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Call Number: SC0923
Creator:
Stanford University
Title: Cooper Medical College collection
Dates: 1857-1974
Bulk Dates: 1857-1894
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear feet
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36-48 hours in advance. For more
information on paging collections, see the department's website:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc .
Repository:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives.
Stanford University Libraries.
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
[identification of item], Cooper Medical College Collection (SC0923). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
[identification of item], Cooper Medical College Collection (SC0923). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
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.
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.
Cooper Medical College.
Cooper, Elias Samuel, 1820-1862.
Lane, Levi Cooper, 1833-1902.
Medical College of the Pacific (San Francisco, Calif.)
Toland Medical College.
University of the Pacific. Medical Dept.
Medicine--California
Medicine--History
Medicine--Study and teaching--California --Stanford.