Flint-Goodridge Hospital Collection
Finding Aid Contents
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Collection Summary
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Administrative Information
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Biographical Note
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Chronology
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Description of Series
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Container List
Creator: Flint-Goodridge Hospital Collection, 1932-1983
Extent: 5 linear ft.
Scope and Content: The collection contains records and other material of Flint-Goodridge Hospital of Dillard University from 1932 up until 1983 when Dillard University ceased operation of the hospital. It is arranged in three record series: General File, Administrative Records and Photographs.
Historical
Sketch
The Flint-Goodridge Hospital of Dillard University had
its’ beginning in October 1896. A
small group of African American women, known as the Phyllis Wheatley Club,
formally opened an institution which they named the Phyllis Wheatley Sanitarium
and Training School for Negro Nurses. In
October 1897, because of a lack of financial support, the school was taken under
the wing of New Orleans University and merged with the
school’s Medical College hospital. In
1901, the name was changed to Sarah Goodridge Hospital and Nurse Training
School. Sarah Goodridge was the
mother of one of the hospital’s most generous benefactors: Caroline Medge of
Boston, Massachusetts. In the same
year, the Medical College was renamed Flint Medical College in honor of the
philanthropist John D. Flint of Fall River, Massachusetts.
In 1911, the Flint Medical College closed when the American
Medical Association deemed its’ facilities unacceptable for medical practice.
In 1915, the Pharmacy Department closed.
The buildings at Canal and Robertson streets, which had been used jointly
by the Flint Medical College and the Sarah Goodridge Hospital and Nurses
Training School, were converted into a 50 bed hospital and a nurses’ home. The Hospital was named Flint-Goodridge Hospital.
The Nurse Training Department was reorganized and continued under the
jurisdiction of New Orleans University.
In 1930 a movement was started to merge New Orleans
University (affiliated with the Methodist Church) and Straight College
(affiliated with the Congregational Christian Church) into the present day
Dillard University. The first unit
of Dillard University to be constructed was the hospital at a cost of
approximately one-half million dollars (equivalent to approximately 6.5 million
dollars today.) Flint-Goodridge
Hospital of Dillard University opened in 1932 with the construction of a modern
building (by university architect Moise Goldstein) located at Louisiana Avenue
and Howard Street. Albert W. Dent
(later the President of Dillard University) was the first superintendent of
Flint-Goodridge. Under his
administration, the postgraduate course for physicians in the South was
established.
The hospital was a voluntary, non-profit acute care general
hospital. The institution was
formed for the purpose of caring for African American patients and also for
providing an opportunity for African American physicians to practice their
profession. The unfortunate fact of
the matter was that during this pre-civil rights period, African American
doctors were not allowed to practice in most hospitals.
Although it remained a predominantly black institution, the staff was
always diverse- fostering racial harmony in a time and place where blatant
racism existed in almost every facet of daily life.
In 1953, the Trustees of Dillard University established a Board of Management upon whom they delegated full responsibility of the operation of the hospital. Thus the hospital, which had been run by an institution of higher learning for over 50 years, began operating as a community enterprise. The community role of the hospital grew during the 50’s and 60’s. The hospital hosted health-oriented social functions such as bazaars, fashion shows and baby contests that contributed to community solidarity.
However, despite the humanitarian success of the hospital, financial problems began to multiply. There was an attempt in the late 70’s- early 80’s to sell the hospital to a group of African American physicians but the group could not afford the cost. The University closed the hospital in 1983. The building of the hospital still stands today at 2425 Louisiana Avenue and is now the Flint-Goodridge Apartments.
Chronology
1932
Flint-Goodridge Hospital of Dillard University opens at the corner of
Freret and Louisiana uptown.
1932
A. W. Dent becomes the first superintendent of Flint-Goodridge
Hospital.
1932
The Women’s Auxiliary of Flint-Goodridge Hospital is organized.
1942
John L. Procope takes over the superintendency of the hospital.
