United Hospital Fund

In the late 19th century several prominent American industrialists of the gilded age, sometimes called "Robber barons", among them J. P. Morgan, George Maccullogh Miller, Morris K. Jesup, Cornelius Vanderbiltformed a charity organization that was originally referred to the Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association.[1] Within several years it had expanded to include all of New York City and was beginning to spread out to the rest of continental USA.[2]. Today this organization is referred to as the United Hospital Fund.

References

  1. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40815FC3E5910738DDDA00A94DA415B8284F0D3 "Co-operative Hospital work" New York Times December 29, 1882
  2. ^ "Hospital Saturday and Sunday". New York Times, Nov. 21, 1893

Further reading

http://www.uhfnyc.org/publications/880587 Copyright: 2004 Published: 12.13.2004