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Title: [Girls High School class of 1900]
Description: Class portrait, including African American students, posed before the school at 17th and Spring Garden streets. The students sit on the front steps of the school and stand along the sides and at the top. Some hold and display personal mementoes. Established in 1848, the high school, located at Spring Garden from 1876 to 1958, was the first municipally funded secondary school for girls in the United States. The school relocated to 1400 West Olney Street in 1958., Right corner missing., Photographer's imprint ink stamped on verso., Title supplied by cataloger., Purchase 1991., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Broadbent Company, photographer
Date: [1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *group portrait photographs - education [P.9359]

Title: Class of '78, University of Pennsylvania
Description: Group portrait of male students, attired in suits and most with hats and canes, including an African American man, posed on the steps of College Hall. According to the University's history, the first African American student matriculated in 1879., Title from mount., Manuscript note on verso: Prichett. Probably, Thomas Barclay Prichett, University of Pennsylvania, class of 1878., Purchase 1980., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Suddards & Fennemore, a partnership between Philadelphia photographers William L. Suddards and George H. Fennemore from around 1870 until 1879, specialized in portraiture.
Creator: Suddards & Fennemore, photographer
Date: [1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *group portrait photographs - education [P.8612]

Title: Graduating class of June 19[24]. The McMichael School - Phila. PA
Description: Class portrait of students, including African American children, from the school at 36th Street and Fairmount Avenue named after Philadelphia mayor Morton McMichael. Six rows of children sit and stand, posed outside the school, which was organized in 1892 from students from the Belmont and Haverford schools., Title from item., Photographer's stamp on verso: Dan E. Paul Commercial Photography Bell Phone 2225 N. 2nd St. Phila, PA., Gift of Elizabeth MacGuire, 2002., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Paul, Dan E., photographer
Date: 1924
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department group portrait photographs - education - McMichael School [P.2002.35.1]

Title: The girl graduate: her own book
Description: Memory book compiled by Philadelphia High School for Girls student Mildred Davis Zaiser (later Cope) containing snapshot portraits with signatures and addresses of her classmates, including three African American students; prose and essays by her fellow students about their school experiences, teachers and classes; transcriptions of the class yell, motto, and commencement address; and class autographs and lists of class officers. Also contains an inserted snapshot photograph depicting four young well-dressed women in “Washington DC 5/9/14” (p. 31); snapshot photograph depicting history instructor “Miss Isabel W. Franklin” (p. 57); professional group portrait photograph showing the student members of “The Captain Ball Team of A prime 8” (a few of the girls hold a stuffed cat, a ball, and the school banners); anecdotal entries titled “Class Prophecy, And how it comes out” and “Class History”; tongue-in-cheek “Last Will and Testament” essay of student bequests to school instructors and departments; and a copy of the commencement announcement. “Miscellaneous” section contains several essays colloquially describing classes and written and signed by Zaiser’s fellow students, including ‘Physics Hour” written by Lucy Seiber (p. 169-171); “Mathematics Hour” written by Emily M. Woodward and Blanche Rostow (p. 172-177); “Drawing Hour” incomplete and unsigned (p. 178-179); “Physiology Hour” written by Marie Zaun (p. 181-184); “Gymnasium Hour” written by Della Martin (p. 185 -188); and “English Hour” written by Lillian Schivare (p. 189). Notes by Zaiser detailing the class flower and colors and her graduation gown and presents and the prose “Who’s Who in A8” written by Dorothy Noe (p 141-143) also comprise the manuscript content of the book. Captain ball is a game similar to basketball played on an area marked with six circles with the goal to pass the ball to the player in the end