Society of the Lying-In Hospital of the City of New-York

Abstract Henricus Stander, MD graduated from Yale Medical School and became Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief at the New York Hospital, and Chairman/Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cornell University Medical College in 1929. Stander was tasked with overseeing the transition of the Lying-In Hospital into the Obstetrical and Gynecological Department of the New York Hospital. The collection focuses on Stander’s activities as administrator, faculty member, and clinician after New York...

Scope and Contents This collection documents the establishment, administration, and activities of the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Society of the Lying-In Hospital, an organization established in 1897 to support the Outpatient Department of the Society of the Lying-In Hospital of the City of New York. The collection provides insight into the development of social service departments in hospitals in the United States and records early efforts of social work in the country. As the Ladies’ Auxiliary was a New York...