 1916 |
4 |
20 |
|
|
Unsorted 1910-1915 |
4 |
21 |
|
|
Vanderkleed, Chas. E. 1912 October 31 |
4 |
22 |
|
|
W 1907-1915 |
4 |
23 |
|
|
Walton, Henry F. 1905-1914 |
4 |
24 |
|
|
Prospective Students 1915 September – November |
4 |
25 |
|
|
Prospective Students 1915 December |
4 |
26 |
|
|
Prospective Students 1916 January |
4 |
27 |
|
|
Prospective Students 1916 April – May |
4 |
28 |
|
|
General |
|||
|
Board of Trustees 1906-1911 |
4 |
29 |
|
|
Board of Trustees 1915 |
4 |
30 |
|
|
Board of Trustees Letter Book 1907-1910 |
5 |
|
|
|
Financial 1914-1915 |
4 |
31 |
|
|
Laboratory Assistant Requests 1915 |
4 |
32 |
|
|
Medical Faculty 1912-1913 |
4 |
33 |
|
|
Meeker, George H. |
|
|
|
|
1903-1914 |
4 |
34 |
|
|
1906-1914 |
4 |
35 |
|
|
1907-1912 |
4 |
36 |
|
|
1908-1914 |
4 |
37 |
|
|
1910-1916 |
4 |
38 |
|
|
1914-1918 |
4 |
39 |
|
|
Trost Case 1912 |
4 |
40 |
|
|
Scholarships 1915 |
6 |
1 |
|
|
Student Verification 1915 |
6 |
2 |
|
|
General |
Box |
Folder |
|
|
Admission Tickets 1887-1897 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
Alumni Association Merger 1916 |
6 |
4 |
|
|
Board of Trustees Minute Book 1888-1897 |
6 |
5 |
|
|
Board of Trustees Minute Book 1897-1903 |
6 |
6 |
|
|
Board of Trustees Minute Book 1903-1914 |
7 |
|
|
|
Board of Trustees Minute Book 1915-1916 |
8 |
|
|
|
Building Committee Minutes 1911 |
6 |
7 |
|
|
Class Day Program 1897 |
6 |
8 |
|
|
Class Day Program 1904 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
Commencement 1881-1910 |
6 |
10 |
|
|
Court’s Degree on Merger 1916 |
6 |
11 |
|
|
Daland, Judson Publications 1906-1917 |
6 |
12 |
|
|
Department of Dentistry Announcements 1897 – 1902, 1904 |
6 |
13 |
|
|
Department of Dentistry Announcements 1911, 1914 – 1915 |
6 |
14 |
|
|
Department of Dentistry Commencement Programs 1908, 1910, 1912-1913 |
6 |
15 |
|
|
Department of Dentistry Faculty Minute Book 1906-1914 |
6 |
16 |
|
|
Department of Dentistry Faculty Minute Book 1915 |
6 |
17 |
|
|
Exam Question Cards n.d. |
6 |
18 |
|
|
Faculty Meeting Minutes 1906, 1912 |
6 |
19 |
|
|
Faculty Meeting Minutes 1908-1915 |
20 |
|
|
|
Faculty Meeting Minutes [loose material] 1908-1915 |
20 |
1 |
|
|
Faculty Meeting Minutes 1918 |
6 |
20 |
|
|
Faculty Minute Book 1881-1886 |
6 |
21 |
|
|
Faculty Minute Book 1890-1908 |
9 |
1 |
|
|
Faculty Position Recommendations 1917 |
6 |
22 |
|
|
For the Harvey Company, Determination of Nitroglycerine in Medicinal Preparations (with George H. Meeker correspondence) 1913 |
6 |
23 |
|
|
Institutional Printing Samples and Letter Book 1911-1912 |
9 |
2 |
|
|
Leather Emblem n.d. |
6 |
24 |
|
|
Medical School Merger Newspaper Clippings 1916 |
6 |
25 |
|
|
Pershing, John at University Day photograph 1922 |
6 |
26 |
|
|
Phi Rho Sigma – Tri Chapter Smoker 1910 March 2 |
6 |
27 |
|
|
Scholarship Report from Session 1910-11 to Session 1914-15 1915 January 23 |
6 |
28 |
|