circle., Portrait sitters (p. 15-29) include: Rheba Luberoff, 1928 N. 7th St., Phila; Mary Olivell, 341 S. Lawrence St., Phila; Helen Mahoney, 1502 Hollywood St., Phila; Della Markie, 4118 Pechin St., Rox.; Minnie Mayerle, 2406 Sedgely St., Phila.; Minnie Mayerle, 2406 Sedgely St., Phila.; Della Markie, 4118 Pechin St., Rox.; Minnie Mayerle, 2406 Sedgely St., Phila.; Florence Martin, 1234 N. 54th St., W. Phila ;Lea Meisel, 630 N. 55th St., W. Phila.; Mattie Miller, 3859 Olive St., W. Phila. (African American student); Dorothy Noe, 3311 N. 17th St. [830 Windsor Square, Phila – crossed out in different hand]; Tillie Mellanoff, 634 Hoffman St., Phila.; Mary Patterson, House of Correction, Holmesburg; Helen Pechin, N.E. Cor. 20th St. and Columbia Ave., Phila.; Lillian Pollard, 5339 Lena St., Germantown; Helen Radcliffe, 801 E. Washington Lane [6213 Germantown Ave G’m’t – crossed out in different hand]; Blanche Rostow, 1222 N. 7th St., Phila; Marion Schurer, 1103 Fairmount Ave., Phila.; Lillian Schware, 1342 Poplar St., Phila.; Lucy Seiber, 7024 Second St. Pike, Lawndale, Phila.; Elva Smith, 2502 N. Garnet St., Phila.; Fannie Still (later Lloyd)(abolitionist William Still’s granddaughter), 1607 Bainbridge St., Phila.; Helen Taylor, Upsal and Sullivan Sts.; Esther Tittman, 419 Moore St., Phila; Arabella Turney, 2334 S. 17th St., Phila.; Rosalie Tutleman, 5230 N. Broad St., Phila.; Grace Wilhelm, 1524 Parker St., Phila.; Annie Wood, 762 N. Uber St., Phila. (African American student); Emily Woodward, 518 W. Venango St., Phila.; Mildred Davis Zaiser, 4548 Manayunk Ave., Rox.; Marie Zaun, 122 E. Gorgas Lane, Mt. Airy; and Alberta Goodwin, President of the Graduating Class, Feb. 1915., The portraits are bust-length and the sitters are posed in profile, facing forward, and looking down upon books. Most of the young women wear their hair long and swept back and up. Some wear their hair bobbed or with bangs. The attire of most of the students include white or patterned blouses and neckties and neckerchiefs. Some also wear necklaces and/or jackets or smocks or ribbon headbands., Book illustrated with art nouveau-style pictorial, border, and ornamental details depicting images of young women in flouncy dresses reading newspapers, holding brownie cameras, writing invitations and in a journal; views of desks and shelves containing objects associated with studying, school, and young women, including books, ink wells, candlesticks, a box of letters, and flowers; and borders and ornaments composed of rose and floral designs., Bound in limp olive suede with blind-embossed design and gilt titling on front cover. Cover stamped with design composed of book, quill pen, and a bough of greenery with banner., Title stamped in gilt on cover: The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book., Contains inscription: This book belongs to [Mildred Davis Zaiser]. Graduated from [The Philadelphia High School for Girls. 17th and Spring Garden Sts.] Inscription in art nouveau-style border shaped like a frame and composed of flowers and branches., Title page illustrated with art nouveau-style border composed of vinery, roses, and the bust of a young woman attired in a flouncy blouse and with a yellow ribbon in her hair., Table of Contents: Date. Flower. Colors 11; Class Yell. Motto 13; Class Photographs 15; Class Autographs 33; Class Officers 49; The Teachers 53; Class Prophecy 61; Her Invitations 75; The Programmes 83; Social Events 95; Press Notices 113; Her Gowns 125; The Presents 133; Jokes and Frolics 141; Baccalaureate Sermon 161; Miscellaneous 169., Several editions of "The Girl Graduate" with variant cover designs and a loose leaf version were published 1906-ca. 1927., Purchase 2015., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Mildred Zaiser Cope (1897-1981) was raised in a German section of Philadelphia and noted as the "German Dictionary" by her classmates at her graduation in 1915. She still lived with her parents in 1920 when she worked as a clerk for the Board of Education. By 1930 she had married William Cope and lived in Norwalk, Connecticut., Louise Perrett (b. 1878) was an illustrator who studied under Howard Pyle. She was also an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago circa 1920s. She partnered with Sarah K. Smith on several memory albums first published by Reilly and Britton Co. in the early 1900s. By 1940 she was an art teacher at the Elizabeth Peabody House in Boston.
