Letters received, 1884-1932 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Collection contains letters received, 1884-1932, by Charles Perry Fisher, Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Occasional drafts of replies included. Letters concern acquisition, through donation, purchase, or exchange, of books, pamphlets, journals, reprints, incunabula, manuscript material, photographs, bookplates, medals, and oil paintings. Includes letters concerning medical library policies and procedures; organization of Medical Library Association; requests for circulating books and periodicals; and internal College and Library administrative matters. Principal correspondents are physicians and medical librarians, including: Edwin H. Brigham, Harvey Cushing, J.M. Da Costa, G.E. De Schweinitz, W.A. Newman Dorland, Fielding H. Garrison, Frederick P. Henry, William W. Keen, E.B. Krumbhaar, J. Ewing Mears, S. Weir Mitchell, Sir William Osler, John Ruhräh, and William J. Taylor