|
Summer School 1913 |
6 |
39 |
|
|
University of Pennsylvania Medical Department Society of Alumni 1893-1901 |
6 |
40 |
|
|
YMCA Medico Chi Questions for Weekly Discussion n.d. |
6 |
41 |
|
|
Financial Records |
Box |
Folder |
|
|
Accounts Book Index n.d. |
33 |
|
|
|
Accounts Payable 1915 |
6 |
42 |
|
|
Agreements 1907-1908 |
6 |
43 |
|
|
Archibald MacTavish 1913-1915 |
6 |
44 |
|
|
Breakage Fees October 9 – January 11 |
6 |
45 |
|
|
Cash Book |
|
|
|
|
1896-1899 |
6 |
46 |
|
|
1898-1905 |
10 |
1 |
|
|
1899-1905 |
10 |
2 |
|
|
1905-1908 |
10 |
3 |
|
|
1905 September 1 – November 28 |
10 |
4 |
|
|
Charges to Students 1905-1911 |
31 |
|
|
|
Checks and Receipts 1912 |
10 |
5 |
|
|
College Club Agreements 1907, 1914 |
10 |
6 |
|
|
College Club Daily Report 1915-1916 |
38 |
|
|
|
College Club Expense Reports 1913-1916 |
10 |
7 |
|
|
College Club Expenses 1915 |
10 |
8 |
|
|
College Club Fees 1914-1915 |
10 |
9 |
|
|
College Club Ledger 1911-1914 |
10 |
10 |
|
|
College Club Weekly Pay Roll 1907-1908 |
10 |
11 |
|
|
College Journal 1905-1911 |
10 |
12 |
|
|
Cost of Distributing Catalogues 1900-1906 |
10 |
13 |
|
|
Department of Pharmacy – Drugs Inventory 1916 |
11 |
1 |
|
|
Department of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Laboratories 1905, 1910 |
11 |
2 |
|
|
Departments Financial Reports 1908 |
11 |
3 |
|
|
Distribution of Expenses 1919 March 31 – May 31 |
36 |
|
|
|
Expenses 1906-1911 |
33 |
|
|
|
Insurance Policy 1905-1914 |
11 |
4 |
|
|
Inventory of Physical Apparatus ca. 1907 |
11 |
5 |
|
|
Journal 1898-1899 |
12 |
1 |
|
|
Journal 1898-1905 |
12 |
2 |
|
|
Kitchen and Cafe Renovations 1907 |
11 |
6 |
|
|
Ledger |
|
|
|
|
1898-1899 |
13 |
1 |
|
|
1898-1901 |
13 |
2 |
|
|
1898-1905 |
11 |
7 |
|
|
1901-1905 |
14 |
|
|
|
1907-1909 |
11 |
8 |
|
|
1906-1907 |
35 |
|
|
|
1901-1905 |
27 |
|
|
|
Ledger A 1898-1899 |
28 |
|
|
|
Memorandum Note Book [mostly blank] 1903 February – September |
11 |
9 |
|
|
Miscellaneous 1913 |
11 |
10 |
|
|
Notices of Payment 1902-1913 |
11 |
11 |
|
|
Payments 1916 |
11 |
12 |
|
|
Private Cash Book 1888-1916 |
15 |
|
|
|
Professors’ Attendance Book 1902-1903 |
11 |
13 |
|
|
Professors’ Salaries 1906 |
11 |
14 |
|
|
Promissory Notes 1916 |
11 |
15 |
|
|
Purchases and Expenses 1905-1911 |
39 |
|
|
|
Receipts 1908 |
11 |
16 |
|
|
Receipts 1914-1915 |
11 |
17 |
|
|
Reduction in Tuition Fees Granted Students 1896 June 1 – ? |
11 |
18 |
|
|
Stenographer’s Notebook 1909 |
11 |
19 |
|
|
Treasurer’s Account Alumni Association 1882-1927 |
11 |
20 |
|
|
Treasurer’s Report 1904-1906 |
11 |
21 |
|
|
Treasurer’s Report 1912-1915 |
11 |
22 |
|
|
Student Records |
Box |
Folder |
|
|
Censor’s Cards Correspondence 1903-1905 |
16 |
1 |
|
|
Certificate of Medical Preliminary Examination 1904 |
16 |
2 |
|
|
Class Notices 1909-1910 |
16 |
3 |
|
|
Class Schedules 1907-1912 |
16 |
4 |
|
|
Coming Hospital Examination Dates n.d. |