Creator: Perrett, Louise, illustrator
Date: [ca. 1915]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2015.2]

Title: [Woodshop class at Philadelphia Orthopedic School, 22nd & Brown Streets]
Description: Depicts the young students, including African American boys, from the Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School at their desks with their woodworking tools. They are overseen by a man instructor on crutches at the back of the class in the left. The students sit in rows and look towards the viewer. In the right, girls sit around a table. Opened in 1936, the Public Works Administration funded school, named after the Philadelphia judge and health care reformer and his philanthropist wife, provided the students with medical care and a curriculum of humanities, arts, crafts, and drama., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inscribed on negative: No. 12220; 4-5-37., Manuscript note on verso: Phila. Orthopedic School, 22nd & Brown Sts., Forms part of Philadelphia Public Schools Photograph Collection., Gift of Mrs. Arthur Kushlan, 1980., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [April 5, 1937]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photos - unidentified - Education [P.8578.12]

Title: Daily Vacational Bible School #63
Description: Group portrait photograph depicting the African American Bible school, students and instructors, posed before a large brick residence, probably in Philadelphia. The students and men and women teachers sit and stand in five rows. In the right back row, two boys hold baseball bats., Title, date, and photographer's imprint inscribed in negative., Purchase 1989., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Paul, Dan E., photographer
Date: 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *group portrait photographs - education [P.9273.7]

Title: [Recess at Philadelphia Orthopedic School, 22nd & Brown Streets]
Description: Depicts the young students, including African American children, from the Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School at recess in the school's courtyard. The children, many in wheelchairs, with braces, or on crutches, are watched by several aides. Opened in 1936, the Public Works Administration funded school, named after the Philadelphia judge and his philanthropist wife, provided the students with medical care and a curriculum of humanities, arts, crafts, and drama., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inscribed on negative: No. 12217; 4-5-37., Manuscript note on verso: Phila Orthopedic School, 22nd & Brown Sts., Duplicate of P.8578.14., Forms part of Philadelphia Public Schools Photograph Collection., Gift of Mrs. Arthur Kushlan, 1980., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [April 5, 1937]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Education [P.8578.13]

Title: [Recess at Philadelphia Orthopedic School, 22nd & Brown Streets]
Description: Depicts the young students, including African American children, from the Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School at recess in the school's courtyard. The children, many in wheelchairs, with braces, or on crutches, are watched by several aides. Opened in 1936, the Public Works Administration funded school, named after the Philadelphia judge and his philanthropist wife, provided the students with medical care and a curriculum of humanities, arts, crafts, and drama., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inscribed on negative: No. 12217; 4-5-37., Manuscript note on verso: Phila. Orthopedic School, 22nd & Brown Sts., Duplicate of P.8578.13., Forms part of Philadelphia Public Schools Photograph Collection., Gift of Mrs. Arthur Kushlan, 1980., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [April 5, 1937]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photos - unidentified - Education [P.8578.14]

Title: [Music class at Philadelphia Orthopedic School, 22nd & Brown Streets]
Description: Depicts the young students, including African American children, from the Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School playing simple percussion instruments during a music lesson of the "Shoemakers Dance." In the left at the front of the classroom, a boy student acts as conductor, overseen by the teacher and woman piano accompanist. The students sit on the floor with their instruments. Along the wall are several students in wheelchairs. Opened in 1936, the Public Works Administration funded school, named after the Philadelphia judge and health care reformer and his philanthropist wife, provided the students with medical care and a curriculum of humanities, arts, crafts, and drama., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inscribed on negative: No. 12219; 4-5-37., Manuscript note on verso: Phila. Orthopedic School, 22nd & Brown Sts., Duplicate of P.8578.16., Gift of Mrs. Arthur Kushlan, 1980., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Forms part of Philadelphia Public Schools Photograph Collection., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [April 5, 1937]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Education [P.8578.15]

