Records of the Section on Public Health, Preventive, and Industrial Medicine of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia II
Collection
Identifier: CPP 12/002-03
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence of the clerks of the
Section on Public Health, Preventive and Industrial Medicine
of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1967-1971,
along with bank account statements and a check register,
showing the financial situation and transactions of the
Section. The correspondence, from clerks Samuel R. Moore,
Jr., and Judith S. Mausner, describes the activities of the
Section, the transition from one clerk to the next, and the
reasons for the discontinuance of the Section in 1971.
Included are annual reports of the Section for 1967 and 1969
and Judith S. Mausner's report, 23 February 1970, on the
Section's proposed discontinuance.
Dates
- 1967 - 1971
Creator
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Public Health, Preventive, and Industrial Medicine (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
The Section on Industrial Medicine and Public Health was
established by the Council and President of the College of
Physicians of Philadelphia on 4 April 1917, at the request
of thirty Fellows, including John B. Deaver, G, E. De
Schweinitz, William W. Keen, John B. Roberts, and Alfred
Stengel. The work of the Section was purely scientific and
intended to present programs on matters of public and
industrial health concerns,
In 1923, the name of the Section was changed to the Section
on Public Health and Industrial Medicine; in 1935 or 1936, a
more inclusive name, the Section on Public Health,
Preventive and Industrial Medicine, was adopted. Due to
declining membership, the Section was disbanded in February
1971.
Extent
.2 Linear feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
This collection of records of the Section on Public Health,
Preventive and Industrial Medicine were donated to the
College of Physicians of Philadelphia by Judith S. Mausner,
last clerk of the Section, on 18 September 1974.
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1991.
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1991.
- Title
- Records of the Section on Public Health, Preventive, and Industrial Medicine of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia II
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
