Benjamin Rush Collections
A pioneering, controversial doctor, chemist, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) spent much of his career as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Notable Collections
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Positive Psychology Collection
The University of Pennsylvania has long been known as a central spot for the study of positive psychology.
U. S. Health Activism History Collection (Walter J. Lear U.S. Health Activism History Collection)
The U.S Health Activism History Collection is a group of archival collections centered on health care, health policy, and medical reform movements. Topics covered in these collections included poverty, civil rights, women's health, and many others. The original collector, Walter J. Lear (1923-2010), was a pioneering LGBT doctor and medical activist.