1946
S. Tanner Stafford becomes superintendent.
1949
C.C. Weil becomes superintendent.
1953
A Board of Management is established which takes full responsibility of
hospital operations.
1958
A successful fund drive is launched.
1960
An expansion and modernization program is completed.
1963
An Intensive Care Unit is installed.
1968
Ground breaking for Smith Hall, the Nurses’ Residence takes place.
1971
A. W. Mumford becomes Administrator (superintendent.)
1972
Charles E. Burbridge accepts temporary appointment of Administrator.
1973
Henry J. Whyte becomes Administrator.
1981
Dillard University takes over daily management of Hospital.
1983
University ceases operation of hospital.
Description
of Series
Series 1 General
File Box 1
Sub-series: Writings & Articles
Sub-series: Programs/Brochures
Sub-series: Postgraduate Course for Physicians
Sub-series: Miscellaneous
Series 2 Administrative
Materials
Sub-series: Minutes, Board of
Management meetings
Sub-series: Correspondence, Board of Management
Sub-series: Correspondence, Individuals
Stern, Edgar B.
Keller Rosa F.
LeTourneau, Charles U. (Dr.)
Kohlmeyer, Charles Jr.
Sub-series: Budgets & Reports
Sub-series: Proposals & Resolutions
Sub-series: Miscellaneous
Series 3 Photographs
Sub-series: Staff and
Administration
Sub-series: Events
Sub-series: Women’s Auxiliary
Sub-series: Buildings
Sub-series: Miscellaneous
Container List
Box 1
Series 1- General File
Sub-series: Writings & Articles
The Role of a Negro Hospital in the Control of
Tuberculosis in a Large
Southern City by A. W. Dent, 1941.
A
Pneumothorax Clinic for Negro Patients by Sydney Jacobs, Dec. 1942.
Air
Embolism in Artifical Pneumothorax by Sydney Jacobs, Dec. 1943.
Press
Releases, 1947-50.
The
History of Flint-Goodridge Hospital of Dillard University, Nov. 1969.
“Flint-Quotes”,
Jan. 1969.
Hospital
History and Role, May 1977.
Sub-series:
Programs & Brochures
Souvenir
Program, 41st Annual Session of the National Medical Association,
Aug.11-17,
1935.
Program:
Exercises Honoring Doctor Rivers Frederick…, Nov. 2, 1947.
4th
Anniversary, The Colored Trained Practical Nurses Association of
Louisiana, Inc., March 12, 1950.
Program:
Garden Party, Women’s Auxiliary, June 15, 1950.
Brochure:
Flint Goodridge Hospital, 1950.
Brochure:
Community Chest, 1950.
Program:
Twentieth Anniversary Celebration, Feb. 3, 1952.
Brochure:
Flint-Goodridge Reports to Its’ Friends, 1952.
Brochure:
25th Anniversary Progress Report, 1957.
Brochure:
Expansion, The Answer to a Desperate Need.
Building on a Quarter
Century of Service, <1957>
Program:
Chick-A-Dee Contest & Style Show, 1970.
Brochure:
The Story of Flint-Goodridge Hospital and Why it Needs Your
Support, n.d.
Brochure:
Facts about the Robinson Infirmary & Clinic, n.d.
Sub-series:
Postgraduate Course for Physicians
Course
Schedule, June 21- July 3, 1937.
A Report on the First Five
Years of Two-Week Courses Offered by
Flint-Goodridge
Hospital…, Jan. 1941.
Class Schedule and
Announcement, 14th Annual Course, June 12-24, 1950.
Class
Schedule, 15th Annual Course, June 25-30, 1951.
Sub-series:
Miscellaneous Material
Postcard, ca. 1940.
Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners: Official List of Physicians,
Surgeons,
Midwives, Chiropodists, 1948.
Collected publications, 1952; 1960.
Souvenir Folder, Home Office Building, People’s Industrial Life
Insurance Co.,
n.d.
