Young Womens Hospital Aid records

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Identifier: 2854

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection includes reports of the Young Women's Hospital Aid Charity Ball, 1913-1963; minutes of the General Meeting, 1946-1963; correspondence, 1961-1964; mimeographed newsletters to members, 1961-1963; Special Committee minutes and reports, 1962-1963; and miscellaneous newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other records.

Dates

1912-1967.

Creator

Young Women\'s Hospital Aid (Ithaca, N.Y.) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Since its founding in 1913, the Young Women's Hospital Aid was a social organization whose prime function was fund raising for the Tompkins County Hospital. Officers and members of this group were usually prominent women of the Ithaca, New York area. The Aid assisted in the purchase of equipment for the hospital, and helped provide for the comfort and well-being of its patients. The organization also funded nursing scholarships with money raised through charity balls, fashion shows, and other social events. In 1964 the organization was dissolved and absorbed into the hospital's Department of Volunteer Services.

Extent

.4 cubic feet. (.4 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Records of the Young Women's Hospital Aid, a social organization whose prime function was fund raising for the Tompkins County Hospital. Officers and members of this group were usually prominent women of the Ithaca, New York area.

Physical Description

Reports, minutes, correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other records.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: E. Hunn
Date completed:: May 1975
EAD encoding:: Martin Heggestad, April 2004
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, March 2016