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Vancouver General Hospital fonds
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- Source of title proper: Title based on the provenance of the fonds.
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- 8.95 m of textual records
- ca. 150 microfilm reels
- ca. 70 photographs
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Biographical history
The history of the Vancouver General Hospital originates with the establishment of a CPR tent hospital in 1886, shortly after which a nine-bed wooden structure was erected at a point north of Powell St., between Hawkes and Heatley Avenues. In September 1886, the city's Board of Health, with the agreement of the CPR, took over administration of the building and it became the first City Hospital. In 1888, a new thirty-five bed City Hospital was built on Beatty St., south of Pender facing Cambie St., financed jointly by the province and the city. In 1902, the Vancouver General Hospital was incorporated and in 1906 the hospital moved to its present site.
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Scope and content
Fonds consists of published annual reports for 1905, 1908 and 1912-1955; minutes of the Board of Directors, 1902-1958; minutes of the Medical Board, 1931-1965; general correspondence files (mainly of the chief administrator) 1906-1980; medical staff minutes, 1888-1920; minutes of various committees, 1902-1975; statistical reports, 1928-1949 and 1971-1975; miscellaneous items of historical interest from the Public Relations Department of the hospital, 1886-1977; and records regarding building and property development, 1937; 1979-1992.
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Arrangement
- Arranged into the following series: Annual reports; Board of Directors minutes; Correspondence; Medical Board minutes; Medical staff minutes; Minutes of committees; Public Relations Department files; and Statistical reports.
- Includes records from separate accruals formerly identified and described as AM320, AM 637 and AM759. These descriptions have been amalgamated into a single fonds; citations for these records should use only AM320.
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Originals for correspondence series destroyed.
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Access to some series restricted. See individual series descriptions.
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