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  Letter from Jewish Ladies Benevolent Society No. 1 to Jewish Hospital, October 5, 1914

  In a letter to the Jewish Hospital board president, Gussie Newberger outlines how the Jewish Ladies Benevolent Society No. 1 wants its donations to that hospital to be used. She explains that the society would like $65 spent on a “Demonstrator” doll for medical training, “in order to protect the Charity Patients from Fright [and] Exposure” they may have experienced if used for training purposes themselves.  
  
  The dawn of the 20th century brought changes and challenges for American Jews. German Jewish immigrants of the mid 1800s had established houses of worship, community groups, and successful businesses throughout the United States. But the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought a new wave of Jewish immigration from eastern Europe. Fleeing oppression and violence, many arrived on American shores destitute and unfamiliar with the language and customs of their new home. Groups such as Jewish Ladies Benevolent Society No. 1, organized in Louisville in 1849, sought to ease the way of these new Americans.  
  
  In his work The American Jewish Woman: A Documentary History (1981), Jacob Rader Marcus describes Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Societies as  
  
  “An essential part of the structure, of the very being, of the entire Jewish group in any area. Its functions were manifold. Very often it was a mutual-aid society helping the local Jewish poor, especially impoverished women. Though dedicated to charity and synagogal aid, it was at the same time the social club for the town’s Jewish women. Whatever the guise, the members persisted in emphasizing their identity as women.” 
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  Letter from Jewish Ladies Benevolent Society No. 1, October 1914

  In this letter to the Jewish Hospital board president Samuel Hess, Gussie Newberger outlines how the Jewish Ladies Benevolent Society No. 1 wants its donations to the hospital to be used. She explains that the society would like $65 spent on a “Demonstrator” doll for medical training, “in order to protect the Charity Patients from Fright [and] Exposure” from being used as learning material for medical or nursing students.
  
  Through donations and volunteer work, the Jewish Ladies Benevolent Society No. 1 contributed to the mission, maintenance, and growth of Jewish Hospital. The Jewish Welfare Federation and the National Council of Jewish Women Louisville Section also gave critical support to the hospital.
  
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  Micro Scoop Banner with Jewish Hospital Logo, 1974

  The Micro Scoop newsletter was published by and for employees of Jewish Hospital. Newsletters included information about a diverse range of employees, special events, and changes in benefits.
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  News Clippings from the 75th Anniversary Scrapbook, 1926

  News clippings from the 75th Anniversary scrapbook describing efforts to avoid closing the Jewish Hospital
  
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  Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Graphics Department, Micro Scoop, February 1977

  Image from the Jewish Hospital publication Micro Scoop featuring members of the Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Graphics Department at Jewish Hospital.
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  Orderlies in Equipment Room, 1967

  Image from the periodical Micro Scoop on orderlies (nurses' aides) checking the equipment in the new wing of Jewish Hospital. The orderlies are identified as Robert McGregor (L) and William Scrivener (R).
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  Original Board of Directors and Rabbis, ca. 1905

  Photograph of the original board of directors and rabbis who oversaw the dedication and creation of Jewish Hospital.
  
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  Plan for the University of Louisville Medical Center, ca. 1955

  Plan for the University of Louisville Medical Center. After World War II, a fervor of urban renewal swept through American cities, shifting populations and remaking neighborhoods with major construction projects. The new downtown Medical Center was a key urban renewal project for Louisville and involved complex coordination between the University of Louisville (U of L), Jewish Hospital, the city, and a forerunner of the Louisville Chamber of Commerce called The Louisville Area Development Association (LADA). The city exercised eminent domain to obtain much of the land, deeming older buildings unsafe and buying or requisitioning them for demolition. U of L then arranged for Jewish Hospital to lease the land for $1 a year for 99 years.
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  Progress at Jewish Hospital, Service, February 1969

  This report from the Jewish Hospital publication Service touts recent achievements of Jewish Hospital. It draws back to the founding of the hospital in 1903 to demonstrate the progress and growth.
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  Rates at Jewish Hospital, 1932

  Rates of service at Jewish Hospital.
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  Site of New Jewish Hospital, ca. 1950

  Sign reading "Site of New Jewish Hospital Affiliated with the University Medical Center."
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  Sketch of the Original Jewish Hospital, n.d.

  Sketch of the original Jewish Hospital, undated. Rafael T. Wathen was a longtime employee in the maintenance department at both the old and new Jewish Hospital. He retired in 1965 at age 77.
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  Surgical Technicians in Training, October 1967

  Image from the Jewish Hospital periodical Micro Scoop of surgical technicians in training.
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  The Complex World of Hospital Finance, Jewish Hospital Journal, July 1976

  This 1976 article from the Jewish Hospital Journal outlines the growing number of economic, regulatory, and legal pressures constricting hospital finances.
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  The New Jewish Hospital Building Fundraising Pamphlet, 1946

  In June 1946 Jewish Hospital launched a fundraising drive for a new hospital. Images in the fundraising pamphlet contrasted the overcrowded wards and outdated equipment of the current Jewish Hospital with the modern facilities that a new institution would offer. The drive reached its goal of $750,000 in just over a month.
  
  In drawing attention to the cramped conditions of Jewish Hospital in the 1940s, the pamphlet also provides a view of the racial segregation of its staff. In these images, the laboratory technicians are all white women, and the laundry workers are all African American women
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  Uniongram from Congregation Brith Sholom Sisterhood, 1953

  Congratulatory telegram sent from the Brith Sholom Sisterhood to board president E. M. Bottigheimer for the cornerstone laying on September 13, 1953.
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  Women's Guild Volunteers, Micro Scoop, February 1974

  Clipping from the Jewish Hospital Periodical Micro Scoop feturing photos of women volunteers. The caption for the photo collage reads "Those Wonderful Ladies in Pink."