1822-1990.
1 box, (3 inches)
This collection consists of historical sketches; centennial & other publications; constitution & by-laws (1860) and misc. clippings that relate to Rochester General Hospital. The collections of the RFCS are housed at the U of R Department of Rare books and Special Collections.
The Rochester Female Charitable Society was formed in 1822, one of the first such groups in the U.S. with its primary mission "the relief of indigent persons and families in cases of sickness and distress" the Society has been instrumental in founding Rochester General Hospital, The Friendly Home, the Orphan Asylum, the Industrial Society, and the Visiting Nurse Service. The Society remains an active force in Rochester charitable work.
Record Group-2 Women's Boards
2.1 Board of Lady Managers 1884-1922
2.2 Women's Board of Managers 1921-1941
2.3 Women's Auxiliary Baord 1942-1960
2.4 Women's Board 1963-1980
9 Volumes, 3 (linear ft.)
This collection is organized into the following sub-groups: The original manuscript minute books of the Rochester City Hospital Board of Lady Managers (1864-1924); Sarah Dewey Perkins’ compiled diary (1865-1910); Lady Board of Managers Correspondence (1914-1919). Subscribes list for the Hospital Review (1865-1902) Out of Town Mailing Book of subscribers to the Hospital Review (1874); Harriet Terry’s Receipt Book (1881-1891); Hospital Review Cash Account book (1874-1878); Hospital Review Receipts and Expenses (1878-1880); Hospital Review Receipts and Expenses (1880-1886); Hospital Review Treasurer’s books (1886-1902).
Historical Note: The Rochester General (City) hospital was founded in 1847. The Board of Lady Managers was established by request of the City Hospital Board of Directors in November of 1863. The Board of Lady Managers was made up of the leading women of the Rochester community taken from the Rochester Female Charitable Society. Some prominent women as Mrs. M. Strong, Mrs. N. T. Rochester, Mrs. George H. Mumford, Mrs. Danforth, Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Whitney, Miss A. Mumford, Mrs. Hoyt, were just some of the women who sat on the Lady Manager’s Committee Board.
Summary: The Lady Managers record group consists of manuscripts left by the prominent women of Rochester, legal documents, executive minutes, board minutes, correspondence, brochures, pamphlets, records of the Nurse’s Tea’s, Twigs members, Treasurer’s books, social service records associated with the hospital, and financial records. This historic collection is impressive with its original Lady Managers, allowing us to view the process of organizing the Rochester City Hospital from 1864. The records also show during the Civil War the number of soldiers sent to City Hospital.
4 (linear ft.).
This collection is organized into the following sub-groups: Women’s Executive Board Minutes (1922-1929); President’s Books (1938-1941); Women’s Board of Managers Minutes (1930-1940); Women’s Board of Managers Committee Reports (1926-1945); Women’s Board of Managers Miscellaneous Committees (1933-1945); Women’s Board of Managers Treasurer’s Reports (1894-1945).
Historical Note: The name change from the Rochester City Hospital to the Rochester General Hospital is recorded within this record group. This collection by the Women’s Board illustrates how they carried on daily and monthly business of managing the hospital. One of the prominent members of the Executive Board was Mrs. Hoyt. Hospital reports are found within this record group on the number of patients admitted; births; deaths; types of rooms patients had; surgical reports from the operating room; the reports of the numbers of ambulance calls, ordinary to hurry (emergency) calls; and the reports on Out-Patients, prescriptions, treatments, and X-rays. This collection has historical information such as a hospital prayer handwritten, handwritten accounts in a leather bound notebook for the ‘Mary Bed’ (endowed bed) for ‘City Hospital’ dating from 1891 to 1924; and personal letters.
Summary: These records include: the Executive Board Minutes; Women’s Managers Minutes; Women Managers Committee Minutes; the President’s Book; Women Managers Miscellaneous Committee Minutes; the minutes to the Women Manager’s Social Service Committee; and the reports of the Treasurer.
