Betsy Copping Corner papers, 1935-1974

Mss.Ms.Coll.11a

Date: 1935-1974 | Size: 500 item(s)

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Abstract

This small collection contains manuscripts of her book reviews (1943-1947), correspondence with Christopher C. Booth [co-editor of "Chain of Friendship: Selected Letters of Dr. John Fothergill" (1971)] and with Amy E. Wallis, the owner of the Fothergill family papers in England. There are a couple of letters from Charles Joseph Singer and Francis Peyton Rous, but most of the correspondence is personal.

Background note

Writer Betsy Copping Corner, wife of endocrinologist George Washington Corner, covered medical history and wrote book reviews; she also edited the diary of William Shippen, Jr. and the letters of John Fothergill.

Digital objects note

This collection contains digital materials that are available in the APS Digital Library. Links to these materials are provided with context in the inventory of this finding aid. A general listing of digital objects may also be found here.

Collection Information

Physical description

Circa 500 items.

Provenance

Gift from Corner estate and accessioned, 1981.

Indexing Terms

Personal Name(s)

Booth, Christopher C. (Christopher Charles), 1924-2012
Corner, Betsy Copping
Fothergill, John, 1712-1780
Singer, Charles Joseph, 1876-1960

Detailed Inventory

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F11.2.8 Bernhard Siegfried Albinus	1726	Size: 28 x 19 cm. Format 1print	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.2.9 Edgar Allen	1936	Size: mount 28 x 19 cm., image 17 x 12 cm. Format: 1 photoprint	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.2.10 Samuel Bard	undated	Size: 28 x 18 cm. Format: 1 print	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.2.11 George M. Beard	undated	Size: 28 x 18 cm. Format: 1 print	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.2.12 Gunning Bedford	undated	Size: 28 x 18 cm. Format: 1 print	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.2.13 William Cruikshank	undated	Size: mount 29 x 22 cm., image 18 x 15 cm. Format: 1 print	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.2.14 Abram Dubois	undated	Size: 28 x 21 cm. Format: 1 print	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.2.15 Fabrucius Ab Aquapendente	undated	Size: 29 x 20 cm. Format: 1 print	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.2.16 John Fothergill	undated	Size: mount 28 x 19 cm., image 16 x 11 cm. Format: 1 photprint	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.2.17 Regnerus De Groaf	undated	Size: 28 x 21 cm. Format: 1 photprint	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.2.18 Albrecht von Haller	undated	Size 29 x 22 cm. Format: 1 print	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.2.19 Albrecght von Haller	undated	Size: mount 26 x 22 cm., image 21 x 16 cm. Format: 1 print		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.2.20 Frank H. Hamilton	undated	Size: 30 x 22 cm. Format: 1 photoprint	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/graphics:4488
F11.3.1 Carl Gottfried Hartman	undated	Size: 28 x 21.5 cm. Format: 1 reproduction	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Carl Gottfried Hartman was Associate Director of Ortho Research Foundation. Artist: James Ormsbee Chapin
F11.3.2 Hippocrates	1809	Size: 28 x 21.5 cm. Format: 1 print	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.3.3 John Hunter	undated	Size: 25.7 x 20 cm. Format: 1 reproduction	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)
F11.3.4 J.K. (?)	1927 October	Size: 28 x 21.5 cm. Format: 1 print	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Artist: Peter Von Valkenburgh
F11.3.5 Marcellus Malpighius	undated	Size: 28 x 21.5 cm. Format: 1 print	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.3.6 Nicholas A. Michels	1958	Size: 28 x 21.5 cm. Format: 1 reproduction	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.3.7 Richard Owen	undated	Size: mount 28.5 x 22 cm., image 11.5 x 9 cm. format 1 photoprint	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Photographer: Lock and Whitfield Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/graphics:4484
F11.3.8 Alan Sterling Parkes	1940	Size: mount 28 x 19 cm., image 20.5 x 16.5 cm. Format: 1 photoprint	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Photographer: Walter Stoneman Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/graphics:4490
F11.3.9 Edmund Randolph Peaslee, M.D.	undated	Size: 30 x 22 cm. Format: 1 print	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Engraver: Louis Kurtz
F11.3.10 Gustaf Retzius	undated	Size: 30 x 22 cm. Format 1 reproduction		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/graphics:4501
F11.3.11 John Stearns	undated	Size: 30 x 21 cm. Format: 1 reproduction	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.13.12 George Linius Streeter	undated	Size: 30 x 21 cm. Format: 1 reproduction	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Photographer: Louis Fabian Bachrach (1881-1963)
F11.3.13 Thomas Sydenham	undated	Size: 28 x 22 cm. Format: 1 reproduction	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.3.14 Thomas Sydenham	undated	Size: 28 x 19 cm. Format: 1 print	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Engraver: Edward Scriven (1775-1841)
F11.3.15 John Watson, M.D.	undated	Size: 31 x 22 cm. Format: 1 reproduction	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: John Watson, M.D. was President, New York Academy of Medicine, (1859-1860)
F11.3.16 Johannis Weever	undated	Size: image 30 x 21 cm. Format: 1 print	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.3.17 Isaac Wood	undated	Size: 30 x 22 cm. Format: 1 reproduction	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
F11.3.18 James R. Wood	undated	Size: 30 x 21 cm. Format: 1 print	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Engraver: Louis Kurtz