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Abramson, Harold - Papers, 1899-1974 Alexander, Hattie Elizabeth - Papers, 1939-1981. Andersen, Dorothy H. - Papers, 1930-1965 Andrew Syngrou Hospital - Photograph Album, c.1929 Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists, 1957-1992 Auchincloss, Hugh - "Report to the Surgical Department...," 1915 Babies Hospital Alumni Association - Records, 1927-2000 Babies Hospital - Case Records, 1932-1955 Babies Hospital - Historical Collection, 1887-1994 Babies Hospital - Patient Records, 1889-1929 Bakers Weekly - Press clippings: editorial campaign... Bellevue Hospital - Casebooks, 1866-1916 Bellows, Henry W. - Letters, 1861-1863 Bendixen, Henrik Holt - Papers, 1943-1998 Bernard, Viola Wertheim - Papers, 1918-2000 Bliss, Susan Dwight - Papers, 1926-1955 Bodecker, Charles F. - Papers, 1876-1970 Bogle, John - Papers, 1943-1946 Brewer, George - Scrapbook, 1903, 1913-1923 Calderone, Frank A. - Papers, 1911-1984 Champion, Moses - Letters, 1818-1819 Claman, Leoni Neumann - Papers, 1917, 1922-1924 Collegium der Ärzte der Deutschen Dispensary und Hospital (NY, NY), 1879-1882 Cosman, Bard - Plastic Surgery Case Reports, 1960-1962 Cournand, André - Papers, 1930-1983 Curtis, John G. - "Harvey's Views ..." c.1900 Davis, Elizabeth - Papers, 1949-1998 Dentist's Ledger and Casebook, 1854-1856. Dunning, William B. - Papers, 1881-1970 Elinson, Jack - Papers, 1917-2005 Eliot, Ellsworth Jr. - Operation Record Books, 1900-1912 Emerson, Haven - Papers, 1905-1965 Engle, Earl T. - Papers, 1896-1970 Evans, James M. - Account Book, c.1890-1901 Ewen McIntyre & Son (New York, N.Y.) - Prescription record books, 1863-1888 Experiment (Ship) - Register of Sick & Prescriptions, 1833-1834 Forbes, Henry Hall - Papers, c.1886-1890 Freud, Sigmund - Letters, 1921-1922 Freud, Sigmund - Totem und Tabu [manuscript, c.1912] Friedman, Emanuel - Papers, 1953-1989 Frühwald, Victor - Notebook and album, 1913-1930 Geddings, William H. - Casebooks, 1880-1894 Gies, William John - Collection, 1864-1958 Gill, Elizabeth - Papers, 1937-1968 Graham Family - Papers, 1773-1825. Greig, Alexander - Letters, 1826-1849 Hanway, Betty Nordstrom - Scrapbook, 1948-1951, 1970 Hawkins, Wilma Stevens - "Five Years in Syria," 1934-1939 Herman Knapp Memorial Hospital - Case Books, 1869-1939. Hillard, William Avery - Casebook, 1897-1903 Hilleboe, Herman - Papers, 1931-1968 Hodgkins, David Webb - Papers, 1820-1898 Hogan, Aileen I. - "Letters from Second General...," 1942-1945 Holt, L. Emmett - Patient Records, 1901-1923 Howe, Benjamin - Ledger, 1811-1822 Hunt, James Ramsay - Casebooks, 1903-1936 Jarvie, William - Papers, c.1856-1918 Jolliffe, Norman - Papers, 1901-1961 Lee, Frederic Schiller - Papers, 1867-1933 Lenz, Maurice - Papers, 1902-1977 Longitudinal Harlem Adolescent Health Study - Records, 1967-1999 Maternity Center Association - Records, 1907-1997 May, Charles H. - Papers, 1883-1966 McIntosh, Rustin - Papers, 1932-1974 Merritt, Houston H. - Papers, 1917-1979 Meyer, Karl - Papers, 1932-1992 Montmarquet, Joseph Didier - Papers, 1887-1907 Natanson, David M. - Papers, 1906-1966 Neurological Institute - Patient Records, 1909-1940 New York Orthopaedic Hospital - Patient Records, 1870-1950 Opler, Marvin Kaufmann - Papers, 1915-1979 Orton, Samuel T. and June Lyday - Case Files, 1928-1977 Orton, Samuel T. and June Lyday - Papers, 1901-1977 Pharmacist's Prescription Record Book (NY, NY), 1887-1888 Pharmacy of St. Paul (Bologna, Italy) - Record Book, 1588-1616 Potter, Howard - Autobiography Presbyterian Hospital (NY, NY) - Autopsy Reports, 1872-1911, 1917-1919 Presbyterian Hospital (NY, NY) - Patient Records, 1872-c.1970s Presbyterian Hospital (NY, NY) - Surgical casebooks, 1875-1896, 1905-1915 Presbyterian Hospital (NY, NY), Surgical Pathology Lab - Albums, c.1915-c.1933 Prichard, Elizabeth R. - History of social work at Presbyterian Hospital, 1904-1980 Riley, Henry Alsop - Papers, 1908-1963 Seguin, E. C. - Estate Records, 1898. Severinghaus, Aura E. - Papers, 1910-1979 Silva-Hutner, Margarita - Medical Mycology Laboratory Collection, 1929-1994 Simers, William L. - Daybook and scrapbook, 1798-1810 Sloane Hospital for Women - Patient Records, 1888-1928 Smith, Harry Pratt - Papers, 1941-1959 Stout, Arthur Purdy - Collection of Tumor Literature, c.1906-1962 Stout, Arthur Purdy - Papers, 1885-1985 Taylor, Howard C. - History of the Int'l Inst. Study Human Repro.,1953-1968 Timme, Walter - Papers, 1907-1939, 1945-1947. Townsend, Peter S. - Casebook, 1817-1819 Townsend, Peter S. - Daily register..., 1847 Tuttle, George Montgomery - Casebooks, 1895-1909 U.S. Base Hospital #2 - "The Dooins," 1917-1918 Vanderbilt Clinic - Patient Records, 1914-1928 Vivisection Papers, 1875-1947 Vivisection Scrapbooks, 1908, 1910-1914, 1920-1921, 1923 Wadsworth, Augustus B. - Papers, 1897-1916 Webster, Jerome P. - Collection of Plastic Surgery Reprints, c.1907-c.1976 Webster, Jerome P. - Papers, 1545-1975. Yahr, Melvin D. - L-dopa Case Records, c.1930-c.1985

