Letter from A.N. Mukerjee to Charles Mohr, M.D.
Letter dated May 18, 1899 from Amar Nath Mukerjee to Charles Mohr, M.D. inquiring as to whether or not Mukerjee could pay a $50 registration fee in installments, rather than at once in full. Mukerjee was one of the first students from India to attend Hahnemann Medical College. He graduated with honors in 1902.
Letter from P.C. Majumdar to Dr. H.M Smith
Letter dated May 1, 1894 from Dr. P.C. Majumdar to Dr. H.M. Smith at Hahnemann Hospital. In commemoration of Dr. Sambhu Chandra Mukhopadhya, fellow corresponding member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, Dr. Majumdar sent a donation for a statue at the hospital.
Memorandum from Pemberton Dudley
Memorandum stating that Dr. Sambhu Chandra Mukhopadhya passed away. Dr. Mukhopadhya was a homeopathy enthusiast from Baranagar, near Kolkata, who was elected to be a corresponding member of the American Institute of Homeopathy in 1873. Though he was not a trained medical professional, he was known widely as ‘doctor'.
Letter from F.B. McCuskey to Dean of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Letter dated April 6, 1930 from F.B. McCuskey, Missionary in Charge at the American Presbyterian in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, to the Dean of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, requesting the College update their records to reflect a change of address for Dr. Dora Chatterjee, who moved to Rawalpindi after marrying her husband, Mangat Rai. Dr.
Letter from C. Sunthanker to Miss Bosworth
Letter dated December 23, 1910 addressed to Annie Bosworth from Dr. Chumpa Sunthanker, one of the first women from India to earn her degree in medicine in the United States. Dr. Sunthanker writes, “My greatest desire is to help my own women in their suffering, they need their own sex to help them and comfort them in their grieve [sic].
Letter from C. Sunthanker to Miss Bosworth
Letter dated February 19, 1911 addressed to Annie Bosworth from Dr. Chumpa Sunthanker, one of the first women from India to earn her degree in medicine in the United States. Dr. Sunthanker writes of her work with Dalit leprosy patients in Sholapur, Bombay Presidency.
Letter from Clara B. Spence to Dr. Marshall
Letter dated November 16, 1905 by Clara B. Spence, addressed to Dr. Marshall at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, requesting Dr. Marshall to accept an enclosed check to pay an outstanding debt and add credit to the account of Chumpa Sunthanker, one of the first women from India to earn her degree in medicine in the United States.
Letter from Dean to Alfred Jones
Letter dated December 7, 1910 addressed to Mr. Alfred Jones, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Board of Corporators of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, regarding the bestowal of a diploma to Chumpa Sunthanker, one of the first women from India to earn her degree in medicine in the United States.
Letter from Marybai T. Kukde to Miss Bosworth
Letter dated October 18, 1921 addressed to Annie Bosworth, a friend of Dr. Mary Kukde, one of the first women from India to receive her degree in medicine in the United States. Stationed at a remote hospital in Pudukkottai, Dr. Kukde writes, “There is more need here in this native state than many other places. There is no woman doctor here but one old apothecary.”
Letter from Marybai T. Kukde to Miss Bosworth
Letter dated November 14, 1922 by Dr. Mary Kukde, one of the first women from India to receive her degree in medicine in the United States. Dr. Kukde, stationed at Ranee Hospital in Trichy (Tiruchirappalli), writes about her work, monsoon season, and life in an Indian state not under British rule.