Hospitals -- Administration

Scope and Contents

These records include correspondence, financial reports, articles and bylaws, and other pertinent information describing the operating of the Community (Red Cross) Hospital. It portrays many of the problems inherent in such an operation, from large financial ones down to the individual level in the case of problems with individuals, both employees and patients. This section consists of three boxes.

Content Description

Louisville General Hospital annual reports (1933-1944); Board of Governors meeting meetings (1972, 1975); Planning and organization survey (Mar. 1964) and policy manual (1962).

Scope and Contents The period from 1871 to 1946 is documented by admission books, Board of Health materials, manuals, brochures, and reports for the 1930s, 1941, and 1942. The period from 1970 to 1983 is covered by files from the director's office, as well as the minutes of the administrative board and management council. Also present are contracts and agreements from 1948 to 1973. This collection also includes an index card file from the 1920s to 1977 of residents and interns at Louisville General Hospital...

Content Description

The scrapbooks contain clippings and some correspondence related to the hospital and its business manager/administrator, Houston A. Baker. Fund drives in 1945 and 1948, as well as dedicatory exercises for a new addition to the hospital in 1951, are documented. Microfilmed by the University of Louisville, 1976.