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Responses from Medical departments to a questionnaire sent out in 1927 by the University to all its teaching departments asking them about their needs both in the immediate future and by year 1950.
History and Biography
The Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, located in Washington Heights in Manhattan, was dedicated in 1928. Prior to this, Columbia University’s health sciences schools and departments were found in disparate locations. After construction, the College of Physicians & Surgeons, College of Dental and Oral Surgery, and DeLamar Institute of Public Health were joined with Presbyterian Hospital and its School of Nursing, creating a medical center later known as the Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Organization
Arranged in original order, alphabetical by department.
Responses to a questionnaire sent out in 1927 by the University to all its teaching departments asking them about their needs both in the immediate future and by year 1950. The departments included here are: Anatomy, Bacteriology, Biological Chemistry, Diseases of Children (pediatrics), Dermatology, Epidemiology, Industrial Medicine, Industrial Physiology, Laryngology and Otology, Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychiatry, Public Health Administration, Sanitary Science, and Surgery.
Besides questions on present staff, space, and budget, the questionnaire asked for longer answers on present problems and future needs. The medical school questionnaires include both the clinical and basic science departments, though some department responses are missing. Some of these departments would later be part of the school of public health rather than the medical school.
Subject Headings and Related Records
Administrative Information
Transferred from Columbia University Archives, Rare Book and Manuscript Collection, 2019.