Title: [Music class at Philadelphia Orthopedic School, 22nd & Brown Streets]
Description: Depicts the young students, including African American children, from the Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School playing simple percussion instruments during a music lesson of the "Shoemakers Dance." In the left at the front of the classroom, a boy student acts as conductor, overseen by the teacher and woman piano accompanist. The students sit on the floor with their instruments. Along the wall are several students in wheelchairs. Opened in 1936, the Public Works Administration funded school, named after the Philadelphia judge and health care reformer and his philanthropist wife, provided the students with medical care and a curriculum of humanities, arts, crafts, and drama., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inscribed on negative: No. 12219; 4-5-37., Manuscript note on verso: Phila. Orthopedic School, 22nd & Brown Sts., Duplicate of P.8578.15., Gift of Mrs. Arthur Kushlan, 1980., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Forms part of Philadelphia Public Schools Photograph Collection., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [April 5, 1937]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Education [P.8578.16]

Title: [Group portrait photograph of fourteen African American nurses and nursing students outside of Dr. J. H. Mudgett’s Private Hospital and Training School for Nurses, 2030 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Group portrait depicts the women, including Helen Waller, posed in three rows on the steps outside the entryway to the hospital and training school. Five woman stand in a line in the top and bottom rows and four women stand in a line in the middle row. The women hold their arms to their sides or behind them and have plain expressions. The women in the bottom row wear white, ankle-length dresses with long sleeves and collars, white stockings, and white shoes with heels. They also wear nurses caps with the one of the woman in the middle trimmed with a thin black stripe along the edge, possibly “Miss Harris, super-intendant of the nurses.” The women in the upper rows wear white, long-sleeved shirts, white apron dresses, and nurses caps. The sign naming the hospital and school adorning the building is partially visible in the right. The figure who is Helen Waller, a 1919 graduate of the hospital is not known, but likely one of the women in the first row., Dr. J. H. Mudgett’s Private Hospital and Training School for Nurses was established by New Hampshire-born white (per census records) physician John H. Mudgett and chartered in 1919. Mudgett served as the medical director of surgery. In 1921, the school was one of a number of nursing schools advertised in the “Evening Public Ledger” as offering “Free Tuition, Board, Lodging, and a Nominal Fee” to be trained as a nurse. Mudgett, graduated Dartmouth Medical School in 1896 and resided in Philadelphia as a physician by circa 1905. By 1925, he was listed as only a physician with no listing for the training school. Mudgett, a member of the First African Baptist Church, died in 1945. At the time of his death he was in a multiracial marriage with Adeline Mudgett (1889-1958), a former dressmaker. His race on his death certificate had been altered from white to “colored.” Helen Waller (1897-1925) was one of the first nurse graduates of Mudgett’s Hospital in 1919. By 1924, she worked as a child hygiene nurse before her death in 1925 from tuberculosis., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from article about “Mudgett’s Hospital Has Its First Commencement,” Philadelphia Tribune, July 19, 1919., Name of photographer from photographer's stamp on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Helen Waller, 2020 Turner Street., See also complementary group portrait photographs - Education - M [P.2022.5.2 & 3].
Creator: Paul, Dan E., photographer
Date: [1919]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *group portrait photographs - education - Mudgett's Hospital [P.2022.5.1]

Title: [Collection of 19th-century matriculation tickets, lecture admission cards, schedule cards, and graduation tickets from various colleges of medicine and pharmacy.]
