Portrait photograph of Rafidin Ahmed
Photograph of Rafidin Ahmed, a class of 1915 graduate from the University of Iowa, from the September 1915 issue of The Hindusthanee Student.
Portrait photograph of Prafulla K. Bose
Photograph of Prafulla K. Bose, a class of 1915 medical school graduate from the University of Iowa, from the September 1915 issue of The Hindusthanee Student.
Family Limitation
Pamphlet titled "Family Limitation" by Margaret Sanger, published in 1919. Sanger was a birth control activist, who also was a member of the Friends of Freedom for India.
Letter from B.N. Chatterjee to Dean of The Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia
Letter dated November 29, 1902 from B.N. Chatterjee to the Dean of Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia. After completing three years of medical study at Calcutta University, Chatterjee wrote to Hahnemann Medical College inquiring about the possibility of completing his fourth year of study there.
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.
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.