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Correspondenzblatt der Homoeopathischen Aerzte, October 22, 1835. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

From the Collections: Correspondenzblatt der Homoeopathischen Aerzte

The Correspondenzblatt der Homoeopathischen Aerzte was a shortlived publication put out in 1835 and 1836 by the North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Art (better known as the Allentown Academy). The Correspondenzblatt was the first homeopathic medical journal published in the United States, and was edited by one of the founding homeopathic physicians in America, Dr. Constantine Herring. This blog post discusses what the journal is, where it came from, and what it wrote about.

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Rebecca Cole's thesis, the Eye and Its Appendages. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

From the collections: Dr. Rebecca Cole

Dr. Rebecca Cole was a 1867 graduate of Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, and the second African American woman in the United States to recieve a medical degree. This blog post draws together disparate details on Dr. Cole and attempts to create a narrative of her 50 years of medical work that she undertook after her 1867 graduation and before her death in 1922.

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Amy Kaukonen, MD, in Fairport, Ohio. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

From the Collections: Dr. Amy Kaukonen

Dr. Amy Kaukonen was a 1915 graduate of Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania who went on to become the mayor of Fairpoint Harbor, Ohio, and consequently one of the first woman mayors in the United States. This blog post is an a brief dive in Dr. Kaukonen's life, prompted by a research requeston her material from the Legacy Center Archives. It discusses her time as a student at Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, and, with the aid of the New York Times archive and the researcher, her exciting time as mayor of Fairpoint Harbor. Overall, this blog post seeks to highlight an unusual and interesting story of a graduate of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

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Portrait of Eliza Grier, MD. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

From the Collections: Dr. Eliza Grier

Dr. Eliza Grier was an African American physician who graduated from Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1898. Being born a slave, Dr. Grier came from a very low socioeconomic status and faced huge difficulty in gaining an education and financially putting herself through medical school. This blog post is a brief biography and overview of Dr. Grier's life through the materials available on her at the Legacy Center Archives. It takes readers from her scantly detailed early life to her undergraduate career at Fink University to her brief time practicing medicine in Atlanta, Georgia until her untimely death in 1902. Overall, the post celebrated Dr. Grier's achievements and hopes to preserve her story.

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Portrait of Constantine Hering holding a book. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

Plots and Plans

On December 4, 2009, the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Legacy Center Archives moved from 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s Hagerty Library to a new space at the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Queen Lane Campus. This blog post is a small update on the slow process of working out moving plans, as well as an update on a few digitization projects.

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Magic golden groundbreaking shovels, 91ÖÆƬ³§, Philadelphia, PA, December 18, 2008. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

Where we are, where we’re going

On December 4, 2009, the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Legacy Center Archives moved from 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s Hagerty Library to a new space at the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Queen Lane Campus. This blog post gives the first initial update on the move and where the Legacy Center archives are moving to.

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Groundbreaking shovels in at the construction site. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

What’s this all about?

On December 4, 2009, the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Legacy Center Archives moved from 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s Hagerty Library to a new space at the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Queen Lane Campus. This blog post is the first initial announcement of the move and looks forward to a new, bigger, and more archivist friendly space.

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