Description: Collection title devised by cataloger., 11501.F.1 Berkshire Medical Institution, Pittsfield, Mass.: [a] matriculation ticket for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by Alonzo Clark, Aug. 11, 1847 -- [b] admission to lectures on anatomy and physiology for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by B.R. Palmer, Aug. 1847 -- [c] admission to lectures on chemistry, botany, and natural philosophy for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by Chester Dewey, Aug. 5, 1847 -- [d] admission to lectures on general and special pathology for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by Alonzo Clark, Aug. 1847 -- [e] admission to lectures on materia medica, and medical jurisprudence for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by Abner H. Brown, Aug. 1847 -- [f] admission to lectures on principles and practice of surgery for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by Gilman Kimball, Aug. 1847 -- [g] admission to lectures on theory and practice of medicine and obstetrics for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by H.H. Childs, Aug. 1847., 11501.F.2 College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York: [a] matriculation ticket, no. 45, 1833-34, for Warren Thrall, signed by N.H. Dering, signed on verso by J.D. Jaques and A.C. Post -- [b] order of lectures for the 27th session, 1833-34 -- [c] admission to New York Hospital for Warren Thrall, signed by John Adams, Nov. 11, 1833; illustrated card engraved by Elkanah Tisdale -- [d] admission to lectures on anatomy & physiology by J. Augustine Smith, for Warren Thrall, no. 21, 1833-34 -- [e] admission to lectures on chemistry and botany by John Torrey, for Warren Thrall, no. 26, 1833-34; card engraved by Rawdon, Wright & Co. -- [f] admission to lectures on materia medica by John B. Beck, for Warren Thrall, 1833-34 -- [g] admission to lectures on medical jurisprudence by John B. Beck, for Warren Thrall, 1833-34; card engraved by Joseph Perkins -- [h] admission to lectures on obstetrics and the diseases of women & children by Edward Delafield, for Warren Thrall, 1833-34; card engraved by Peter Maverick -- [i] admission to lectures on principles and practice of surgery by Alexander H. Stevens, for Warren Thrall, 1833-34; card illustrated with unidentified portrait -- [j] admission to lectures on theory and practice of physic, and clinical medicine by Joseph Mather Smith, for Warren Thrall, 1833-34 -- [k] admission to lectures on principles and practice of surgery, and surgical anatomy by Willard Parker, for John Moneypenny, 1849-50., 11501.F.3 Columbia College (New York, N.Y.). College of Physicians and Surgeons: [a] admission to lectures on anatomy and physiology by Alexander Ramsay, for Henry U. Onderdonk, 1st course, no. 14, Nov. 21, 1807; illustrated card engraved by Francis Kearny -- [b] admission to lectures on anatomy and physiology by Alexander Ramsay, for Henry U. Onderdonk, 2nd course; illustrated card engraved by Francis Kearny -- [c] admission to lectures on chemistry by John Griscom, for Henry U. Onderdonk; card printed by Samuel Wood -- [d] admission to lectures on chemistry and legal medicine by James S. Stringham, for Henry U. Onderdonk, Nov. 17, 1807 -- [e] admission to lectures on medical jurisprudence by John Ordronaux, at Columbia College Law School, for Miss Sarah Kingsbury, 1860 -- [f] matriculation ticket for John Morgan M.D., Feb. 26, 1885., 11501.F.4 Female Medical College of Pennsylvania: [a] admission to lectures on chemistry & toxicology by Clinton Gillingham, for Rebecca L. Fussell, 1854-55 -- [b] admission to lectures on obstetrics and diseases of women and children by Sylvester Birdsell, for Rebecca L. Fussell, 1855-56 -- [c] admission to lectures on surgery by K.G. Thomas, for Rebecca L. Fussell, no. 14, Oct. 3, 1855 -- [d] admission to lectures on general and special anatomy by Edwin Fussell, for Rebecca L. Fussell, Oct. 1, 1856 -- [e] admission to lectures on materia medica and general therapeutics by Mark G. Ker, for Rebecca L. Fussell, 1856-57 -- [f] admission to lectures on practice of medicine by Ellwood Harvey, for Rebecca L. Fussell, 1856-57 -- [g] admission to lectures on principles and practice of surgery by Henry J. Brown, for Rebecca L. Fussell, 1856-57 -- [h] matriculation ticket for Rebecca L. Fussell, Nov. 1857, signed by Edwin Fussell -- [i] admission to lectures on physiology by Ann Preston, for Rebecca L. Fussell, no. 6, 1857-58 -- [j] admission to lectures on the principles and practice of medicine by Isaac Comly, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, for Jennie Stevenson, 20th