Collection Summary     

Title
Philadelphia General Hospital Oral Histories

Dates
1977

Collection ID
PG

Creator
Philadelphia General Hospital

Quantity
6.75 linear feet (14 boxes)

Repository
Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries

Language
Materials in English.

Detailed Collection Information

Description of Collection

Interviews conducted under the auspices of the Philadelphia General Hospital History Task Force. Interviewees were all employees of the Hospital, which closed in 1977.

Patron Information

Other Finding Aids and Indices

Please see also the Index of Oral Histories by Personal Name.

Research Access

Collection is open for research.

Collections Stored Off-Site

This collection may be housed off-site at the Library Depository, and require up to two business days to retrieve. Please review the finding aid and be prepared to identify specific materials to be retrieved. Contact the Special Collections Research Center in advance of your visit, so that materials may be relocated to the reading room for research.

Technical Access

Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exist must pay for a use copy. Certain digital files may also be inaccessible. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.

Publication and Copyright Information

The Philadelphia General Hospital Oral Histories are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Philadelphia General Hospital Oral Histories, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by the Philadelphia General Hospital History Task Force, October 14, 1994, Accession 793.

Processing Information

Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in July 2015.     

Index Terms

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in Temple University’s electronic catalog:

Corporate Names:
Philadelphia General Hospital

Subjects:
Hospitals -- Pennsylvania – Philadelphia

Places:
Philadelphia (Pa.)

Material Types:
Manuscripts
Oral histories
Sound recordings