Physicians' Relief Fund, Inc., records, 1974-2005.

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Physicians' Relief Fund, Inc., records, 1974-2005.

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Consists of document groups, acts and correspondence, reflecting the four-decade span of the association's corporate life and philanthropic activities. While most of the collection consists of copies of final administrative records, the collection includes minutes of executive meetings, assessment of applications for relief, reports, correspondence, financial records, and copies of documents that relate to the historical background to the PRF's incorporation (records located primarily in Series II, folders 1 and 4). These papers contain personal records and reference to individual applicants' private circumstances. No original pre-1974 documents are present.

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New York Academy of Medicine

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