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The Albert S. Lyons Papers consist primarily of the professional records of Dr. Albert S. Lyons and of the ostomate self-help groups with which he was involved. The collection is organized into nine series. Series 1, Correspondence, contains personal and professional correspondence. Series 2, Writings, contains published and unpublished articles, lectures and reviews. Series 3, Professional Associations, contains the records of Dr. Lyons' involvement in numerous professional organizations, including the American Cancer Society, the American College of Gastroenterology, the Medical Society of the State of New York, the New York Surgical Society, the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, and the Physicians' Wine Appreciation Society. Series 4, Project Files, contains files on research projects both within and outside the field of medicine, including several surgical and medical projects and a wide range of proposed books. Series 5, Oral History, contains records related to the study and practice of oral history and consists primarily of material from the Oral History Association's annual colloquia. Series 6, History of Medicine, contains records related to Dr. Lyons's work in medical history, including material related to the book Medicine: An Illustrated History and the records of Dr. Lyons's activities as a teacher of medical history at Mount Sinai. Series 7, Subject Files, contains subject files on a wide variety of topics, including material related to the creation of the Mount Sinai Archives and the records of Dr. Lyons's service at a number of New York City hospitals. Series 8, Ostomies & Ostomy Associations, consists of material related to ostomy patient self-help groups and to ostomies in general. It contains an extensive collection of material related to the United Ostomy Association, smaller files of material on local and regional ostomy groups, subject files, and collections of periodicals, vendor publications and miscellaneous literature. Finally, Series 9, Plaques, Slides and Oversized Material, contains oversized and artifactual material including diplomas, professional certificates, presentation slides and honorary plaques.

Alfred R. Stern served as Chairman of the three Boards of Trustees of Mount Sinai from 1977 to 1985 (the Medical Center, the Hospital and the Medical School). He explains the leadership structure of the institution, and how and why it changed over time, and discuses some of the strengths of Mount Sinai, “town and gown” tensions, and funding difficulties on State and Federal levels. He describes Gus Levy’s personality and working style. He adds some of his background growing up in Chicago area, shares some of the family history and stories, his business dealings in broadcasting (NBC radio & TV) and in cable, which he sold to Warner Communications, before moving onto work in another business. Finally, he touches on his hobbies and interests and his children.

Kark discusses his life and training (originally from South Africa); his work in South African hospitals and the University of Natal medical school; his arrival at Mount Sinai as Director of the Dept. of Surgery; his impressions of the program; affiliations with Greenpoint Hospital and the City Hospital Center at Elmhurst and the reasons for them; his contributions; planning of space in Annenberg; why he resigned; his opinion of Drs. George James, Solomon Berson, Kermit Osserman, John Garlock, Ralph Colp, Leon Ginzburg and Samuel Klein; his opinion of the residency training program. (Interview starts on August 16, 1973 and is continued on August 21, 1973.)

Barry Freedman discusses his career as an administrator at The Mount Sinai Hospital, starting in 1978. He details the changing structure of the hospital organization, changes in hospital reimbursement and relations with government; labor relations in a changing hospital, in particular with the nursing staff; the current state of hospitals in the United States; and the care center model that The Mount Sinai Hospital adopted.

This is a recording of the oral history of Bella Trachtenberg conducted by Albert S. Lyons on October 31st, 1985. Some of the significant topics represented in this oral history include: working as a stenographer; stories from life in France while working in the laboratory at Base Hospital No. 3 AEF during World War I; her experiences with and opinion of the men of the Board of Trustees and Medical Board; recalling controversies and tensions between surgeons, as well as the first and second woman externs, Isabel Beck (finished training in 1924) and Gertrude Felshin (class of 1925), and the first woman intern Rose Speigel; and George Baehr’s work with the Consultation Serivces and early animal kidney transplants, including her own role in Baehr’s kidney transplants as an anesthesiologist.

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Dr. Bryan Brooks is a British surgeon who apparently was a patient in Mount Sinai Hospital and was well enough to speak with Dr. Lyons about his life and career. They discuss the British medical system, why some British doctors are referred to as "Mr." while others are called "Dr." and particularly the way ileostomy surgeries are done in England. He describes the British school system starting in early grades up through medical schooling, the salaries of medical professionals in England, how ostomy clubs began in England, and how he came to be in Mount Sinai Hospital. Lastly, he mentions his hobbies.

Dr. Crohn speaks about his early years in practice, when he came to Mount Sinai Hospital, the start of the gastrointestinal service there and the researchers with whom he worked . He relates his side of the story of ileitis, how the concept was developed at Mount Sinai, and what his part in it was, and the part that others played. He also describes some of his hobbies and interests.

Names mentioned: Dr. Berg; Dr. Edward Aronson; Dr. Lewisohn; Dr. Libman; Dr. Leon Ginzburg and Dr. Oppenheimer

Dr. James discusses his background and early training in public health work; his tenue at the New York City Health Department; how he was chosen as the first Dean and President of Mount Sinai; the role of government and medicine and the impact title 19, Medicare will have on that relationship; plans for the new Medial School.

Dr. Popper discusses the planning and early years of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine; the governance structure; faculty and Trustees involved. He also includes personal data on his education in Vienna, choices for working here in the U.S., and speaks about the character of Dr. Klemperer.