New York Hospital, Emergency Unit Records
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains miscellaneous materials on the Emergency Unit, Surgical Service. The monthly reports provide statistical information from 1958-1975 on the number of surgical emergency room visits including fractures. The Emergency Manuals (1962-1976) include policies and procedures for the emergency room personnel.
Dates
- 1958 - 1976
Creator
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright holder of this collection is NewYork-Presbyterian. Materials from this collection cannot be reproduced outside the guidelines of United States Fair Use (17 U.S.C., Section 107) without the advance permission of the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine or the copyright holder. In the event that anything from the collection become a source for publication, a credit line indicating the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine is required.
Historical records in the Medical Center Archives are protected by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and internal policies which require protection and confidential handling of all protected health information (PHI). Materials containing PHI, personally identifiable information (PII), and/or student information (protected under FERPA) have been restricted and require additional permissions prior to reproduction and use.
Please visit the Medical Center Archives website for the most updated policies and procedures regarding reproduction and use.
Extent
0.63 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is organized in alphabetically arrangement.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Emergency Room staff donated one box of materials in 1989. The Emergency Manuals donation information is unknown.
Processing Information
Two donations were gathered together to create one emergency room collection. Duplicate copies of the Emergency manuals were discarded. This collection was processed and finding aid was written by Elizabeth Shepard in 2016. Minor modifications to the finding aid were made during migration to ArchivesSpace in 2025.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine Repository