Alice Weld Tallant Papers, 1896-1958
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topic: Alice Brown to the Anthony family, 1915-47
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topic: Miscellaneous from AWT (including accounts of relief work in France), 1902-58
subject: Miscellaneous from AWT (including accounts of relief work in France), 1902-58
topic: Alice Brown to AWT, 1896-1948
subject: Alice Brown to AWT, 1896-1948
topic: AWT to Margaret Grierson, 1946-1957
subject: AWT to Margaret Grierson, 1946-1957
topic: Biographical material, clippings, and memorabilia 1912-58, n.d.
subject: Biographical material, clippings, and memorabilia 1912-58, n.d.
topic: France
subject: France
topic: Smith College Relief Unit and medical relief work: correspondence, reports, photographs and memorabilia, 1917-18 [see also folder 3]
subject: Smith College Relief Unit and medical relief work: correspondence, reports, photographs and memorabilia, 1917-18 [see also folder 3]
topic: American Committee for Devastated France: correspondence, testimonials, medals and citations (including Croix de Guerre), 1918-19
subject: American Committee for Devastated France: correspondence, testimonials, medals and citations (including Croix de Guerre), 1918-19
topic: Radio scripts, 1848, 1950
subject: Radio scripts, 1848, 1950
topic: Philadelphia County Medical Society: plaque, invitation, photograph and testimonials, 1952
subject: Philadelphia County Medical Society: plaque, invitation, photograph and testimonials, 1952
topic: Writings by AWT: reprints and articles, 1915-26
subject: Writings by AWT: reprints and articles, 1915-26
topic: Johns Hopkins Medical School: correspondence, 1955
subject: Johns Hopkins Medical School: correspondence, 1955
topic: Poems, n.d.
subject: Poems, n.d.
topic: Photographs, 1897-1920s, n.d. [see also folder 8]
subject: Photographs, 1897-1920s, n.d. [see also folder 8]
topic: Awards
subject: Awards
topic: Box of medals
subject: Box of medals
topic: Johns Hopkins University: Fifty Year Alumnus medal
subject: Johns Hopkins University: Fifty Year Alumnus medal
topic: OVERSIZED MATERIALS
subject: OVERSIZED MATERIALS
topic: Johns Hopkins University medical diploma, 1902
subject: Johns Hopkins University medical diploma, 1902
topic: Americain pour les regions devastees de la France: licenses and certificate, 1916-1923
subject: Americain pour les regions devastees de la France: licenses and certificate, 1916-1923

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Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
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provides access to: Miscellaneous from AWT (including accounts of relief work in France), 1902-58
provides access to: Alice Brown to AWT, 1896-1948
provides access to: AWT to Margaret Grierson, 1946-1957
provides access to: Biographical material, clippings, and memorabilia 1912-58, n.d.
provides access to: France
provides access to: Smith College Relief Unit and medical relief work: correspondence, reports, photographs and memorabilia, 1917-18 [see also folder 3]
provides access to: American Committee for Devastated France: correspondence, testimonials, medals and citations (including Croix de Guerre), 1918-19
provides access to: Radio scripts, 1848, 1950
provides access to: Philadelphia County Medical Society: plaque, invitation, photograph and testimonials, 1952
provides access to: Writings by AWT: reprints and articles, 1915-26
provides access to: Johns Hopkins Medical School: correspondence, 1955
provides access to: Poems, n.d.
provides access to: Photographs, 1897-1920s, n.d. [see also folder 8]
provides access to: Awards
provides access to: Box of medals
provides access to: Johns Hopkins University: Fifty Year Alumnus medal
provides access to: OVERSIZED MATERIALS
provides access to: Johns Hopkins University medical diploma, 1902
provides access to: Americain pour les regions devastees de la France: licenses and certificate, 1916-1923

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Alice Weld Tallant Papers, 1896-1958
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Alice Weld Tallant Papers
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identifier: MS 158
date: 1896-1958
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date created accumulated start: 1896
date created accumulated end: 1958
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origination: Tallant, Alice Weld, 1875-1958
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scopecontent: Scope and Contents of the Collection The papers include a small amount of material related to her medical career after graduation from Johns Hopkins University in 1902, at Joy Settlement and St. Martha's House, Philadelphia; and more extensive documentation of her work in France during World War I, both as Director of Smith College Relief Unit, and later in a French Army Hospital. Letters (1902-1957) to and from Tallant include those of her grandmother, playwright Alice Brown, and Sophia Smith Collection Director, Margaret Storrs Grierson. Also included are biographical materials, photographs, radio scripts, memorabilia, and tributes from the French government and citizens.
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Tallant, Alice Weld, 1875-1958
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Biographical History for: Alice Weld Tallant Papers
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body: Biographical Note Alice Weld Tallant in uniform inCoulommier, France, 1918 Alice Weld Tallant was born in Boston on 14 July 1875. She attended private schools, and earned her A.B. from Smith College in 1897 and her M.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1902. She did graduate work at the hospital of the New York Lying-In Society and later at the Charite Hospital in Berlin. She interned and assisted at New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston from 1902 to 1905. Tallant worked as "Examiner for Gymnasium and Lecturer in Hygiene" at Bates College from 1903 to 1904. She was Professor of Obstetrics at the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania and Obstetrician-in-Chief at College Hospital from 1905 to 1923. From 1922-28, she was an obstetrician at the Philadelphia General Hospital. She went overseas with the Smith College Relief Unit in World War I, serving from July 1917 until February 1918. While there, she served in the 6th French army military evacuation hospital and was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1918. In 1922, she wrote a textbook on obstetrical nursing. From 1905 until her death in 1958, Tallant practiced obstetrics at the Woman's Hospital in Philadelphia. In addition to these responsibilities, throughout her life she worked in other hospitals and institutions in Philadelphia, including the Baby's Hospital from 1924 to 1942. Tallant also served as physician and social worker at the Joy Settlement from 1928 to 1938, and contributed her time and expertise to the Girls' House of Refuge from 1906 to 1950, first as visiting physician and then as consulting physician. Alice Weld Tallant died 31 May 1958.
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Contents
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Correspondence
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has part: Alice Brown to the Anthony family, 1915-47
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has part: Miscellaneous from AWT (including accounts of relief work in France), 1902-58
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has part: Alice Brown to AWT, 1896-1948
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has part: AWT to Margaret Grierson, 1946-1957
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Biographical material, clippings, and memorabilia 1912-58, n.d.
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France
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has part: American Committee for Devastated France: correspondence, testimonials, medals and citations (including Croix de Guerre), 1918-19
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Radio scripts, 1848, 1950
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access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Philadelphia County Medical Society: plaque, invitation, photograph and testimonials, 1952
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access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Writings by AWT: reprints and articles, 1915-26
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access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Johns Hopkins Medical School: correspondence, 1955
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Poems, n.d.
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Photographs, 1897-1920s, n.d. [see also folder 8]
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access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Awards
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Alice Brown to the Anthony family, 1915-47
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Miscellaneous from AWT (including accounts of relief work in France), 1902-58
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Alice Brown to AWT, 1896-1948
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AWT to Margaret Grierson, 1946-1957
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Smith College Relief Unit and medical relief work: correspondence, reports, photographs and memorabilia, 1917-18 [see also folder 3]
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access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

American Committee for Devastated France: correspondence, testimonials, medals and citations (including Croix de Guerre), 1918-19
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access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Box of medals
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Johns Hopkins University: Fifty Year Alumnus medal
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Johns Hopkins University medical diploma, 1902
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Americain pour les regions devastees de la France: licenses and certificate, 1916-1923
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access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA