Documents from NAHSL history

Below are images of documents from the NAHSL Archives. They reflect the development of our group and provide an interesting insight into issues that were faced. They have been sized for optimal viewing with a screen resolution of 1024x768.

Date	Author & Description
November 1957	Minutes of Organizational Meeting [2pgs.] view document Notes on the meeting at Yale Medical Library on November 23, 1957 to discuss the creation of a New England Regional Group.
November 25, 1957	Recommendation to the Council of the Rhode Island Medical Society [1p.] view document The RIMS recommends extending an invitation to hold the first meeting in Providence, RI.
December 10, 1957	DeJong, Helen [1p.] view document Invitation to Henrietta Perkins to hold the first meeting in Rhode Island.
January 22, 1958	Perkins, Henrietta [1p.] view document Letter to Helen DeJong about the RIMS and their offer to hold the meeting in their building.
March 28, 1958	Maxville, Anne [1p.] view document Letter to Henrietta Perkins asking to postpone the meeting until the Spring of 1959 and to shorten the time of the meeting.
April 3, 1958	Perkins, Henrietta [1p.] view document Letter to Charles Colby asking for feedback on the Rhode Island proposal.
July 7, 1958	DeJong, Helen [1p.] view document Letter to Henrietta Perkins thanking Massachusetts for hosting the first meeting.
August 4, 1958	Perkins, Henrietta [1p.] view document Letter to Helen DeJong about the first meeting to be held in Boston and Rhode Island would host the second meeting.
November 10, 1958	Boston Medical Librarians [1p.] view document Invitation sent out for the first meeting of the New England Regional Group of the Medical Library Association.
November 18, 1958	Perkins, Henrietta [1p.] view document Letter to Joan Staats planning for the first meeting in Boston.
November 1958	Perkins, Henrietta [1p.] view document Letter to Joan Staats proposing structure of the Steering Committee and annual dues of $1.00
c1958	Perkins, Henrietta [1p.] view document Invitation to the Connecticut Regional Group to the first meeting.
December 5-6, 1958	New England Regional Group of the Medical Library Association [1p.] view document Program for the first meeting.
December 5-6, 1958	DeJong, Helen [3 pgs.] view document Notes on the first meeting taken as a report to the Providence, RI group.
c1958	Perkins, Henrietta [1p.] view document Proposal for what type of Group will be created.
1958	Bylaws in 1958 [1p.] view document Original bylaws of the orgranization.
June 1959	Rhode Island Medical Journal [1p.] view document Note in the RIMJ about the librarian attending the meeting in 1959.
June 1960	Rhode Island Medical Journal [1p.] view document Note in the RIMJ about the librarian attending the meeting in 1960.
May 1961	Rhode Island Medical Journal [1p.] view document Note in the RIMJ about the librarian attending the meeting in 1961.
September 20, 1962	Maxville, Anne [1p.] view document Letter to Joan Staats sending a $50 contribution.
October 4, 1962	Green, Earl [1p.] view document A note from the Library Director thanking Joan Staats for the $50 contribution.
c1964	Old Stone Bank [2pgs.] view document Bank book of the organization.
December 7, 1966	Hicks, June [1p.] view document Joan Hicks reports on the 1966 meeting and submits the profit to the Treasurer.
November 1, 1967	Maxville, Anne [1p.] view document Resignation letter of Anne Maxville as Treasurer.
November 15, 1967	Bickley, Margaret [1p.] view document Letter to Clara Robeson from the 1967 meeting.
December 4, 1967	Robeson, Clara [1p.] view document Letter to Anne Maxville asking about transfer of funds to the new Treasurer.
December 20, 1967	Robeson, Clara [1p.] view document Letter to Margaret Bickley about sending a check to her.
January 23, 1968	Maxville, Anne [3pgs.] view document Letter to Clara Robeson apologizing for the delay of transferring the treasury.
February 21, 1968	Bickley, Margaret [1p.] view document Letter to Clara Robeson submitting balance of $6.24US from the 1967 meeting in Montreal.
October 24, 1968	Gillies, Ellen [1p.] view document Letter to Charles Colby submitting balance of $4.43 from the 1968 meeting in Burlington, VT.
September 27, 1971	Inquiry about Bylaws [4pgs.] view document Inquiry from California about the membership qualifications along with the reply sent back.
November 5, 1973	Clara Robeson [1p.] view document Resignation as the Treasurer.
June 6, 1974	MacMillen, Robert [1p.] view document Expense Report sent to Shirley Grainger for the New England Regional Group of the Medical Library Association Conference, September 14-15, 1973
August 22, 1974	May, Arlee [2pgs.] view document Letter to Shirley Grainger asking for financial information from the previous meting.
September 25, 1974	DeJong, Helen [1p.] view document Note to James Morgan, Directory of UCHC Library.
1974	List of Annual Meetings 1-17 [1p.] view document Typed list of first 17 meetings of the NERG along with dates and some attendance info.
October 18, 1975	Minutes of the NAHSL Business Meeting [2pgs., partial set] view document Partial set of notes from the Business meeting in 1975.
October 1982	Bylaws in 1982 [4pgs.] view document Bylaws revised October 1982.
1982	List of Annual Meetings 1-25 [1p.] view document Hand written list of the first 25 meetings of the group.
1983	NAHSL Archives Records Survey [8pgs.] view document Notes on a survey done of NAHSL records available.
December 19, 1983	Greenier, Nancy [7pgs.] view document Letter to first Chair of the Archives Committee. Includes notes on the charge and duties of the committee.
September 28, 1989	Morton, Donald [1p.] view document Letter to NAHSL Archivist Cora Ho.
October 9, 1989	DeJong, Helen [2pgs.] view document Letter to NAHSL Archivist Cora Ho. Includes some information on the first two years.

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