Records, 1906-1972, 1946-1965 (bulk)

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Records, 1906-1972, 1946-1965 (bulk)

Correspondence, created when George Lockhart Rives served as President of the Society of New York Hospital, primarily concerning the Bloomingdale Asylum, 1906-1916; miscellaneous correspondence created when Edward Wright Sheldon served as President of the Society, the majority concerning construction of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1923-1934; and records created during the period when Hamilton Hadley served as Vice-President and President of the Society, including papers on the affiliation between New York Hospital and the Hospital for Special Surgery, papers from the Fund for Medical Progress, 1961-1966, and the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center Foundation, Inc. Also, the study, RECONNAISSANCE REPORT OF THE NEW YORK HOSPITAL (Cresap, McCormick and Paget, 1954) commissioned while Hadley was president.

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New York Hospital. Society. Office of the President.

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The Bloomingdale Asylum, a psychiatric division of the New York Hospital, located at 116th Street and Broadway, opened its doors on June 1, 1821. The Asylum was devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. In 1894 the hospital moved to its present location in White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y. In 1910 the Board of Governors of New York Hospital changed its name to Bloomindgale Hospital. In 1936 it changed to its present designation, "the New York Hospital-Westchester Division." Th...

Hospital for Special Surgery

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New York Hospital-Westchester Division

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Rives, George Lockhart, 1849-1917

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Sheldon, Edward Wright, 1858-1934

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