Collection of Founding Documents and Other Materials from the University of the Pacific's Medical Department and the Medical
College of the Pacific MS119
Emily Zinn
Medical History Center
January 2025
Stanford Medical History Center
300 Pasteur Drive
Room L109
Stanford, CA 94305-5123
dbourn@stanford.edu
Contributing Institution:
Medical History Center
Title: Collection of Founding Documents and Other Materials from the University of the Pacific's Medical Department and the Medical
College of the Pacific
Creator:
Cooper, Elias Samuel
Creator:
Plummer, Richard H., M.D., 1840 - 1899
Creator:
Cole, Richard Beverly, MD, 1829 - 1901
Identifier/Call Number: MS119
Physical Description:
1.08 Linear Feet
2 short archives boxes and 1 half-width short archives box.
5W x 12 1/2L x 10 1/2"H (short archives box); 3W x 12 1/2L x 10 1/2"H (half-width short archives box)
Date (inclusive): 1855 - 1883
Abstract: This collection compiles the earliest materials produced by the institution that became the Stanford University School of
Medicine: the University of the Pacific's medical department, otherwise known as the Medical College of the Pacific. These
materials date back to the 1850s and represent the School's origins and first thirty years.
Language of Material:
English
.
Scope and Contents
This collection compiles the earliest materials produced by the institution that became the Stanford University School of
Medicine: the University of the Pacific's medical department, otherwise known as the Medical College of the Pacific. These
materials date back to the 1850s and represent the School's origins and first thirty years.
Founding documents of the school, including its constitution and the letter that proposed its creation, are present and may
be the materials most directly related to the school's history, but everything here offers a glimpse into its earliest years.
The minutes of most of the Medical Department faculty meetings held between October 31, 1858 and November 9, 1882 record discussions
of matters including the school's 1864 closure, 1870 reopening, and decision to admit female students, among other matters;
the student records reveal the makeup of its student body; Dr. R.H. Plummer's notes likewise demonstrate what a formal medical
education looked like in 1860s America, as well as what a practicing physician might expect from daily life; financial records
show how the school sustained itself; correspondence, student petitions, building records, and letters of resignation are
all available.
Biographical / Historical
In early September of 1858, a small group of physicians approached the trustees of the University of the Pacific with a proposition
to found the first medical school in California. These physicians, led by Dr. Elias Samuel Cooper, had seen the "existing
and growing necessity for a Medical School upon this [West] Coast," and wanted to meet that need.(1) To this end they offered
their services, promising to "furnish everything necessary to the commencement of such an enterprise."(2) In return, they
asked for the University's backing, which would allow them to award the degree of M.D. On September 22nd, the trustees agreed,
and the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific was born.(3)
The Medical Department opened its doors on May 5th, 1859, officially becoming "the first Medical College on the shores of
the Pacific."(4) Six professors taught "Pathology and Principles and Practice of Medicine," "Chemistry and Toxicology," Physiology,
Anatomy, Surgery, "Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children," "Materia Medica and Pharmacy," and Medical Jurisprudence.(5)
The faculty also organized "teaching clinics" at the Pacific Clinical Infirmary, and in some cases provided one-on-one mentorship.(6)
Dr. Cooper was the Medical Department's progenitor and perhaps its staunchest supporter—his death on October 13th, 1862 was
a blow to the young school's stability.(7) Dr. Levi Cooper Lane, Dr. Cooper's nephew, quickly established himself as a new
pillar of support for the shaken institution, and for a time it continued running smoothly.(8) However, by 1864, Dr. Hugh
Huger Toland had arrived in San Francisco with the intention of starting his own medical school.(9) With Dr. Cooper gone and
those left behind unprepared for competition, the University of the Pacific decided to suspend their Medical Department.(10)
Dr. Lane was unsatisfied with this turn of events, as well as with his new position at Dr. Toland's university, to which many
of the Medical Department's staff had relocated.(11) Enough of his former coworkers shared this sentiment that on May 23rd,
1870, they all met to declare their intent to revive their former workplace.(11) The rapid planning, hiring, and curriculum-building
that followed paid off later that year, when the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific officially resumed operation.(13)
In 1882, Dr. Lane built a facility "at the corner of Sacramento and Webster Streets in San Francisco…said to have no superior
in the world for medical education at the time."(14) This building he gave freely to the Medical Department for their use.
The resulting institution, which became independent of the University of the Pacific, came to be called Cooper Medical College,
in honor of the late Dr. Cooper.(15)
Cooper Medical College was absorbed by Stanford University in 1908, becoming the Stanford University School of Medicine. Despite
its new affiliation, the School of Medicine remained in San Francisco until 1959, when it joined much of the rest of the university
on its main campus in Palo Alto.(16)
(1) Proposition to the trustees of the University of the Pacific for a medical department, Dr. Richard Beverly Cole to trustees,
c. September 10, 1858, Box 1, folder 20, Collection of Founding Documents and Other Materials from the University of the Pacific's
Medical Department and Cooper Medical College, Medical History Center, Lane Medical Library.
(2) Correspondence accompanying proposition for medical department, describing it, Dr. Richard Beverly Cole to Reverend E.
Thomas, c. September 10, 1858, Box 1, folder 20, Collection of Founding Documents and Other Materials from the University
of the Pacific's Medical Department, Medical History Center, Lane Medical Library.
(3) John Wilson, Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools: An Historical Perspective (Stanford,
California: Lane Medical Library, 1999), 214. https://lane.stanford.edu/elane/public/L140815/john-wilson-history.pdf.
(4) Wilson, Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools, 224.
(5) Wilson, Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools, 217.
(6) Wilson, Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools, 217.
(7) Wilson, Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools, 266.
(8) Wilson, Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools, 270-271.
(9) Wilson, Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools, 274.
(10) Wilson, Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools, 6.
(11) Wilson, Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools, 281.
(12) Wilson, Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools, 285.
(13) Wilson, Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools, 6.
(14) Wilson, Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools, 6.
(15) Wilson, Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools, 6.
(16) Wilson, Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools, 6.
Arrangement
The records are arranged into twelve series and six items:
- Addresses to students
- Celsian Association materials
- Character witness testimonies, introductions to potential students, and documents certifying that an individual has received
some medical education
- Correspondence
- Examination results and related documentation
- Faculty meeting minutes
- Faculty meeting minute books
- Financial records
- Founding documents
- [Lecture notes and personal diary by anatomy professor R.H. Plummer, 1864 - 1865 and October 1 - December 31st, 1867]
- [Page from the September 1, 1877
Murrurundi Times with advertisement for "Dr. W.H. Gordon Murrurundi Dispensary" circled]
- [Pamphlet on changes to curriculum and graduation requirements at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College for the 1880-81
session, February 1881]
- [Photocopy of medical department opening ceremonies announcement in
Daily Alta California, May 5, 1859]
- Records about the construction and use of school buildings
- ["Record of students and instructors April 1859 - January 1883"]
- Resignations
- ["Rules for the Dissecting Room"]
- Student petitions
"Addresses to students" is comprised of speeches given at commencement ceremonies and similar events.
"Celsian Association materials" is comprised of the by-laws and meeting minutes of the Celsian Association student group.
It also contains a folder of loose materials, such as correspondence and further meeting minutes, that had been stored with
the books.
"Character witness testimonies, introductions to potential students, and documents certifying that an individual has received
some medical education" is comprised of correspondence, legal documents, and petitions attesting to the good character and/or
medical experience of individuals who likely saught acceptance to the school.
"Correspondence" is comprised of letters to, from, and about the alumni, applicants, faculty, and students of the Medical
Department of the University of the Pacific, as well as people and groups not directly related to the school.
"Examination results and related documentation" is comprised of records showing which students passed certain tests, as well
as a copy of some test questions.
"Faculty Meeting Minutes" is comprised of the minutes of meetings of the Medical Department faculty held between October 31,
1858 and March 10, 1863, as well as a photocopy of a note on the dates of these meetings written by "Dr. Wilson."
"Faculty meeting minute books" is comprised of the meetings of the Medical Department faculty held between May 23, 1870 and
November 9, 1882, arranged into three books.
