Series IV: “Nanticoke-Pittston-Wyoming” (NPW) Wilkes-Barre Area Medical Complex records, 1969-1978
Series
Scope and Content Note:
From the Collection:
The Wilkes-Hahnemann Collection contains a variety of materials including budgets, business proposals, copies of federal laws, handwritten notes, meeting minutes, programs, proposed curriculums, publications, and a photo of the graduating class of 1978. The collection is dated from 1968 to 1989, however the majority of the materials presented are from around the early 1970s, especially 1971 and 1972. The general scope of the collection is composed of documents detailing the thought processes, ideas, goals, proposed program details, and requests of those involved in the creation of the Wilkes-Hahnemann program and the program’s coverage in the public eye; those involved had their ideas expressed both through publications and correspondences among others related to the program. Materials predating the start of the Program in 1972 detail the process of establishing, advocating for, and securing funding for the proposed program, whereas the material postdating the the end of the program in 1988 commemorates its history and impact on the local community.
Important figures involved in the collection include:
-Dr. Wilbur W. Oaks, Hahnemann Medical College’s professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine -Dr. Ralph Rozelle, the Graduate Division Chairman for Wilkes College -Dr. Francis J. Michelini, Wilkes College’s president, -Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes College’s chancellor -Howard Corning Jr., Executive Director of the NFME -Kenneth M. Endicott, Director of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare -Dr. Frederick deW. Bolman of the Esso Education Foundation of New York City -James Bolden of the Pennsylvania Department of Education -Dr. Frederick K. Miller of the Pennsylvania Department of Education -Dr. W. Deming Lewis of Lehigh University -Dr. Alfred Gelhorn, Dean of the College of Medicine for the University of Pennsylvania, -Honorable Max Rosenn of the U.S. court of appeals of Wilkes-Barre -Douglas C. Geary, Hahnemann Medical College’s Vice President for Development, -Edward Wharton Shober; President of Hanemann Medical College
Important figures involved in the collection include:
-Dr. Wilbur W. Oaks, Hahnemann Medical College’s professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine -Dr. Ralph Rozelle, the Graduate Division Chairman for Wilkes College -Dr. Francis J. Michelini, Wilkes College’s president, -Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes College’s chancellor -Howard Corning Jr., Executive Director of the NFME -Kenneth M. Endicott, Director of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare -Dr. Frederick deW. Bolman of the Esso Education Foundation of New York City -James Bolden of the Pennsylvania Department of Education -Dr. Frederick K. Miller of the Pennsylvania Department of Education -Dr. W. Deming Lewis of Lehigh University -Dr. Alfred Gelhorn, Dean of the College of Medicine for the University of Pennsylvania, -Honorable Max Rosenn of the U.S. court of appeals of Wilkes-Barre -Douglas C. Geary, Hahnemann Medical College’s Vice President for Development, -Edward Wharton Shober; President of Hanemann Medical College
Dates
- 1969-1978
Access:
Open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 2 boxes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Series IV: “Nanticoke-Pittston-Wyoming” (NPW) Wilkes-Barre Area Medical Complex records, 1969-1978
Series IV: “Nanticoke-Pittston-Wyoming” (NPW) Wilkes-Barre Area Medical Complex records, 1969-1978, contains a collection of documents that explain the long-range plan for the Nanticoke-Pittston-Wyoming Medical Complex, which would later become the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. Across four subseries, Subseries I: Correspondence, 1969-1978, Subseries II: Reports, Proposals, and Contracts, 1970-1978, Subseries III: Committees: Meetings Minutes and Research Notes, 1965-1978, and Subseries IV: Newspapers and Pamphlets, 1969-[ca. 1978], the collection contains detailed records of the merger of three hospitals, highlighting long-range health planning, service identification and allocation, land and fund acquisition, and the strategic distribution of needed services identified by a previous study, namely the Rosenfeld report. In these subseries, there is extensive correspondence covering each stage of the planning, with a bulk of material to/from Max Rosenn, covering initial fundraising and project design from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. Meanwhile, the contracts address formal negotiations between the Wilkes-Barre Area Health Planning Council and investors or the Department of Public Welfare. Committee meetings focus on reactions to the planning reports and development of a robust referral program, and the news subseries offers insight into the public’s reaction to and use of the complex.
A majority of the items in the collection are in good condition, save for some of the reports, which have lost their bindings or the correspondence printed on delicate paper. Handle the materials carefully.
A majority of the items in the collection are in good condition, save for some of the reports, which have lost their bindings or the correspondence printed on delicate paper. Handle the materials carefully.
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
Contact:
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu