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Columbia University. College of Physicians and Surgeons

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Biographical / Historical

Chartered in 1807 as an independent institution with name: College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York. From 1860 until 1890 had a nominal connection with Columbia College as its Medical Dept. In 1891 incorporated as an integral part of Columbia College, which became Columbia University in 1896.

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Gary C. Burget papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS Coll 63
Abstract: Gary C. Burget, M.D. (1941-2017) was a plastic surgeon specializing in facial and nasal reconstruction. Dr. Burget attended Yale University as an undergraduate and went on to graduate from Yale School of Medicine in 1967 before entering private practice first in Miami and then in Chicago. The collection mainly consists of patient records, which include patient charts, 35mm slides, photographs, x-rays, photographic negatives, illustrations, and consultation records. Also included in the...
Dates: 1962-2017
Found in: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Gary C. Burget papers

Margaret S. Mahler papers

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Call Number: MS 1138
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence and subject files, presentation files, writings, photographs, videotapes, audiotapes and film documenting Margaret Mahler's career as a child psychoanalyst, clinical researcher, and author. The papers highlight Mahler's American career beginning in 1938 until her death in 1985. The materials encompass Mahler's varied research topics, her professional activities at the international, national, regional and local levels, and her writings. Materials relating...
Dates: 1822-1987
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Margaret S. Mahler papers

Medical college catalogs, introductory and valedictory addresses, and ephemera collection

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Call Number: Pam Coll 1
Abstract: The collection contains published annual catalogs of American medical colleges, introductory addresses given by physicians at the beginning of the school year or at the beginning of specific courses, valedictory addresses given by prominent physicians at graduation ceremonies, and various ephemera. Some irregular medical institutions are represented, including homeopathic, eclectic, and osteopathic schools and some schools of dentistry. Catalogues and addresses of the Medical Institution of...
Dates: 1807-1965
Found in: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Medical college catalogs, introductory and valedictory addresses, and ephemera collection

William J. and Stephen C. Powell Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1041
Abstract:

Chiefly medical notebooks (1829-1831) of lectures William J. Powell attended at the Columbia University Medical School, recording lectures by A. H. Stevens, John A. Smith, John B. Beck, Joseph M. Smith, and Edward Delafield. Also included is a notebook containing a diary of his medical practice aboard the U.S.S. Ohio (1842). The school books of his son, Stephen C. Powell, including notes from his studies at the Yale Medical School, are also in the papers.

Dates: 1829-1863
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > William J. and Stephen C. Powell Papers