"Financial records" is comprised of bills, receipts, tax paperwork, staff salary lists, supply lists, and some correspondence
discussing matters related to the school's finances, as well as the finances of some private property possibly belonging to
Dr. Lane.
"Founding Documents" is comprised of the proposition that led to the Medical Department's creation, as well as the constitution
and by-laws subsequently drawn up to govern it. Also included is correspondence discussing the above-mentioned proposition,
a declaration of intent to open a Medical Department-affiliated clinic, and the 1855 charter of the University of the Pacific.
"Records about the construction and use of school buildings" is comprised of correspondence and a sketch relating to the creation,
ownership agreements, use of some of the buildings that made up the school.
"Resignations" is comprised of the letters of resignation submitted by school faculty over the years.
"Student petitions" is comprised of petitions circulated by the students amongst themselves. These advocate for things like
the hiring of an individual and the relocation of a class to another building.
Processing Information
This collection was formerly known by the title of "Collection A," as well as "Medical Department of the University of the
Pacific Collection of publications" and "Medical Department of the Unviersity of the Pacific 1856-1872." Some of the arrangement
from this collection has been maintained, such as the assignment of a single folder to all of the faculty meeting minutes,
and the decision to give single items like the student register, the opening ceremonies announcement, and the lecture notes
book folders of their own. However, the [Proposal to Trustees of University of Pacific to establish a Medical Department]
has been added to the "Founding Documents" series, and the existance of correspondence accompanying this proposal has been
made clearer. Also made clearer is the fact that the book of lecture notes is also a diary. The date range for the collection
has also been expanded.
The collection formerly known as "Collection B," comprised of similar materials produced by faculty and students from the
Medical Department's early years, has been merged into this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights are held by the Stanford Medical History Center. Publication or use of collection materials outside the scope
of the public domain and fair use is the sole responsibility of the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Stanford University. School of Medicine
Medicine, School of
Medicine -- Study and teaching -- California -- Stanford.
Academic medical centers -- California.
Medical education -- California.
Medical colleges
Medical education.
Medical care -- California -- San Francisco.
Cooper, Elias Samuel
Lane, Levi Cooper
Cole, Richard Beverly, MD, 1829 - 1901
Box 1, folder 8
Valedictory Delivered at the Ninth Annual Commencement of the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific at Mercantile
Library Hall, December 7th, 1871, by L.C. Lane, M.D., Professor of Surgery, &c.
Fifty Years Ago. An Address to the Graduating Class of the Medical College of the Pacific for 1878, By Henry Gibbons, Sr.,
M.D., Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine and Clinical Medicine.
Celsian Association materials
Scope and Contents
Also known as the Celian Society and the Students' Association of the Medical College of the Pacific.
Box 2
[Celsian Association of the Medical College of the Pacific by-laws book]
Box 2
[Clesian Association of the Medical College of the Pacific book detailing formation on and meeting minutes of the group]
Box 1, folder 2
[Notes and correspondence found inside the meeting minutes book]
Scope and Contents
Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, a resignation from an Association position, and a report on the Association's finances.
Box 1, folder 3
Character witness testimonies, introductions to potential students, and documents certifying that an individual has received
some medical education
[Certification, January 1863]
[Certification from H. Carpenter M.D. to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., June 13, 1873]
[Certification from [P.N. Dennis?] to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., 1874]
[Certification from Charles M. Gilmer, August 15, 1875]
[Certification from M. [Sammul?], October 8, 1875]
[Testimony from Basil [Norns?] M.D. to Frank B. Eaton, October 26, 1875]
[Certification from M. Rockman M.D., November 3, 1875]
[Testimony, November 1876]
Scope and Contents
Attached to a June 26, 1878 letter from Becca Johnson to Dr.[Srelan?, possibly the doctor in the testimony] saying Laura is
"dangerously sick" and asking him to come.
