Closed for 25 years from date of creation.
General, executive staff, and special committee meeting minutes and attendance lists from the Babies Hospital/Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.
History and Biography
Babies Hospital was founded in 1887 by five women “to provide medical and surgical aid and nursing for sick babies.” It soon became one of the nation’s pre-eminent children’s hospitals. L. Emmett Holt, Herbert Wilcox, Sr. and Rustin McIntosh were among the medical directors of the hospital in the 20th century.
Babies moved to the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center at W. 168th Street in 1929. It went through several name changes before becoming the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York in 2003.
The hospital became a teaching affiliate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S) in 1900 and professional staff at the hospital also hold an appointment in the P&S Department of Pediatrics.
Organization
The collection is arranged in three series, as follows:
I. General staff minutes
II. Executive Committee meeting minutes
III. Special Committee meeting minutes.
General, executive staff, and special committee meeting minutes and attendance lists from the Babies Hospital/Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.
Subject Headings and Related Records
Administrative Information
Gift of the Babies’ Hospital Alumni Association, circa 2000; Gift of the Department of Pediatrics, 2011 (accession 2011.005).
The collection was processed by Bob Vietrogoski and the finding aid written by Jennifer McGillan in May 2008. Historical information was adapted from other finding aids prepared by Bob Vietrogoski. Accession 2011.005 added and finding aid edited by Jennifer Ulrich in 2022.