Newsclippings, 1945-1982.
Scrapbook, 1926-33.
Box 2
Series 2- Administrative Records
Sub-series: Minutes, Board of Management meetings
Meeting
Minutes, March-May 1948
Meeting
Minutes, June-Nov. 1948
Meeting
Minutes, March 1949- Oct. 1950
Meeting
Minutes, April- July 1954
Meeting
Minutes, Sept.- Dec. 1954
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- April 1955
Meeting
Minutes, May- Dec. 1955
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- May 1956
Meeting
Minutes, June- Nov. 1956
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- May 1957
Meeting
Minutes, Sept.- Dec. 1957
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- June 1958
Meeting
Minutes, Sept.- Dec. 1958
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- Dec. 1959
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- April 1960
Meeting
Minutes, May- Dec. 1960
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- April 1961
Meeting
Minutes, May- Dec. 1961
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- April 1962
Meeting
Minutes, May- Dec. 1962
Meeting
Minutes, Feb.- May 1963
Meeting
Minutes, June- Dec. 1963
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- May 1964
Meeting
Minutes, June- Nov. 1964
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- April 1965
Meeting
Minutes, Aug.- Dec. 1965
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- May 1966
Meeting
Minutes, Aug.- Dec. 1966
Box 3
Series 2- Administrative Records
Sub-series: Minutes, Board of Management meetings, cont.
Meeting
Minutes, Feb.- Aug. 1967
Meeting
Minutes, Sept.- Dec. 1967
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- June 1968
Meeting
Minutes, Sept.- Dec. 1968
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- March 1969
Meeting
Minutes, May- Dec. 1969
Meeting
Minutes, Jan. April 1970
Meeting
Minutes, May- Nov. 1970
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- April 1971
Meeting Minutes, June- Dec. 1971
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- June 1972
Meeting Minutes, July- Dec.
1972
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- May 1973
Meeting
Minutes, June- Dec. 1973
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- April 1974
Meeting
Minutes, June- Dec. 1974
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- June 1975
Meeting
Minutes, Aug.- Dec. 1975
Box 4
Series 2- Administrative Records
Sub-series: Minutes, Board of Management meetings, cont.
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- May 1976
Meeting
Minutes, June- Nov. 1976
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- April 1977
Meeting
Minutes, June- Nov. 1977
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- April 1978
Meeting
Minutes, May- Nov. 1978
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- April 1979
Meeting
Minutes, May- Dec. 1979
Meeting
Minutes, Feb.- April 1980
Meeting
Minutes, May- June 1980
Meeting
Minutes, July- Sept. 1980
Meeting
Minutes, Oct.- Dec. 1980
Meeting
Minutes, Jan.- April 1981
Meeting
Minutes, May- Oct. 1981
Box 5
Series 2- Administrative Records
Sub-series: Correspondence/Memos, Board of Management
Correspondence/Memos,
April 1948- Nov. 1949
Correspondence/Memos,
1950-56
Correspondence/Memos,
Feb.- May 1957
Correspondence/Memos,
June- Sept. 1957
Correspondence/Memos,
Oct.- Dec. 1957
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- Dec. 1958
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan. 1959
Correspondence/Memos,
March 1959- July 1960
Correspondence/Memos,
Oct. 1960- Dec. 1962
Correspondence/Memos,
Feb.- Nov. 1963
Correspondence/Memos,
Feb. Aug. 1964
Correspondence/Memos, Sept.- Oct. 1964
Correspondence/Memos,
Nov.- Dec. 1964
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- April 1965
Correspondence/Memos,
June- Sept. 1965
Correspondence/Memos,
Oct.- Dec. 1965
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- April 1966
Correspondence/Memos,
May- Oct. 3rd 1966
Correspondence/Memos,
Oct. 19th 1966
Correspondence/Memos,
Oct.- Dec. 1966
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- March 1967
Correspondence/Memos,
April- May 1967
Correspondence/Memos,
June- Aug. 1967
Correspondence/Memos,
Sept.- Oct. 1967
Correspondence/Memos,
Nov.- Dec. 1967
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- March 1968
Correspondence/Memos,
April- July 1968
Correspondence/Memos,
Sept.- Dec. 1968
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- May 1969
Correspondence/Memos,
June- Aug. 1969
Correspondence/Memos,
Sept.- Oct. 1969
Correspondence/Memos,
Nov.- Dec. 1969
Box 6
Series 2- Administrative Records
Sub-series: Correspondence/Memos, Board of Management, cont.
