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Collection MalF : Franklin P. Mall Collection

Description

Key

42471

Reference Code Element

MalF

Dates

1885-1918, inclusive

Extent

3.5 linear feet

Creator

Personal name, Mall, Franklin P. (Franklin Paine), 1862-1917.

Personal name, Mall, Mabel Glover

Administrative/Biographical History

Franklin P. Mall was born in Belle Plain, Iowa. He received his M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1883 and for the next three years was involved in postgraduate study in embryology and physiology in Germany. He came to Baltimore in 1886 as one of William H. Welch's first fellows in pathology. Mall left Johns Hopkins in 1889 to become an adjunct professor of vertebrate anatomy at Clark University. From there he went to the University of Chicago for a year as professor of anatomy before returning to Johns Hopkins in 1893 as the first professor of anatomy at the school of medicine. His research included embryology and the relationship between structure and function in adult organs, particularly the spleen, liver, and heart. Mall, together with Welch, conceived the idea of a full-time faculty in medicine with salary support sufficient to allow time for research. From 1914 until his death in 1917, Mall was the first director of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Embryology, which was affiliated with the anatomy department at Johns Hopkins.

Chronology

Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1886-1889

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1893-1917

Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Embryology, 1914-1917

Scope and Content

The Franklin P. Mall Collection spans his entire medical career. It contains correspondence with some of his colleagues as well as with his wife, Mabel Glover, a member of the first class of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Included are letters from Charles S. Minot and Wilhelm His, as well as correspondence regarding Mall's participation in the American Medical Association's Council on Medical Education. The collection also includes Mall's reprints. Mall's professional papers are in the records of the Carnegie Institute.

Language

English

Administration

Date(s) of Descriptions

1981

Processing Information

The Franklin Mall Collection was organized and cataloged by Harold Kanarek in 1981. The processing project was supported by a grant from the NIH National Library of Medicine (LM 03594).

Accession

2012-032

1979-094

Composed Of

Found 5 record(s)

Reference Code and Titlesort by Reference Code and Title ascending	Key (Collection)sort by Key (Collection) ascending	Dates	Record Levelsort by Record Level ascending	Hierarchysort by Hierarchy ascending
1- Correspondence	42472		Series	CollectionMalF- Franklin P. Mall Collection
2- Correspondence with Mabel Glover	235714	1894-1897	Series	CollectionMalF- Franklin P. Mall Collection
3- Reprints	235715		Series	CollectionMalF- Franklin P. Mall Collection
4- Papers related to the death of Franklin Mall	235716		Series	CollectionMalF- Franklin P. Mall Collection
5- Photographs	235717		Series	CollectionMalF- Franklin P. Mall Collection

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