session, Oct. 1869., 11501.F.5 Harvard Medical School: [a] admission to lectures on practical anatomy, for Henry Blanchard, Nov. 7, 1838 -- [b] admission to lectures on theory and practice of physic by John Ware, for Henry Blanchard, Nov. 7, 1838; card engraved by W.S. Pendleton and James Eddy -- [c] matriculation ticket for Henry Blanchard, Nov. 6, 1839, signed by Walter Channing -- [d] admission to lectures on materia medica by Edward H. Clarke, for George E. Stubbs, Nov. 1862 -- [e] third course ticket, admission to medical lectures, for George C. Shattuck, 1865; card engraved by John B. Bolton., 11501.F.6 Jefferson Medical College: [a] order of lectures, session of 1848-49 -- [b] admission to lectures on chemistry by Franklin Bache, for Henry Woddrop, Oct. 19, 1849 -- [c] admission to lectures on general, descriptive, and surgical anatomy by Joseph Pancoast, for Henry Woddrop, Nov. 1849 -- [d] admission to lectures on institutes of medicine &c. by Robley Dunglison, for Henry Woddrop, 1849-50 -- [e] admission to lectures on materia medica and general therapeutics by Robert M. Huston, for Henry Woddrop, Nov. 1849 -- [f] admission to lectures on midwifery & diseases of women & children by Charles D. Meigs, for Henry Woddrop, Oct. 1849 -- [g] matriculation ticket for Delavan Bloodgood M.D. U.S.N., signed by Robley Dunglison, Nov. 26, 1861 -- [h] Winter examination by Drs. Warder, McArthur, Leaman and Hatfield, 1871., 11501.F.7 Medical School of Maine: [a] admission to lectures on materia medica and therapeutics by William C. Robinson, for William B. Swasey, Feb. 1865 -- [b] admission to lectures on the theory and practice of medicine by Israel T. Dana, for William B. Swasey, Feb. 1865., 11501.F.8 New Hampshire Medical Institution: [a] admission to lectures on anatomy and physiology by E.R. Peaslee, for Joseph D. Nichols, Aug. 3, 1843 -- [b] admission to lectures on chemistry and pharmacy by Oliver P. Hubbard, for Joseph D. Nichols, Aug. 1843; card engraved by Daggett, Hinman & Co. -- [c] admission to lectures on surgery and obstetrics by Dixi Crosby, for Joseph D. Nichols, Aug. 3, 1843 -- [d] admission to lectures on the theory and practice of physic by Joseph Roby, for Joseph D. Nichols, Aug. 3, 1843 -- [e] Dartmouth. Graduating exercises of the Medical Department, 1877 Tuesday evening, Oct. 30th., 11501.F.9 New York Post-Graduate Medical School: [a] admission to the Department of Clinical Obstetrics, Prof. E.L. Partridge, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883; ink stamp on verso -- [b] admission to the Department of Diseases of the Eye and Ear, Prof. D.B. St. John Roosa, Associate Prof. W.O. Moore, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883; ink stamp on verso -- [c] admission to the Department of Diseases of the Throat, Prof. C. Wagner, Associate Prof. F. Whiting, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883, no. 13; ink stamp on verso -- [d] admission to the Department of Histological and Pathological Anatomy, Prof. T.E. Satterthwaite, Assoc. Prof. W.H. Porter, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883, no. 20; ink stamp on verso -- [e] admission to the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Mechanical Therapeutics, Prof. M. Josiah Roberts, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883; ink stamp on verso -- [f] admission to the Department of Physical Diagnosis, Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, Prof. T.W. Satterthwaite, Prof. A.H. Smith, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883; ink stamp on verso -- [9] admission to the Department of Applied Anatomy, Prof. A.L. Ranney, for John Morgan, May 6-June 24, 1884., 11501.F.10 Rutgers Medical College, New York, N.Y.: [a] admission to lectures on anatomy by John D. Godman, for Isaac M. Ward, 1826-27; illustrated card engraved by William Kneass -- [b] admission to lectures on chemistry by John Griscom, for Isaac M. Ward, 1826-27; illustrated card engraved by Peter Maverick -- [c] admission to lectures on obstetrics and forensic medicine by John W. Francis, for Isaac M. Ward, no. 62, 1826-27; illustrated card -- [d] admission to lectures on principles & practice of surgery by Valentine Mott, for Isaac M. Ward, 1826-27; illustrated card signed: Prud'homme sc. 1823 -- [e] admission to lectures on theory & practice of physic and clinical medicine by David Hosack, for Isaac M. Ward, no. 94, Nov. 6, 1826 -- [f] admission to lectures on therapeutics & materia medica by W.J. MacNeven, for Isaac M. Ward, no. 83, Nov. 1826 -- [g] matriculation ticket for William P. Vail, signed by Valentine Mott, no. 123, 1827-28., 11501.F.11 