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US AA145 · Collection · 1921-1933

This series consists of three ledger books, dated 1921 to 1933, which document the admission, treatment and discharge of pregnant patients at the Jewish Maternity Hospital. Entries are organized chronologically by date of admission.

Each entry includes: the name and address of the patient; the patient's age and country of birth; the name and address of a relative or friend; the patient's date of admission, date of discharge, and cause of discharge; the birth date and sex of the baby; the name of the attending doctor and whether the patient was treated on the wards or in a private room; and diagnostic notes, including any complications encountered during delivery.

The third volume, covering the years 1930-1933, also includes each patient's New York City borough of residence and the name (when available) of the newborn.

Jewish Maternity Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
John H. Garlock, MD papers
US AA013 · Collection · 1915-1967

This small collection spans the career of Dr. Garlock: from medical school material, to ambulance duty logs from his internship at New York Hospital, photographs and some case reports on plastic surgery patients, private practice patient records, Operative Clinic presentations he made as Chief of Surgical Service at Mount Sinai, to the book on surgery of the alimentary tract that was published after his death.
While the range is wide, the records still only provide a surface picture of the man. The detailed notes and sometimes colorful drawings that Dr. Garlock created in medical school speak to his attention to detail. The early volumes are labeled "John Harry Garlock." He also noted a change of address on the notebooks from 346 W. 56th Street to 180 Claremont Avenue. This move happened during his medical school years.
His surgical acumen and style are brought out in the patient files and transcripts of the surgical clinics. The latter also give a glimpse into early plastic surgery at New York Hospital and The Mount Sinai Hospital. It was Dr. Garlock who helped establish plastic surgery as a surgical specialty here. The clinics were ended in January of 1943 for the duration of the War because there was a problem obtaining a sufficient number of orderlies.
Also instructive for insights into Dr. Garlock are the correspondence files, one with colleagues (Box 1, f.6) and the other with patients (Box 2, f.6). The ambulance log books in Box 1 show Dr. Garlock's keen eye for his surroundings and provide wonderful details on the people he treated and the treatments of the day.
Of note, too, is a series of letters Dr. William Hitzig wrote on behalf of Dr. Garlock when the latter was planning a trip to India. Dr. Hitzig had many connections there and wrote letters of introduction for the Garlocks. There is also a series of letters regarding a controversy between Drs. Sigmund Mage and Richard Lewisohn. (Box 1, f.9)
The patient records found here are only a portion of the files maintained by Dr. Garlock at his office. At his death, the records were divided among Dr. Garlock's junior colleagues. Many of those included here are the records of ileostomy and colostomy patients that were taken by Dr. Albert S. Lyons.
This collection contains some photographs, many of which are large and mounted. Thirteen posed publicity photos of unknown musicians and dancers were removed and sent to the Lincoln Center Archives for inclusion in their collections.

Garlock, John H.
US AA160 · Collection · 1912 - 1987

This material was collected by Joseph Goldbloom, grandson of I. W. Held. It includes two boxes of personal papers of I.W. Held, MD, including photographs, correspondence, reprints, and lectures and pamphlets related to the annual I. W. Held lecture series given at Beth Israel Medical Center. These materials provide insight into the life of Dr. Held and his impact on Beth Israel. Additionally, the collection reveals much about the life of a World War II-era Jewish family of doctors living on the Upper East Side of New York City.

There are also unprocessed materials in this collection. One box of materials A. Allen Goldbloom, MD (father of Joseph Goldbloom), as it pertains to his medical career. Additionally, there are a significant number of 16mm films in this collection. These were largely taken by A. Allen Goldbloom documenting family vacations in Northeastern United States and Europe. A much smaller number were created by I. W. Held and other family members. These materials are pending processing and transfer to a more appropriate repository.

Goldbloom, Joseph Stanley
US AA127 · Collection · 1956-1975

This collection includes the Hektoen Gold Medal Certificate recognizing Samuel Rosen's mobilization of the stapes procedure (1956); the Hektoen Bronze (1969); other prizes and awards. (The Hektoen awards were given by the American Medical Association.)

Goldman, Joseph L. (Joseph Lawrence), 1904-
Kenneth L. Davis, MD records
US AA177 · Collection · 2003 - 2022

Files from the Office of Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Chief Executive Officer of Mount Sinai Health System, covering his tenure from 2003 on to the present day, 2022.

Davis, Kenneth L., 1947-
Kurt Hirschhorn, MD papers
US AA061 · Collection · 1957-2011

The collection is organized into four series: Mount Sinai related material, non-Mount Sinai material, meetings, and slides (1957-1970s).

