Guide to the Cooper Medical College Collection
SC0923
Finding aid prepared by Daniel Hartwig
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Stanford University Libraries.
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, California, 94305
Repository email: speccollref@stanford.edu
May 2011
Title: Cooper Medical College collection
Identifier/Call Number: SC0923
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear feet
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1857-1894
Date (inclusive): 1857-1974
Cite As
[identification of item], Cooper Medical College Collection (SC0923). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical note
The Medical Department of the University of the Pacific was the first medical school on the West Coast, founded in San Francisco
in 1858 by Dr. Elias Samuel Cooper. Following the death of Dr. Cooper in 1862, the program was suspended. In 1864, Dr. Hugh
Huger Toland founded Toland Medical College in San Francisco, which later became the medical department of the University
of California. By 1872 the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific was reorganized as the Medical College of the
Pacific in affiliation with University (City) College. In 1882 Dr. Levi Cooper Lane generously donated a state of the art
building to the medical school and the name of the school was subsequently changed from the Medical College of the Pacific
to Cooper Medical College in honor of Dr. Lane's uncle, Dr. Elias Samuel Cooper. In 1908, Dr. Lane granted permission for
the equipment and properties of Cooper Medical College to be transferred to Stanford University. Instruction by Stanford University
began in 1909 and continued in San Francisco until 1959, at which time the Stanford School of Medicine opened on the Stanford
campus.
Scope and Contents note
The Cooper Medical College collection consists primarily of ephemeral material such as commencement invitations, programs,
and addresses from Cooper Medical College and its predecessors, the Medical College of the Pacific, and Toland Medical College.
Also included are several printed lectures from the Medical College of the Pacific, 1861-1879, annual reports, medical publications,
faculty handbooks, clippings, and an alumni directory.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cooper Medical College..
Cooper Medical College.
Cooper, Elias Samuel, 1820-1862.
Cooper, Elias Samuel,, 1822-1862.
Lane, Levi Cooper, 1833-1902.
Lane, Levi Cooper,, 1833-1902.
Medical College of the Pacific (San Francisco, Calif.)
Toland Medical College..
Toland Medical College.
University of the Pacific. Medical Dept.
University of the Pacific.. Medical Dept..
Box 1, Folder 1
Toland Medical College-Opening Address
1866
Box 1, Folder 2
Toland Medical College-Valedictory Address
1869
Box 1, Folder 3
Toland Medical College-Annual Announcement of Lectures
1871
Box 1, Folder 4
Toland Medical College-History from: Thompson, William Benbow. The Story of the Professorship of Obstetrics at the University
of California. Reprinted from: Portland, Or: Western Journal of Surgery Pub. Co
1950
Box 1, Folder 5
Medical College of the Pacific-Lectures
1861-1879
Box 1, Folder 6
Medical College of the Pacific-Annual Announcements
1872-1882
Box 1, Folder 7
Medical College of the Pacific-Commencement Programs, 1871-1879
Box 1, Folder 8
Elias Samuel Cooper-publications, addresses, biographical, 1857-1938
Box 1, Folder 9
Levi Cooper Lane-dissertation, publications, 1876-1891, undated
Box 1, Folder 10
W. S. Thorne-"Report on Surgery," 1885
Box 1, Folder 11
Cooper Medical College-Annual Announcement, 1885
Box 1, Folder 12
Cooper Medical College-Annual Report (Morse Dispensary), 1884-1890
Box 1, Folder 13
Cooper Medical College-Annual Report (Dispensary), 1891-1893
Box 1, Folder 14
Cooper Medical College-Annual Report of Clinics, 1894
Box 1, Folder 15
Cooper Medical College-Commencement Invitations and Programs
1883-1912
Box 1, Folder 16
Cooper Medical College-Commencement Addresses
1884-1888
Box 1, Folder 17
Cooper Medical College-Commencement Addresses
1889
Box 1, Folder 18
Cooper Medical College-Commencement Addresses, 1890
Box 1, Folder 19
Cooper Medical College-Commencement Addresses
1890
Box 2, Folder 1
Cooper Medical College-Building-Dedication
1882
Box 2, Folder 2
Cooper Medical College-Building: Shuman, Ronald. Portraits: The Cooper Medical Building, the Lane Hospital Building. San Francisco:
Pacific Medical Center
1974
Box 2, Folder 3
Cooper Medical College-Rules for the Government of the Faculty of Cooper Medical College
1891
Box 2, Folder 4
Cooper Medical College-Stanford University, and J. H. Wythe. Faculty of the Cooper Medical College, Successor to the Medical
College of the Pacific, San Francisco, 1882-1912. [Palo Alto]: Stanford University, School of Medicine
1969
Box 2, Folder 5
Cooper Medical College-Letter to Alumni
1911
Box 2, Folder 6
Cooper Medical College-Alumni Directory, 1859-1912. San Francisco, CA: Cooper Medical College
1916
Box 2, Folder 7
Cooper Medical College-Barkan, Hans. Cooper Medical College, Founded by Levi Cooper Lane; an Historical Sketch. San Francisco,
Ca: Stanford Medical Bulletin
1954
Box 2, Folder 8
Cooper Medical College-Clippings
1973
