Memorial Hospital of Burlington County Records; Guide to the
Creator
Dates
- 1880-1963 with gaps.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (2 linear ft)
Restrictions on Access
No restrictions on access, under the conditions of the Archives access policy.
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
Memorial Hospital of Burlington County was established in 1880 in Mt. Holly, NJ, in a small rented house with seven beds. The hospital moved to a permanent site a few years later and by 1927, a new 100-bed unit was constructed. In 1930, a Nurses' Training School is established. Groundbreaking for a new 150-bed wing was made in 1951. The hospital continued to grow and expand until in 1998, when the Memorial Hospital Alliance of which Memorial Hospital was a part, joined in partnership with West Jersey Health System to form Virtua Health.
Arrangement
The files in this collection have been arranged chronologically or by size.
Provenance
This collection was a gift of the Memorial Hospital of Burlington County and donated on May 22, 1997 and August 26, 1998.
Scope and content
The records of Memorial Hospital of Burlington County date from 1880 to 1963, with gaps in the holdings. The collection includes patient registers, a minute book of the Board of Managers, a managers roll book, and photostats of two founding documents.
An assortment of medical instruments received with the collection were separated to the Artifact Collection.
- Title
- Memorial Hospital of Burlington County Records; Guide to the
- Date
- 2004 September
Part of the RBHS Special Collections in the History of Medicine Repository