16 |
5 |
|
|
Credentials |
|
|
|
|
A 1901-1915 |
16 |
6 |
|
|
B 1900-1955 |
16 |
7 |
|
|
C 1896-1915 |
16 |
8 |
|
|
D 1900-1913 |
16 |
9 |
|
|
E 1900-1912 |
16 |
10 |
|
|
F 1896-1915 |
16 |
11 |
|
|
G 1899-1915 |
16 |
12 |
|
|
H 1903-1915 |
16 |
13 |
|
|
I 1915 |
16 |
14 |
|
|
J 1901-1909 |
16 |
15 |
|
|
K 1901-1915 |
16 |
16 |
|
|
L 1898-1909 |
16 |
17 |
|
|
M (1) 1896-1915 |
16 |
18 |
|
|
M (2) 1896-1915 |
16 |
19 |
|
|
N 1902-1915 |
16 |
20 |
|
|
O 1904-1906 |
16 |
21 |
|
|
P 1898-1911 |
16 |
22 |
|
|
Q 1898, 1902 |
16 |
23 |
|
|
R (1) 1896-1915 |
17 |
1 |
|
|
R (2) 1896-1915 |
17 |
2 |
|
|
S (1) 1898-1915 |
17 |
3 |
|
|
S (2) 1898-1915 |
17 |
4 |
|
|
S (3) 1898-1915 |
17 |
5 |
|
|
T 1898-1915 |
17 |
6 |
|
|
U 1903, 1915 |
17 |
7 |
|
|
V 1906, 1908 |
17 |
8 |
|
|
W 1898-1914 |
17 |
9 |
|
|
Y 1904-1915 |
17 |
10 |
|
|
Z 1903-1915 |
17 |
11 |
|
|
[unprocessed] |
18 |
|
|
|
[unprocessed] |
19 |
|
|
|
Department of Dentistry Matriculation Book 1897-1916 |
32 |
|
|
|
Entrance Requirements 1905 |
17 |
12 |
|
|
Examinations 1888-1901 |
34 |
|
|
|
Grade Book by Class 1910-1915 |
26 |
|
|
|
Grades and Matriculation Book 1915-1920 |
26 |
|
|
|
Grades Freshman and Premedical 1914-1915 |
17 |
13 |
|
|
Grades Junior Class 1914-1915 |
17 |
14 |
|
|
Grades Junior Class 1915-1916 |
17 |
15 |
|
|
Grades Record of Session 1910-1911 |
17 |
16 |
|
|
Grades Record of Session 1913-1914 |
17 |
17 |
|
|
Grades Sophomore Class 1914-1915 |
17 |
18 |
|
|
Index Cards Alphabetical 1883-1916 |
26 |
|
|
|
Index Cards by Class 1883-1916 |
26 |
|
|
|
Letters of Moral Character 1905 |
17 |
19 |
|
|
Matriculation Book 1881-1901 |
37 |
|
|
|
Matriculation Book 1902-1910 |
30 |
|
|
|
Matriculation Book 1910-1916 |
29 |
|
|
|
Matriculation Book 1916-1920 |
26 |
|
|
|
Medical Department Fourth Year Schedule 1903-1904 |
17 |
20 |
|
|
Miscellaneous 1915-1920 |
17 |
21 |
|
|
Opening Exercises 1913 |
17 |
22 |
|
|
Philadelphia Board of Public Education 1904-1906 |
17 |
23 |
|
|
Publications 1905 |
17 |
24 |
|
|
Recruitment Letters 1903-1905 |
17 |
25 |
|
|
Requirements and Examinations 1903 |
17 |
26 |
|
|
Senior Medical Class 1908-1909 |
17 |
27 |
|
|
Student Addresses (1) n.d. |
17 |
28 |
|
|
Student Addresses (2) n.d. |
17 |
29 |
|
|
Student Addresses (3) n.d. |
17 |
30 |
|
|
Student Without Credentials 1910 |
17 |
31 |
|
|
Hospital |
Box |
Folder |
|
|
Board of Trustees Building Committee Minutes 1906-1910 |
21 |
1 |
|
|
Board of Trustees Letter Book 1907-1917 |
22 |
|
|
|
Cash Book 1899-1900 |
21 |
2 |
|
|
Executive Committee n.d. |
21 |
3 |
|
|
First Annual Report of the Social Service Bureau of the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital 1913 |
21 |
4 |
|
|
Minute Book 1895-1903 |
21 |
5 |
|
|
Minute Book 1903-1914 |
23 |
|
|
|
Minute Book 1915-1917 |
21 |
6 |
|
|
Patient Case Book 1914 |
24 |
|
|
|
Patient Case Book 1919 |
25 |
|
|