The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections at 91��Ƭ��

The Legacy Center is the repository for the records and heritage of the health sciences at 91��Ƭ��, including the College of Medicine and its predecessor institutions, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University, the College of Nursing and Health Professions, and the Dornsife School of Public Health.

Explore Our Collections

Legacy Center visitors view an oversized historical document (The Legacy Center, Archives and Special Collections).

Legacy Center visitors testing stereoscopic viewers (The Legacy Center, Archives and Special Collections_

Legacy Center visitors view anatomical specimens (The Legacy Center, Archives and Special Collections).

Exhibit of scrapbooks, photo album, yearbooks and other materials (The Legacy Center, Archives and Special Collections).

Doctor or Doctress?

A web resource designed for high school student exploration of the history of women through the eyes of women physicians. In our digital collections database.

Early Homeopathy in the United States

Digital collections reflecting the growth and evolution of the practice and education of homeopathic physicians from the early 1800s to the mid 1900s.

In Her Own Right digital collection thumbnail; Dr. Mary Evans, American Women's Hospitals

In Her Own Right: A century of women’s activism

A collaborative web resource reflecting women’s efforts for justice leading to the passage of the 19th Amendment.

Women Physicians digital collection thumbnail; Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania amphitheater, 1903

Women Physicians: 1850-1970

Documenting the history of women physicians beginning with the first degree-granting medical school for women, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP).

Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University yearbook thumbnail; WMCP Scalpel 1911

Yearbooks

Browse 91��Ƭ�� and predecessor institution yearbooks, from 1898 - 1998.

Collections and Exhibits

Women in Medicine

Hahnemann and Homeopathy

Exhibits

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information

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Systemic Racism

We condemn the systemic racism resulting in racist violence against Black people and other People of Color. Read our action plan as we work to integrate anti-racism efforts in our everyday activities. More information can be found on the Anti-racism Task Force website.