Black and white image of three women volunteers in the home work department of the New England Surgical Dressings Committee workrooms.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Archives Collections—Spotlight

An American Journal of Nursing article published in December of 1915 announced the start of an organization whose work became so important to saving the lives of wounded soldiers that Dr. Harvey Cushing. . . was moved to create a memorial tablet for it with the intention of permanently embedding it in the walls of his hospital. 

Black and white image of a large group that is the first staff of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital with Sir William Osler.

Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Records Opened for Research

The Center for the History of Medicine and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Medical Library are pleased to announce that the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Records, 1830– (inclusive), 1911–1980 (bulk) are now formally open for research.

Black and white image of PBBH President Alan Steinhart handing off 50 year time capsule, a 11" x 15" metal box, to J. Linzee Coolidge at the 50th anniversary gala.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Archives Opens 1963 Time Capsule

In 1963, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (PBBH), a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and a parent hospital of the current incarnation, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), celebrated its 50th anniversary. One way staff marked the occasion was with a time capsule...