Series I. Minutes of the Board of Trustees/Managers, and Related Materials, 1869-1978, 1869-1978, inclusive

This series consists of Minutes of the Board of Managers/Board of Trustees of the N.Y. Foundling Hospital 1869-1979, and reports to the boards for those meetings 1936-1978. Minutes from 1964-1967 are missing.

Minutes of other departments of the New York Foundling Hospital, such as minutes of the St. Agatha Home or the Ladies Auxiliary, may be found in Series IV and V with the records of these programs.

Minutes 1869-1979 are arranged chronologically. Minutes are followed by reports to the Board of Managers/Trustees in folders arranged chronologically 1936-1978, followed by reports to the Board in binders 1957-1978 (missing 1969-1971). The reports in binders duplicate some of the material in the folders. The folders entitled "Administrator's reports to the board..." also contain reports by other committees, as well as some correspondence, memos, and related materials. The material in the folders was kept together in this way at the Foundling.

The Board of Managers existed from 1869 through March of 1974, consisting of members of the Sisters of Charity assisted by a lay advisory board. The Board of Trustees superceded the Board of Managers in September of 1974. At this time, the Administrator of the Foundling became known as the Executive Director.