University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine: [a] admission to lectures on the institutes of medicine by Samuel Jackson, for Ephraim F. Leake, Nov. 8, 1843 -- [b] admission to lectures on practical anatomy by W.E. Horner and P.B. Goddard, for Ephraim F. Leake, Nov. 9, 1843; illustrated card has portrait of P.S. Physick engraved by Robert Tiller Jr. -- [c] Spring course of lectures and clinics, March 20 to June 17, 1871 -- [d] admission to lectures on the institutes of medicine by Francis G. Smith, for Charles M. Seltzer, 1876-77., 11501.F.12 University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine. Eugene A. Grove, session 1867-1868: [a] matriculation ticket, signed by R.E. Rogers, Oct. 21, 1867; engraved illustration of university buildings -- [b] admission to lectures on anatomy by Joseph Leidy -- [c] admission to lectures on chemistry by R.E. Rogers -- [d] admission to lectures on materia medica & pharmacy by Joseph Carson -- [e] admission to lectures on operative surgery by Henry H. Smith -- [f] admission to practical anatomy, D. Hayes Agnew demonstrator; engraved illustration of a skull., 11501.F.13 University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine. Eugene A. Grove, session 1868-1869: [a] matriculation ticket, signed by R.E. Rogers, Oct. 17, 1868; engraved illustration of university buildings -- [b] schedule card, session of 1868-69 -- [c] admission to lectures on anatomy by Joseph Leidy -- [d] admission to lectures on chemistry by R.E. Rogers -- [e] admission to lectures on materia medica & pharmacy by Joseph Carson -- [f] admission to lectures on obstetrics and diseases of women & children by R.A.F. Penrose -- [g] admission to lectures on principles & practice of surgery by Henry H. Smith -- [h] admission to lectures on theory and practice of medicine by Alfred Stillé., 11501.F.14 University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine. Eugene A. Grove, session 1869-1870: [a] matriculation ticket, signed by R.E. Rogers, Oct. 18, 1869; engraved illustration of university buildings -- [b] schedule card, session of 1869-70 -- [c] admission to lectures on anatomy by Joseph Leidy -- [d] admission to lectures on chemistry by R.E. Rogers -- [e] admission to lectures on the institutes of medicine by Francis G. Smith -- [f] admission to lectures on materia medica & pharmacy by Joseph Carson -- [g] admission to lectures on obstetrics and diseases of women & children by R.A.F. Penrose -- [h] admission to lectures on principles & practice of surgery by Henry H. Smith -- [h] admission to lectures on theory and practice of medicine by Alfred Stillé -- [j] Winter examinations by Drs. Woods, Norris, and Hunter, signed by H.B. Hare., 11501.F.15 Yale College (1718-1887). Medical Institution: [a] Yale Private Medical School admission card for Paul Mundé, winter term 1863-64, signed by Worthington Hooker -- [b] admission card for John Morgan, Sept. 1867, signed by C.A. Lindsley -- [c] admission to lectures on chemistry by Benjamin Silliman, for John Morgan, 1868-69 -- [d] admission to lectures on histology, pathology and microscopy by Moses C. White, for John Morgan, 1868-69 -- [e] admission to lectures on obstetrics and diseases of women and children by Stephen G. Hubbard, for John Morgan, 1868-69; card lithographed by Punderson & Crisand -- [f] admission to lectures on the theory and practice of medicine by Charles L. Ives, for John Morgan, 1868-69; card lithographed by Punderson & Crisand., 11501.F.16 Pharmacy colleges: [a] Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, commencement ticket, May 22, 1872, at Horticultural Hall, Geo. F.H. Markoe, dean -- [b] Parrish's School of Practical Pharmacy, admission card for S.J. Stevenson, 1869, signed by Edward Parrish, lecturer, Clemmons Parrish, demonstrator -- [c] Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, admission to lectures on pharmacy by William Procter Jr., for Adolph W. Miller, 1861-62 -- [d] Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, admission to lectures on materia medica and botany by John M. Maish, for John Brewster Reynolds, 1879-80 -- [e] Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, commencement ticket, March 16, 1880, at the Academy of Music., 11501.F.17 Miscellaneous: [a] admission to lectures on materia medica and practical chemistry by Samuel Stratten, for K.R. Risk -- [b] Bellevue Hospital Medical College, general ticket, 1863-64, for John Kirker, signed by Isaac E. Taylor, president, and Austin Flint Jr., secretary -- [c] Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania, schedule card, 1865-66 -- [d] Edinburgh City Hospital, admission