Superintendent of the City Home on Welfare Island, Maxwell Lewis records
Description
The records are comprised of general correspondence and subject files of Superintendent Maxwell Lewis. Correspondence is between Lewis and the Hospital Department commissioners, intra-departmental officials, and some former patients. Subject files include annual and semi-annual reports, 1934-1935; miscellaneous studies, 1934-1936; minutes of meetings held at the City Home, 1934; materials related to the New York State Conference on Social Work Institute, 1937; material related to the New York State Department of Social Welfare, 1935; personnel matter, 1934; and secretary's daily reports to Lewis, 1939. The City Home was the successor to the earlier almshouses operated on Bridewell (later Welfare) Island. The Almshouse became known as the City Home for the Aged and Dependent in 1903, at the time when city institutions were divided into welfare-oriented and hospital-oriented agencies. The City Home was transferred to the latter group under the Board of Trustees of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals. In 1929 the agency became part of the new Department of Hospitals.
Extent
2 cubic feet
Dates
1934-1951
Record Groups
Names
External Documents
Source
- Haven Emerson Public Health Library (Organization)
Creator
- Lewis, Maxwell, 1895-1957 (Person)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Hospitals (Organization)
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