The Stanford University Medical Center Auxiliary existed from May 1929 to March 2015. The Auxiliary began as the Palo Alto Hospital Auxiliary. In 1959 it became the Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital Center Auxiliary and incorporated as such in April 1960. The name was changed again in October 1968 to Stanford University Medical Center Auxiliary. A dissolution vote was held on February 28, 2015.
The initial activities of the Auxiliary were Flower and Book Services as well as a Patient and Loan Fund. As the hospital evolved and grew so did the activities of the Auxiliary. Activities through the years included reception and information services, patient escorts, nutrition services, extra help in the pediatric ward and playroom, a baby photo program, pinkie puppets and cuddly companions, recreational services, gift shop and shopping cart, book cart, traffic patrol, and candy stripers.
The Auxiliary also supported the hospital with equipment purchases, provided loans and scholarships, and made financial gifts to the Chaplain’s Fund and others.
The collection includes a history which was maintained as part of the Auxiliary’s regular business activities and was compiled during the dissolution. It contains many more details and is available in Box 1, Folder 3.
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This collection includes materials from the Stanford University Medical Center Auxiliary from its beginning in 1959 as the Palo Alto Hospital Auxiliary to its dissolution in 2015. It is made up of seven series: Overview and History, Business Records, Financial and Legal Records, Activities, Newsletters, Photographs, and Scrapbooks.
Series 1: Overview and History includes histories written by the Auxiliary leadership over the years as well as a memoir by Norah Frances “Jill” Whitby Granger about her wide-range of experiences as an Auxiliary volunteer.
Series 2: Business Records includes annual reports (1961-1979), president’s reports (1983-2004), board minutes (2009-2015), and annual meeting programs (2002-2015).
Series 3: Financial and Legal Records includes records related to the Auxiliary’s tax status, some estates received by the Auxiliary, and some of the scholarship funds. This series also includes the Auxiliary’s articles of incorporation, by-laws, and supporting documents. Some documents related to the dissolution may be found here.
Series 4: Activities includes evidence of Auxiliary activities such as one of the Auxiliary’s cook books, some realia, orientation books and a handbook. This series includes a DVD and audiotapes from Orientation. Orientation slides are in Series 6: Photographs.
Series 5: Newsletters contains an almost complete run a Auxiliary newsletters from the very beginning. There is also a folder of historical information compiled about the newsletter and its editorship.
Series 6: Photographs includes both photographic prints and slides. Images are mostly of Auxilians in action though there are a few images of facilities such as the old Palo Alto Hospital and the Hoover Surgery. Some images are carefully identified while others are not.
Series 7: Scrapbooks includes a number of scrapbooks, photo albums, photo books, and loose scrapbook pages. The contents range from photographs, many with captions, to clippings from a variety of sources, many of which are from obscure publications, to ephemera such as programs, leaflets, and poetry.
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Collection open for research. Series 5: Newsletters may be partially restricted for Personally Identifiable Information in the mailing labels. Series 6: Photographs and Series 7: Scrapbooks may be partially restricted for Patient Health Information in photographs that include patients (some photos that at first appear to be patients are actually Auxilians posing as patients for training).
