Hand (Francis C.) at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School Memorabilia Album, circa 1875
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Francis C. Hand at the University of Pennsylvania medical school memorabilia album
- Dates:
- circa 1875
- Creators:
- Hand, Francis C. and Palinurus Antiquarian Books
- Extent:
- 1 unknown (1 memorabilia album)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Francis C. Hand at the University of Pennsylvania medical school memorabilia album (Collection 645). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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"Commercial album of blank leaves containing 34 mounted, signed, medical lecture admission tickets between 1872-1874 and additional inserted ephemera pertaining to exams and graduation. Some water damage to covers; front hinge broken; shaken; contents clean."
"An album of memorabilia pertaining to the medical education and graduation of Francis C Hand at the Univ. of PA. The lecture admission tickets are engraved and printed on various color coated card stocks. They measure appx. 194 x 227 mm. Each card is signed by Francis and counter-signed by the professor responsible for the course. The courses were in surgery, obstetrics, materia medica, anatomy, institutes of medicine, medical theory etc.. There is Agnew for surgery; Joseph Leidy for anatomy; Rogers for chemistry; Carson for materia medica; Stille for theory, etc. Hand was trained as a surgeon and presented a paper on the excision of the knee joint for graduation."
Source: Antiquarian bookseller's description, 2019.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Palinurus Antiquarian Books (American Association for the History of Medicine Book Fair), 28 April 2019.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Palinurus Antiquarian Books
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-11-12 17:10:53 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Unprocessed collection. Material is unavailable for access. Please contact Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Francis C. Hand at the University of Pennsylvania medical school memorabilia album (Collection 645). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library12-077 Center for Health Sciences, Box 951798Los Angeles, CA 90095-1798, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-6940