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- April 1970
Correspondence/Memos,
May- Nov. 1970
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- Feb. 1971
Correspondence/Memos,
March- July 1971
Correspondence/Memos,
Aug.- Dec. 1971
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- March 1972
Correspondence/Memos,
April- May 1972
Correspondence/Memos,
June- July, 1972
Correspondence/Memos,
Aug.- Sept. 1972
Correspondence/Memos,
Oct.- Dec. 1972
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- Oct. 1973
Correspondence/Memos,
Nov.- Dec. 1973
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- Dec. 1974
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- May 1975
Correspondence/Memos,
Sept.- Dec. 1975
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- April 1976
Correspondence/Memos,
May- Dec. 1976
Correspondence/Memos, Jan.- April 1977
Correspondence/Memos,
May- Dec. 1977
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- May 1978
Correspondence/Memos,
June- Dec. 1978
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- May 1979
Correspondence/Memos,
June- Dec. 1979
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan.- June 1980
Correspondence/Memos,
July- Dec. 1980
Correspondence/Memos,
Jan. 1981- March 1982
Box 7
Series 2- Administrative Records
Sub-series: Correspondence/Memos, Individuals, cont.
Sub-sub-series:
Stern, Edgar B.
Correspondence, 1944-46
Correspondence, 1947-49
Correspondence, Jan.- Nov. 1950
Correspondence, Jan.- Dec. 1951
Correspondence, Jan.- July 1952
Correspondence, Feb.- May 1953
Correspondence, June- Dec. 1953
Correspondence, 1954-56
Correspondence, 1957-65
Sub-sub-series:
Keller, Rosa F.
Correspondence, 1954-56
Correspondence, 1957-59
Correspondence, 1961-62; <1963-66>
Correspondence, 1966-68
Correspondence, 1969-71
Correspondence, 1972-75
Sub-sub-series:
LeTourneau, Charles U.
Correspondence, 1963-<1967>
Sub-sub-series:
Kohlmeyer, Charles
Correspondence, Jan. 1971- Sept. 1972
Correspondence, Oct.- Nov. 1972
Correspondence, Jan.- Oct. 1973
Correspondence,
1974-78
Sub-series:
Budgets & Reports
Plant
Fund, Balance Sheet, Dec. 31, 1966
Services
and Plans for the Future, Flint-Goodridge Hospital, April 15, 1969
Expansion
Report, Flint-Goodridge Hopsital, May 12, 1969
Emergency Room Income and Expenses, Jan.- Dec. 1969
Report
of Committee on Planning and Development, 1969
Statements
of Condition: Plant Fund, Operating Income and Expenses, Mar. 7,
1972
Budget
Estimates for 1974
Report
of Medical Director for 1977
Sub-series:
Proposals & Resolutions
Nurses’
Residence Operating Budget, n.d.
Outline
of Report, n.d.
Miscellaneous resolutions, 1960; 1978; n.d.
Miscellaneous
proposals, 1964-77
Proposed
Day Care Center, Dec. 18, 1967
Proposed
Operational Cost Savings, First Draft, Feb. 16, 1972
Flint-Goodridge
Hospital Marketing Plan, March 23, 1981
Preliminary
Proposal for Long Range Plan Study, n.d.
Questions
from Planning & Development Committee, n.d.
