Repository
Rochester Regional Health Archives
Collection
Park Avenue/Park Ridge/Unity
Identifier
2017.001
Dates
1908-2014, bulk 1970-2000
Extent
46.2 Linear feet (94 document boxes, 6 flat boxes, 1 rolled tube)
Language
eng
Document Type
Finding Aid
Abstract
This collection documents the development of the Park Avenue Hospital in Rochester, NY, its relocation from downtown Rochester to the suburb of Greece (where it was renamed Park Ridge Hospital), its growth there, and its subsequent merger with St. Mary’s Hospital to create the Unity Health System. Older materials documenting the Park Avenue Hospital also include information pertaining to the Park Avenue Hospital School of Nursing. The bulk of the collection consists of materials generated by the hospital administration and Corporate Communications Department: annual reports, meeting minutes, news releases, news clippings, newsletters, working files created by employees, and printed material used for advertising and public relations. A small amount of photographic material is found throughout the collection.
Disciplines
Archival Science | Health Sciences and Medical Librarianship
Terms of Access and Use
The collection is open to researchers, with the exception of a small amount of material containing patient information (patient registers and mortician's receipts tracking the remains of deceased patients). Access to this portion of the collection is retricted under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Rights
Publication Information: Rochester Medical Museum and Archives May 2017
Administrative Information
Finding aid prepared by Amie Alscheff using the Archivists' Toolkit, September 22, 2017. Describing Archives: A Content Standard.
Publication Date
9-22-2017
Recommended Citation
Rochester Regional Health Archives. (n.d.). Guide to the Park Avenue/Park Ridge/Unity Hospital Records. [Finding Aid]. Rochester Regional Health Archives, Rochester, New York. https://scholar.rochesterregional.org/findingaids/3
Additional Information
Arrangement: The collection has been arranged in five record groups: I. Institutional history, II. Clinical, III. Nursing, IV. Non-clinical, and V. Park Ridge Hospital/Unity Health System Foundation. Each record group is further divided into subgroups and series.