"Consumer Assessment Study", 1985

File — Box: 8, Folder: 18

Identifier: B

Series Description

From the Series: Series I: Administration

The first series, “Administration,” covers the years 1855 to 2003, and consists of 8 boxes. There are two subseries, “Board of Managers,” and “Administration.” The bulk of the “Board of Managers” subseries is in the form of Annual Reports. The Annual Reports represent a complete history of CHOP’s Board activities, from the year of CHOP’s founding, in 1855, to 2003. Annual Reports are present in a number of formats, such as: original booklets, photocopies, and microfiche. Please refer to Series VI, “Bound Volumes, Books,” for originals of CHOP Annual Reports, bound in 8 volumes, and covering the years 1854 to 1994. Series VI also includes both handwritten and typed Minutes of the Board of Managers, present in the form of 13 bound volumes which span the years 1855 to 1951.

Subseries B, “Administration,” contains information pertaining to a number of CHOP Administrators and their work throughout the years. Strong points of this subseries are present in the correspondence files of CHOP Presidents Charles E. Ingersoll and Noel Kronke. Also present are policy manuals and memos on CHOP’s rates and charges from 1958 and a set of official guidelines entitled, “Care of Indigent Foreign Nationals.”

Dates

1985

Conditions Governing Access

Access to this collection is restricted and requires permission from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia PR/Marketing department. Reproduction is restricted and requires additional permission from the department.

Series V, "Biographical," contains some restricted materials: Box 75 has been restricted as per Shirley Bonnem's request, and a number of the CV's included in the individual biographical files contain Social Security numbers.