Office of the Assistant Dean (Yahr) records

Office of the Assistant Dean (Yahr) Records PDF finding aid

Creator:

Columbia University. College of Physicians and Surgeons. Office of the Assistant Dean

Date [inclusive]:

1956-1969.

Languages:

English

Physical Description:

3.3 cubic feet (10 boxes)

Collections:

Columbia University Irving Medical Center Archives
- Schools & Offices
  College of Physicians & Surgeons in the City of New York / Columbia University Faculty of Medicine, 1807-

Access:

Unrestricted.

Call Number:

CUMC-0038

Control Number:

7668804

Abstract:

Records of College of Physicians & Surgeons' Assistant Dean Dr. Melvin D. Yahr who served 1959-1973. Topics documented include the construction of the William Black Research Building and the adjacent Alumni Auditorium; the medical school's role in the federal government's Medical Education for National Defense program (MEND); and the affiliation of P&S with Harlem Hospital, a municipal hospital for which the medical school became responsible for professional staffing starting in 1962

Cite as:

College of Physicians and Surgeons. Office of the Assistant Dean (Yahr) records, Archives & Special Collections, Columbia University Health Sciences Library.

History and Biography

Historical/Biographical Note:

Assistant Deans, of which there were usually several at any given time, assisted the Dean of the College of Physicians & Surgeons in managing the affairs of the medical school. The office was first established in the early 20th century. Assistant Deans often, though not invariably, were responsible for a specific area such as admissions or postgraduate education.

Organization

Arrangement:

Organized in four series:

I. Subjects
II. Medical Education for National Defense
III. Black Building/Alumni Auditorium
IV. Harlem Hospital.

Scope and Content:

Records of College of Physicians & Surgeons’ Assistant Dean Dr. Melvin D. Yahr who served 1959-1973. Unlike some other assistant and associate deans, Yahr’s areas of responsibility were numerous and varied. As documented in these records, he had important roles in overseeing construction of the William Black Research Building and the adjacent Alumni Auditorium and in coordinating the medical school’s role in the federal government’s Medical Education for National Defense program (MEND). There are also minutes of several Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center committees.

The bulk of the records here, however, relates to Yahr’s work on the medical school’s affiliation with Harlem Hospital, a municipal hospital for which P&S became responsible for professional staffing starting in 1962. This was part of a larger program promoted by New York City Commissioner of Hospitals, Ray Trussell, to spread the city’s elite medical school faculty – until then concentrated at Bellevue Hospital – to other municipal hospitals in medically underserved areas.
Documented in the records are searches for heads of clinical departments; residents and residencies; labor relations; and budgets and finances. There are also minutes of several committees including the Affiliation Committee and the Joint Committee.

Box and Folder List:

Box	Folders	Contents
Series I: Subjects
1	1	Ad-Hoc Committee on Heart Disease, Cancer & Stroke, 1964-1966
	2	Ad-Hoc Committee on Heart Disease, Cancer & Stroke, 1968
	3	Advisory Council, NYC Dept. of Hospitals, 1963-1965
	4	Ambulance Service, 1966
	5	Ambulance Service, 1966
	6	American Heart Association: Stroke Program, 1964-1965
	7	American Medical Association: Survey Team, Postgraduate Courses, 1963
	8	American Medical Association: Questionnaires re: Postgraduate Courses, 1965-1969
	9	Animal Care, 1963-1966
	10	Annual Report, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center: Statistics on Graduate & Postgraduate Courses, 1960-1966

2	1	Archives of Neurology, 1962-1967
	2	Cancer Committee, 1962-1964
	3	Cancer Coordinating Committee, 1965-1966
	4	Computers Application Group, 1963-1966
	5	Coordinating Comm., Neurological Clinical Research Center, 1962
	6	Curriculum Committee, P&S: Report, May 1968
	7	Delafield Hospital: Medical Board Minutes, 1963-1966
	8	Facilities, 1959-1960
	9	Foreign Students, 1964-1965

3	1	Graduate Medical Education: Correspondence, 1960-1968
	2	Graduate Medical Education: Background Material, 1962-1969
	3	Health Care Insurance Bill, 1960
	4	Housing, 1963
	5	International Journal of Neurology: correspondence with ed. Victor Soriano, 1959-1961
	6	Library Reconstruction, 1961-1965
	7	Miscellaneous, 1964-1968
	8	NIH Research Grants, 1960-1965
	9	Neurology, Dept. of, 1960-1964
	10	Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, 1960-1964
	11	Public Relations, 1960-1965
	12	Students, P&S, 1963-1964
	13	Vanderbilt Clinic Staff Committee Reports, 1960

