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Personal Papers and Manuscripts

HENRY HALL FORBES, d. 1942.
Papers, 1886-1890.
c. .1 cubic foot.


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE:
Physician.. Forbes graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1890 and practiced in New York City. He died in 1942.

SCOPE AND CONTENT :
Forbes's tickets to medical lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S), 1886-1890; certificates, 1889-1890, awarded to Forbes by P&S; receipts, 1886-1889, for fees paid to P&S; miscellaneous printed material relating to other members of the Forbes family;
and 17 black and white 3” diameter photographs of micro-organisms, undated but probably contemporary with Forbes’s time at medical school.  In addition, there is his first place Harsen Prize medal, awarded in 1890 for best clinical report, and his class pin.

SUBJECTS

Forbes family.

Forbes, Henry Hall, d. 1942.
Columbia University. College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Medical students - New York (State) - New York.
Medicine - Study and teaching.
Medical colleges - New York (State.) - New York.

Schools, Medical - New York (State) - New York.

FOLDER LIST

1   Admission and matriculation tickets, 1886/87-1889/90

2   Miscellaneous manuscript and printed material: receipts for P&S fees paid, Forbes

        family material, 1886-1891

3   Photographs, undated

 

Harsen Prize medal and class pin are loose in box

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