The Institutional Records of
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Brief History of the Johns
Hopkins Medical Institutions
Chronology and Listing of the Institutions
Scope of the Institutional Record Holdings
A Brief History
of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
In 1867, Johns Hopkins, a wealthy Baltimore merchant, incorporated
the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, willing
these institutions the bulk of his fortune. Upon his death in 1873
and the probation of his will, Mr. Hopkins’ trustees chose Daniel
Coit Gilman as president of the proposed University and Hospital. The
University, which was conceived primarily as an institution for research
and advanced studies, formally opened in 1876. Nearly a decade later
in 1883, the trustees moved to establish the Medical Faculty. The Hospital
and School of Nursing began operations in 1889 and the School of Medicine,
from the beginning closely linked with the Hospital, opened in 1893.
With the advent of the twentieth century the University expanded and
new divisions were added.
Chronology and Listing of Institutions
Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1889
- Present
Johns Hopkins Hospital Colored Orphan Asylum ,
1875 - 1924
Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing, 1889 - 1973
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1893 - Present
Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children, 1906
- 1974
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 1918
-
Present
Johns Hopkins University School of Health Services, 1973 - 1979
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 1983 - Present
William H. Welch Medical Library, 1929 - Present
Scope of the Holdings
The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives serves as the official repository
for the historic documents of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.
Among
the institutional records are administrative and governance records,
fiscal files, official correspondence, architectural drawings, scrapbooks,
photographs and film. In
addition
the personal papers
of many individuals associated with the Medical Institutions are
located in the Medical Archives. To date there are over 300 collections
of personal
papers in the Medical Archives.
The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives actively collects only papers
and records that pertain to the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.
