Commencement ceremonies

Introductory lectures to the course on the Principles and Practice of Surgery, Medical Dept. of Pennsylvania College, 1844 and 1846; valedictory addresses to the graduates of the Medical Dept. of Pennsylvania College, 1852 and 1859; and two pamphlets printed by Gilbert in Sept. 1861 containing testimonial letters in support of Gilbert as candidate for the chair of Obstetrics at Jefferson Medical College.

Card with engraved announcement of 56th annual commencement ceremony, Mar. 12, 1881; includes envelope and calling card of George W. Stout.

Thesis was awarded the Surgery Prize at the Commencement of 1908.

Leather-bound graduation keepsake, 1927; clippings of newspaper article reporting 102nd commencement ceremony, 3 June 1927; letter informing Weiss that he passed examinations for the medical degree, 26 May 1927, signed by Dean Ross V. Patterson; calling card.

Card admitting William Klemet to clinical lectures at Pennsylvania Hospital, 1878; receipt of William Klemet for payment of fee for anatomical ticket, signed by Wm. S. Forbes and R. B. [Burham?], Aug. 1879; receipts, notices and material related to John Klemet's attendance at Jefferson Medical College and the commencement ceremony of 1883.

Introductory lectures in the course of Chemistry, 1841 (one copy) and 1852 (three copies); valedictory addresses, March 9, 1853; and general introductory lecture to the course of instruction for the session of 1861-62, 14 Oct. (two copies).

Printed letter informing McAllister that the faculty have decided to recommend to the Board of Trustees that the M.D. degree be conferred upon him at the next Commencement. Signed by the Dean, R. M. Huston.

Matriculation receipts and graduation materials, Jefferson Medical College, 1891-93; notes and receipts, mostly concerning patients requiring Turner's attention at the Charity Hospital, 1892-93; death notices and a clipping concerning an incident involving an adverse reaction to cocaine at Jefferson Hospital, ca. 1893; Dr. Morris Longstreth's reply to an article in the Journal of Medicine and Science, Apr. 1901; and noticies concerning the death of John Milton Campbell, 1893.

Princeton and Jefferson Medical College commencement ephemera, 1873 and 1876; blank receipt and address notice pertaining to Dr. Garrett's medical practice in Germantown, Phila.; other certificates, 1881-1888; and photograph, n.d.