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This collection includes a Navy certificate for "Eyes of the Navy" campaign signed by FDR; lessons and correspondence from a home study course on Elementary Harmony, 1929; a testimonial at retirement, signed by Mount Sinai Hospital staff, 1919; inscribed silver loving cup presented at Meyer's retirement (S9).

Material received from faculty and staff from around the Mount Sinai Health System. Includes: painted scrub top, donated by Maria Victoria Sevillano; bear with mask, donated by Emergency Dept. (had been given to Dr. Matthew Bai); silver bell for use as nurses' call bell in Annenberg west lobby COVID unit, donated by Amanda Rhee, MD; drawings, cards, letters of support, and an N95 mask donated by the various departments. There is also a box from Mount Sinai West with paper banners and a pen saying Heroes Work Here. In July 2021 the Health System issued a COVID-19 commemorative challenge coin. Three copies are in the collection.

The collection consists of five prints and posters done by Joseph R. Wilder, MD, a surgeon on the staff of The Mount Sinai Medical Center for many years. The subjects of this material is surgeons and surgery. Dr. Wilder was also known for his paintings of sports figures.

This collection includes: reminiscences, reprints, a plaster profile of Frank's head, and his microscope.

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.

The files in this collection primarily cover The Mount Sinai Hospital's doctors and nurses stationed at the 3rd General Hospital. Details about Mount Sinai clinicians and staff in active duty stationed at other locations during World War II are found in the publication Grand Rounds: Memos from Mount Sinai Men to their Fellows in the Services. The records cover the time period from 1942 through 1945.

A prominent item in this collection is Ralph Moloshok's unpublished historical account. The manuscript provides a detailed chronicle of Dr. Moloshok's experiences in basic training at Camp Rucker, and his active duty at the 3rd General Hospital in North Africa. The document is approximately 400 pages long. The first 118 pages are written as a journal, with entries appearing almost daily. These entries provide in-depth descriptions of the weeks spent in basic training at Camp Rucker. The second portion of the manuscript details the move to Casablanca, and finally the order to begin duty at the 3rd General Hospital in Tunisia.

The value of this manuscript is not just in its detailed descriptions of people, living conditions and medical military life, it also includes affixed original documents outlining the officers' schedules and basic training routines, anecdotes, illustrations (with no identifiable artist attribution), and photographs from Camp Rucker, Casablanca, Italy and France.

With so much of Mount Sinai's attention and resources turned toward the war effort, the Hospital moved to address the growing interest in information about the men and women in service at the 3rd General Hospital, as well as those assigned to other units in the war. Two members of Mount Sinai's administration, Sol Weiner Ginsburg, MD and Bella Trachtenberg responded by collecting, printing, binding and distributing the letters written by doctors in the war. These quarterly editions, called Grand Rounds: Memos from Mount Sinai Men to their Fellows in the Services, became wildly popular at home and among the soldiers serving abroad and within the United States. The compilation contains World War II letters and letter excerpts from September 1943 through October 1945.

Other important items in this collection are two scrapbooks on the nursing staff's military service during World War II. One was created by the Department of Nursing, the other by the Alumnae Association of The Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing. The scrapbooks include official military and hospital correspondence to and from the nursing staff in the form of letters and memoranda that range from 1942 through 1945. An interesting part of the Dept. of Nursing's scrapbook is the more casual correspondence such as greeting cards, personal notes, marriage and birth announcements, and Victory Mail (V-Mail). The greeting cards are addressed to the unit as well as to individuals. Some of the cards are hand painted. Samples of unused V-mail, intended to send holiday greetings (Mother's Day, Easter, and Christmas), are also included. Other loose items in the scrapbook include programs from amateur performances by the nurses and medical officers, concerts and religious services. The religious programs represent both Christian and Jewish faith observances at the 3rd General Hospital.

Other noteworthy scrapbook items include an original April 13, 1945 issue of Stars and Stripes announcing President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death. There are also various newsletters produced by and for the officers. These include issues of BBC News, Stethoscope 3rd General, and The Trooper. Several issues in this sampling are incomplete.

