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Guide to the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital records 1985.005

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Creator: Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Board of Directors. Building Commmittee.
Creator: Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Board of Directors. Executive Commmittee.
Creator: Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Board of Directors. Plans Commmittee.
Creator: Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Board of Directors.
Creator: Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Board of Surgeons. Committee on Infections.
Creator: Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Board of Surgeons. Ophthalmic Committee.
Creator: Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Board of Surgeons.
Creator: Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.). Medical Board..
Creator: Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital (New York, N.Y.).
Title: Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital records
Dates [inclusive]: 1868-1976
Abstract: The Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital was established in 1868 by prominent Brooklyn residents as a philanthropic clinic, and opened on April 20th, 1869. It closed its doors in 1976. The Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital records contain administrative and financial documents reflecting various aspects of the Hospital's operations. Items include minutes of the Board of Directors and its committees, including the Executive, Plans, and Building Committees; annual reports and treasurer and superintendent's reports; and minutes of the Board of Surgeons and its subsidiary committees, including the Ophthalmic Committee and the Committee on Infections. Additional items include a medical manual and a history of the Hospital, titled A Hospital's First Century, written by Board member Harry W. Baehr to commemorate the Hospital's centennial.
Quantity: 4.17 Linear feet in ten manuscript boxes.
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Call Phrase: 1985.005