[Testimony, November 3, 1876]
[Certification, November 24, 1876]
[Introduction to potential student, W.A. Scott to Henry Gibbons M.D., January 31, 1877]
[Certification from Sam Langdom M.D., October 7, 1877]
[Certification from W.D. Rodgers M.D., October 27, 1877]
[Testimony, November 4, 1877]
[Introduction to potential student, W.A. Scott to Henry Gibbons M.D., January 19, 1882]
[On curriculum changes and personal updates, Charles C. Hurley, May 27, 1872
[Questions about new
ad eundem degree option, Charles C. Hurley, July 26, 1873]
[Complaint against fellow graduate, [Scuilla?}, June 9, 1875]
[Accusation that graduate is unqualified, A.H. Cochram M.D. to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., February 2, 1877]
[Request for
ad eundem degree with petition, R.H. Herrick]
[Request for course circular and exemption from Surgery class, [S. Laughend?] to Henry Gibbons M.D., May 3, 1871
[On applicant's history, J.F. Hendrix, September 24, 1872]
[On application process, J. F. Hendrix to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., July 23, 1873]
[Request to take test for degree instead of attending lectures, S. Rodgers M.D. to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., June 1, 1875]
[Announcement of intent to apply, T.C. Hauson to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., June 10, 1875]
[Questions about a licentiate from another school getting a diploma, E.A. Thompkins to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., June 30,
1875]
[Questions about admission requirements, Thomas Rowan to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., July 26, 1875]
[Offer to be character witness for job applicant, Henry Gibbons Junior M.D. to W.S. [Aerdman?] M.D., July 27, 1876]
[On licensing and "quack" doctors, S.S. [Dmoy?] to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., July 25, 1877]
[On admission requirements and homeopathy, Edwin H. Russell to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., December 15, 1877]
[Notice that brother had more medical education than earlier stated, Henry C. [Jones?] to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., April
24, 1878]
[On a doctor who needs to attend lectures to be properly certified, James H. Etheridge M.D. to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D.,
December 4, 1880]
[On woman who might apply, Jos. H. Wythe M.D. to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., June 23, 1882]
[Note stating desire to grant certificate, Levi C. Lane]
Scope and Contents
Written on an invitation to a special faculty meeting. Seems to have notes from other faculty members as well.
[Request to take a practical exam, L. [Brelam?]]
[Warning about dissatisfaction among students]
[Progress report on medical department including request to hire two additional instructors, Richard Beverly Cole M.D. to
trustees, December 6, 1858]
Scope and Contents
The proposed new instructors were B.R. Carman and George Barstow.
[Acceptance of proposal to hire two additional instructors, trustees to Richard Beverly Cole M.D., December 8, 1858]
[Agreement to give lectures, Jos. H. Wythe M.D. to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., January 13, 1873]
[Application to fill faculty vacancy, Nelson Nivison to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., February 18, 1873]
[Declining University of San Francisco faculty positions, Henry Gibbons Junior M.D. et al to D.C. Gilman et al, April 1873]
[Notification of future absence from faculty meeting, Jos. H. Wythe M.D. to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., May 28,1873]
[Announcement of creation of new Chair and election to fill it, Jas. D. Thornton to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., July 14, 1873]
[Comments on newspaper announcement of faculty position acceptance, T.M. Logan, June 6, 1873]
[Confirmation of faculty appointments, trustees to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., June 10, 1874]
[Acceptance of faculty position, Jos. H. Wythe M.D. to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., May 6, 1875]
[On opening the clinic on the Sabbath and a nomination to the faculty, M.A. Scott to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., July 19, 1875]
[On awarding MD degree to Herman [Vaeller?] and W. T. Wenzell, Trustees to Henry Gibbons junior M.D., August 30, 1876]
[New faculty member recommendation, F.E. Bailey M.D., November 24, 1876]
[On some individual doctors, W.A. Patterson to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., October 23, 1877]
[Request that Board hire someone, [Coun?] to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., June 6, 1878]
[Promise to deliver something, L. [Drelan?] to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., April 4, 1878]
[Saying hello and discussing certificate from Dr. Sam [Langdon?], L. [Drelan?] to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., June 26, 1878]
[On qualifications and asking for school calendar, John Hendy, October 3, 1879]
[Thank-you for kind words following son's death, Jos. H. Wythe M.D. to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., July 18, 1880]
[On new Cooper Medical College, November 15, 1882]
[Acceptance of faculty position, William S. Whitwell M.D., December 20, 1882]
Box 1, folder 7
With/about people outside the school
[Declining invitation to speak at commencement, George C. Perkins to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D.]
