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Personal Papers and Manuscripts
BABIES HOSPITAL (NEW YORK, N.Y.)
Historical Collection, 1887-1994.
1.5 cubic feet (5 document boxes, 6 folders, 1 volume and 1 oversize portrait.)
SCOPE AND CONTENT:
This is an artificial collection, composed of records of Babies Hospital activities from 1887 to the mid 1990’s. Included in the collection are summary histories of the institution, annual reports, general administrative and departmental files, records of anniversary events and Christmas plays, scrapbooks, photographs and artifacts.
HISTORICAL NOTE:
Babies Hospital was founded in 1887 by five women “to provide medical and surgical aid and nursing for sick babies.” At the time, New York City had only 27 hospital beds devoted to the care of children under the age of one year. Babies soon became one of the nation’s pre-eminent children’s hospitals. Within twenty years it had established an outpatient department, a training school for nurses, and a summer hospital at the New Jersey shore. It became a teaching affiliate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1900. L. Emmett Holt, Herbert Wilcox, Sr. and Rustin McIntosh were among the medical directors of the hospital in the 20th century.
After several brief stays at various locations, Babies Hospital settled in two houses on Lexington Avenue at E. 55th Street. In 1902, these buildings were replaced with a modern structure where the Hospital remained until it moved to the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center at W. 168th Street in 1929.
ACCESS:
Access allowed under terms of Archives and Special Collections’ Access Policy to Records Containing Protected Health Information.
LANGUAGE:
The bulk of the collection is in English, though there are some materials in German and Arabic.
PROVENANCE:
Gift of the Babies’ Hospital Alumni Association, Accession # 1997.11.19, 1999.11.09, 2000.01.27, 2002.04.26, 2000.09.13 and 2002.12.04.
The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Jennifer McGillan in December 2007. Historical information was adapted from other finding aids prepared by Bob Vietrogoski.
ARRANGEMENT:
Arranged in ten series,: I. General historical information; II. Annual Reports; III. General administration files; IV. Departmental files; V. Doctors; VI. Special Events; VII. Publications; VIII. Scrapbooks; IX. Photographs and X. Oversize materials
SUBJECTS:
Andersen, Dorothy Hansine, 1901-
Apgar, Virginia, 1909-1974.
Bartlett, Frederic Huntington, 1872-
Carter, Sidney, 1912-
Curnen, Edward.
Driscoll, John M.
Holt, L. Emmett (Luther Emmett), 1855-1924.
McIntosh, Rustin.
McNutt, Sarah J.
Silverman, William A.
Babies Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
Babies Hospital (New York, N.Y.). First Practical Training School for Nursery Maids.
Babies Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Pediatric Service.
Columbia University. Dept. of Pediatrics.
Children – Hospitals.
Box and Folder List
Series
I: general historical information
Box Fo. Contents
1 1 General
Histories, n.d.
2-3 Historical
Notes
4-5 Misc. historical information
6 Parent participation [presentation?], 1976
7 Guide
for Patients and Parents, c. late 1980s early 1990s
8 A
Summer’s Work, 1889, photocopy.
9 Training
School for Nursery Maids, 1893, photocopy.
10 The
Babies’ Hospital and Its Work, 1900, photocopy.
11 “In Search of the Spirit of the
n.d., typescript.
12 “Requirements for Progress: An Estimate
of Needs”, 1963
13 Rusty
McIntosh: The Essence of His Presence at
Series ii: annual reports
1 14 1st (1889) and 25th (1913) Annual Reports
15 Notes
from Annual Reports, 1896-1943
16 Annual
Reports, 1943-58, photocopies
17 Pediatrics
Annual Report, 1959-1979, photocopies
18 Research
1962 (Annual Report excerpt?)
19 Dept. of
Pediatrics: 1986 Annual Report
20 Dept. of
Pediatrics: 1987 Annual Report
21 Hospital
description [mid-late 1980s]
22 1992
Annual Report
Series III: General
Administrative Files
2 1
2 Medical
staff by-laws, rules and regulations of the
3
History of the
Carpentier Chair endowment, including photocopies of 1904 letters and article
from 1977
4
Letter, L.
Emmett Holt to Sarah J. McNutt, 1913, regarding the location of Babies’
Hospital in 1887
5
Papers and
picture from Dr. Holt’s visit to
6
Letter from Holt
to Norton, from
7
Training School
for Nursery Maids, graduation certificate, Della Robb, 1924, photocopy
8
Committee on
Educational Nursing, 1929
9
Letter to
professional staff regarding granting of
privileges at
10
Letter from Arvo
Ylppö to McIntosh and Silverman, 1957
11
John Driscoll,
Treasurer’s report 1990-91
12
Misc Driscoll
materials [contains patient information]
13
Misc Driscoll
Folder II: Caryn file (?); publicity related (?)
14
Misc Driscoll
Folder III
15
Edward Curnen,
List of BH publications, 1946, and pediatric language disorders, n.d.