6 (linear ft.).
This collection is organized into the following sub-groups: the Women’s Auxiliary Board, President’s book (1942-1946); Board Minutes (1945-1954); Recording Secretary (1953-1960); Committee Reports (1945-1960); Bylaws Committee (1933-1959); Revised Bylaws (1960); Individual Committees (1941-1955); Correspondence Secretary (1952-1958).
Historical Note: The Women’s Auxiliary Board, President’s Books gives listings of Who’s Who membership on Board committees and the Board of Directors. The recording secretary has recorded the attendance at committee meetings along with any correspondence she had done during her time as recording secretary. This collection also has the Bylaws and the revised Bylaws. The individual sub-committee minutes including the Public Relations Committee meetings; list of committee members from 1936-1937 Executive Committee; and handwritten script minutes on the Children’s Committee. Reports, correspondence, and reports can be found within this collection.
Summary: This collection preserved the Committee Minutes; names of Women’s Auxiliary Board members, Public Relations Committee Minutes; the Executive Committee Minutes; the Bylaws and Revised Bylaws; and the handwritten minutes from the Children’s Committee.
3 ½ (linear ft.).
This collection contains the following sub-groups: Women’s Board Minutes (1962-1978); Secretary’s Book (1961); and the Committee Reports (1961-1977); Bylaws (1948-1974); Nominating Committee (1960-1978); Nursing Committee-Miss Noonan’s File; Annual Reports (1974-1978).
Historical Note: This collection dates from 1961 to 1980, containing the Women’s Minutes of meetings regarding the hospital. The Secretary’s Book are records of Board meeting attendance; Order of Business; Manual of Officer’s; and the Committee’s Directory of Active Board Members of 1961; the Women’s Board Meeting Minutes-Westside Division-December 11, 1961. The Committee Reports contain correspondence; Bylaws and manuals; Nursing Education; Social Services; Dietetics and Housekeeping; Women’s Board Nominating Committee; Committee Reports; Annual Reports; Quarterly Reports; and Financial Reports.
Summary: The Women’s Board record group consists of minutes; attendance records for sub-committee meetings; Committee Directory; the meeting minutes from ‘Westside Division; Bylaws; Quarterly Reports and Financial Reports of Receipted Bills, and banking information,(1977-1980).
5 linear feet
This collection contains the following sub-groups: Minutes (1979-2001); By-laws and Misc. Legal Papers (1984-1993); Committees (1981-1997); Presidents (1984-1990); Annual Reports (1978-1997); Annual Meetings (1979-1995); Programs (1973-1990); and Personal Papers.
Historical note: The not-for-profit Rochester General Hospital Association, a descendant of the organization that founded the hospital, was formed in 1979 and remains active to date. Its stated purpose is furthering education and improving medical care through volunteer leadership, financial support, and promoting the hospital in the community. The RGH Association assists the hospital in the operation of Nursing Education, Nursing Practice, Patient Staff Library, Social Work, Teaching Fellowship, and Volunteer Services. Forerunners of the Association include the Women’s Board (1961-1979), Women’s Auxiliary Board (1942-1960), Women’s Board of Managers (1921-1942), and Board of Lady Managers (1863-1921). (These organizations’ papers comprise Record Group 2.)
Summary: The Rochester General Hospital Association collection dates from 1979 to the present and contains records created by the Association and its members. The record group consists of minutes and annual reports of the organization and its Nominating, Membership, Nursing Education, Public Relations, Finance, Volunteer Service and Hospitality committees. Also included are the Association’s certificate of incorporation; by-laws and revisions; applications for tuition assistance; information on various programs sponsored by the Association, including teaching fellowships; and the personal papers of Ruth Macomber Connor and Robbie Baltzer.
This Record Group is vacant at this time.
25 boxes (14 linear ft.)
Arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
Consists of materials of the Twig Committee including board minutes (1920s-70s); presidents' comm. minutes (1930s-70s); financial records of the Gift & Coffee Shops (1955-76); gifts to the hospital (1921-66); treasurer's reports (1953-79); materials on the ca. 130 individual Twigs (1890-1970s) including gifts, meeting minutes, membership rolls, etc. Includes historical writings on the Twigs; general subject files; scrapbooks and clippings; publications (1890s-1990s); and photos.
The Twigs are a volunteer organization that provides project funding, materials and labor for the Rochester General Hospital. A member of the Board of Lady Managers formed the first Twig as a philanthropic and social club in 1887 when she and several friends lunched and then sewed napkins for the hospital. The original members recruited other volunteers, and soon the "Parent Stem" had many Twig offshoots. The Twigs continue the tradition of the combination of both "social" and "charity" today. The Twigs have donated essential equipment, wards, and services to the Rochester General Hospital, and continue to be a major force in the Hospital's development.
8 boxes, 28 volumes (8 linear ft.)
Arranged by format.
Consists of student work & training logs (1880-1914); oath & signature book (1888-1923); annual reports (1904-65); Nursing Ed. Comm. minutes & materials (1948-64). Includes class materials (e.g. notes, books, exams, course outlines); RN exam results (1908-65); graduation programs, misc. (1883-1964); correspondence in re closing; alumnae reminiscences; oral histories; class scrapbooks (1883-1964); nursing scrapbooks (1925-52); and publications: Bulletin (1918-63), Streptococcus (1927-63), handbooks (1920-66), and misc. recruiting materials. Contains extensive photo documentation of uniforms, dorm life, on the job training, students, staff, etc. Also contains extensive collection of uniforms.
The Rochester City Hospital School of Nursing was established in 1880, the 12th training school for nurses in the country and 3rd in New York. From 4 members of the class of 1883 to 48 in the class of 1929, the school saw steady growth. In 1902, training was expanded from 2 years to 3 to include courses in anatomy, physiology, and materia medica. From 1880 to 1920s, the school supplied nurses for the Hospital. In 1911, the school's name was changed when Rochester City became Rochester General Hospital.
20 boxes, 1 volumes (23 linear ft.)
Arranged by format.
Consists of student work & training logs (1880-1914); oath & signature book (1888-1923); annual reports (1904-65); Nursing Ed. Comm. minutes & materials (1948-64). Includes class materials (e.g. notes, books, exams, course outlines); RN exam results (1908-65); graduation programs, misc. (1883-1964); correspondence in re closing; alumnae reminiscences; oral histories; class scrapbooks (1883-1964); nursing scrapbooks (1925-52); and publications: Bulletin (1918-63), Streptoccus (1927-63), handbooks (1920-66), and misc. recruiting materials. Contains extensive photo documentation of uniforms, dorm life, on the job training, students, staff, etc. Also contains extensive collection of uniforms.
The Rochester General (then City) Hospital School of Nursing was established in 1880, changing its name in 1911. The school closed in 1964 in anticipation of the Hospital moving from its Westside location to a new campus in the northeast quadrant of the city. It was deemed economically unsound to move the nursing school, with the national pressures for moving nursing schools to colleges from hospitals. The school closed in 1964 with the graduation of the last class.
12 boxes, 11 volumes (9 linear ft.)
Arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
Consists of secretary's minute books (1896-1962); secretary's reports (1965-88); president's agenda book (1969-86); secretary's correspondence (1945-68); president's correspondence (1964-68); treasurer's reports (1923-87) and audits (1932-1981); checking & savings books (1929-81); and membership books & rolls (1917-21). Also contains the Assoc. publication the "Alumnae Messenger (1921-35); and misc. historical background materials; scrapbooks and photographs.
The Nursing Alumnae Association was founded in 1896, when the 77 graduates of the training school, which had banded together in 1891 as a central registry where they could be contacted by doctors, decided to form the Alumnae Assoc. "for the purpose of maintaining a directory and for their own interest." The membership was active in the profession and the community. The Assoc. members were instrumental in gaining passage of the Armstrong bill in 1903, which placed all nursing schools under the state (and examined and registered qualified graduates). Members in 1906 founded the Nurses' Volunteer Benevolent Association to carry on free work among the poor, which was later replaced by the Visiting Nurse Service. The Assoc. remains active, including providing funds for nurses' training at the Hospital.
