This series includes eight subseries, with each subseries devoted to a subsidiary organization in Jewish Hospital. Here, a subsidiary organization is one that is mainly or exclusively composed of staff of the Jewish Hospital. These organizations include Board and staff committees and subcommittees, as well as hospital divisions and departments with significant collections of records. Sub-series 1 contains the meeting minutes of the Medical Staff Association for the years 1913-1965 (at the time, the organization was known simply as the Medical Staff). This series also contains the meeting minutes of the Efficiency Committee, composed of both members of the medical staff and the Board, for the years 1916-1922, and of the Medical Staff Council (a committee of the Medical Staff Association). The Medical Staff Council meeting minutes run from 1965-1984, and are interfiled with the Medical Staff minutes for 1960-1965, and with the Medical Staff Association meeting minutes for the years 1966-1984. Sub-series 2 contains correspondence and related materials of the Medical Staff Association for the years 1953-1996. The collection is made up mainly of correspondence and related materials written or received by Dr. Morris Alex. Sub-series 3 contains the meeting minutes for the years 1925-1959 of the Joint Conference Committee (previously the Committee on Conference and Medical Matters). Sub-series 4 contains the correspondence and meeting minutes for the years 1953-1954 of the Medical Advisory Board. Sub-series 5 contains reports, proposals, and correspondence related to the creation, running, and closing of the Division of Child Psychiatry at Jewish Hospital for the years 1955-1963. Sub-series 6 contains the records, including the meeting minutes and correspondence of the Professional Services Committee, and its Medical Component subcommittee, for the years 1956-1963. Sub-series 7 contains the event schedules for the Waldheim Department of Surgery for the years 1980-1992. Events featured on the schedule include conferences, grand rounds, lectures, clinics, and meetings. Sub-series 8 contains the records of the Sidney L. Rothschild Medical Library for the years 1987-1996.