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Miracle House records

Call Number

MS 3098

Date

1990-2014, inclusive

Creator

Miracle House (New York, N.Y.)

Extent

8 Linear feet in 3 flat boxes, 3 cartons, and 1 flat file folder
127 Gigabytes

Language of Materials

The documents in the collection are in English.

Abstract

This collection contains material from the records of Miracle House, a charity that provided housing, meals, and support services to patients and their caregivers traveling to New York City for medical treatment. The collection consists primarily of records related to fundraising, publicity, and routine business operations.

Biographical / Historical

Miracle House was founded in 1990 in response to the AIDS crisis to provide affordable temporary housing, free meals and support services to patients and caregivers of people living with AIDS in New York City. In 1997, Miracle House expanded its services to include cancer patients, and in 2005, began to include patients and their caregivers traveling to New York City for any medically related treatment options, procedures, or consultations. Starting with one studio apartment on Manhattan's upper west side, by 2004 Miracle House was operating five apartments, providing a total capacity of 5,475 rooms per year. Citing difficulties with rising costs of the New York City rental market as well as increasing administrative costs, Miracle House ceased operation in 2014.

Arrangement

The collection is organized in 2 series:

Series I. Digital Files

Series II. Other Records

Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of records related to fundraising, publicity, and routine business operations such as financial records, annual reports, budgets, and Board meeting minutes. There is also documentation about clinical trials taking place in New York City, client reports and testimonials, newsletters, and shopping lists for the various apartments. There are numerous event files such as photos, flyers, press releases, mailers, sponsor forms, spreadsheets of expenses, letters to donors and other marketing materials.

Access Restrictions

Open to qualified researchers.

Use Restrictions

Taking images of documents from the library collections for reference purposes by using hand-held cameras and in accordance with the library's photography guidelines is encouraged. As an alternative, patrons may request up to 20 images per day from staff. Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.

Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: https://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions

Some formats, such as CDs, floppy disks, and certain digital files, may not be accessible due to file corruption or because the library does not have the equipment or proprietary software necessary to make the information they contain accessible. A full manifest of the individual files comprising the series is available from the reference librarian on request.

Preferred Citation

The collection should be cited as: Miracle House records, MS 3098, New-York Historical Society.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Miracle House, 2014.

Collection processed by

Margo Padilla and Larry Weimer

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 15:48:00 -0400.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information

Processed in 2021 by digital archivist Margo Padilla and archivist Larry Weimer.

Repository

New-York Historical Society
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024