Medical Center records
Collection Scope and Content
Materials in this collection include personnel files, minutes, correspondence, yearbooks, newsletters, publications, photographs, negatives, by-laws, scrapbooks, telephone directories, films, and videotapes. They range in date from dates from 1825-2011, and were transferred to the University Archives by the Director of the Medical Center. Note that not all series have been processed. Please see staff for assistance.
Dates
- 1825-2011
Creator
- George Washington University. Medical Center (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
Series 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, and 13 are closed to research for 75 years from date of record creation.
Restrictions on Use
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Historical Note
The George Washington University Medical Center is comprised of School of Medicine and Health Sciences, the University Hospital (including the Women's Board, which was formed in 1898), and the University Clinic (Ambulatory Care Center).
The medical school was opened in 1825 and is the eleventh oldest in the nation. From 1868-1973 it was located at 1335 H Street, NW. In 1973 it moved to Walter G. Ross Hall and the Himmelfarb Medical Library. All aspects of the Medical Center -hospital, medical school, and research facilities - were centralized at last. The hospital had been located at 1335 H Street until 1948, when a new hospital was built on Washington Circle.
A new hospital was constructed in 2002 across the street from the old one. The University Clinic opened in 1969 on Pennsylvania Avenue and was expanded to house the Ambulatory Care Center in 1988.
In 1981 the Medical Center's staff made front-page news when President Reagan, shot at close range, was rushed to the GW emergency room. The fine service that saved the president's life was commemorated 10 years later by the establishment of the Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine to train emergency system coordinators and pursue basic and clinical research in emergency medicine.
The Medical Center publishes Progress (1989-Present), which evolved from the Friday Report (1970-89), and GW Health and Medicine magazine (1965-Present). The Vice President for Health Affairs (which oversees the Medical Center) reports to the President.
N.B. This history note was written in 2005
Extent
131.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection includes personnel files, minutes, correspondence, yearbooks, newsletters, publications, photographs, scrapbooks, telephone directories, films, and videotapes.
Collection Organization
Organized into thirty-one series: Personnel files; Medical staff office files; Personnel files; Articles and studies; Reprints; Chartering ceremony (currently missing); Photographs and negatives; Reports; Statistics of medical school; Women's board; Committee files; Inactive physicians files; Inactive physicians files; Women's board; Alumni Association for Health Services Management; Health Services Management and Policy Alumni Association; Women's board; Telephone directories; Publication; Department of Pharmacology reprints; Films; School of Public Health and Health Services; Women's Board; Photographs, papers, and videotapes; Yearbooks; Friday Report; GW Medicine/Health magazine; Photographs; State Health Notes newsletter; Progress newsletter; Records.
Acquisition Information
Materials transfered to University Archives by the Medical Center.
Collection note
There is no series number 31.
- Budget Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- By-laws Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Employees Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Faculty Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Foggy Bottom (Washington, D.C.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- George Washington University
- George Washington University--Alumni and alumnae
- George Washington University. School of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Medical care Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nursing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Physicians Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Publications Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Staff Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Students Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Washington (D.C.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- George Washington University. Hospital (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Medical Center records, 1825-2005
- Author
- University Archives, Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University
- Date
- 2007
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University Repository
