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Jewish Hospital, 1990-1999, Vertical File
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In 1902, The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis opened at 5415 Delmar Boulevard. Prior attempts to create such a hospital had cited the need to care for the poor Jewish refugees of St. Louis; however, when the Jewish Hospital become a reality, it did so under the directive to afford care to the sick and disabled of, "any creed or nationality." By 1905, additions to the original hospital building were already required to accommodate more patients, marking the first in a long line of expansions the Jewish Hospital would undergo over the years.
By 1915, the hospital was treating close to 2,000 patients annually. The following years made it clear that further expansion was needed, and in 1920 the hospital purchased land on Kingshighway Boulevard for the purpose of erecting a larger hospital building. The Delmar location was sold, and, following years of construction and funding campaigns, the hospital at 216 South Kingshighway Boulevard was dedicated in May 1926. By the end of 1927, the new building's first full year in operation, the hospital had treated 5,146 patients. In 1951, a plan was finalized which provided for the integration of three St. Louis Jewish health agencies into what would become the Jewish Hospital Medical Center. The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis merged its operations with those of the Jewish Sanatorium, the Miriam Rosa Bry Convalescent-Rehabilitation Hospital of St. Louis, and the Jewish Medical Social Service Bureau. To accommodate the operations and patients of these health agencies, the Jewish Hospital was required to expand at its Kingshighway location. A building expansion program which included the addition of two new buildings and a six-story wing created room for the patients of the three other agencies to be moved to the newly named Jewish Hospital Medical Center in 1956.
Over its years of growth, Jewish Hospital and its staff have achieved several medical firsts, including performing the first successful in vitro fertilization in Missouri in 1985 and creating the first major in-patient child psychiatric service in the St. Louis area in 1958. When Washington University Medical School and Associated Hospitals (WUMSAH) was formed in 1962, Jewish Hospital was one of the original participating institutions, and in 1963 Jewish Hospital became a major teaching affiliate of Washington University Medical School.
In November 1992, Barnes and Jewish Hospitals signed an affiliation agreement, agreeing to pool resources wherever possible. This affiliation agreement was completed in March 1993 to create Barnes-Jewish, Incorporated (BJI). In April of 1993, BJI and Christian Health Services announced that they would affiliate to create BJC Health System, an affiliation which was finalized in June 1993. In January of 1996, a merger of Barnes and Jewish Hospital, built on the sharing of resources which began with the completion of the affiliation agreement in 1993, was legally completed, and the two became the present day Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Barnes-Jewish Hospital is consistently ranked among the best hospitals in America by U.S. News and World Report.
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The Vertical File Collection is open and accessible for research.
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Item description, Reference Code, Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives, Washington University in St. Louis.
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- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
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See also Barnes-Jewish, Inc., files; See also Roettger, Richard, files; See also WUSM, 1990-1999, files.
Related descriptions
- Washington University Record, August 30, 1990, Page 6.
- Jewish Hospital In Touch Magazine, July-August-September 1990, Page 18.
- Jewish Hospital MD Newsletter, January 1991, Page 2.
- Jewish Hospital Working Wonders Magazine, January 1991, Page 3.
- Jewish Hospital MD Newsletter, April 1991, Page 7.
- Jewish Hospital Working Wonders Magazine, March 1991, Page 12.
- Washington University School of Medicine Outlook Magazine, Spring 1991, Page 23.
- Department of Ophthalmology Focus Newsletter, Spring 1991, Page 1.
- Jewish Hospital In Touch Magazine, April-May-June 1991, Pages 4-7, 13.
- Jewish Hospital In Touch Magazine, December 1991, Page 14.
- Jewish Hospital Working Wonders Magazine, November 1991, Pages 2-3.
- Jewish Hospital MD Newsletter, November 1991, Page 6.
- Jewish Hospital MD Newsletter, December 1991, Page 2.
- Jewish Hospital MD Newsletter, February 1992, Page 1.
- Jewish Hospital MD Newsletter, March 1992, Page 4.
- Jewish Hospital Working Wonders, February 1992, Pages 3, 5-6.
- Children's, Winter 1992, Page 5.
- Washington University Record, March 19, 1992, Pages 1, 2-3.
- Jewish Hospital MD Newsletter, April 1992, Pages 1-3.
- Jewish Hospital Working Wonders Magazine, March 1992, Pages 1, 2-3.
- Jewish Hospital Working Wonders Magazine, Suppliment, March 1992, Pages 2-11.
- Jewish Hospital In Touch Magazine, July-August-September 1992, Page 11.
- Jewish Hospital Working Wonders, Issues and Answers, June 1992, Pages 2-15.
- Washington University Record, November 12, 1992, Page 2.
- Jewish Hospital In Touch Magazine, October-November-December 1992, Page 12.
- Jewish Hospital MD Newsletter, November 1992, Page 3.
- Jewish Hospital MD Extra Newsletter, November 1992, entire issue.
- Jewish Hospital MD Newsletter, January 1993, Page 3.
- Jewish Hospital Working Wonders Magazine, October 1992, Pages 3, 13.
- Jewish Hospital Working Wonders Magazine, November 1992, Pages 2, 3, 8.
- Jewish Hospital Working Wonders Magazine, Issues and Answers, Fall 1992.
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