Records of the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital (Office of Finance): Records of the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital (Office of Finance): NYU Special Collections Finding Aids

Call Number

RG.10.9.1

Date

1802-1946, inclusive

Creator

New York Skin and Cancer Hospital

Extent

2.75 Linear Feet

(5 manuscript boxes)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

History of the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital

The 1935 annual report of the New York University Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital gives a brief historical sketch of the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital: "This institution is the oldest hospital in America to specialize in the treatment of skin diseases and cancer. It was founded in 1882 under the name of the New York Skin and Cancer Hostpital, and operated under the name of the Stuyvesant Square Hospital from 1931 until its affiliation with the Post-Graduate [Medical School] on September 1, 1934 as the New York Skin and Cancer Unit of the Post-Graduate." The New York Skin and Cancer Unit was located on Second Avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets, one block from the Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital on Twentieth Street. In 1948 the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital merged with New York University to become the New York University Post-Graduate Medical School.

Sources: New York Post-Graduate Hospital Annual Report, 1935 RG 32.2

Arrangement

The Records of the New York Skin and Cancer hospitals are arranged based on the original order of the materials. They were received in large envelopes grouped by location, and each location has been arranged as a separate folder. The records are organized into one series:

Missing Title

I. Financial and Real Estate Documents

Scope and Content

The records span the years 1802-1948, with the bulk of the mateirals covering the years 1890-1945. The majority of the records are deeds, mortgages, bonds and insurance policies regarding property connected with the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital. Many records concern the transference of individual interests in properties to the hospital.

Records of particular interest include Abstracts of title, tracing the ownership of the site of the hospital to Peter Stuyvesant and the Stuyvesant farm of 1802 (Box 1, Folder 1), as well as a notice to the Directors of the New York Red Cross Hospital concerning the exclusion of alcohol as a medicinal agent (Box 5, Foler 14), and the purchase of radium fo the hospital (Box 5, Folder 16). Also included is the memorandum of agreement between Stuyvesant Sq. Hospital (NY Skin & Cancer) and the Post-Graduate Mecial School and Hospital (Box 5, Folder 18). The estate of Cornelia Storrs is frequently mentioned, as well as her shares in mining companies (Box 4, Folder 4).

The materials are of use to urban historians and provide evidence of the development of health care facilities in New York City.

Subjects

Access Restrictions

Repository permission is required for access. Please contact New York University Archives, (212) 998-2641, university-archives@nyu.edu.

Use Restrictions

Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by the creator are maintained by New York University. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from New York University Archives, (212) 998-2646, university-archives@nyu.edu.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Records of the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital, RG 10.9.1; box number; folder number; University Archives

Provenance

The New York University Archives recieved the records of the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital in 1993 from Muriel Mantel, Assistant Treasurer of the Office of Finance. These documents make up 2.75 linear ft. out of a total of 40 received from that office.

Related Materials

See Related Material in the New York Post-Graduate Hospital Records, RG 23.2

Collection processed by

Helen Selsdon. Electronic version prepared by Alison Lotto.

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Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.

Repository

New York University Archives

Records of the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital (Office of Finance)