Sub-series:
Miscellaneous Material
Collected
Publications, 1946-73
Organizational
Chart, 1954
Preamble,
<1954; 1959>
Committee
Appointments, 1965-81; n.d.
Plans,
Architecture, 1968; n.d.
Laboratory
Emergencies and Blood Bank Status, n.d.
Resume,
Revius O. Ortique, Jr. Esquire, n.d.
Box 8
Series 3- Photographs
Sub-series: Staff/Administrators
General,
Individuals, A-P
General,
Individuals, R-Z
General,
Individuals, Unidentified
General,
Groups
General,
At Work, small/medium
General,
At Work, medium/large
General,
Events, Staff Appreciation Dinner, May 1973
General,
Events, Staff Appreciation Dinner, n.d.
Pediatrics
Newborn
Nursery
Nurses,
Individuals
Nurses,
Groups
Volunteers,
Gray Ladies
Volunteers,
Junior Volunteers, Individuals
Volunteers,
Junior Volunteers, Groups
Volunteers,
Junior Volunteers, Events, Volunteers Recognition Day, 1969
Volunteers,
Junior Volunteers, Events, Incentive Awards Program, 1969
Volunteers,
Junior Volunteers, Events, Volunteer Program, 1970
Volunteers,
Junior Volunteers, Events, Volunteer Program. Aug. 18, 1972
Box 9
Series 3- Photographs
Sub-series: Events
Hospital
Day, 1932; 1939; 1941; n.d.
Contributions,
1949-72; n.d.
Children’s
Christmas Party, Dec. 21, 1957
Ground
Breaking, New Wing, June 23, 1959
Baby
Contest, 1959
Dedication,
New Wing, Sept. 25, 1960
Christmas
Party, Dec. 22, 1961
Health
Forum, May 11, 1962
Baby
Alumni Party, May 1969
1969
Bazaar, Oct. 1969
20th
Year Celebration Honoring C.C. Weil, Oct. 1969
Mr.
& Mrs. Flint-Goodridge, 1969
Chick-A-Dee
Contest and Style Show, 1970
Art
Contest, 1970
Children’s
Christmas Party, Dec. 18, 1970
Christmas
Party, Dec. 26, 1970
Open
House, 1971
Weight
Clinic Reducers Party, Smith Hall, Sept. 22, 1971
Weight
Reducers Clinic, 1972
Zulu, Feb. 1977
American Hospital Association convention, n.d.
Press Conference, Sept. 6, 1978
Introduction of new machinery, n.d.
Party, unidentified, n.d.
Unknown event, May 1959
Unknown event with Dillard University choir, <1960’s- 70’s>
Unknown event, early 1970’s
Unknown events, n.d.
Box 10
Series 3- Photographs
Sub-series: Women’s Auxiliary
Members, n.d.
Members, n.d.
Flower Day, June 29, 1958
Flower Day, 1970
Flower Day, n.d.
Women’s Auxiliary Meeting, May 1973
Ebony Fashion Fair Contest, 1958-59
Ebony Fashion Fair Contest, 1960
Ebony Fashion Fair Contest, 1961
Ebony Fashion Fair Contest, 1963
Ebony Fashion Fair Contest, 1969
Ebony
Fashion Fair Contest, n.d.
Ebony Fashion Fair Contest, n.d.
Ebony Fashion Fair Contest, n.d.
Ebony Fashion Fair Contest, n.d.
Ebony Fashion Fair Contest, Contestants, n.d.
Ebony Fashion Fair Contest, Groups, n.d.
Ebony Fashion Fair Contest, Miscellaneous, n.d.
Sub-series:
Buildings
Hospital Building, Exterior, n.d.
Hospital, Interior views, n.d.
Smith Hall, Nurses’ Residence, n.d.
Sub-series:
Miscellaneous
Signs, n.d.
Equipment, n.d.
Photos for Instruction and/or PR, n.d.