Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Henry Gibbons Papers,
- Dates:
- 1833-1880
- Creators:
- Gibbons, Henry, 1808-1884
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Henry Gibbons Papers, MSS 73-5, Archives & Special Collections, UCSF Library & CKM
Background
- Scope and content:
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Includes transcriptions of original correspondence; pamphlets. Gift of Dr. Morton Gibbons, January 13, 1931.
- Biographical / historical:
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Gibbons was born in Wilmington, Delaware, into an English emigre family who had followed William Penn to Pennsylvania. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1829, and practiced with his father, William Gibbons, in Wilmington until 1844. He taught at the Philadelphia College of Medicine from that date until he went to San Francisco in 1850.
He was a founding member of the California State Medical Society, and served as its president in 1857 and 1871. Gibbons was a member of the faculty of the Cooper Medical College, and member of the California State Board of Health. He died in Wilmington, Delaware, November 5, 1884.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
- Physical description:
- 1 box (4 folders)
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2000
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: May 1993.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Henry Gibbons Papers, MSS 73-5, Archives & Special Collections, UCSF Library & CKM
- Location of this collection:
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UCSF Library & CKM Archives and Special Collections, 530 Parnassus AvenueSan Francisco, CA 94143-0840, US
- Contact: