Hospitals--Michigan--Detroit

AFSCME Public Policy Analysis Department Records

jruss — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:17:10 -0400

Part 1 of the AFSCME Public Policy Analysis Department Records focuses on Deinstitutionalization, particularly at Wayne County General Hospital (WCGH). The hospital complex was located in western Wayne County, Michigan, approximately 16 miles west of downtown Detroit. Deinstitutionalization represented a major change in philosophy for mental health treatment delivery and was the term given to the process whereby mentally ill patients were moved out of large public hospitals and into smaller community-based treatment facilities. Typically, large public (state) hospitals were then closed. The process began in 1955 with the introduction of new psychiatric medications by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) into state hospitals. These new medicines offered the possibility of less-restrictive care for the mentally ill outside of the inpatient hospital setting. The deinstitutionalization trend accelerated after the passage of the Community Mental Health Centers Act in 1963 and then continued throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s.

Part 2 of the AFSCME Public Policy Analysis Department Records consists of material related to AFSCME’s national effort to affect public policy in federal, state, and local governments during the 1970s. The department conducted research on issues with the potential to impact AFSCME members, especially matters of Social Security, cost of living, pensions, healthcare, deinstitutionalization, public health care, and unemployment. From this research, the Public Policy Analysis Department created reports and studies meant to influence the policy created by government agencies. The bulk of Part II of this collection represents AFSCME’s work in the debate on deinstitutionalization and health care reform efforts between 1973 and 1978.

Part 3 of the AFSCME Public Policy Analysis Department Records contains correspondence, memos, reports, data, news articles, studies, speeches, and testimonies. Large portions of the records pertain to mental health and deinstitutionalization. Other topics covered include taxes, Reagan-era budget cuts and other economic issues.

Hutzel Hospital Records

drice — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:26:12 -0400

In November, 1868, seven members of the Ladies’ Christian Union opened the Woman’s
Hospital and Foundlings’ Home in a tenement at Cass Avenue and Montcalm Street, a private, non-profit institution and the first facility in Detroit dedicated to providing care and shelter for abandoned, widowed and unwed mothers and their babies. In 1965, Woman’s Hospital changed its name to Hutzel Hospital and continued its devotion to research into the diseases of women. It is now part of the Detroit Medical Center, working with other hospitals and Wayne State University Medical School to provide high quality medical care to the Detroit community.

Parts 1 and 2 of the Hutzel Hospital Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, clippings, publicity,biographical information on various directors and board members and other material documenting the history of women’s health care in Detroit.

Sigma Gamma Association Records

drice — Wed, 21 May 2014 16:51:54 -0400

The Sigma Gamma Association started with a handful of Detroit-area young women meeting
together for social activities and intellectual discussions in 1904. They soon formalized their club with a constitution and started performing charitable activities for local children. They notably raised money for the Women’s Hospital infant’s ward, doing so through social fundraisers and an annual fair. After years spent steadily increasing their numbers and philanthropy, the polio outbreak of 1916 precipitated the Sigma Gammas to focus their mission on pediatric orthopedics. This led to the establishment of the Sigma Gamma Clinic for Crippled Children in 1920 (Renamed the Detroit Orthopedic Clinic in 1936). At a time when polio’s symptoms physically isolated its victims from greater society, the Sigma Gammas sought to maintain a typical childhood experience for their wards by providing daily academic classes and hosting social activities. The clinic was an all-inclusive institution, providing full medical care to children no matter their financial standing, race, or religion. The following years were a time of expansion for the Sigma Gamma Association’s operations. The Clinic purchased additional lands and facilities, developed comprehensive long-term patient care, pioneered recovery treatments and corrective braces, and established a hospital school for the young patients.

The decline of polio forced the Sigma Gamma Association to alter its mission once again. The hospital school and Detroit Orthopedic Clinic closed, but they soon reopened a new state-of-the-art outpatient clinic on Woodward Avenue in 1960 and specialized in treating cerebral palsy. By the 1970’s, the clinic changed its name again, to the current Detroit Institute for Children, and started treating a broader range of childhood disabilities. Today, the DIC is nationally recognized as one of the top treatment facilities for children with disabilities. Though the focus and scope has changed over the years, the Sigma Gamma Association still operates to this day, raising money for the DIC.

The Sigma Gamma Association Records contain the papers documenting key organizational decision-making processes along with assembled histories of the association throughout its existence. The Sigma Gammas created several affiliate institutions throughout their history, but this collection primarily focuses on records directly from the Sigma Gamma Association with some materials from the Detroit Institute for Children. Record types prominently featured include board of trustees meeting minutes, by-laws, draft constitutions, promotional brochures, financial reports, annual reports, fundraising records, copies of their publication Gamma Rays: The Bulletin of the Sigma Gamma Association, and correspondence. Also included are dozens of scrapbooks that gather together the organization’s history with newspaper clippings, photographs, and select organizational records. A collection of photographs depicts past members and events of Sigma Gamma. The final section is the oversize materials, comprising architectural drawings, portraits of members, signs from past office buildings, and other large items.

Marion Josephine Wright Papers

drice — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:19:00 -0400

Marion Josephine Wright was a registered nurse at Harper Hospital and later at Jennings Memorial Hospital in Detroit, MI. She was a member of the Board of Directors of the District Nurses Association, a Vice-President if the Detroit Council on Community Nursing, and was on the advisory committee for the Practical Nurses school. In the early 1950s, Wright was the Associate Director of Harper Hospital. During her tenure as associate director, she was the author of many articles on patient care, nurse duties and nursing education. She also wrote a book titled, “The Improvement of Patient Care; A Study at Harper Hospital.” In 1970, she received a Meritorius Service Award from the Corporate Board of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association.

The Marion J. Wright Papers consists of material related to her nursing career. These materials include certificates from completed classes and membership confirmations, copies of her articles and speeches, and photographs from a dinner meeting of the Essex-Kent County Industrial Nurses’ Association. The collection includes the contents of a scrapbook of clippings and articles similar to the topic of her writings. Most of the materials in the collection are from her time at Harper Hospital, with some materials from later in her life.

Collections Spotlight: “Out of the House: Detroit Women’s Organizations in the 20th Century”

teller — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:20:24 -0400

Two archivists from the Reuther presented talks at the Historical Society of Michigan's 57th annual Local History Conference in March. The joint session, entitled “Out of the House: Detroit Women’s Organizations in the 20th Century” was presented by Troy Eller English, the Society of Women Engineers Archivist, and Aimee Ergas, the Reuther's collections archivist for Jewish Detroit. Kathy Schmeling of the Reuther Library was the moderator. read more »

(9293) Portraits, Emily McLaughlin, 1920s

eclemens — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 11:30:11 -0400

Portrait of Nurse Emily A. McLaughlin, c. 1927.

(30256) Grace Hospital, Newberry Hall, Detroit, 1930

eclemens — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:09:06 -0400

Exterior view of Helen Handy Newberry Nurses’ Home, also know as Newberry Hall, Detroit, Michigan.

(30455) Health Care, Children's Hospital of Michigan, 1972

eclemens — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:11:57 -0400

Exterior view of Children's Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.

Detroit Medical Center Newsletters

kchinery — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 14:10:09 -0400

Processed. Titles: Advocates for Independence; For Sight; Recognizing Philanthropy.

Detroit Medical News

kchinery — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:04:14 -0400

Processed

Detroit Receiving Hospital Newsletters

kchinery — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 14:26:59 -0400

Processed. Titles: The Receiving End (July 1969-June 1976); The Herald (July 1976-June 1979).

The Grace Hospital Gracevine

kchinery — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:04:22 -0400

Vols. 1:1-8:1.