Babies Hospital was founded in 1887 by five women to provide “medical and surgical aid and nursing for sick babies.”  It was the first hospital in the country solely devoted to the care of children under the age of three and became one of the leading US centers of the emerging medical specialty of pediatrics. During this period its medical directors were L. Emmett Holt (1888-1924) and Herbert B. Wilcox, Sr. (1924-1930).

Babies Hospital affiliated with Presbyterian Hospital in 1925. It moved from its original location at Lexington Avenue and East 55th Street in 1929 to occupy its own building on the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan.  In 1943, it merged with Presbyterian but retained its name.  It was later called Babies and Children’s Hospital and since 2003 has been known as Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York.  It also serves as the department of pediatrics of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

SCOPE AND CONTENT :

An incomplete set of medical records of children seen at Babies Hospital, 1889-1929.  Content varies over time but usually includes patient name, age, sex, address; medical history; description of complaint; diagnosis; treatment; and result. Later records may include temperature charts, and laboratory and radiology reports. From 1929, Babies Hospital’s patient records were interfiled with those of Presbyterian Hospital.

ORGANIZATION:

By case number in rough chronological order, with separate case number series for outpatients and private patients.

ACCESS:

Because the records include Protected Health Information (PHI) as defined by the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), access is allowed only under the terms of Archives and Special Collections’ Access Policy to Records Containing Protected Health Information.

Because of staff constraints and the lack of a name index, Archives & Special Collections cannot search for individual records.  Microfilm of much of Presbyterian’s post-1929 patient records are held by the New York-Presbyterian Hospital Dept. of Health Information Management and persons wishing to locate the records of individuals should contact them at: http://www.nyp.org/guide/info/medical.html?

Boxes 1-3 are stored off-site and will take 1-2 days to retrieve. Researchers must call in advance to use the collection.

PROVENANCE:

Gift of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Dept. of Health Information Management, 2000 (acc. no. 2000.08.24).

SUBJECTS:

Babies Hospital (New York, N.Y.)

Children – Diseases.

Children – Medical care.

Children – Hospitals – New York (State) – New York.

Pediatrics – Practice – United States.

Babies and Children’s Hospital (New York, N.Y.)

Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York.

Processed by Henry Blanco and finding aid written by Stephen Novak, 2006.

Original Vol. No.                     Case Nos.                                                   Dates

Vol. 1                                            1-249                                        Aug. 1889 – Nov. 1890

Vol. 2                                            250-500                                   Nov. 1890 – Dec. 1891

Vol. 5                                            1001-1390                              Dec. 1893 – Feb. 1895

Vol. 8                                            1801-2029                              March – Nov. 1896

Vol. 10                                          2201-2500                              April 1897 – Feb. 1898

Vol. 12                                          2801-3100                              Nov. 1898 – Nov. 1899

Vol. 14                                          3400-3649                              Aug. 1900 – March 1901

Vol. 17                                          4000-4200                              Jan. 1901 – Nov. 1902

Box                             Case Nos.                                                   Dates

1                                  467-8775                                                    May 1907 – May 1914

2                                  26230-28661                                             June 1925 – Nov. 1926

3                [Outpatient Department]       2-58962                     Jan. 1917 – June 1929

                  Private Patients                        PP2-PP866             Jan. 1901 – Mar. 1925