This small collection consists of pharmaceutical items from the S. Pfeiffer Manufacturing Company (3965 Laclede Avenue), owned and operated by Adolph Pfeiffer. The material includes three funnels used for filling pill bottles; a wooden herb and powder mixing trough; cast iron cork press; three wooden pill counting shovels; and one roll of Schoenfeld K & L Tea labels.
The record group concerns the selection of medical students for the society and the development of the local chapter. The records list many members who became prominent in their fields. The Alpha Omega Alpha fraternity records consist of three volumes, 1905-1957, that include the initial charter and constitution and by-laws, minutes of chapter meetings, treasury records, chapter membership lists, other by-laws, correspondence, and publications. See also the The Hatchet (1923-1931) and the Archives vertical file (1938-1992) for more information on this student organization.
Typed manuscript with notes (33 pages) entitled "China Revisited;" published in Washington University School of Medicine's Outlook, v. 14, no. 4, 1982. Written with Louis V. Avioli, professor of medicine and professor of orthopedic surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 1966-1999.
The collection contains mostly correspondence and reprints, but also included are newspaper and journal clippings, manuscripts of lectures, and papers on ophthalmology and the history of medicine.
This small collection contains records from a memorial service held for Washington University School of Medicine first-year medical students Adam El-Khishin, Danny Lee, and Candice Lin. Records include a memorial program, guest book, photographs, and collected memories from classmates.
This small collection includes Jesse Marguerite (Marge) Gowan’s Jewish Hospital nursing uniform, a 1932 class photograph of the Jewish Hospital School of Nursing, and a portrait photograph of Marge Gowan wearing her Jewish Hospital of St. Louis student nursing uniform.
The diary of Olga A. Krieger, consists of approximately 25 typed pages of reminiscences for 1917-1919 in rough chronological order. Krieger was a Red Cross nurse who worked with Base Hospital 21 in Rouen, France during WWI. Three other nurses in her squad are mentioned frequently in the text: Marie Kammeyer, Louise Kenninger, and Cordelia Ranz.
This collection contains records related to Lindsay J. Kirkham, Jr., a 1946 graduate of Washington University School of Medicine. Collection materials include academic and military service records, certificates, membership cards, two patent applications, a patent for an Electrocardiographic Switching System (patent #3343528), two CVs, a certificate of copyright registration, and an obituary.
The Nu Sigma Phi minute book, 1922-1924, consists of one document series organized chronologically. The minutes include information on the sorority’s business meetings, projects, activities, and membership. The records document the origin and development of the Washington University Lambda chapter during these years and the selection of women medical students, staff, and medical faculty for the sorority.
Collection of remedies drawn chiefly from the compiler's family physician: Isham Burdett (Missouri Medical College, Class of 1861). Includes other recipes, with names of donors. (preface, p. 15). Holograph signed.