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Cemetery files
US AA096.S007.SS020.SS001 · Subseries · 1857-2001
Part of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai records

This collection was created from files gathered from Trustee and administrative offices over the years as The Mount Sinai Hospital and then Mount Sinai School of Medicine sought to administer the institutionally owned cemetery plots over time. Initially plots to bury indigent patients were donated to the Hospital by Jewish congregations and benevolent societies. In June 1878, land was acquired in Cypress Hills Cemetery for Mount Sinai through the efforts of Samuel M. Schafer, Esq. There were 110 lots, measuring 20 x 20. Most of the 20th century correspondence relates to the management and upkeep of the cemetery plots.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Department of Medical Education