Author: Dianne Mitchell

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Diagnosing a Volume from the Pennsylvania Hospital Library

Dianne Mitchell

Jan 2, 2013

[Ed. Note: Happy New Year! Our first post of 2013 is from Dianne Mitchell, a Ph.D. student in the English Department at Penn] Today, we’re going on a field trip. It’s a trip that will take us beyond the hallowed walls of Van Pelt Library and into the nation’s first hospital: the Pennsylvania Hospital, founded…
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Author: Dianne Mitchell

Diagnosing a Volume from the Pennsylvania Hospital Library