Series consists of reports conducted by and for the Nursing Department and miscellaneous items. File 17.0.1 consists of a report on turnover in the Department, prepared in June 1981 by the Task Force on Nursing Turnover, Louise Lemieux-Charles and Bernice Gerhart Co-Chairpersons. The purpose of the Task Force was “to identify problems which may contribute to high staff turnover…[and] to make recommendations to improve retention of nursing staff.” File 17.0.2 consists of the final report (May 1983) on TGH Operating Room Services, conducted for the Vice President, Nursing by Woods Gordon Management Consultants. The report reviews factors “impeding the efficient utilization of the operating rooms and generating conflict amongst the staff” and makes recommendations, including “upgrading systems (information, staffing, materials management) and the expansion of some resources (space and staff).” File 17.0.3 consists of a Nursing Staff Survey (November 1983), a follow-up assessment of the effectiveness of staff retention strategies recommended in the report contained in file 17.0.1 .
The record group includes 14 fonds: TH 1. Nursing Education and Research Department fonds TH 2. Department of Public Affairs and Communications fonds TH 3. Status of Women Committee fonds TH 4. Medical/Legal Affairs fonds TH 5. Finance Directorate fonds TH 6. Surgical Directorate fonds TH 7. Medical Advisory Committee fonds TH 8. Board of Trustees fonds TH 9. Office of the President fonds TH 10. Joint Hospital/University Relations Committee fonds TH 11. Office of the Chief Operating Officer fonds TH 12. Department of Strategic Planning fonds TH 13. Office of the Executive Vice-President fonds TH 14. The Toronto Hospital Auxiliary fonds
Fonds consists of the records of the administrative office and bodies of the Toronto General Hospital in addition to those of various medical departments. The fonds includes 36 series:
TG 1. Board of Trustees records TG 2. Office of the President records TG 3. Office of the Vice President, Medical Affairs records TG 4. Medical Advisory Board records TG 5. Ontario Institute of Radiotherapy records TG 6. Department of Radiology records TG 7. Public Relations Department records TG 8. Special Treatment Clinic records TG 9. Middle Management Group records TG 10. Medical Staff Association records TG 11. Department of Microbiology records TG 12. Office of the Director of Utilization and Special Services records TG 13. Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine records TG 14. Interdisciplinary Task Force of Behavioural Sciences and Allied Groups records TG 15. Medical Records Department records TG 16. Social Service Department records TG 17. Nursing Department records TG 18. Cardiovascular Investigation Unit records TG 19. TGH Pharmacopoeia TG 20. Office of the Supervisor, In-Patient Accounts records TG 21. Vascular Bank records TG 22. Division of Neurosurgery records TG 23. Administrative Council records TG 24. Department of Nutrition Services records TG 25. Miscellaneous Publications TG 26. Toronto General Hospital Bowling League records TG 27. Biochemistry records TG 28. Office of the Chief Operating Officer records TG 29. Toronto General Hospital Foundation records TG 30. Toronto General Hospital Auxiliary records TG 31. Certificates and Diplomas TG 32. Finance Department records TG 33. Plans and Architectural Drawings TG 34. Toronto Hospitals Steam Corporation records TG 35. TGH House Staff photographs TG 36. TGH Photography Department negatives
Sub-series consists of documents relating to the lease, mortgage, sale etc. of properties owned, occupied or managed by the Trustees of the Toronto General Hospital and documents relating to the management and disposition of estates endowed to the Trustees of the Toronto General Hospital, including wills and letters probate. Sub-series also includes a ledger of lessees to the Toronto General Hospital.
File 1.9.31 contains original deeds conveying property to the Trustees of the York Hospital (later the Toronto General Hospital) 1822-1850.