16
Curnen, reprints
of others, 1949
17
Curnen,
introduction of René Dubos, 1976
18
Letter sent to
doctors by 10 year old child, n.d. [former patient]
19
25 Year Club
memo, 1954
20
21
Memorial Gifts,
n.d.
22
Rockefeller
Family Fundraising, 1992
23
1973 Recruitment
manual
24
House staff,
1960-70
25
Pediatric House
Staff Out-Patient Department Rotation Schedule, 1986-87
26
Group practice
and schedules, 1986-1991
27
Preventing cross-contamination
by nurses, 1929-1966
28
Dept. of Health
NYC, Quarantine Regulations in General Hospitals, 1943
29
Patient records [HIPAA restricted], 1953
30
Yellow sheet
modification
31
Letter, McIntosh
to Sol Cohen, 1980
32
Letters,
McIntosh to Poch, 1953 and 1956
Series iv: departmental
records
33
Principles for
family-centered neo-natal care, n.d., no author
34
Pathology,
Ferret records, Dr. Rorke, c. 1972
35
Kyoho,
Nosocomoal Bacteremias, c. 1988
36
Perinatal
Division Budget, 1990 (includes report from 1986)
37
Premature Babies
Unit Opens, press release, 1949
3 1 Vital
signs wheel, 1958-62
2 Birth-weight
Study, 1976-80
3 Cross-tabulations,
birth-weight study, 1977-83
4 NYS
Infant Health Assessment, 1992,93
Series v: doctors
5 “Dorothy
Anderson” (biographical article)
6 Virginia Apgar
stamp , n.d., c. 1991
7 Letter
from Director of Development re: Apgar stamp
8 Apgar
stamp information
9 Virginia
Apgar Quartet info (draft)
10 P&S Journal, Virginia Apgar cover
story
11 New Yorker article on Dr. Frederic H.
Bartlett, July 15, 1944
12 Letter
re: Dr. Frederic H. Bartlett Memorial Bed, February 15, 1949
13 “Sidney
Carter” (biographical article)
14 Curnan, Memorabilia, 1935-76
15 Curnan,
Annual report reprints (?), 1960, 1963
16 Article
about Richard Day by William Silverman, 1995
17 Silverman
on Silverman, presentation, n.d.
Series vi: special events
18 50th Anniversary Celebration, May 24, 1938, photocopy
19 50th Anniversary Open House, 1938, photocopy
20 75th Anniversary, 1962
21 75th Anniversary citations, 1962 (?)
22 Rusty
McIntosh, Centennial related
23 Centennial
information, 1988
24 Draft
outline for centennial narrative
25 Christmas
Play (?), 1946, Winnie in Wonderland
26 A Christmas Carol, play, 1947
27 Christmas/play
materials, 1950s
28 Radio
announcement, Health talks programs, 1928
29 Address given at the welcoming ceremony, Dr. John
Munn Hansford , c.
1950
30 A Century
of Nursing Conference, May 12-13, 1954
31 1st Richard Day Lecture, Experimenting on Children,
American Style,
Series vii: publicity
32 Assorted
newspaper clippings
33 “A Stay
in the Hospital”, n.d., photocopy
34 Richard
Scott (boy w/out an esophagus), photocopy of an article
35 Parents for Parents Newsletter, Nov.
1985
36 Nightingaliana
article, photocopy
37
38 WHO World Future and Child Health (in
Arabic)
39 Joy of
Nursing, poster, n.d., c. 1950s-60s
40 “The
Child and the Adult as Patients”, Sr. Grace Anne, OSA, RN, n.d.
41 “Martin A. Couny: Der Inkubatordoktor” by Silverman, excerpted
from
42 “The
Future of Clinical Experimentation in Neonatal Medicine”, 1994
Series viii: scrapbooks
4 1-3 Scrapbook
1973-77
4 Scrapbook
1974-1992
5-6 Scrapbook
1973-80
7 Scrapbook
project notes, n.d., c. late 1980s
Series ix: photographs
8 Photocopies
of historical photographs
9 American
Pediatric Society Meeting,
10 Ruth
Harris, House Staff photos, 1947
11 House staff,
1947-1969
12 House
staff, 1953/54-1960/61
13 Altman, Bowen, Callahan, Miké
14 Doctors
15 Visit by
British Royalty (Alexandra, Duchess of
16
17 Yellow
fever hospital (?),
18 Photo
reproduction, caricature of Dr. McIntosh by Dr. Riley
Series X: Oversize materials
5 1 Conference
on Burns and Flame Retardant Fabric, 1966
2 Photographs,
brain cells (?)
MC2 5 Awards
plaque and supporting materials
5 Babies
Hospital Library rules (framed)
OVM1 10 Pictorial
history (drawings) 1929-62
11
Newspaper
clippings, 1887-88, and color photocopy of same
12
Logo development
cards
13
Embroidered
Giardia
OV20 20 L.
Emmett Holt (portrait)
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