The history of the Stanford Medical School, Clinic, and Hospital falls into two consecutive, but distinctly different, periods in the history of these three components of Stanford University Medical Center. The periods, identified by site of the clinical program, are:
- San Francisco Period, 1908-1959
- Stanford Campus Period, 1959-present
They are preceded by the predecessor institutions.
Official records, papers, and publications are the records created by Stanford Medical School, Clinic, and Hospital since the School was established in 1908 as the successor to Cooper Medical College. The provenance of these records are the administrative offices of the School, Clinic, and Hospital.
Types:
- Records of the Board of Trustees and President of Stanford University related to acceptance of Cooper Medical College property, and establishment of the Medical Department of Stanford University
- History of establishment of Clinic programs: Medical Service Plans (1959-1984), Faculty Practice Program (1984-?)
- History of establishment and development of hospitals: Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital (1959-1968), Stanford University Hospital (1968-?)
- Board and Committee minutes
- Records of Deans, Vice Presidents, Associate Deans, Department Chairs, Division Heads, Center Directors, Clinic Executive Director, Hospital Director/President, Hospital Chief of Staff/House Staff
- Reports
- Student organizations and publications
- Affiliated hospitals
- School of Nursing (1894-1974)
- Selected personnel records
- All publications in the name of the School, Clinic, and Hospital
Formats:
- Audiovisual materials such as photographs, negatives, slides, audio and video tapes, and other recordings
- Security copies of microfilm of vital records
- Maps, prints, and architectural drawings documenting physical layouts and planning
- Newspaper clippings and scrapbooks
- Memorabilia of historical interest
Restrictions:
Lane Medical Archives is committed to making the historical record of the School, Clinic, and Hospital as conveniently available as possible to members of the University community, and to visiting scholars. It is therefore the policy to minimize restrictions on access, and to make no agreements that totally restrict access indefinitely (i.e. "sealed records") or that impose restrictions impractical to administer.
The Archives has an obligation to administrative offices to protect the confidentiality of archival records in accordance with their specifications, and with the law and University policy. As a safeguard, all restrictions must be agreed upon with the Archives staff in advance, and specified in writing at the time of transfer of the archival material.
As a general rule, the maximum period of restricted access should not exceed 20 years from the close of the file. "Restricted" is defined as requiring the written permission of the designated University officer for access to a collection, or to a file within a collection. Advice should be obtained from the Legal Office when there is uncertainty about the duration of type of restriction to be required (e.g. in the case of confidential letters of reference, files concerning grievance, disciplinary action, litigation, etc.).
, August 12, 2009