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  • Works whose main purpose is to record and convey factual information.

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        263 Archival description results for Informational works

        Yearbooks
        US AA089.S005 · Series · 1958-2016
        Part of Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel records

        This collection contains two sets of the yearbooks of the Phillips School of Nursing, the former Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing. Both sets are missing 1962. The 1959 and 1961 volumes were not printed but were single sheets with images pasted on them that were placed in a three-ring binder. In 1980 there were two versions of the yearbook, one for the diploma students and the other the Associates students.

        The school stopped publishing print versions of the yearbook. The last available edition is 2016.

        World War I Correspondence
        US AA088.S003.SS001.B004.F033 · File · 1919-01 - 1919-12
        Part of Mount Sinai Beth Israel records

        This folder includes the correspondence of Louis J. Frank with Beth Israel Hospital medical staff serving in World War I. Correspondence is mainly sent from France and Germany.

        Topics include discussion on daily life of those serving, travel throughout Europe, practicing medicine during and after battle, and reactions to Armistice.

        One major thread of correspondence includes a request from Dr. Joseph Horowitz, who, stationed in Germany with little to do after the Armistice, asks Louis J. Frank to coordinate with Congressman Isaac Siegel to help him return to work at Beth Israel Hospital.

        World War I Correspondence
        US AA088.S003.SS001.B004.F031 · File · 1917-1919 (bulk 1917)
        Part of Mount Sinai Beth Israel records

        This folder includes the correspondence of Louis J. Frank with Beth Israel Hospital medical staff serving in World War I. Correspondence is mainly sent from "somewhere in France," but also from Germany and Fort Benjamin, Indiana in the U.S.

        Topics include the staffing of Beth Israel, future needs of military patients, the status of the Beth Israel Hospital building (future Dazian Pavilion), and the daily life of those serving. At least one letter makes reference to the Mount Sinai Hospital Unit.

        World War I Correspondence
        US AA088.S003.SS001.B004.F032 · File · 1918 - 1919-01-11
        Part of Mount Sinai Beth Israel records

        This folder includes the correspondence of Louis J. Frank with Beth Israel Hospital medical staff serving in World War I. Correspondence is mainly sent from "somewhere in France," but also from Germany and Fort Benjamin, Indiana in the U.S.

        Topics include discussion on daily life for those serving in the war, Russia's role in the war, the status of the new Beth Israel hospital building (future Dazian Pavilion), medical staff shortages at Beth Israel and in the United States, the Influenza Epidemic of 1918, discussions of wartime surgery, discussions of x-ray training for military doctors, the status of various Beth Israel doctors at home and abroad, and global and local politics, particularly related to Congressman Isaac Siegel. Two postcards were also sent from Leo B. Meyer from Chartreuse de Vauclaire, a monastery turned military hospital in France. Letters also make various references to the Mount Sinai Hospital unit.

        US AA101 · Collection · 1854-1966 (bulk 1855-1952)

        The documents comprising the records of the Woman’s Hospital in the State of New York include annual reports, committee reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, photographs, reprints and written works prepared by the medical staff, 19th century patient casebooks, the manuscript of the first gynecological text book in the U.S., notebooks recording expectant fathers’ thoughts, original gynecological illustrations for text books, and medical instruments. Although most of the material deals with the administrative aspects of the hospital, documentation of the medical staffs’ accomplishments is also provided.

        Bound volumes of annual reports, which include reports from the Woman’s Hospital Association, Board of Governors, Board of Supervisors and the Medical Department, form the most complete series among these records, though the collection lacks the first 22 volumes of reports, and only starts at Volume 23, 1877-1878. The reports provide a description of the hospital’s organizational structure and its constitution and by-laws. Additionally, each offers an overview of the major events and accomplishments for that year: statistical data, such as the number of patients admitted and treated, financial information concerning the budget, and donations and their donors. Several of the reports include the text of speeches given at the annual combined meetings of the Boards and biographical sketches of hospital physicians. (Note: Earlier copies of Woman’s Hospital annual reports are found at the New York Historical Society.)

        Also included in the annual reports are monthly and quarterly reports submitted to the Board of Governors by the Boards and their committees. Their dates and numbers imply that several are missing. These reports include statistical information, e.g., number of patients being treated, financial data, and descriptions of the hospital’s physical condition. Although incomplete, the medical reports provide statistical and narrative reports of the pathologist and other physicians.

        Minutes of meetings constitute a significant portion of this collection. They record the proceedings of the various Boards and their respective committees. The discussions reveal the hierarchy in the Woman’s Hospital organizational structure. There are gaps in the reports, however.

        Some correspondence addressed to the Board of Governors has been filed with the Board’s records. Several of the letters refer to appointments of physicians and other personnel, while the remainder are general in nature.

        The casebooks span dates between 1855 and 1871 and include patient information from J. Marion Sims, MD and Thomas Addis Emmet, MD. The text includes original, hand drawn pencil sketches of some of the cases, sometimes in color. The original casebooks are fragile and have been digitally scanned for researcher use.

        The records of the Woman’s Hospital in the State of New York shed light on the history of the Hospital from an organizational and medical perspective. The evolution of the hospital is highlighted by the wide time span covered by the materials. References to other hospitals and certain epidemics supply information about general health conditions in New York City during this time period.

        Woman's Hospital in the State of New York
        US AA101.S010.SS007 · Subseries · 1895-1933
        Part of Woman's Hospital in the State of New York records

        This volume, labeled The Surgical Contributions of Dougal Bissell, MD, includes a preface from Encyclopedia of American Biography and various reprints of his published articles focusing on gynecological issues. It also includes the first issue of "The Bulletin of the Woman's Hospital," dated June 1912. Dr. Bissell was an Attending Surgeon at Woman's Hospital.

        Bissell, Dougal, 1864-1935
        US AA102 · Collection · 1854-1960

        This is a small collection. Of particular significance are the two patient registers, or casebooks, of the Infirmary which report on the condition of the patients cared for there by the Sisterhood of the Holy Communion. The last page of the second volume refers to the transition to the new St. Luke’s Hospital in 1858. The collection also includes several historical sketches of the church, a program from the 90th anniversary service, a short biography of Anne Ayres, the first Sister, is included as well as a portrait of her, and pictures of the church building. (Note that these have been moved to the Archives Photograph Collection.) A Founders’ Day sermon from 1927 and a charming Christmas card from a Miss Roberts and Sister Anne are also found in the collection.

        St. Luke's Hospital Center. The Richard Bolling Memorial Library