Records, 1966-1984.

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Records, 1966-1984.

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BWH c2, the Affiliated Hospitals Center (Boston, Mass.) Records, 1966-1984, include annual reports, committee records and correspondence, fund-raising campaign records, press releases, publications, and photographs generated by the staffs of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Robert Breck Brigham Hospital, and Boston Hospital for Women divisions of Affiliated Hospitals Center, Inc., as well as some Affiliated Hospital Center joint venture pre-merger records pertaining to merger planning. The time period covered is 1966-1984, with the majority of the material dated to the 1970s. Many of the photographs chronicle the construction of the hospital facility that was completed in 1980, and related events.

10 cubic feet in 5 record cartons, 4 oversize flat storage boxes, and 1 half document case.

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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