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Collection JHH : Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Description

Key

112113

Reference Code Element

JHH

Creator

Corporate name, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Administrative/Biographical History

In 1867, Johns Hopkins a wealthy Baltimore businessman bequeathed $7,000,000 for the establishment of a university and a hospital. The money was to be divided equally between the two. Hopkins envisioned that the medical school and the hospital with interlocking Board of Trustees would be closely connected so that the clinical training of medical students could take place in a working hospital. In his instructions to the Trustees, Hopkins wrote that, "In all your arrangements in relation to this hospital, you will bear constantly in mind that it is my wish and purpose that the institution should ultimately form a part of the medical school of that university for which I have made ample provision by my will...". The Johns Hopkins Hospital would be the first teaching hospital in the United States.
On May 7, 1889, the Hospital's doors opened with gala ceremonies to mark the occasion. Mr. Hopkins himself had stipulated that the Hospital be constructed in east Baltimore and from 1876 to 1889, while conducting the affairs of the Surgeon General's Library in Washington, D.C., John Shaw Billings developed the general plan of the hospital and supervised its construction. Billings' approach was unique in that he designed the first hospital in modern times to accomodate teaching and research as well as patient care.
Henry M. Hurd of Michigan served with distinction as the Hospital's first superintendent. When he retired in 1911 he could look back on a career which combined efficient administration with a strong sympathy for medical teaching and scientific investigation, By the 1930's the Hospital had about 1,000 beds making it the largest in the state of Maryland.
Although the Hospital is a separate corporation governed by its own Board of Trustees, its relationship with the School of Medicine is most intimate. The head of each clinical department of the Hospital is also the professor and director of the corresponding academic department of the School of Medicine.

Scope and Content

The Archive of The Johns Hopkins Hospital contains a fairly complete picture of the administrative history of that institution. Included are minutes of the major decision making bodies of the Hospital, and supportive papers such as committee reports, budgets, letters and memoranda. There is some correspondence and financial data from the superintendent's office, patient log books and department statistical ledgers. A special feature of the collection is a set of drawings, and construction diaries. There is also a significant group of Hospital photographs and official publications.

Administration

Accession

2010-068

Composed Of

Found 15 record(s)

Reference Code and Titlesort by Reference Code and Title ascending	Key (Collection)sort by Key (Collection) ascending	Dates	Record Levelsort by Record Level ascending	Hierarchysort by Hierarchy ascending
01- Founding Documents	112294		Record group/Fonds	CollectionJHH- Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
02- Records of Governance	112295		Record group/Fonds	CollectionJHH- Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
03- Office of the Superintendent/Director/President	112296	1889-present	Record group/Fonds	CollectionJHH- Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
04- Office of the Chief Operating Officer	297611		Record group/Fonds	CollectionJHH- Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
06- Office of the Medical Staff Administration	112303		Record group/Fonds	CollectionJHH- Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
07- Administrative Offices	300115		Record group/Fonds	CollectionJHH- Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
08- Patient Related Records	112297		Record group/Fonds	CollectionJHH- Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
09- Departments, Clinics, Centers & Institutes	112298		Record group/Fonds	CollectionJHH- Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
10- Publications	112301		Record group/Fonds	CollectionJHH- Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
11- Architectural Records	112299		Record group/Fonds	CollectionJHH- Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
12- Anniversaries	112302		Record group/Fonds	CollectionJHH- Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
13- Records of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Colored Orphan Asylum	111636	1895-1924	Record group/Fonds	CollectionJHH- Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
14- Unions and Employee Relations	112304		Record group/Fonds	CollectionJHH- Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
15- Johns Hopkins Hospital Units in World War I and World War II	112300		Record group/Fonds	CollectionJHH- Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
16- Women's Board of The Johns Hopkins Hospital	112305		Record group/Fonds	CollectionJHH- Records of The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Related Artifacts

Found 1 record(s)

Available Actions	Artifact Numbersort by Artifact Number ascending	Titlesort by Title ascending
	416A	Furnishings from the Raymond Wing Estate

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