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1930s Historical Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SFGH-2015-005

Scope and Contents

This collection contains negatives and print images of SFGH. The images date from the 1930s, with some of the images specifically dated to 1937. Included are images of the buildings’ exteriors, the chest clinic, the chest clinic gate, the staircases, equipment, interiors, patient rooms, ambulances, emergency hospitals, and kitchens.

Dates

  • Creation: 1930s

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Library and Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Library and Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission ofthe copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Extent

1.25 Linear Feet (3 photo boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection contains 4x5 cellulose acetate and cellulose nitrate negatives and some prints of SFGH in the 1930s. Included are images of the outside of the hospital, patient rooms, equipment, ambulances, and emergency hospitals.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into 20 series by subject: I. Outdoor Views; II. Buildings 80/90; III. Chest Clinic; IV. Chest Clinic Gate; V. Staircases; VI. Patient Rooms; VII. Large Equipment; VIII. Equipment Kits; IX. Single Bed Rooms and Equipment; X. Interiors with Staff; XI. Miscellaneous Interiors; XII. Kitchen; XIII. Ambulances; XIV. SFGH Emergency; XV. Non-SFGH Emergency; XVI. Isolation Hospitals; XVII. Splints; XIII. Instruction Pictures with Captions; XIX. Boy Scouts; XX. Paper Negatives.

Acquisition Information

Gift from the Barnett-Briggs Medical Library, Stephen Kiyoi, Library Director, formerly Joy Graham, March 2015.

Additions

No future additions are expected.

Physical Description

Two 4x5 photo boxes and one 5x7 photo box.

Processing Information

Processed by Griffin Burgess in 2015.

Title
Guide to the 1930s Historical Photograph Collection
Author
Griffin Burgess. Updated by Edith Escobedo in 2021.
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Archives, UCSF (OAC): Repository

Contact:
UCSF Kalmanovitz Library
530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco CA 94143 USA