card for Edgar Cyriax, winter session, Jan. to March 1898, signed by Claude B. Ker -- [e] Iowa University. College of Physicians & Surgeons [Keokuk?], admission to practical anatomy, session 185[blank] -- [f] Louisville Medical College, admission to practical anatomy by Geo. J. Cook, for C. Keefer, 1876-77 -- [g] Philadelphia Dental College, admission to lectures on dental pathology and therapeutics by J. Foster Flagg, for Frank A. Monroe, 1883-84 -- [h] University of Edinburgh, admission to lectures on anatomy, sound & morbid, and pathology by Alexander Monro, for John Wilson, 22 April 1844; card has portrait of Alexander Monro Secundus -- [i] University of Louisville Medical Department, admission to lectures on medical chemistry and toxicology by James W. Holland, for James W. Noel of Arkansas, 1871-72; card lithographed by German & Bro., Louisville, Ky. -- [j] University of the City of New York Medical Department, commencement ticket, March 6, 1888, Metropolitan Opera House, Charles Inslee Pardee, dean -- [k] University of the State of New York, College of Physicians & Surgeons of the Western District, admission to lectures on surgery by John Delamater, for Leonard G. Haskins, 1834-35 -- [l] University of Vermont Medical Department, admission to Mary Fletcher Hospital for M.L. Michael, 1882, signed by A.J. Millard, supt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1807-1898]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll. Helfand Popular Medicine Admission cards 11501.F (Helfand) BOX

Title: Philadelphia public schools photograph collection
Description: Contains photographs and a newspaper clipping showing interior and exterior views of identified and unidentified Philadelphia public schools and school administration buildings, many from construction funded by the Public Works Administration. Includes photographs depicting sculpted architectural ornaments and pencil sketches of proposed sculptures to be installed at the schools. Interior views show an auto shop; classrooms, gymnasiums, cafeterias, and auditoriums. Also contains five architectural drawings drawn by Philadelphia architect Emil C. Schmidt. Majority of collection lacks photographer's imprint except three views photographed by Philadelphia photographers Samuel H. Oxman and Philip B. Wallace., Views show John Bartram Public High School, 67th Street and Elmwood Avenue; Edward Bok Vocation High School, 8th and Mifflin Streets; Joseph H. Brown Public School, Frankford and Stanwood avenues; Joseph W. Catherine Public School, 66th Street and Chester Avenue; Central High School, Ogontz and Olney Avenues; Dobbins High School, 22nd Street and Lehigh Avenue; Robert Fulton Public School, Haines and Germantown Avenues; Girls' High School, Broad and Olney Streets; Delaplaine McDaniel Public School, 22nd and Moore Streets; Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School, 22nd and Brown Streets; Gen. George C. Meade School, 18th and Oxford Streets; Thomas Mifflin School, Conrad and Mifflin Avenue; North East High School, 8th Street and Lehigh Avenue; Philadelphia Board of Education Administration Building, Benjamin Franklin Parkway and 21st Street; William Rowen Public School, 19th and Haines Streets; Southwark Public School, 9th and Mifflin Streets; Stetson Jr. High School, Broad Street and Allegheny Avenue; and Roberts Vaux Public School, 24th and Master Streets. Views of the Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School show physically handicapped children, including African Americans, in a music and woodwork class, at recess, and entering a school bus. Dobbins High School views depict decorative works utilized in the school building. Majority of interior views depict interiors at unidentified public schools, including a view of an auto shop class with an African American student. Images of sculpted works include several allegorical figures symbolizing education and industry. Collection also includes a photograph of an architectural drawing of an unexecuted design for the Henry Platt School., Title supplied by cataloger., Thirty-two of images contain negative numbers inscribed in the negative., Twenty-four of images contain dates inscribed in the negative., Majority of images accompanied by manuscript note providing name of school., Schmidt worked for the Philadelphia Board of Public Education and was the chief designer of the Central High School building., Gift of Mrs. Arthur Kushlan, 1980., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1930-1938]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Education [P.8565-P.8603; P.8886]

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