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Collection donated by the Auxiliary leadership, Fall 2015
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| Series 1: Overview History | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Stanford University Medical Center Auxiliary History, 5/1929-3/31/1972 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | The History of the Stanford University Medical Center Auxiliary, 1929-1976 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Stanford University Medical Center: The Auxiliary: A History, 5/1929-3/2015 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Overview Historical Items extracted from minutes, handbooks, correspondence, etc. | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | SUMC Auxiliary: An Overview, 4/2014 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Outside material about or related to Auxiliary | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Thank Heaven for Volunteers, Norah Frances "Jill" Whitby Granger [two copies of a memoir,one with an Epilogue] | |||||||||
| Series 2: Business Records | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Annual Letter | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Annual Report, 1961-1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Annual Report, 1964-1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Annual Report, 1967-1979 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | President's Report, 1983-1985, 1991-1993, 2000-2002, 2002-2004 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Annual Meeting, 2/1988, Introduction of Board Members by President | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Board Minutes, 2009-2010 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Board Minutes, 4/2012-3/2013 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Board Minutes, 4/2013-3/2014 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Board Minutes, 4/2014-3/2015 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Nominating Committee, 2009-2010 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Annual Meeting and Recognition Lunch, 2002-2006, 2008-2015 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Oversize certificates [dummy folder for oversize material] | |||||||||
| Series 3: Financial and Legal Records | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Correspondence with counsel regarding incorporation, by-laws, and tax status | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Articles of Incorporation | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Affiliation Agreement | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Dissolution | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | General Financial and Legal Records | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | 2013 Tax Report | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Berry Scholarship | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Broadhurst Estate | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Comstock 2002 | |||||||||
| Series 4: Activities | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Handbook and Orientation Book | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Orientation audiotapes | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | Auxiliary Volunteers: Making a Difference [DVD transfers of a VHS] | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 | Cookbook | |||||||||
| 1 | 34 | Recruiting | |||||||||
| 1 | 35 | Realia | |||||||||
| Series 5: Newsletter | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 36 | Newsletter history | |||||||||
| 1 | 37 | Newsletter, issue no. 1, 12/1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 38 | Newsletter, 1960-1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 39 | Newsletter, 1970-1979 | |||||||||
| 1 | 40 | Newsletter, 1980-1984 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Newsletter, 1985-1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Newsletter, 1990-1994 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Newsletter, 1995-1999 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Newsletter, 2000-2009 | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Newsletter, 2010-2015 | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Newsletter, DVD of PDFs, 2006-2010 [duplicates papers versions] | |||||||||
| Series 6: Photographs | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Photographs, 1960-1969 | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Photographs, 1970-1979 | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Photographs, 1980-1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Photographs, 1990-1999 | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Photographs, 2000-2015 | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Photographs, undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | Photographs, 50 Years of Service, 2/2/2012 [compact disc] | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Identify [slides] | |||||||||
| 2 | 15 | Auxiliary Annual Meeting, 2/1978 [slides] | |||||||||
| 2 | 16 | Auxiliary slides | |||||||||
| 2 | 17 | Old Orientation [slides] | |||||||||
| 2 | 18 | Extra slides taken for Orientation, not selected, 1973 | |||||||||
| 2 | 19 | Auxiliary Orientation, 8/1978 [slides] | |||||||||
| 2 | 20 | Auxiliary Orientation, 9/1978 [slides] | |||||||||
| 2 | 21 | Auxiliary Orientation, 10/1978 [slides] | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | New Orientation, slides not using, 1979 | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Previous Orientation, replaced 1982 [slides] | |||||||||
| 2 | 24 | Auxiliary slides, not for show (extras), 1982 | |||||||||
| Series 7: Scrapbooks | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Scrapbook, 1960-1967 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Scrapbook, 1965-1973 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Scrapbook, 1984-1988 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Scrapbook, 1985 Intensive Care Nursey Graduate Reunion | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Scrapbook, 2007-2010 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Loose scrapbook pages, 1938-2001 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Scrapbook, 1973-1987 | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Photo album, 2008-2009 | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Photo album, 2008-2010 | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Photo book "Stanford 49th Annual Auxiliary Luncheon, 2/9/2008 | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Photo book "Stanford Auxiliary, 2010 Awards Luncheon, 2/27/2010 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Scrapbook, 1988-1990 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Scrapbook, 1996-2000 | |||||||||
| Oversize | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 6 | Oversize certificate: The American Hospital Associationto Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital Center Auxiliary membership certificate, 2/15/1960 | ||||||||||
| 6 | California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems to Stanford University Hospital Auxiliary membership certificate, 10/13/1964 | ||||||||||
| 6 | California Hospital Association to Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital Center Auxiliary membership certificate, 11/18/1964 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Stanford University Hospital, Board of Directors resolution congratulating Stanford University Medical Center Auxiliary upon the occasion of one million hours of service, 11/19/1973 | ||||||||||
| 6 | The Senate, California Legislature, Resolution of the Senate Rules Committee, by Senator Clark L. Bradley and Assembly Richard D. Hayden relative to commending Mrs. Julia B. Rodgers, 2/4/1974 | ||||||||||