Record Group-8.1 Chief Nursing Officer
Record Group-8.2 Cancer Center
Record Group-8.3 Ambulatory
Record Group-8.4 behavior Health
Record Group-8.5 Emergency Dept. & Diagnostic Imaging
Record Group-8.6 Dialysis
Record Group-8.7 Perioperative
10.1 Ambulatory Services - OPD 1899-Present
10.1.1 Emergency Department - 1921-1970
10.1.2 PACC 1982-Present
10.2 Anesthesiology
10.3 Rochester Heart Institure (Cardiolgy)
10.4 Dentistry
10.5 Diabetes
10.6 Dialysis
10.7 Humor Therapy
10.8 Hemophilia Center
10.9 Vacant
10.10 Oncology
10.10.1 Medical Oncology
10.10.2 Radiation Oncology
10.10.3 Lipson Cancer Institute
10.11 Medical Training
10.12 Department of Medicine
10.12.1 Allergy/Immunology
10.12.2 Endocrinology
10.12.3 Gastroenterology
10.12.4 General Medicine
10.12.5 Geriatrics
10.12.6 Hematology
10.12.7 Infectious Diseases
10.12.8 Nephology
10.12.9 Neurology
10.12.10 Pulmonary / Critical Care
10.12.11 Rheumatology
10.13 Music Therapy
10.14 Dietary & Food Nutrition Services - 1931-present
10.15 Obstetrics/Gynecology
10.16 Ophthalmology
10.17 Orthopedics
10.18 Otolaryngology
10.19 Pain Management
10.20 Physical Medicine 1932-Present
10.21 Respiratory Therapy
10.22 Pediatrics
10.23 Pharmacy 1873-Present
10.23.1 Inpatient
10.23.1 Outpatient
10.24 Radiology
10.25 Social Work
10.26 Stroke Center
10.27 Surgery
10.28 Urology
32 boxes, 15 volumes (30 linear ft.)
Arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
The collection consists of Staff minutes (1873-1938, 1940-1991); Board correspondence (1873-1924); Executive committee minutes (1920-42, 1951-91); Medical Staff Conferences (1930-74); financial reports and audits (1960s-90s); and varied departmental committee minutes and materials, 1960s and 1970s. Includes directories of medical staff (1953-) with bio data; logs of residents and intern appointments (1890-49) and visiting staff (1939-47).
A Physician and a Surgeon were appointed in November 1863 to oversee the care of patients admitted to Rochester City Hospital. As the number of doctors from the community increased and had privileges at the hospital the Medical Staff and its Board were created in 1871. The Rochester General staff have been leaders in the local and state medical communities.
Baker-Cederberg Museum and Archives 1947 - Present
14.1 History from 1847-1966
14.1.1 Hospital History Published
14.1.2 Rochester City Hospital 1847-1911
14.1.3 Rochester General Hospital- Westside Division 1911 - 1966
14.1.4 Rochester General Hospital- Northside Division 1947 - 1966
14.1.5 Centennial
14.1.6 Sesquicentennial
14.1.7 Baker-Collection
14.2 Hospital History since 1966
.5 linear ft. (1 Box)
The collection is an extensive documentation of the development of Rochester General Hospital and medicine in Rochester, N.Y. The collection consists of written histories and chronologies.
Rochester General Hospital obtained its charter in 1847 as the Rochester City Hospital. The Hospital opened its doors in 1864 on West Main St. The name was changed to Rochester General in 1911. In the early 1960s, the departments moved to the Northside Division, the current campus of the Hospital. Rochester General has earned a reputation for pioneering medical advances in the fields of radiology, laser surgery, and ophthalmology. The Hospital opened one of the first eye banks in the U.S. The Hospital is also a leader in education, establishing the nation's first schools in medical records and medical photography, the 12th nursing school, and early programs in medical technology, radiation technology, and dietetics.
