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Arequipa Sanatorium Records
BANC MSS 92/894 c  
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Series 1:  Correspondence, 1911-1958.

Physical Description: Box 1, Folders 1-6

Scope and Contents

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, and then chronologically. A general correspondence file preceeds those of individuals. Incoming and outgoing letters between the sanatorium and various local individuals and institutions.
box 1, Folder 1

General correspondence 1911-58

box 1, Folder 2

Bell's Dog Farm 1951-52

box 1, Folder 3

College of Marin 1956-57

box 1, Folder 4

Harnden, Nora 1912-17

box 1, Folder 5

Marin Country Day School 1957

box 1, Folder 6

Pacific Gas Electric Company 1954

 

Series 2:  Administrative Records, 1912-1956.

Physical Description: Box 1, Folders 7-14

Scope and Contents

Includes Annual Reports, Board of Directors' minutes and correspondence, and reports to the County of Marin. Also includes contract and specifications for construction of a nurses' quarters in 1947, and the Sanatorium's rules and regulations.
box 1, Folder 7-8

Annual reports 1912-16, 1922

box 1, Folder 9

Board of Directors— Minutes and correspondence 1947-49

box 1, Folder 10

Contract and specifications for construction of nurses' quarters ca. 1947

box 1, Folder 11

Marin County Reports 1955-56

box 1, Folder 12

Monthly Reports 1921-35

box 1, Folder 13

Rules and Regulations Undated

box 1, Folder 14

Veterans' Administration regulations forms 1947-50

 

Series 3:  Philip King Brown, 1910-1931 & Undated

Physical Description: Box 1, Folders 15-16

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and published writings.
box 1, Folder 15

Correspondence 1910-31

box 1, Folder 16

Writings Undated

 

Series 4:  The Arequipa Pottery, 1913-1914 & Undated

Physical Description: Box 1, Folders 17-18; Oversize Folder 1

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous materials related to The Arequipa Pottery, including a history of the Pottery, design sketches, certificates relating to incorporation and trademark, and other ephemera.
box 1, Folder 17

Miscellaneous 1913-14

box 1, Folder 18

Designs sketches Undated

oversize-folder 1

Certificates of incorporation trademark 1913

 

Series 5:  Patients Files, 1913-1954 & Undated

Physical Description: Box 1, Folders 19-24; Carton 1; Carton 2, Folders 1-43

Scope and Contents

Divided into 3 sub-series: of individual patients. The bulk of the series consists of medical files of individual patients, arranged chronologically, and then by patient number. Includes one folder of letters to and from patients and various in-house publications and other writings by patients.
 

Subseries 5.1.  Correspondence, 1916-1954.

box 1, Folder 19

Letters to and from patients 1916-54

 

Subseries 5.2.  Writings, 1921-1938

box 1, Folder 20

Hi-Life 1921-22

box 1, Folder 21

Mountaineer 1931-32

box 1, Folder 22

Quipa Tab 1938, Undated

box 1, Folder 23

Poetry Undated

box 1, Folder 24

Ephemera Undated

 

Subseries 5.3.  Medical Files, 1913-1952

carton 1, Folder 1-4

Patient Nos. 127-136, 754 1913, 1922

Carton 1, Folder 5-7

Patient Nos. 752, 755, 999 1924-25

Carton 1, Folder 8-23

Patient Nos. 1349-1399 1930

Carton 1, Folder 24-70

Patient Nos. 1401A-1464 1931

carton 2, Folder 1-6

Patient Nos. 1467-1472 no # 1931

Carton 2, Folder 7-32

Patient Nos. 1470-1499 no # 1932

Carton 2, Folder 33-35

Patient Nos. 1621, 1747, 1794 1934-36

Carton 2, Folder 36-37

Patient Nos. 2023-1407A 1940

Carton 2, Folder 38-40

Patient Nos. 2305A, 1628A, 2404 1946-48

Carton 2, Folder 41-42

Patient Nos. 2589, 2735 1950, 1952

Carton 2, Folder 43

Miscellaneous unidentified Undated

 

Series 6:  Medical Records, 1955-1957 & Undated

Physical Description: Carton 2, Folders 44-47; Carton 3, Folder 1

Scope and Contents

Lists of types of medication given to patients and supplies purchased, as well as daily calendars of doctors' orders and a nursing administrator.
carton 2, Folder 44

Medications given Undated

Carton 2, Folder 45

Medical supplies Undated

Carton 2, Folder 46-47

Daily calendars of Doctors' orders 1955-57

carton 3, Folder 1

Daily calendar of [Nursing Administrator ?] 1956

 

Series 7:  Financial Records, 1916-1958.

Physical Description: Carton 3, Folders 2-21

Scope and Contents

Incomplete sets of financial records, including monthly reports, daily journal and balance sheets, receipt books, a staff time log, and files relating to various funds. Of interest are the records pertaining to the Patients' Fund, on which patients could draw for short-term loans in order to pay for their treatment.
carton 3, Folder 2

Monthly financial reports Nov. 1923-1924

Carton 3, Folder 3

Monthly financial reports 1930

Carton 3, Folder 4

Monthly financial reports 1940-43

Carton 3, Folder 5-6

Monthly financial reports 1946-51

Carton 3, Folder 7

Monthly financial reports 1954-57

Carton 3, Folder 8

Daily journal ledger 1924

Carton 3, Folder 9

Balance sheets 1936-38

Carton 3, Folder 10

Disbursements 1951-57

Carton 3, Folder 11

Receipt book 1946-50

Carton 3, Folder 12-13

Receipt books 1954-57

Carton 3, Folder 14

Community Chest Allotment Applications 1924, 1946-47

Carton 3, Folder 15

Friends of Arequipa 1951-52

Carton 3, Folder 16-17

Patients' Fund 1916-24

Carton 3, Folder 18

Staff time book 1951-57

Carton 3, Folder 19-21

Miscellaneous financial 1943-58

 

Series 8:  Ephemera, 1930-1950s & Undated

Physical Description: Box 2, Folders 1-7

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous collection of ephemeral materials, including clippings and other printed materials, a guest book, and greeting cards sent to the patients in response to a 1950s radio program called The Sunshine Shower.
box 2, Folder 1

Printed ephemera Undated

box 2, Folder 2

Clippings Undated

box 2, Folder 3

Guest book 1930

box 2, Folder 4-7

Get well cards from The Sunshine Shower 1950s