Hirschhorn, Kurt, 1926-
US AA082 · Collection · January-April 1919

The diary is hand written entries in a pocket-sized volume that has "Agenda" on the front cover. Braus made daily entries from January 1st until April 4th, 1919 when he was discharged from the Army. He comments on the weather; the village of Montpon; turning the hospital operation over to their relief unit; the boat ride home on the Pastores; arriving in the U.S. and seeing his family again. He decribes the boredom of waiting for their orders, and the routine of Army life. Little is said about the Mount Sinai physicians in the Unit, with the exception of George Baehr.

Braus, Leon
Leon Ginzburg, MD papers
US AA023 · Collection · 1927-1987

The majority of this collection consists of material regarding Dr. Ginzburg's efforts to document his role in the discovery and description of regional enteritis. Correspondence with numerous younger surgeons (folder 2) and with the editor of Gastroenterology (folder 13) document Ginzburg's interest in recording this story for posterity. He would frequently provide correspondents with a set of five exhibits (folders 3 through 7) supporting his claims.
Dr. Ginzburg's interest in the history of The Mount Sinai Hospital is represented by a small assortment of handwritten notes and by the typescript of an undated speech recounting the Hospital's history from 1905 to 1941. His outstanding reputation as a "surgeon's surgeon" is documented by a copy of the remarks delivered by Dr. Ralph Colp on the occasion of the establishment of the Ginzburg Surgery Fellowship in 1965. The collection also contains an assortment of Dr. Ginzburg's reprints on regional enteritis and various other medical subjects.

Ginzburg, Leon, 1898-1988
Lester R. Cahn, DDS medals
US AA125 · Collection · 1949, 1980

The Cahn medals include a Jacobi Medallion (1980) awarded by The Associated Alumni of The Mount Sinai Medical Center and a medal from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (1949).

Cahn, Lester R.
US AA144 · Collection · 1977-1987

The Lita Annenberg Hazen Award and Fellowship Grant was established in 1978 to encourage and reward excellence in clinical research. It was created from a gift from Lita A. Hazen (1909 - 1994). Mrs. Hazen was a philanthropist and Mount Sinai trustee whose family was involved with Mount Sinai since the founding of the School of Medicine. The $100,000 award was presented annually to a physician and a research fellow to use in the continuation of their investigative work. The award lost Hazen sponsorship and was terminated in 1987. Between the years of 1978 - 1987, thirteen doctors (listed below) received the $100,000 prize, which was shared equally with the research fellow of their choice. The winners were: Jesse Roth - 1979; Henry G. Kunkel - 1980; Aaron B. Lerner - 1981; Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein - 1982; Robert J. Lefkowitz - 1983; Yuet Wai Kan - 1984; Hugh O'Neill McDevitt - 1985; and Jean D. Wilson - 1986.
The Hazen Award drew nominations for doctors from various medical specialties around the world. The award attracted noteworthy candidates with distinguished careers in clinical research. Two Hazen Award winners, Drs. Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein, went on to jointly win the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1985 "for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism."
Award winners were determined by evaluation by an Award Committee, which judged each nominee's work based on scientific significance and peer determined quality of research. The Award Committee was comprised of physicians representing various medical specialties. The members met semi-annually to discuss, score and rank nominees to determine the winner. Members were volunteers, typically appointed for three-year terms. Winners received their prize at a presentation event held in New York City with a symposium at Mount Sinai.
The Appointment Committee was comprised of physician volunteers who met semi-annually to identify physicians to invite to participate on the Award Committee. Candidates for the Award Committee were selected based upon their expertise in a particular medical specialty. There was one permanent staff member, Myrna Turkewitz.
The Administrative series contains documents pertaining to the various aspects of planning the awards events. This includes documentation of the Award and Appointment Committees' activities, memos and letters to the committee members, and event planning.
The Award Recipient series contains information about the winners. This includes nomination forms, supporting documents and correspondence between the winners and Mount Sinai administrators. This series also includes the winners' published peer-reviewed journal articles and research updates.
One strength of this collection is the descriptions of systems-based practice in clinical research, article clippings about and by the award winners. The administrative records also provide somewhat of a blueprint for launching and executing a major awards event.
The collection includes audio cassette recordings of the 1979, 1980, 1985 and 1986 award events. These cassettes have been added to the Mount Sinai Archives AV Collection and digitized to make them available for use. Note: the first of the two 1979 cassettes is physically damaged and could not be digitized.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
M. Barrère prints
US AA133 · Collection · 1903 - 1910
Barrère, M. (Adrien), 1877-1931
US AA065 · Collection · 1963-2011

This small collection contains records documenting the professional life Marilyn Jaffe-Ruiz, EdD, RN from her graduation from The Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing in 1963 until her retirement from her academic career in 2011. Included here are presentations and publications, mostly relating to Dr. Jaffe-Ruiz' long-term interest in what is today known as cultural diversity, which grew from her work on her doctoral dissertation in 1980: "An Investigation of the Relationship Between Ethnocentrism of Nursing Faculty and Their Attitudes Toward Culturally Different Patients." There are also some artifacts from her years as a student at The Mount Sinai Hospital: a cap, pin and the yearbook for the Class of 1963.

