Guide to the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Co-operative Society Records


Title:
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Co-operative Society Records
Repository:
Cincinnati Children
Creator:
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Co-operative Society
Dates:
1884-1996
Bulk dates:
1964-1996
Quantity:
2 linear feet (5 Hollinger boxes)
Abstract:
The Cincinnati Children's Hospital Co-operative Society Records consist of meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, and Thrift Shop records documenting the history of the Co-operative Society, along with a handwritten history by Mrs. Burke.
Identification:
HR-2
Location:
Mitchell-Nelson History Library and Museum
Language:
The records are in English

History of the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Co-operative Society

On January 16, 1884, the Co-operative Committee, comprised of women representing the parishes in the Episcopal diocese, met to plan activities to support the Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church (now called Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center). Mrs. T. H. C. Allen was elected president, with the remainder of the committee composed of three representatives from each Episcopalian parish in the Diocese. They furnished bed and table linens, clothing of every description, books, magazines, toys, pictures, etc., as well as coordinating the hospital's annual Donation Day from 1884 until 1973.

The Co-operative Society has continued to support the hospital by providing material needs and financial support in a variety of creative ways. For example, the Cooperative Society operated a Thrift Shop until 1992 to raise funds for the hospital.

Scope and Content

The Cincinnati Children's Hospital Co-operative Society Records consist of binders, scrapbooks, meeting minutes, and Thrift Shop records documenting the history of the Co-operative Society. Annual reports of the Co-operative Society are included in bound volumes with annual reports to the Board of Trustees, which date back to the First Annual Report in 1884.

Statement of Arrangement

Materials in this collection are arranged in two (2) series.
Series A. General, 1884-1996
Series B. Thrift Shop, 1932-1992; 2014

Restrictions on Use

Permission to quote, cite, or publish Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center archival material must be made, in writing, to the Cincinnati Children's Hospital archivist. All approved requests for publication must include a signed permission to publish form.

Restrictions on Access

Permission must be obtained from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital archivist for access to these records.

Related Material: Related Material

Annual reports of the Co-operative Society are included in bound volumes with Annual Reports to the Board of Trustees, which date back to the First Annual Report in 1884.


Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Thrift shops

Organizations/Corporations:

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Co-operative Society

Preferred Citation

[item description], [date], Cincinnati Children's Hospital Co-operative Society Records, HR-2, Box [#], Folder [#]. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Archives, Mitchell-Nelson History Library and Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Processing Information

Processed by Michelle Wirth Smith, November, 2015.


Detailed description of the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Co-Operative Society Records



Series A. General, 1884-1996

Box 1 / Folder 1
History by Mrs. F. Burke, 1884-1944




Box 1 / Folder 2
Correspondence, 1928




Box 2 / Folder 1
Correspondence, reports, and minutes, 1957-1969




Box 2 / Folder 2
Correspondence and membership lists, 1960-1967




Box 2 / Folder 3
Minutes, May 1964-October 1976




Box 2 / Folder 4
Minutes, June 1976-April 1980




Box 2 / Folder 5
Treasurer's Reports, March 10, 1969-March 11, 1985




Box 2 / Folder 6
Financial records, June 1968-February 1983




Box 2 / Folder 7
Guestbook for centennial reception, November 8, 1983




Box 3 / Folder 1
Minutes and correspondence, November 1981-1988




Box 3 / Folder 2
Minutes and correspondence, 1989-1991




Box 3 / Folder 3
Minutes, 1991-1996




Box 3 / Folder 4
Correspondence, reports, and miscellaneous, November 1991-November 1996





Series B. Thrift Shop, 1932-1992; 2014

Box 4 / Folder 1
Annual reports, 1959-1970




Box 4 / Folder 2
Bank book, 1949-1960




Box 4 / Folder 3
Closure, 1992




Box 4 / Folder 4
Constitution, February 1970




Box 4 / Folder 5
Corresponding secretary's book, 1970-1989




Box 4 / Folder 6
Donation postcard, undated




Box 4 / Folder 7
Insurance, 1987-1988




Box 4 / Folder 8
Kay Worden statue "...dreams of tomorrow", 1982-1986




Box 4 / Folder 9
Luncheon at Kay Filks, 5 November 1992




Box 4 / Folder 10
Marjory J. Johnson by Russell Ware, MD, 2014




Box 4 / Folder 11
Memorials - Nancy Schneebeck, 1988




Box 4 / Folder 12
Monthly expenses, 1932-1934




Box 4 / Folder 13
Minutes, reports, 1970-1992




Box 4 / Folder 14
Newspaper clippings, 1936-1982




Box 4 / Folder 15
Progress report on new Thrift Shop, 22 August 1979




Box 5 / Folder 1
Secretary's reports, June 1947-February 1969




Box 5 / Folder 2
Secretary's reports, September 1976-September 1980




Box 5 / Folder 2
Financial reports, July 1975-May 1980




Box 5 / Folder 3
Secretary's reports, April 1980-June 1986




Box 5 / Folder 4
Secretary's reports, December 1986-June 1992





Scrapbook, February 1932-1979





Scrapbook, 1979-1992