Jewish Memorial Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Jewish Memorial Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (Boston, Mass.) Records

The records provide material relating to the accreditation, fundraising, management, planning, policies, programs, and public relations of a hospital that continues to serve the Greater Boston area. The records includes correspondence of various Presidents, Board Members, and Executive Directors; Board and committee minutes; scrapbooks, photographs, videotape, and film created by the Public Relations department; records of various Auxiliary groups; correspondence, reports, surveys, and other documents relating to the Pediatric Rehabilitation Program; and artifacts such as plaques, portraits, and silverware.

148.5 linear feet (205 manuscript boxes, 19 oversize boxes)

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St 1869, c 420 established the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics, generally known as the State Board of Health. It was abolished by St 1879, c 291, which transferred its functions to the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity. St 1886, c 101 renamed that body the State Board of Lunacy and Charity and reestablished the State Board of Health. The board was succeeded in turn by the State Department of Health (St 1914, c 792) amd the Department of Public Health (S...

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Schwarz, Donald E.

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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston

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Founded in 1895 as Federation of Jewish Charities; 1908 named changed to Federated Jewish Charities; 1930 name changed to Associated Jewish Philanthropies; 1940 the United Jewish Campaign (for overseas rescue and services) and the Associated Jewish Philanthropies united their fundraising in the nations first Combined Jewish Appeal; 1960 name changed to Combined Jewish Philanthropies. From the description of Records, 1933-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70966136 Jewish p...

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In 1913, the Roxbury Ladies' Bikur Cholim Association began collecting donations to provide a haven for the chronically ill. These charitable ladies recognized that the new Jewish immigrants, crowded into Boston's West End and North End neighborhoods, lacked basic medical care. Many of these Jewish newcomers found upon their arrival that few Jewish doctors practiced in the Boston area. Furthermore, communication between doctor and patient was difficult since many Jews spoke no Engli...

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