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Boston Dispensary

 Organization

Biography

Abstract:

The Boston Dispensary (BD) was founded in 1796 and was New England’s first permanent medical facility. In 1930 the BD joined the New England Medical Center consortium, partnering with the Boston Floating Hospital and the Tufts College School of Medicine. The BD was, over the course of the next thirty years, integrated into the Pratt Clinic/New England Center Hospital (PC/NECH). In 1965, the Tufts-New England Medical Center (T-NEMC) officially merged all of these organizations. T-NEMC was renamed the Tufts Medical Center in 2008, and is located in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Boston Dispensary (BD) was founded by Oliver Smith in 1796, and was the third dispensary established in the United States. Officially incorporated on February 26, 1801, the BD was the first of the New England Medical Center consortium organizations to be founded. The consortium itself was formed in 1930 and is now known as the Tufts Medical Center.

Found in 152 Collections and/or Records:

Boston Dispensary Records

 Collection
Call Number: MS214
Scope and Contents This collection contains adminstrative records, annual reports, meeting minutes, policy and procedure manuals, financial records, scrapbooks, employee records, publications, and promotional materials relating to the Boston Dispensary (BD).As there was a periodic shifting of departments to and from NEMC/T-NEMC and their constituent institutions, any comprehensive search of a particular topic over time must involve also consulting the other NEMC archives collections at TARC....
Dates: Majority of material found within 1910 -- 1965; 1795 -- 1990
Found in: Tufts Archival Research Center

Boston Dispensary Rehabilitation Institute

 Digital Image
Dates: 1960 -- 1970
Found in: Tufts Archival Research Center

Boston Dispensary Rehabilitation Institute

 Digital Image
Dates: 1960 -- 1970
Found in: Tufts Archival Research Center

Boston Dispensary Rehabilitation Institute, 1960 -- 1970

 Item — Box 2
Call Number: MS099.001.002.00048.00001
Scope and Contents

A patient printing in the OT shop in the Rehabilitation Institute of the Boston Dispensary.

Dates: 1960 -- 1970
Found in: Tufts Archival Research Center / New England Medical Center Records / Photographs and audiovisual material / Photographs, subjects and buildings / Occupational Therapy Department. BD

Boston Dispensary Rehabilitation Institute, 1960 -- 1970

 Item — Box 2
Call Number: MS099.001.002.00048.00002
Scope and Contents

A patient printing in the OT shop in the Rehabilitation Institute of the Boston Dispensary.

Dates: 1960 -- 1970
Found in: Tufts Archival Research Center / New England Medical Center Records / Photographs and audiovisual material / Photographs, subjects and buildings / Occupational Therapy Department. BD

Boston Dispensary X-ray scene

 Digital Image
Dates: 1920
Found in: Tufts Archival Research Center

Boston Dispensary X-ray scene, 1920

 Item — Box 2
Call Number: MS099.001.002.00064.00005
Scope and Contents

Unidentified child patient and woman; nurse is a Ms. Harriman.

Dates: 1920
Found in: Tufts Archival Research Center / New England Medical Center Records / Photographs and audiovisual material / Photographs, subjects and buildings / Patient Care. BD

Boston Dispensary's clinic waiting room

 Digital Image
Dates: 1916
Found in: Tufts Archival Research Center

Boston Dispensary's clinic waiting room, 1916

 Item — Box 1
Call Number: MS099.001.001.00001.00002
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains images, films, and audio recordings in various formats. Images in the collection depict individuals, buildings, activities, and subjects belonging to, or affiliated with, NEMC and its predecessor organizations. Several images are duplicates and can be found in a variety of formats throughout the series. All print images are in black and white. Print image folders are titled with a subject heading identifying what is depicted in the photograph, as well as the...
Dates: 1916
Found in: Tufts Archival Research Center / New England Medical Center Records / Photographs and audiovisual material / Photographs, subjects and buildings / Admitting Department - Boston Dispensary

Boston Floating Hospital Records

 Collection
Call Number: MS213
Scope and Contents This collection contains annual reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, publications, photographs, and promotional materials relating to the founding and running of the Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and Children (BFH), now the Floating Hospital for Children, the pediatric wing of the Tufts Medical Center. Most official records are by the Board of Trustees of the BFH. Also included are early autopsy records, the BFH’s original certificate of incorporation from 1901, and research...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1894 -- 1985; 1890 -- 1990
Found in: Tufts Archival Research Center