.5 linear ft. (1 Box, 19 Vols.)
The collection is an extensive documentation of the development of Rochester General Hospital and medicine in Rochester, N.Y., financial records (1863-1920s, including Civil War); Patient records 1864 - 1920.
Rochester General Hospital obtained its charter in 1847 as the Rochester City Hospital. The Hospital opened its doors in 1864 on West Main St. The name was changed to Rochester General in 1911. In the early 1960s, the departments moved to the Northside Division, the current campus of the Hospital. Rochester General has earned a reputation for pioneering medical advances in the fields of radiology, laser surgery, and ophthalmology. The Hospital opened one of the first eye banks in the U.S. The Hospital is also a leader in education, establishing the nation's first schools in medical records and medical photography, the 12th nursing school, and early programs in medical technology, radiation technology, and dietetics.
.5 linear ft. (1 Box)
The collection is an extensive documentation of the development of Rochester General Hospital and medicine in Rochester, N.Y.
Rochester General Hospital obtained its charter in 1847 as the Rochester City Hospital. The Hospital opened its doors in 1864 on West Main St. The name was changed to Rochester General in 1911. In the early 1960s, the departments moved to the Northside Division, the current campus of the Hospital. Rochester General has earned a reputation for pioneering medical advances in the fields of radiology, laser surgery, and ophthalmology. The Hospital opened one of the first eye banks in the U.S. The Hospital is also a leader in education, establishing the nation's first schools in medical records and medical photography, the 12th nursing school, and early programs in medical technology, radiation technology, and dietetics.
19.1 Military Collections-General
19.2 Base Hospital 19, WWI 1917-1920
19.3 19th General Hospital, AUS, WWII 1940-1950
19.4 Florence Nightengale Post, American Legion- 1919-Present
19.5 Dr. Ralph Fitch's Hospital in France, WWII
10 boxes, 1 drawer maps (7 linear ft.)
Arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
The collection consists of general history materials: clippings; individual members’ papers; an extensive array of photos of hospital, staff and patients and locations; scrapbooks; unit citations; regalia and exhibit materials. Also includes 19th General Hospital Vets Assoc. materials, maps; writings; and misc. regalia also included.
The 19th General Hospital was organized in April 1941, at Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital, using hospital staff. In November 1943, 19th General Hospital started to operate at Blackmoor Park, England. The unit moved to a staging area in May 1944, and landed on Utah Beach (France) 16 August, and set up a 1,000 bed general hospital at LeMans on 20 August 1944. On 15 February 1945, moved to Nancy, where it remained until the end of the war.
21.1 Patient Library
21.2 Medical Library
The Florence Nightengale Post of the American Legion was formed by a large group of Nurses affiliated with the Rochester General Hospital and consequently, is formally a part of the RGH Collection as Record Group 19.4
Within Record Group 19.4 consists sixteen sub-record groups called series.
Meeting Minutes Contains minutes from 1919-1993, Treasurer's Notebook from (1972-1979), and (1982-1985)
Governing Documents Contains Constitution, By-Laws, Minneapolis Affirmation (1994), Digest of Laws relating to Veterans (1951), Ceremonial for Regular meetings.
Unit Citations
Membership Contains membership lists, Death Records (1921-1951), Death Notices, Attendance Book (1957-1979).
Newspaper Clippings
Testimonials
Post History Contains history related documents, Scrapbook, 50th anniversary information.
Publications-Miscellaneous
Inventory of RC house
Left Vacant
Legionnaire-Monroe Contains editions from (Feb 1995) & (Dec 1998)
The American Legion Contains editions from (1990-1998)
The Register
Veteran's Voice
Pipeline Contains the (Fall 1994) edition
Women's Veterans News Contains the (Fall 1993) edition
Nominating Committee