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US AA058 · Collection · 1951-2016

This collection has two series. The first series is composed of files that were created as part of the research process for the writing of two books about the history of Mount Sinai: This House of Noble Deeds: Mount Sinai Hospital, 1852-2002 (NYU Press, 2002) and Teaching Tomorrow's Medicine Today: the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1963-2003 (NYU Press, 2005), both co-authored with Barbara J. Niss. This series includes a small collection of files relating to the contracts with New York University Press and the publication of the books and the research files themselves. Material that had been obtained from the collections of The Mount Sinai Archives has been removed as it can be found in its original form in the Archives.

The second series consists of general files created or received by Dr. Aufses over his later career after he stepped down from the Chairmanship of the Department of Surgery. This includes some files from his service as the Acting Chairman of the Health Policy Department from December 1, 2007 through September 2008 after Mark Chasson, MD left Mount Sinai.

A large series of scrapbooks, certificates, and plaques was received in July 2015. The certificates were removed from their frames for better storage. These are found in Oversize Box 1. Some items were discarded.

Aufses, Arthur H., Jr. (Arthur Harold)
US AA142 · Collection · 1950-1954

In 1952 The Mount Sinai Hospital celebrated the centennial of its founding in 1852. Many special events took place, while regular annual events took on a centennial air. To organize the festivities of the year, a Trustee Centennial Committee and a Physician's Advisory Committee were formed. Carl J. Austrian and Ralph Colp, M.D. were the respective chairmen. (See the Brochures file for complete list of committee members.)
One of the high points of the year was a symposium held on November 29-30, 1952 on the theme of "Medicine and Society". There was a distinguished group of speakers: Richard Shryock, Ph.D., Paul A. Weiss, Ph.D., Eli Ginzberg, Ph.D., George Baehr, M.D., George E. Armstrong, M.D., U.S. Army Surgeon General, Leonard A. Scheele, M.D., William C. Menninger, M.D., Austin M. Brues, M.D., and Alan Gregg, M.D. An historical exhibit was also organized to mark the milestone anniversary.
Another result of the centennial celebration was the publication of a history of the Hospital called The First Hundred Years of the Mount Sinai Hospital of New York, 1852-1952 by Joseph Hirsh and Beka Doherty (New York: Random House, 1952). This volume drew on the earlier efforts of Mount Sinai historians who had compiled a great deal of data and who from 1938-1944 wrote "The Story of Mount Sinai Hospital - The First Fifty Years - 1852-1902". The latter was serialized in The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine. This work was to contain another section bringing the history up to the 1940's, but World War II ended these plans. (See the Public Relations Department files for these years for the notes and drafts of this work. See also the Director's Files, because it was Dr. Joseph Turner who conceived of and encouraged this early historical work.)
A final important development of the centennial year was the completion of a Hospital building project that saw the construction of the Klingenstein Pavilion, the Atran Laboratory and the Berg Institute for Research.
These files originated in many offices and were brought together by the Archives into this series. The correspondence files were compiled by Dr. M. Ralph Kaufman, who was on the Symposium sub-committee, and Dr. Burrill B. Crohn, who worked on the sub-committee for organizing the exhibit. The pamphlets and brochures were acquired from many sources over the years. The Symposium and the exhibit receive the most coverage in these files. There is no information about the building program here, nor is there much about the work of the Centennial committees and sub-committees themselves.

Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
US AA169 · Collection · 1961-1977

The files consist primarily of memos and correspondence with staff and Trustees and include remarks by Dr. Pomrinse, plans for the new Annenberg Building, information on Dr. Pomrinse's role as the first Edmond A. Guggenheim Professor of Administrative Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Files 2, 5, and 10 provide insights into labor relations and strikes during Dr. Pomrinse's tenure as Director. This is an incomplete collection of records and does not portray the scope of the responsibilities encompassed by the Director's Office.

Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Office of the Director