The bound pages of the scrapbook from the Alumnae Association of The Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing contains numerous keepsake items, mementos from various events, and personal and official correspondence to 1st Lt. Ruth Chamberlin, who served as Chief Nurse at the 3rd General Hospital.

In addition to this print material, the collection also includes an audio recording (VM_012) and printed transcript of The Story of Two Hospitals, as recorded by Robert St. John, an NBC war correspondent, in November 1943. There is also film footage related to the 3rd General Hospital that was taken by Dr. Henry Horn, a Mount Sinai staff member who was in the Unit. This includes footage from the Unit starting in North Africa and continuing through France, including a trip to Paris and the Follies Bergère. His wife later gave the film to the Hospital. All six reels of the film were digitized in 2005.

This collection consists of 26 audio or video interviews with medical, administrative and research staff from across the Hospital System, describing their personal experiences during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Notes from undergraduate classes at Cornell University and from New York University School of Medicine. The topics covered are: Histology, Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Botany, Bacteriology, Physical Medicine, Pathology, Neuroanatomy, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Therapeutics, Orthopedics, Pharmacology, Surgery, Gross Anatomy, Comparative Anatomy, Embryology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, and Zoology.

This collection contains records dealing with the creation and operation of the Dazian Foundation for Medical Research. The first two boxes contain information about the estate of Henry Dazian. The other boxes contain information about the selection and service of physicians as Dazian Fellows, as well as the dissolution of the Foundation.

These items were gathered by Donald Gribetz, MD when he received the gold-headed cane from David B. Sachar, MD in 2000. The cane is awarded by The Mount Sinai Alumni to those who it is judged exemplify the best qualities of a Mount Sinai physician. The cane was first presented in 1941. The material here includes the cane itself, a citation from the Mount Sinai Alumni, and two books about the history of the gold-headed cane. The books are inscribed by previous recipients of the cane including: Solomon Silver, MD, 1955-1972; Morris Bender, MD (signed by his son, Adam), 1972-1983; Arthur H. Aufses, Jr., MD, 1983-1997; David B. Sachar, MD, 1997-2000.

There is a small amount of material on the selection of the women for treatment including some pre-surgery photographs. There is also a folder of letters from some of the 'Maidens' and Japanese doctors involved.

This collection of awards and certificates is self-explanatory. It sheds light on the many facets of Dr. Bick's character and career, as well as his deep love for the field of orthopaedics.

This notebook documents research work done by Dr. Bottone on a Bacillus pumilus strain, which was later patented.

This series includes reports; annual reports; newsletters; pre- and post-affiliation with Mount Sinai School of Medicine comparisons; Medical Board minutes; residency brochures; Medical Staff Constitution, By-Laws, Rules and Regulations.

This collection includes a minute book and correspondence re: establishment of Fund; correspondence re: patent for uroselectan and Moses Swick; the dissolution of Fund and transfer of assets to The Mount Sinai Hospital.

This is a collection of documents and photographs donated by Dr. Gallozzi. They include letters from colleagues and patients (which are restricted to preserve patient privacy), notes from friends, certificates and diplomas, invitations to alumni events and dedications, and photographs of himself with colleagues, and lists of staff.

These papers are copies of material held at the American Philosophical Society Library in the Ernst P. Boas Papers. These papers represent interactions between Dr. Boas and various Mount Sinai Hospital physicians and staff. They include letters from Emanuel Libman, MD recommending young doctors and other general matters; the Cardiovascular group at Mount Sinai; Isidore Snapper, MD's attitude toward Boas; the Mount Sinai 1st Medical Service; a copy of a letter to Lawrence S. Kubie, MD re: Kubie's perceived efforts to destroy the Psychiatry service at Mount Sinai, then a part of the Neurology Department.

This collection consists primarily of correspondence, documents, photographs and memorabilia dating from Esther Winkler Shapiro’s service as a U.S. Army nurse on the Pacific front during the Second World War, with a smaller assortment of material dating from her time as a nursing student at The Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing. Memorabilia include a World War II Army Nurse Corps uniform and cap, a Japanese flag, and Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing caps. The collection include a shipboard newsletter from the U.S.S. Repose and a hospital newspaper from Thomas M. England General Hospital, locations where Shapiro served.