Jaffe-Ruiz, Marilyn
US AA018 · Collection · 1918-1921

This two volume scrapbook documents Miss Moxham's experience as a World War I nurse in France and Germany. There are snapshots of the facilities, staff and patients in each of the hospitals in which she served, as well as photographs taken while on trips in nearby towns. Of note are photographs of Mae Woughter, RN, a fellow alumna of the Mount Sinai School and the first full-time staff member of the New York State Nurses Association. There are also some images that she was given or purchased. Miss Moxham included some travel documents, Army orders, ration tickets, and some Army insignia in these pages.

Moxham, Marion L.
US AA051 · Collection · 1946-2015, bulk 1950-1955

This collection consists of papers and memorabilia related to Marjory Gordon, PhD. They deal primarily with her study at and graduation from The Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, including grades, an inscribed yearbook, clippings related to events at Mount Sinai during her time there, and scraps of her student nursing uniform signed by her classmates. The collection also includes a copy of Dr. Gordon's 1982 Manual of Nursing Diagnosis inscribed to an unidentified classmate as well as her 1992 Distinguished Alumna Award from the School of Nursing Alumnae Association.
There is relatively little material in the collection related to Dr. Gordon's later research, but the collection does include a 1960 manuscript on community health education that discusses the promotion of the Salk polio vaccine in New York City. It includes attached ephemera published by the National Federation for Infantile Paralysis (later the March of Dimes.) The collection also contains a small assortment of miscellaneous material from later in Dr. Gordon's career, primarily correspondence related to conference travel.

Gordon, Marjory
US AA067 · Collection · 1966-1967

Correspondence between Dr. Melvin Newman, Chief of Surgery and Medical Director of National Jewish Hospital, and Mary Lawrence, the daughter of Dr. Howard Lilienthal, a head surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital from 1900-1922. Many letters relate to Mrs. Lawrence's memories of her father and his accomplishments. Also included is the 50th anniversary volume of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, of which Dr. Lilienthal was an early leader.

Newman, Melvin
Melvin Yahr, MD papers
US AA060 · Collection · 1955-1976

These files are from Melvin Yahr's office during his tenure Chairman of the Mount Sinai Department of Neurology. They relate to his personal professional activity on Parkinson's disease, not the administration of the department. This collection had initially included material from Yahr's service at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. That material has been returned to Columbia.

Yahr, Melvin D. (Melvin David), 1917-2004
US AA071 · Collection · 1977-1996

These papers document Michael Caldwell's role in the Student Council of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (1988-90) as well as his role as the Mount Sinai representative to the Organization of Student Representatives (OSR) of the American Association of Medical Colleges (1987-90). While serving on the Council, Caldwell spearheaded a movement to ensure that Mount Sinai became a smoke free environment. The Council passed a resolution, and Caldwell gathered information on making hospitals smoke free. He spoke to the Medical Board and was appointed to an institutional task force to make changes in this area.
These papers provide insights into the concerns of students during this time, as well as Caldwell's own interests in public health. The minutes from the Student Council have been removed to series.

Caldwell, Michael C.
US AA001 · Collection · 1865-1959

The collection includes a variety of materials, from clippings to publications, and instruments developed by Mount Sinai surgeons over the years. The material is listed by item type and then chronologically, with information about its current location noted. The item types represented here are: Instruments; General Publications, Illustrations and Clippings; Mount Sinai Publications; Photographs.

Marin, Michael L.
US AA078 · Collection · 1995

This scrapbook consists of photocopies of photographs of the aftermath of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb blasts glued onto scrapbook pages with English captions written next to the images. Each page is signed by Ms. Yamaoka, who was one of the so-called Hiroshima Maidens, a group of women who came to The Mount Sinai Hospital for treatment in 1955. There is also a key chain from Hiroshima included here. Michiko Yamaoka was a member of the group of women called the Hiroshima Maidens. These women were injured in the Hiroshima nuclear bomb blast and later treated at The Mount Sinai Hospital. Ms. Yamaoka brought this scrapbook to Mount Sinai in 1995, during a 40th anniversary celebration of the Hiroshima Maidens project.

Yamaoka, Michiko