[On a personal dispute with the author's father and school]
[On purchase of land and lawsuit against the school, Robert [Ginn] to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D.]
[Personal and professional update, C.L. deWolfe M.D. to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., February 22, 1873]
[Petition to get R.H. Herrick an
ad eundem degree]
[Unsent staff note describing school to Medical Board of Australia]
[Declining an offer, California College of Pharmacy trustees, February 25, 1873]
[On promise to give lecture, [Horace N. Wriz?] M.D. to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., May 30, 1873]
[Discussing a doctor and requesting vaccine virus, David [Perrell?] to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., October 21, 1873]
[Apology for missing commencement ceremony, Thomas Fraser to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., November 5, 1873]
[Some doctors' addresses, J.F. [Bayce?] to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., June 23, 1874]
[Explanation for repayment delay and request for more time, E.M. [Bathurnt?] M.D., June 26, 1879]
[Declining invitation to commencement, A.S. Gibbons to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., November 6, 1879]
[On annual report publishing errors, D.W. Hapsburgh to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., December 4, 1879]
[On property purchase in Berkeley and San Francisco, C.E. [Case?] M.D. to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., March 14, 1881]
[Introducing Dr. Williams, Chester Rowell M.D. to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., June 23, 1881]
[Offer to give imperfect medical illustration plates from Surgeon General's office to the school, [J.J. Wrevelwary?] to Henry
Gibbons Junior M.D., June 29, 1881]
[On the character of possibly-unlicensed doctor William Weber, G.A.Shurtleff to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., September 6, 1882]
Scope and Contents
G.A. Shurtleff was Superintendent of the Insane Asylum of the State of California.
[On the partnership between Cooper Medical College and University College, N.A. Scott to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., November
20, 1882]
[Request to test with class despite missing courses due to illness, Edward Frisbie to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., April 14,
1881]
[List of matriculated students, Emlen Painter to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., November 15, 1879]
[Notice that a student was expelled from a former college, H. Carpenter to Henry Gibbons Junior M.D., May 31, 1975]
Box 1, folder 9
Examination results and related documentation
Scope and Contents
Contains scores, notifications of passing, and sample test questions.
February 1, 1859
Scope and Contents
Note on second page says no copy of meeting minutes for February 4, 1858 (mentioned here) has yet been found.
c. April 11, 1859
Scope and Contents
Includes what might be a draft invitation to the school's opening ceremonies on May 2, 1859.
February 24, 1862
Scope and Contents
Includes what might be draft correspondence to the board of trustees.
[Photocopy of "Dr. Wilson's notes" on 1858 - 1863 meeting minute dates]
Box 1, folder 11
Faculty meeting minute books
May 23, 1870 - May 25, 1874
August 6, 1874 - November 22, 1877
Scope and Contents
Business card for "James G. Steele and Co. Chemists and Apothecaries" included inside.
December 6, 1877 - November 9, 1882
Scope and Contents
Includes card outlining 1882 class schedule.
Box 1, folder 12
1872
Scope and Contents
Receipts and other financial documents relating to the Medical Department and its operations.
Box 1, folder 13
1877
Scope and Contents
Receipts and other financial documents relating to the Medical Department and its operations. Also includes financial documents
and correspondence that may be related to private property that Dr. Lane owned in Fresno County.
Box 1, folder 14
1878
Scope and Contents
Receipts and other financial documents relating to the Medical Department and its operations. Also includes financial documents
from non-medical department gardening and construction projects, and a flier on "dental care for prospective mothers."
Box 1, folder 15
1879
Scope and Contents
Receipts and other financial documents relating to the Medical Department and its operations.
Box 1, folder 16
1880
Scope and Contents
Receipts and other financial documents relating to the Medical Department and its operations. Also includes what may be personal
financial documents from Dr. Lane (including some relating to the potential private property records found in "1872"), as
well as payment for an advertisement for the school he placed in the
San Francisco Bulletin.
