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1888 August 6, Awbury, to Dear Wife
Title:
1888 August 6, to Dear Wife
Date:
1888-08-06
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1899 July 5, Woodbourne, to My dear daughter
Title:
1899 July 5, to My dear daughter
Date:
1899-07-05
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor charity contact list
Title:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor charity contact list
Description:
Index cards with contact information for various Philadelphia charities (mostly hospitals) for whom the Female Society did sewing. Some cards also have dated summaries of conversations.
Date:
1946 - 1947
Collection:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Minutes of the Annual Assoc. for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Book No. 5
Title:
Minutes of the Annual Assoc. for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Book No. 5
Description:
Fifth book of minutes from the meetings of the Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer. Includes a list of women who are members of the Association. There are also a few pages dedicated to rules for members of the Association, as well as documentation of children admitted, with the death and convalescence rates included.
Date:
1843-1845
Collection:
Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Minutes of the Annual Assoc. for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Book No. 1
Title:
Minutes of the Annual Assoc. for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Book No. 1
Description:
First book of minutes from the meetings of the Annual Association for Relief of Sick Children in the Summer. Introduction states the reasoning for forming the Association and the appeal to the Board of Health to utilize all or part of the city hospital for such purpose. Includes minutes regarding the funding of programs intended to help sick children, and list of names of philanthropists, donors and women involved, as well as names of doctors willing to work for the cause. Contains a list of rules for women participating in the program, ranging from visitation to alcohol consumption.
Date:
1818-1819
Collection:
Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
1908 March 14, Awbury, to My dear Lillie, Asticou
Title:
1908 March 14, Asticou
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Gibbons and Stearns met during the Civil War while working at an army hospital in Point Lookout, Maryland. Written from U.S. General Hospital in Massachusetts. Stearns has been put in charge of a hospital, and his father has passed away.
Date:
1864-07-09
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter
Title:
Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter
Description:
Possibly a fragment. Describes the family's travels in Europe and their life in Vienna. Praises the city's hospital where he has been working.
Date:
1840-1893
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
John H. Keyser letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
John H. Keyser letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Was happy to see her at the gathering the night before. Discusses the opening of a hospital and Chinese patients.
Date:
1871-02-09
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter draft of a nurse at the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia
Title:
Letter draft of a nurse at the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia
Description:
Addressed to "My dear friend"; the author identifies herself as "Miss Spitzer." Describes in detail Spitzer's work as a nurse at the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia, giving a typical day's schedule and discussing her time in different wards. Also describes the hospital's surroundings, facilities, and physical layout. Mentions that the racial integration of the free ward encouraged some white patients to pay to be moved to the segregated paid ward. Also describes Christmas on the children's ward.
Date:
1896-05-31
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
1911 July 2, Awbury, to Dear Mother
Title:
1911 July 2, to Dear Mother
Date:
1911-07-02
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Minutes of the Annual Assoc. for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Book No. 4
Title:
Minutes of the Annual Assoc. for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Book No. 4
Description:
Fourth book of minutes from the meetings of the Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer. Includes a breakdown of funds and what they have been allotted to, in addition to explaining the appointment of positions to individuals over the period of nine years.
Date:
1823-1842
Collection:
Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Infirmary, Bryn Mawr Colege
Title:
Infirmary, Bryn Mawr Colege
Description:
View of the Infirmary at Bryn Mawr College.
Date:
(approximate)1907 - (approximate)1930
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Postcards
Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Discusses Abby's "new hospital" and offers her services.
Date:
1855-1893
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
American Red Cross Military Hospital, No. 1, Ward 246, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1918-1919
Title:
American Red Cross Military Hospital, 1918-1919
Description:
This scrapbook focuses on England in World War I. The scrapbook includes photographs of wards, injured soldiers, and hospital staff members. There are various newspaper clippings about the war, personal notes, and inventories of soldiers and their injuries. There are additionally many original illustrations.
Date:
1918 - 1919
Collection:
Alma A. Clarke Papers
Committee Franco-American for the Protection of Children of the Frontier, 1917-1918
Title:
Committee Franco-American for the Protection of Children of the Frontier, 1917-1918
Description:
This scrapbook focuses on France in World War I. The scrapbook includes photographs of wards, injured soldiers, and hospital staff members. There are various newspaper clippings about the war, personal notes, and inventories of soldiers and their injuries. There are additionally many original illustrations.
Date:
1917 - 1918
Collection:
Alma A. Clarke Papers
Hospital in Andrevka[?] (Russia) + Dr's Sleigh. Govt Post horses.
Title:
Hospital in Andrevka[?] (Russia) + Dr's Sleigh. Govt Post horses.
Description:
Doctor exiting hospital, approaching sleigh pulled by two draft horses.
Date:
(approximate) 1919
Collection:
Quaker Relief in Europe, 1914-1922
Showing lack of equipment in hospitals
Title:
Showing lack of equipment in hospitals
Description:
Group of children in sparse hospital room, resting mostly on tabletops and beds without mattresses.
Date:
(approximate) 1919
Collection:
Quaker Relief in Europe, 1914-1922
Refugee hospital staff Mogotova Apr. 1918
Title:
Refugee hospital staff Mogotova Apr. 1918
Description:
Staff of physicians and nurses outside of refugee hospital at Mogotova.
Date:
1918-04
Collection:
Quaker Relief in Europe, 1914-1922