Series consists of annual lists of appointments to the TGH medical staff; TGH annual reports; minutes of meetings of the Board and its subcommittees; correspondence; lists of members of the Board; materials relating to special events and ceremonies at the TGH; legislative acts and by-laws pertaining to the TGH; visitors registers; and documents pertaining to the management of property owned by and/ or endowed to the TGH. The series includes ten sub-series:
TG 1.1 Medical Staff Appointments TG 1.2 Annual Reports TG 1.3 Minutes TG 1.4 Correspondence TG 1.5 Membership Lists TG 1.6 Special Events and Ceremonies TG 1.7 Acts and By-Laws TG 1.8 Visitors Registers TG 1.9 Properties and Endowment TG 1.10 Executive Committee records
Sub-series consists of a very small sample of the minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees and its various sub-committees.
File 1.3.5 contains minutes of sub-committees to consider practical issues relating to the plans to move the TGH to its College St./University Avenue location: Committee to Consider the Reorganization of the TGH Constitution and Government; Committee to Consider Provisions for Treating Pulmonary Tuberculosis at TGH; Building Committee (re: choosing an architect); and the Committee on the Reorganization of the Medical Staff. File 1.3.6 contains a series of excerpts from the minutes of the Board of Trustees March 1926-April 1930, concerning plans for expansion, the building fund campaign, construction and opening of new buildings.
Sub-series consists of correspondence to and from members of the Board of Trustees, legal counsel for the Trustees, and the Board Secretary. The greatest part of the materials contained in this Sub-series is correspondence from the chairman of the Board with subscribers to the TGH Building fund 1918-1934, including lists of subscribers and their commitments, letters of acknowledgment, receipts, subscription cards and invoices.
Sub-series consists of legislative bills and acts pertaining to the Toronto General Hospital, and by-laws adopted by the TGH Board of trustees and sanctioned by the Provincial Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
Sub-series consists of visitors registers maintained by the Board of Trustees.
File 1.8.1 contains newspaper clippings, lists of Hospital Trustees and staff, and photographs pasted in the endpapers.
File 1.8.4 predominantly contains visitors’ signatures dated April 21-26, 1930 and was used to record the names of visitors to the new Private Patients Pavilion (Bell Wing).
Files 1.8.6 and 1.8.7 record admissions and visits to the Hospital by members of two independent fraternal organizations, respectively the Independent Order of Foresters and the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows.
Series consists of reports (monthly, annual) to the Board of Trustees, correspondence and general administration files of the Superintendent/ Executive Director, and other files created or maintained by the Superintendent/Executive Director’s office such as organization charts, procedures manuals, and records related to capital grants, donations and bequests. The series includes 31 sub-series:
2.1 Reports to Board of Trustees 2.2 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1928 [C.J. Decker] 2.3 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1929 [C.J. Decker] 2.4 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1930 [C.J. Decker] 2.5 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1931 [C.J. Decker] 2.6 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1932 [C.J. Decker] 2.7 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1933 [C.J. Decker] 2.8 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1934 [C.J. Decker] 2.9 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1935 [C.J. Decker] 2.10 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1936 [C.J. Decker] 2.11 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1937 [C.J. Decker] 2.12 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1938 [C.J. Decker] 2.13 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1939 [C.J. Decker] 2.14 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1940 [C.J. Decker] 2.15 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1947 [Dr. J.E. Sharpe] 2.16 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1949 [Dr. J.E. Sharpe] 2.17 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1950 [Dr. J.E. Sharpe] 2.18 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1951 [Dr. J.E. Sharpe] 2.19 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1952 [Dr. J.E. Sharpe] 2.20 Superintendent’s Correspondence and General Administration Files 1953-1966 [Dr. J.E. Sharpe] 2.21 Special Capital Grants 1955-1962 2.22 Superintendent’s Correspondence Log 1963 2.23 Information for Superintendent’s Secretary [196-?] 2.24 Organization Charts [196-?]-1979 2.25 TGH Planning Report 1968 2.26 Procedures Manuals [1962?]-[1976?] 2.27 Hospital Rules and Regulations 1900-[192-?] 2.28 Press Clippings 1927-1967 2.29 Dr. W.G. Cosbie Papers 1965-1975 2.30 Miscellaneous records 1864-1985 2.31 Donations and bequests