Box 1, folder 17
1881
Scope and Contents
Receipts and other financial documents relating to the Medical Department and its operations. These may relate specifically
to the construction of the Cooper Medical College building.
Box 1, folder 18
1882
Scope and Contents
Receipts and other financial documents relating to the Medical Department and its operations. These may relate specifically
to the construction of the Cooper Medical College building.
Box 1, folder 19
Account book, 1875 - 1880
Scope and Contents
MSS H747H.U58.A2. May include staff salaries. Please note that entries are not chronological.
Charter of the University of the Pacific [1855]
Constitution of the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific
[Declaration of intent by the medical department to establish a clinic for "the sick poor"]
[Medical department of the University of the Pacific by-laws]
[Medical Department of the University of the Pacific By-Laws 1875]
[Proposition to the trustees of the University of the Pacific for a medical department, Dr. Richard Beverly Cole to trustees,
c. September 10, 1858]
[Correspondence accompanying proposition for medical department, describing it, Dr. Richard Beverly Cole to Reverend E. Thomas,
c. September 10, 1858]
[Correspondence accepting proposition for medical department, University of the Pacific Board of Trustees to Dr. E.S. Cooper
et al, October 18, 1858]
Box 2, folder 1
[Lecture notes and personal diary by anatomy professor R.H. Plummer, 1864 - 1865 and October 1 - December 31st, 1867]
Scope and Contents
Notes are on Dr. Robert Oxland's chemistry class (page 1), a lecture on the senses from Dr. Levi Coooper Lane (page 16), Dr.
W.O. Ayer's theory and practice of medicine class (page 21), Dr. J.F. Morse's clinical medicine class (page 41), Dr. J. Newton
Brown's anatomy class (page 61), Dr. Levi Cooper Lane's physiology class (page 81), Dr. Henry Gibbons's materia medica class
(page 101), Dr. Thomas Bennet's pathology class (page 121), Dr. H.H. Toland's surgery class (page 141), and Dr. James Blake's
class on midwifery (161). Book becomes a diary on page 174 chronicling Dr. Plummer's first few months in Hayward, then called
Haywood.
Folder also contains photocopies of lists of Medical Department faculty in which Dr. Plummer appears.
Box 2, folder 2
[Page from the September 1, 1877
Murrurundi Times with advertisement for "Dr. W.H. Gordon Murrurundi Dispensary" circled]
Scope and Contents
There is another article cut and pasted beneath the circled one reporting that Dr. Gordon "will visit Quirindi every Wednesday"
by popular request.
Box 2, folder 3
[Pamphlet on changes to curriculum and graduation requirements at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College for the 1880-81 session,
February 1881]
Box 2, folder 4
[Photocopy of medical department opening ceremonies announcement in
Daily Alta California, May 5, 1859]
Box 2, folder 5
Records about the construction and use of school buildings
Scope and Contents
Contains an ownership/payment agreement between the Medical Department and Trustees of University College for "the building
on the lot at the corner of Geary and Stockton streets now occupied by the Medical Department." This, as well as the also-included
sketch of "present front [of a building] as it now is," may refer to the original building used by the Medical Department.
Also included is a letter from the Medical Department staff to the Trustees discussing the anatomical department's struggle
to find and keep a place to work.
Box 3
["Record of students and instructors April 1859 - January 1883"]
Scope and Contents
Records each student's name, age, place of birth, place of residence, term of study, and preceptor [instructor].
Box 2, folder 6
Resignations
Scope and Contents
Letters of resignation from L [Drelan?], C. Cushing, Robert E. Williams, R. [Prewz?], J.P. Whitney, and Thomas Price.
Box 2, folder 7
["Rules for the Dissecting Room"]
Box 2, folder 8
Student petitions
Scope and Contents
Includes what appears to be the draft version of a student pledge.
[Petition asking faculty to be lenient on a student]
[Petition asking faculty to let a student furnish the clinic]
[Petition to have lecture location moved]
[Possible draft pledge for new medical students]
[Pledge of support from undersigned students to faculty, February 14, 1871]
[Petition to hire janitor, February 20, 1873]
[Complaint against janitor with student signatures, 1877]
