Repository
Rochester Regional Health Archives
Collection
Behavioral Health Network
Dates
1965-1995, bulk 1970-1993
Extent
45 cubic feet (90 document boxes)
Language
eng
Document Type
Finding Aid
Abstract
Scope and Content: The forty-five cubic feet of records included in this collection comprise the administrative files of the president of the Rochester Mental Health Center from 1967 through 1995. As such, they represent the particular interests and focus of the Center’s first president, William T. Hart, M.D. Missing from these records are a comprehensive record of the proceedings of the Board of Directors of the RMHC (the records that are present run from 1980 through 1986, and from 1994 through 1995), a complete run of audits, and a full run of annual reports. What is present is a complete record of one executive’s efforts to keep the RMHC expanding and responsive to the changing politics of mental health and community need. There are extensive records on single service provider grant studies, Model Cities grant-work, cooperative work with the National Institutes of Mental Health, and the National and New York State Councils of Community Mental Health Centers. There are applications and reports to the United Way (and its forerunner, the Community Chest). There are also routine administrative files on retirement plans, residency programs, and space planning initiatives.
The records were originally organized in strict alphabetical order. Administrative assistants were in the habit of purging records only infrequently (usually when the filing cabinets were full), and placing them in banker’s boxes for long term storage. For retrieval purposes, the records have been restored to a single alphabetical run with duplicated file names placed in chronological order.
Disciplines
Archival Science | Health Sciences and Medical Librarianship
Terms of Access and Use
Open to researchers.
Administrative Information
Original finding aid creation date unknown.
Recommended Citation
Rochester Regional Health Archives. (n.d.). Finding Aid for the Behavioral Health Network Collection. [Finding Aid]. Rochester Regional Health Archives, Rochester, New York. https://scholar.rochesterregional.org/findingaids/2
Additional Information
Record Group- 1 Administrative Records of the Rochester Mental Health Center
Record Group- 2 Personal Papers of Werner Halpern, M.D.
Record Group- 3 Personal Papers of William T. Hart M.D.
Record Group- 4 Rochester Mental Health Center of Rochester General Hospital