4	1	United Epilepsy Association, 1958-1966
	2	Vidonian Club, 1961-1963
Series II: Medical Education for National Defense (MEND)
	3	Affiliated Schools, 1959
	4	Annual Reports, 1964-1965
	5	Brochures, Literature, 1963-1966
	6	Contract, 1964-1966
	7	Coordinators & Deans Lists, 1959-1960, 1963-1966
	8	Financial Report, budget, 1963-1966

5	1	Misc. Casualties & Civil Defense Brochures & Literature, 1956-1961, 1966
	2	Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1963-1966
	3	Symposia, 1962-1966
Series III: Black Building/Alumni Auditorium
	4	Alumni Auditorium: General, 1960, 1964-1966
	5	Alumni Auditorium: Plaques, 1961-1966
	6	Development Fund, 1961-1962, 1965-1966
	7	Groundbreaking, 1961-1962

6	1	Misc. Correspondence, 1960-1963
	2	Misc. Correspondence, 1964-1966
	3	Office of New Construction, Columbia University, 1962-1966
	4	Record Memoranda, Rogers & Butler, 1960- March 1961
	5	Record Memoranda, Rogers & Butler, Apr. 1961-1966
	6	Rogers & Butler: Correspondence, 1960-1963

7	1	Rogers & Butler: Correspondence, 1964-1966
	2	“Topping Off,” August 1963
Series IV: Harlem Hospital
	3	Advisory Committee for Reevaluation of Patient Care & Programs, 1965-1967
	4	Affiliation Committee: Minutes, 1967-1968
	5	Budget & Expenses, 1961-1966
	6	Budget & Expenses, 1961-1966
	7	House Staff, 1967
	8	Joint Committee, 1961-1965
	9	Labor Relations, 1967
	10	Library, 1968
	11	Miscellaneous, 1961-1968

8	1	Office Procedures, n.d.
	2	Privileges, 1961-1963
	3	Public Relations, 1967
	4	Record Room, 1964
	5	Record Room, 1964
	6	Residents: Insurance & Hospitalization, 1962, 1964
	7	Residents: Misc., 1961, 1963-64
	8	Residents: Ob/Gyn., 1963
	9	Residents: Salary Allotments, 1961-1962
	10	Yahr Speech, November 17, 1964
	11	Anesthesiology: Misc., 1961
	12	Medicine: Applications, 1961-1962
	13	Medicine: John F. Marchand, 1962-1964
	14	Medicine, 1961, 1964-1965
	15	Medicine: Abraham White, Director, 1963-1966
	16	Neurology: Misc., 1965
	17	Nursing: Misc., 1965, 1967-1968
	18	Obstetrics/Gynecology (Ob/Gyn): Applications, 1961-1965
	19	Ob/Gyn: Auditors Report, 1967
	20	Ob/Gyn: Budget & Expenses, 1962-1965
	21	Ob/Gyn: Contract, 1962-1965
	22	Ob/Gyn: Equipment & Facilities, 1962, 1964
	23	Ob/Gyn, Harlem Hospital: Family Planning, 1967-1968

9	1	Ob/Gyn: Misc, 1961-1965
	2	Ob/Gyn: Donald P. Schwartz, Director, 1962-1965
	3	Ob/Gyn: Subcommittee, 1961-1962
	4	Ob/Gyn: Summer Studentship, 1963
	5	Orthopedic Surgery: Applications, 1963-1964
	6	Orthopedic Surgery: Misc. 1962, 1964
	7	Pathology: Ads, 1962-1964
	8	Pathology: Applications, 1961 – 1962
	9	Pathology: Budget & Expenses, 1964
	10	Pathology: Florica Ettinger, 1965
	11	Pathology: Theophilus Roberts, Director, 1963-1965
	12	Pediatrics: Applications
	13	Pediatrics: Budget & Expenses, 1962-1963
	14	Pediatrics: Equipment, 1963
	15	Pediatrics: Misc., 1963, 1965
	16	Pediatrics: Eric Kahn, Director, 1962-1964
	17	Psychiatry: Applications, 1962-1963
	18	Psychiatry: Budget & Expenses, 1962-64

10	1	Psychiatry: Misc., 1964-1965, 1968
	2	Radiology: Applications, 1961-1962
	3	Radiology: Budget & Expenses, 1962, 1964
	4	Radiology: Misc., 1962, 1964-1965
	5	Radiology: X-Ray Facilities, 1962 – 1963
	6	Radiology: Joseph E. Thornhill, Director, 1963-1965
	7	Surgery: Applications, 1961
	8	Surgery: Budget & Expenses, 1962-1964
	9	Surgery: Contract, 1963-1964
	10	Surgery: Misc. 1961, 1964-1966
	11	Urology: Misc. 1962-1963