John R. Philp, Arthur Bushel, and Howard Junior Brown, 1966
Scope and Contents
Sub-subgroup 10 contains the records of three officeholders in two different positions. John Philp and Arthur Bushel were acting commissioners in 1966. Howard Junior Brown briefly served as both health commissioner and head of the Health Services Administration. The records from both Brown’s positions are in this sub-subgroup. The material consists of correspondence, memos, reports and statistics, typed remarks and notes delivered by Howard Junior Brown, in his dual roles of commissioner and head of the Health Services Administration, at various events. Some relate to city hospitals, which were the purview of the HSA. This is also a separate small set of Brown’s personal and professional correspondence. It contains letters of congratulations on Brown’s appointment to city government and personal correspondence with colleagues.
The sub-subgroup highlights the Department’s increased focus on ambulatory care, narcotics addiction and health in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. There is also material related to the Department’s centennial anniversary as well as records documenting the city’s engagement with the federal government on Medicare and Medicaid, which were rolled out that year. Brown’s records from his role as health services administrator document the beginnings of the HSA, the administration of the city’s hospitals and the implementation of Medicare and Medicaid.
The sub-subgroup highlights the Department’s increased focus on ambulatory care, narcotics addiction and health in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. There is also material related to the Department’s centennial anniversary as well as records documenting the city’s engagement with the federal government on Medicare and Medicaid, which were rolled out that year. Brown’s records from his role as health services administrator document the beginnings of the HSA, the administration of the city’s hospitals and the implementation of Medicare and Medicaid.
Extent
12.5 cubic feet (25 boxes)
Dates
1966
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Advance notice is required for using original material.
The New York City Municipal Archives collections may contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information relating to private individuals that is protected by New York City’s Personal Identifying Information Law, federal or state privacy laws, and various regulations. Thus, the New York City Municipal Archives may restrict access to portions of this collection per existing statutory restrictions on personally identifiable information.
Researcher is advised that disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals without consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications. Researcher agrees not to record, copy, scan, take a photo, disseminate, publish, or share personal identifying information in any form. The NYC Municipal Archives does not assume responsibility.
Please contact us to arrange access.
The New York City Municipal Archives collections may contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information relating to private individuals that is protected by New York City’s Personal Identifying Information Law, federal or state privacy laws, and various regulations. Thus, the New York City Municipal Archives may restrict access to portions of this collection per existing statutory restrictions on personally identifiable information.
Researcher is advised that disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals without consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications. Researcher agrees not to record, copy, scan, take a photo, disseminate, publish, or share personal identifying information in any form. The NYC Municipal Archives does not assume responsibility.
Please contact us to arrange access.
Additional Description
Arrangement
This sub-subgroup is arranged into four series depending on the nature of the records. This arrangement is in keeping with how the files were housed.
Series 1 is arranged by correspondent and then alphabetically.
Unique to this set of records are a grouping of files from the office of the Health Services Administrator. For a few months, the Commissioner of the Department of Health was also the head of the umbrella agency that encompassed the department. The records from this single officeholder’s two positions are found in this sub-subgroup.
Series 2 is organized by date, while Series 3 is organized alphabetically. This reflects how these files were originally found.
The subseries within Series 4 were created by the archivist to reflect the way the files were grouped.
Series 1 is arranged by correspondent and then alphabetically.
Unique to this set of records are a grouping of files from the office of the Health Services Administrator. For a few months, the Commissioner of the Department of Health was also the head of the umbrella agency that encompassed the department. The records from this single officeholder’s two positions are found in this sub-subgroup.
Series 2 is organized by date, while Series 3 is organized alphabetically. This reflects how these files were originally found.
The subseries within Series 4 were created by the archivist to reflect the way the files were grouped.
Series List
- Correspondence
- Commissioner's Talks
- Commissioner Howard Brown's Files
- Health Services Administrator's Records