Gritman Memorial Hospital records
Content Description
The papers of the Gritman Memorial Hospital, Moscow, Idaho, are contained in three file boxes. The material includes the minutes of the directors' meetings beginning in 1939, financial statements from 1947 to 1977, letters of solicitation for the 1960 fund raising campaign, lists of contributors to that campaign, plus items relating to later expansion. Some hospital related newspaper clippings are also included.
From reading the minutes, plus other items in this collection, one can follow the development of the hospital from 1939 when it was decided to replace Dr. Charles L. Gritman's original hospital which was deteriorating, with a new structure, through the additions of 1943, 1960 and 1970, to the present structure. One watches the salaries of the staff increase, and the cost of a room increase to meet staff salaries. One watches the changes in personnel and operating procedure as the hospital grows in size. But more important, one is aware of the support this hospital has received from the community it serves.
Dates
- Creation: 1939-1989
Creator
- Gritman Memorial Hospital (Moscow, Idaho) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Charles Gritman first arrived in Moscow in 1893. Four years later, the original Gritman Hospital opened in the former McGregor Hotel at the corner of 7th and Main Street. Following Dr. Gritman’s death in 1933, Mrs. Bertie Gritman, his wife and a hospital nurse, gave the hospital to the community under the condition that it always bear Dr. Gritman’s name. Gritman Memorial Hospital opened on December 21, 1940. The facility name changed from Gritman Memorial Hospital to Gritman Medical Center in 1991 to better represent the hospital services offered.
Extent
4 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The papers of the Gritman Memorial Hospital, Moscow, Idaho inlcude minutes of board meetings, financial statements, and information on fund raising campaigns.
Arrangement
Similar types of material have been kept together. The minutes of the meetings of the directors, executive committee, and voting membership of the Moscow Hospital Association have been kept together and are arranged in chronological order. The financial reports of the hospital are also in chronological order. Later accessions were added in 2023, keeping the original order but adding an Administrative series.
Letters of acknowledgment to donors have been divided into two categories, "Pledges" and "Gifts"; each is arranged alphabetically. The first folder of miscellaneous correspondence covers the years 1947 to 1970 and is arranged in chronological order. The letters of solicitation in the second folder were written at approximately the same time and are therefore arranged in alphabetical order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials were received in 1985 and 1990 from Duane LeTourneau (MA 1985-01 and MA 1990-32), from Justin Ladd of the Gritman Medical Center in 1991 (MA 1991-59), and the Gritman Medical Center in 1993 (MA 1993-30).
Geographic
Topical
Uniform Title
- Title
- Guide to Gritman Memorial Hospital records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen; updated by Sara Szobody in 2021 and Elise Von Bargen in 2023.
- Date
- 1979
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository